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Facebook fixes hole that let in spam

...it possible for an application to bypass our normal CSRF (cross-site request forgery) protections through a complicated series of steps. We quickly worked to... Read more

8 September, 2010 by Elinor Mills

MI5 software error leads to wrongful data collection

...the formatting fault fixed and numbers are now checked manually before MI5 requests subscriber data from communications providers. MI5 also acquired data on the histories... Read more

4 July, 2011 by S A Mathieson

Twitter users hit by 'WTF' viral message

...which the social-media company fixed on Sunday, used a cross-site request forgery technique to automatically post from an infected user's account, according... Read more

27 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Mozilla resists US agency takedown request

...has asked Mozilla to remove a Firefox add-on that redirects user requests for seized domains to sites outside American government control. The request was... Read more

6 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

ICO requests NHS compulsory audit powers

UK data protection authority the Information Commissioner's Office has submitted a request to the Ministry of Justice to allow it to perform compulsory audits... Read more

15 December, 2011

Facebook to 'automate' data requests, campaigners say

...say that Facebook is to create an automated system to process data requests from users. Photo credit: Facebook The Austrian-based organisation Europe v Facebook... Read more

22 September, 2011 by David Meyer

Apple: Samsung's request to see iPad 3 is 'harassment

...Apple is seeking to deny Samsung's request in May to see the "final, commercial version(s)" of the "iPhone... Read more

15 June, 2011 by Erica Ogg

Government monitoring requests rise for phone, email

...Commissioner has revealed that police and other agencies made 21,000 more requests for citizens' communications data in 2009 than the previous year. Sir Paul... Read more

29 July, 2010 by Kable

Met police requests to TfL for passenger data hit 22,000

...6,258 times, according to a response to a Freedom of Information request from Guardian Government Computing. The total has increased 15 percent from 5... Read more

10 February, 2012 by Sade Laja
<endeca_term>Request</endeca_term> Tracker 3.2

Request Tracker 3.2

Request Tracker is a database system that allows you to store and retrieve... Read more

10 November, 2011
Advanced HTTP <endeca_term>Request</endeca_term> Automaton 1.4

Advanced HTTP Request Automaton 1.4

Advanced HTTP Request Automaton is a scriptable utility that submits HTTP GET and POST requests... Read more

13 May, 2011

...Microsoft declined requests for comment"; that's your problem right there

...in the middle of that Huffington piece is the line "Microsoft declined requests for comment". Now I know it's a busy time of year... Read more

17 December, 2010

Samsung requests to see iPhone and iPad prototypes

The company's legal team has asked to see future versions of the iPhone and iPad to ensure its own devices will not be subjected to infringement claims by Apple Read more

31 May, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Wikileaks volunteer hires lawyers to fight Twitter request

A former Wikileaks volunteer has enlisted the US-based Electronic Frontier Foundation to help fend off an attempt by the US government to acquire her Twitter account information Read more

11 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh
Intensive Bandwidth <endeca_term>Request</endeca_term> and Handling Design in PMP

Intensive Bandwidth Request and Handling Design in PMP

This paper carried out a study on the uplink bandwidth request and handling for different service classes in WiMAX. The real time Polling... Read more

1 February, 2012

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

6 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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...

8 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

10 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
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...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

11 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
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...

12 hours 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.

14 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...

15 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

16 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

17 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....

18 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...

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

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

19 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

20 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

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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...

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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...

1 day 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?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry