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Studios take Newzbin2 clampdown to big ISPs

The Motion Picture Association has written to major ISPs, saying it is about to seek a court order forcing them to follow BT in blocking access to Newzbin2 Read more

8 November, 2011 by David Meyer

News finds way around Egyptian blockage

...been broadcasting live footage of mass protests in Egypt, a nearly countrywide clampdown on the internet means there have been little information from people on... Read more

29 January, 2011 by Elinor Mills
Internet freedom: world's strictest regimes

Internet freedom: world's strictest regimes

...objectionable. Photo credit: Joshua Rappeneker on FlickrThis story originally appeared as Internet Clampdown: The Worst Offenders on CBS News. Get the latest technology news and... Read more

1 February, 2011 by Staff

WEEE Directive Being Recast (2012)- What for the UK?

The WEEE directive was ratified into law by the European Union in 2003. Some three years later, the UK adopted the... Read more

30 January, 2012

Google+ clears the decks for business service

...basis once we have a sense for user interest." For some, the clampdown has already begun. Sophos's security expert Graham Cluley wrote on his... Read more

7 July, 2011 by Jack Clark

Virgin Media to boost upload speeds, throttle P2P traffic

...during peak-time throttling]." Nor is it related to any kind of clampdown on illegal file-sharing or piracy, the spokesman said. "From our protocol... Read more

30 September, 2010 by Jack Clark

China clamps down on Internet cafes to protect 'mental health'

'Unhealthy online information' is such a danger to young people, according to the Chinese government, that it has banned Internet cafes from opening near schools in a further crackdown on Net use Read more

25 March, 2004 by Zen Lee

Police target chatrooms in latest paedophile arrests

A six-month investigation ends in a large number of arrests across the UK Read more

24 April, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

China web clampdown ahead of anniversary

...on Tuesday. The organisation said "government security paranoia" had led to the clampdown. Three Mongol websites have been "rendered inaccessible in the past three weeks... Read more

1 October, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Schools face software licensing clampdown

...group to trace file sharers by identifying their Internet connection. FAST's clampdown attracted criticism from one expert working in the open source educational field... Read more

25 May, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Transatlantic clampdown to hit extreme Web sites

...that included images of necrophilia. Miss Longhurst's family are demanding a clampdown on such sites. Experts have warned that this legal position can be... Read more

9 March, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Microsoft software clampdown nets 11 firms

The company has settled out of court with 11 high-street businesses over the alleged sale of unlicensed software Read more

12 August, 2009 by Tom Espiner

France Telecom threatens EC over roaming clampdown

Roaming Rip-offs: EC dismisses suggestion that European telecoms manufacturers might suffer unless it backs down Read more

19 December, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Sony rootkit prompts clampdown on CD use

IT departments are reacting to a new threat: users bringing CDs to work that can introduce rootkit-like software to their systems Read more

14 November, 2005 by Graeme Wearden and Ingrid Marson

Camera phone clampdown demanded

There is growing pressure on manufacturers to introduce safeguards to stop camera phones being used to take intrusive snaps Read more

16 November, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

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@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...

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Burn-IT

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

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

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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...

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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...

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

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NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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