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Privacy advocates take aim at Windows XP

...Information Centre, a Washington, DC-based public-interest organization, and privacy group, Junkbusters, as well as at least five other groups, will ask the FTC... Read more

26 July, 2001 by Sandeep Junnarkar and Stefanie Olsen

US privacy groups call Amazon policy 'deceptive'

...the wrong hands. As a result, privacy organisations such as EPIC and Junkbusters.com, a privacy clearinghouse in New Jersey, have lobbied lawmakers to come... Read more

5 December, 2000 by Patricia Jacobus

FBI agent: I am Big Brother

...makes everyone a suspect, said Jason Catlett, president of privacy information firm Junkbusters, who takes a dim view of current practices. "It's like they... Read more

6 April, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Amazon's gender stereotyping patent slammed

Privacy groups are up in arms about a system patented by the e-commerce site for inferring personal information from purchasing habits Read more

15 March, 2005 by Alorie Gilbert

Amazon.com taken to task over child privacy

...said on Tuesday. Eleven groups, including the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Junkbusters, filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), asking that it... Read more

23 April, 2003 by Alorie Gilbert and Declan McCullagh

Publishers blame spam on stolen lists

...for their mailing lists is a novelty, said Jason Catlett, president of Junkbusters. Spammers can buy millions of email addresses on a CD, although many... Read more

12 September, 2002 by Troy Wolverton

Microsoft increases Passport security

Customers signing up for Passport will no longer be able to use a bogus email address due to new security measures being introduced Read more

3 September, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

Settlement means sweeping changes to Passport

In a settlement with the FTC, Microsoft agrees to fundamentally alter the way it handles its authentication system Read more

9 August, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

Microsoft says Passport boosts privacy

...about the future of databases. Jason Catlett, president of privacy advocacy group Junkbusters, compared services such as Passport, Microsoft's online identification service, to a... Read more

20 April, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

Auction site backs off privacy-policy change

...it's just a start, said Jason Catlett, president of privacy advocate Junkbusters. "This was the first change that needed to be made," Catlett said... Read more

19 March, 2002 by Troy Wolverton

Spammers target IM accounts

...spam seems to be in its beginnings," said Jason Catlett, president of Junkbusters, an anti-spam organisation, and a visiting fellow at the Kennedy School... Read more

12 March, 2002 by Paul Festa

Watchdogs bark at eBay's privacy update

...customers' personal information to just about anyone, said Jason Catlett, president of Junkbusters. "It was a bad privacy policy before, and it's an even... Read more

27 February, 2002 by Troy Wolverton

Sites aim to get around ad blockers

...understandably be feeling emotional about the shortfall," said Jason Catlett, president of Junkbusters, which offers free ad-blocking software. "But if people are determined enough... Read more

11 October, 2001 by Stefanie Olsen

Microsoft takes Passport to Washington

...LeTocq. The groups, which include the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Junkbusters, faulted Microsoft for collecting, among other things, e-mail addresses during the... Read more

23 August, 2001 by Joe Wilcox and Stefanie Olsen

Privacy groups turn up heat on Windows XP, Passport

Consumer advocates plan to expand their privacy complaint against Windows XP Read more

16 August, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

24 minutes ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

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

2 hours 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...

3 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

4 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

5 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....

6 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...

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

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

8 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

8 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

12 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...

14 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...

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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...

23 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?

24 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...

1 day 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...

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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...

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