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Google picks holes in EU's 'right to be forgotten

...Google has complained that the terms of Europe's proposed 'right to be forgotten' make unreasonable demands on search engines and hosting platforms... Read more

17 February, 2012 by David Meyer

EU puts Google straight on 'right to be forgotten

...Europe's proposed 'right to be forgotten' will not affect pure hosting platforms, but it will... Read more

22 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Expert questions TalkTalk's HomeSafe service

...already applicable to the TalkTalk network and TalkTalk's customer data." Digital rights organisation the Open Rights Group has published a legal analysis (PDF) on... Read more

11 May, 2011 by Ben Woods
Activists, artists review state of digital <endeca_term>rights</endeca_term>

Activists, artists review state of digital rights

...Saturday, ZDNet UK attended the first ORGCon, a conference of the Open Rights Group that is expected to become an annual event. About 450 people... Read more

28 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Online shoppers to get two-week right of return

...of the European Parliament. In a vote on Thursday, the new Consumer Rights Directive was passed by 615 votes to 16, with 21 abstentions. The... Read more

24 June, 2011 by David Meyer

UN report calls for review of UK copyright crackdown

...according to a report due to be adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on Friday. The UK should revise or repeal the Digital Economy... Read more

2 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Open Rights Group calls for digital act code reboot

...Digital rights campaigners have called on Ofcom to scrap the work it has been... Read more

23 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Court rules Swedish ISPs can hand over customer data

...Internet Service Providers from handing over the data of alleged pirates when rights holders request it. The move could pave the way for Sweden's... Read more

20 April, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Anonymous claims hacks on 500 Chinese websites

...Anonymous has recently turned its attention to the human rights struggle in China, hacking and defacing hundreds of government and commercial websites... Read more

5 April, 2012 by Steven Musil

MPs flag privacy concerns in Freedoms Bill

...national DNA database may not ensure compliance with the UK's human rights obligations, or may risk new infringements of individual rights, Parliament's human... Read more

10 October, 2011 by Sade Laja

Government data policy is flawed, report says

...is "fundamentally flawed", according to a report from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. The EHRC has joined in long-running complaints from privacy activists... Read more

16 August, 2011 by Mark Say

Cisco accused of aiding Chinese repression in lawsuit

...on behalf of the religious group by the Washington, DC-based Human Rights Law Foundation. The 52-page lawsuit names chairman and chief executive John... Read more

23 May, 2011 by Steven Musil

Apple asks for dismissal of FairPlay DRM lawsuit

...dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed against the company over the FairPlay digital rights management software it formerly employed in its iTunes music store. FairPlay's... Read more

19 April, 2011 by Steven Musil

Europe ready to overhaul data-retention law

...that the idea of data retention remains a "significant limitation on the right to privacy", and the Commission said it may therefore strengthen safeguards to... Read more

18 April, 2011 by David Meyer

Vaizey knocks EC privacy proposals

...to extend the juristiction of privacy watchdogs overseas and to put a 'right to be forgotten' into law have been criticised by culture minister Ed... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

7 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...

9 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...

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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...

12 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...

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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...

13 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.

15 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...

16 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

17 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

18 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....

19 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...

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

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

20 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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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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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...

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