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UAE and Saudi Arabia to block BlackBerry services

...also raised concerns about BlackBerry messaging features, but have not decided to block them outright. "The UAE doesn't want to take any chances and... Read more

2 August, 2010 by Staff

Iranians suffer fresh block on internet services

...use proxy servers over Virtual Private Networks to circumvent government efforts to block access to foreign news sites and social networks such as Facebook and... Read more

21 February, 2012 by Steven Musil

European ISPs fight network child-porn blocking

...website-blocking requirements that are due to be introduced to European law. Blocks on websites containing child sexual exploitation images are ineffective, EuroISPA — an organisation... Read more

13 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Google allows Iran software downloads

...of our export licenses from the Treasury Department, we will continue to block IP addresses associated with the Iranian government," Neil Martin, Google export compliance... Read more

20 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

BT Business customers blacklisted in anti-spam snafu

...posts, BT technical support told some customers that BT's refusal to block port 25 TCP/IP traffic had led to it being blocked by... Read more

18 August, 2010 by Tom Espiner

India presses operators on BlackBerry ban

...meet its demands to loosen security by 31 August, then they must block email and instant messaging services. The government informed RIM on Friday that... Read more

18 August, 2010 by Marguerite Reardon

RIM, Saudi Arabia agree on BlackBerry data monitoring

...Wednesday that it would order the country's three wireless carriers to block the popular BlackBerry device as of Friday if the government could not... Read more

9 August, 2010 by Edward Moyer

Google blames China for Gmail disruptions

The company has accused the Chinese government of blocking the email service, which has seen problems in the country over the last month Read more

21 March, 2011 by Steven Musil

RIM wins reprieve on India BlackBerry ban

The Indian government will postpone its threatened ban on RIM's BlackBerry service for 60 days, while it evaluates the smartphone company's proposals Read more

31 August, 2010 by Marguerite Reardon

UK ISPs ordered to block Pirate Bay website

...that Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media would have to block access to The Pirate Bay (TPB), following an earlier ruling in February... Read more

30 April, 2012

BBC hits out at Chinese broadcast blocks

...UK understands that the Chinese use localised, regional censors to monitor and block satellite broadcasts, via the distribution signal. A broadcast that is not available... Read more

4 May, 2012

BT asked to block the Pirate Bay

...BT has been asked to block access to the Pirate Bay file-sharing website, in a letter sent... Read more

4 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Google: Inertia blocks enterprise cloud adoption

The greatest issue that stops businesses from adopting cloud services is inertia, according to Google. A belief that... Read more

9 May, 2012

Rooting Android Part 1: Samsung Galaxy S II on the block

The festive break presents the technically inclined with challenge and opportunity. The challenge is that petty... Read more

4 January, 2012

Hackers retaliate as Dutch ISPs told to block Pirate Bay

A Dutch court has ordered two ISPs in that country to block their customers' access to The Pirate Bay, a site often used for... Read more

12 January, 2012

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