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Researcher: 'No permission' Android apps can read data

...pose a new threat by gaining access to sensitive personal information without authorisation, a researcher has claimed. Leviathan Security Group researcher Paul Brodeur explained in... Read more

12 April, 2012 by Steven Musil

YouPorn sued for checking browser history

...California, accuses YouPorn of, among other things, "intentionally accessing plaintiffs'... computers without authorisation". The plaintiffs are seeking class-action status, an injunction to stop the... Read more

7 December, 2010 by Stephen Shankland

ACTA: Facts, misconceptions and questions

It's good to see that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, otherwise known as ACTA, is at last getting the attention... Read more

29 January, 2012

Slapdash Facebook settings lead to arrests

...Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), the police can monitor open social networks without authorisation, said Hyde. To join a particular network, and then to start interacting... Read more

26 April, 2012
OpenStack woos enterprises with Essex

OpenStack woos enterprises with Essex

...Cloud Computing, wrote in a statement. "Most notably, the Keystone authentication and authorisation service, which was extensively revamped to enable easier and more collaborative development... Read more

5 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

Millions of Barclays customers at risk in NFC attack

...forensics company, Channel 4 News reporters extracted data from a card without authorisation and used that data to purchase goods online. In an emailed statement... Read more

23 March, 2012

RIM: BlackBerry will keep 'garbage' apps out of store

...piece of software. He also confirmed that RIM will soon close an authorisation loophole that allows developers to re-package any Android app to run... Read more

8 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

Apple pays $5m to settle Elan patent suit

...of the $5m (£3.2m) settlement, the two companies have also received authorisation to use each other's patents, according to Reuters. In April 2009... Read more

6 January, 2012 by Lance Whitney

Reuse of public data to get easier under new EU rules

...expects that once the proposals have cleared the various levels of EU authorisation sometime in 2013, it will take another 18 months for member states... Read more

12 December, 2011 by David Meyer

Programming languages can be copied, says EU lawyer

...a licence to use a computer program may, without the author's authorisation, reproduce the program code or translate the form of the code of... Read more

30 November, 2011 by David Meyer

RIM has Mumbai surveillance facility, reports say

...individuals, as long as the security services requesting this data had legal authorisation to do so. However, RIM only seems to be giving officials data... Read more

28 October, 2011

BT allowed to appeal against Digital Economy Act

...the connections of those customers if they persist in sharing content without authorisation. BT and other ISPs have argued that ISPs should not have to... Read more

7 October, 2011

Mind the app: TfL must keep its open data promise

The developers behind online travel game Chromaroma say Transport for London's attitude to data is holding back innovation Read more

26 August, 2011 by Toby Barnes

Researchers warn of Scada systems listed on Google

...link results to avoid breaking the law by accessing a network without authorisation. "You can do a Google search with your web browser and start... Read more

3 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills
PBZmToken 1.4.2

PBZmToken 1.4.2

...accessing Internet and telephone banking and for confirmation when authorizing payment transactions (authorisation).After the installation, application PBZmToken needs to be initiated by entering the... Read more

21 July, 2011

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apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

10 minutes ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

3 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

4 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

5 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

21 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

1 day ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
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It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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