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Irish watchdog: Facebook privacy still falls short

...the updated policy document, it explains that it may store indefinitely the personal member information it receives from advertisers. "We will retain data for as... Read more

14 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Israel nabs source of leak of 9 million personal details

...contractor is suspected to be behind a leak that led to the personal details of every single citizen in Israeli being posted on the internet... Read more

25 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

BP loses data from Deepwater Horizon claimants

...device containing the data was lost during "business-related travel" and contained personal data including names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and social-security... Read more

30 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

ICO censures Portsmouth City Council over data breach

...been censured by the information commissioner after it revealed someone else's personal data in a subject access request. The council has agreed to introduce... Read more

5 November, 2010 by Kable

Experts warn of 'Boonana' Trojan threat to Macs

...information to servers on the internet, leading to a potential breach of personal information. The Trojan also attempts to spread itself by sending spam email... Read more

28 October, 2010 by Topher Kessler
Yahoo Messenger 11.5.0.192

Yahoo Messenger 11.5.0.192

...alert you to new e-mail in your Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Personals accounts, or when you have upcoming events recorded in your Yahoo Calendar... Read more

19 March, 2012

Metropolitan police leak victims' email addresses

...see the email addresses of everyone else in that batch. "No other personal details were revealed, and we are contacting everyone affected to explain what... Read more

3 February, 2012 by David Meyer
Google: No opt-out of mix-and-match data

Google: No opt-out of mix-and-match data

...shares data with advertisers, the spokesperson added, noting it does not sell personal information to advertisers. "We're not changing how any personal information is... Read more

25 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Whitman wants HP's drama to be over

...he had said he might or might not sell the company's Personal Systems Group, which makes consumer devices and computers. He also discontinued all... Read more

29 November, 2011 by Jack Clark

Google hit with privacy suit over search referral links

...third-party data mining companies to assemble a wealth of sensitive and personal information on searchers by aggregating their queries and linking them to personally... Read more

27 October, 2010 by Tom Krazit
Ulster Bank ROI 1.2.6

Ulster Bank ROI 1.2.6

...account and a secure password for logging on-well ask for some personal details to verify the account is yours and text you when the... Read more

24 September, 2010

Microsoft India hackers grab passwords from store

Microsoft India's online shop has been hacked by a Chinese group called Evil Shadow Team, which stole logins and passwords of shoppers, according to the Times of India Read more

13 February, 2012 by Ellyne Phneah

IT failings seen as threat to open data push

Public sector IT systems may struggle to deliver on the government's pledge to allow people to see the data the UK authorities hold on them, according to a consultation report published by the Cabinet Office Read more

1 February, 2012 by Jo Best

Facebook to proceed with address-sharing feature rollout

The social-networking site has plans to re-enable its feature that allows for optional sharing of addresses and mobile phone numbers, despite criticism Read more

1 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh
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1 February, 2012

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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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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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Jack Schofield

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

7 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...

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

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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........

12 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

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

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

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