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SOCA raids 'e-commerce-style' card data sites

...used to sell stolen bank card data. Three people were arrested as law enforcement agencies in the UK, US and Macedonia shut down 36 websites... Read more

27 April, 2012 by David Meyer

The Pirate Bay infringes copyright, High Court decides

...chief executive of the BPI, said Arnold's ruling "helps clarify the law on website blocking and [the BPI] will now proceed with [its] application... Read more

21 February, 2012 by David Meyer
Intel shows off 3D Tri-Gate transistors

Intel shows off 3D Tri-Gate transistors

...will allow the company to continue on the path of Moore's Law, making future devices faster and more energy efficient.Photo credit: James Martin... Read more

5 May, 2011 by James Martin

After silicon: What will power computing for the next 10 years and beyond?

...needs single crystal," he said. Alternative materialsAnother approach for extending Moore's Law is building transistors from alternative materials - in other words, moving beyond silicon... Read more

11 November, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Cookie consent: It's not optional - it's the law, warns ICO

...communications minister, will also be having discussions in the US. The new law has two clear principles, according to Bristows' Grant: transparency and consent. "Transparency... Read more

17 October, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Europe ready to overhaul data-retention law

...is considering stricter controls on who can access communications data stored for law-enforcement and anti-terrorist purposes. On Monday, the Commission published a report... Read more

18 April, 2011 by David Meyer

Second law firm in trouble over copyright cash demands

...A lawyer from the legal firm ACS:Law has been referred to a disciplinary tribunal over a series of letters... Read more

24 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Shorter broadband terms arrive as EU laws kick off

...faster mobile number porting for businesses, to comply with new European telecoms laws. Ofcom has introduced shorter broadband contract term limits to comply new European... Read more

26 May, 2011 by Karen Friar

US justice department presses for data-retention laws

...The US Department of Justice has called for new laws requiring mobile providers to collect and store information about their customers, a... Read more

11 May, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Report: Scrap IR35 tax law for contractors

...A tax law blamed for adding stress and expense to the lives of freelance IT... Read more

11 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

ACS:Law campaign targeted innocents, says ex-worker

...A former employee of ACS:Law, which sent out demands for money to suspected copyright infringers, has said... Read more

15 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

ACS:Law moves to drop file-sharing cases

...ACS:Law, the firm that sent thousands of letters to alleged file-sharers demanding... Read more

26 January, 2011 by Nick Hide

Enisa: Telecoms companies are wary of data breach law

...worried by the potential fallout of an upcoming European data-breach notification law, according to the European Network Information Security Agency. Enisa, the EU's... Read more

14 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Home Office consults on interception law

...The government has launched a consultation on UK privacy and interception law, after being referred to the European Court of Justice over its response... Read more

11 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Google found in 'significant breach' of data laws

...Google broke the law when its Street View cars harvested emails and passwords from unsecured Wi... Read more

3 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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

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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....

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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...

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

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

13 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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

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