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NYC anti-piracy campaign warns file-sharing 'kills jobs

...t work" as part of a new publicly funded anti-piracy ad campaign. Anti-piracy ads in New York City warn citizens that illegal downloads... Read more

24 December, 2010 by Greg Sandoval

AntiSec campaign targets US military contractor

...comment on Monday. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the AntiSec campaign on Monday. Meanwhile, the Anonymous online activist collective, which is part of... Read more

13 July, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Facebook admits anti-Google PR campaign

...Burson-Marsteller confirmed on Thursday it was hired to run a smear campaign in which major news outlets would be sent pitches highlighting potential privacy... Read more

13 May, 2011 by Eileen Yu

Facebook to 'automate' data requests, campaigners say

...to extract the data the social networking company holds on them, a campaign group has claimed. Privacy campaigners in Europe say that Facebook is to... Read more

22 September, 2011 by David Meyer
Stop the data-roaming madness

Stop the data-roaming madness

...sister sites in the US, Asia and Australia, we've started our Campaign for Fair Data Roaming — and why we need you to help. Read... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Leader

Grass-roots broadband derailed by commercial push

A low-cost broadband scheme in Lancaster that would have provided customers with cheap fibre connectivity is at risk from a county-wide initiative that is likely to offer lower speeds at higher cost Read more

10 February, 2011 by Ben Woods and David Meyer

Ransomware locks up PCs in fake anti-piracy campaign

...British internet users are being targeted by a 'ransomware' campaign that locks people out of their computers unless they hand over the... Read more

8 May, 2012 by Lance Whitney

Deaf users campaign for US-style video relay service

...and did it." (17 Jan 2012 : Column 245WH) The organisations backing the campaign include the UK Council on Deafness, TAG (Telecommunications Action Group), the British... Read more

11 May, 2012

Google punishes itself over Chrome blogger campaign

...page of Google's results for the word 'browser', after a blogging campaign to promote the browser backfired. Image credit: CNET News Now, when someone... Read more

4 January, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Hackers release data gleaned from AntiSec campaign

...which the hackers said was the first official release from the AntiSec campaign launched by Anonymous and LulzSec last week, appeared on The Pirate Bay... Read more

29 June, 2011 by Elinor Mills

London police set up Wi-Fi in clubs for rape campaign

...in London clubs and bars for a Christmas drink and rape awareness campaign that will deliver messages to partygoers' smartphones. Posters in nightspots will urge... Read more

16 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Lane Fox kicks off campaign to get millions online

...The UK's digital champion, Martha Lane Fox, has launched a campaign to get millions of people online by the 2012 London Olympics, with... Read more

12 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Shetland teenager charged over LulzSec campaign

A Shetland teenager was on Sunday charged with five offences under the Computer Misuse Act, Serious Crime Act and the... Read more

1 August, 2011

FBI arrests 16 people over Anonymous campaign

The FBI has arrested 16 people in the US in connection with online attacks carried out by the Anonymous collective Read more

20 July, 2011 by Elinor Mills

ACS:Law campaign targeted innocents, says ex-worker

The former employee said he quit after realising that the law firm was demanding payment for copyright infringement from people who were 'not guilty' Read more

15 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

49 minutes ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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...

2 hours 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

2 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

4 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
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....

4 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...

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

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

6 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

6 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

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

10 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
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...

12 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
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...

15 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
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...

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

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

22 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...

23 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
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...

1 day ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
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...

1 day ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
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?

1 day ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
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