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BT takes forensic approach to copper theft

...on the "millions" it said it loses each year due to copper theft. The telecoms company is starting a national trial of the forensic SmartWater... Read more

26 July, 2010 by Jack Clark
BT chases cable thieves with RABIT

BT chases cable thieves with RABIT

...Yorkshire police. BT alerted police in Essex to an alleged attempted cable theft incident during the trial, said Beeson. "The [alleged] thieves fled the scene... Read more

26 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Police and BT target cable thieves

...The Metropolitan Police has launched a unit to tackle copper cable theft following a spate of robberies that have caused telecommunications and rail outages... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Data thieves should face jail sentences, MPs urge

...financial] deterrent effect." The Justice Committee report gave case studies of the theft and sale of confidential information. One concerned a nurse who provided patient... Read more

27 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Judge overturns Oracle's $1.3bn award against SAP

...award that a jury offered to Oracle months ago in its corporate theft trial against SAP. On Thursday, US District Judge Phyllis Hamilton overturned the... Read more

2 September, 2011 by Rachel King

AT&T iPad hacker pleads guilty

...26-year-old San Francisco man pleaded guilty to conspiracy and ID theft charges on Thursday related to his part in accessing iPad customer data... Read more

24 June, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Sony boss Stringer apologises for PlayStation data breach

...PlayStation Network breach, as the company released specific details regarding the identity-theft monitoring promised to its customers whose personal information was exposed in the... Read more

6 May, 2011 by Erica Ogg

Probe into stolen iPhone prototype nears end

...report their findings soon. Authorities have said that the investigation into the theft of an iPhone prototype is nearing its end. Photo credit: James Martin... Read more

18 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh and Greg Sandoval

Vodafone restores connections after theft outage

...in the south of England after a major outage caused by equipment theft cut off hundreds of thousands of mobile customers. Vodafone is restoring coverage... Read more

28 February, 2011 by David Meyer

Carbon trading system halts after $9m security breach

...was evacuated due to a bomb threat. That $9m (£5.6m) electronic theft, the latest in a series of security breaches affecting the market for... Read more

24 January, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Police interview Steve Jobs over lost iPhone 4 prototype

...The police investigation into the theft of a stolen iPhone 4 prototype may be reaching its conclusion. Steve... Read more

22 September, 2010 by Greg Sandoval

VMware confirms source code theft

The company has confirmed that source code from its VMware ESX product was stolen, although it stressed the code dates from 2003 and 2004 Read more

26 April, 2012 by Michael Lee

US court rules computer code cannot be stolen

...ruled that downloaded code did not qualify as stolen under a federal theft statute. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled... Read more

12 April, 2012 by Steven Musil

Dawn raids net 14 suspects in £1m phishing theft

A series of raids across the UK have picked up 14 people thought to have stolen £1m from a British woman, only to spend it in a Christmas buying spree on cheeseburgers, computers and gold bars Read more

15 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner
Stolen NASA laptop held space station codes

Stolen NASA laptop held space station codes

...on Wednesday in testimony highlighting NASA's security challenges."The March 2011 theft of an unencrypted NASA notebook computer resulted in the loss of the... Read more

1 March, 2012 by Steven Musil

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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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!

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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...

15 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...

18 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...

19 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.

21 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...

22 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

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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

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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....

1 day 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...

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

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

1 day 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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