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HP Pays $14.5m To Settle Spy Scandal
News The California Attorney General's Office said on Thursday that Hewlett-Packard will pay $14.5m (£7.4m) to settle civil charges related to the company's now infamous spy scandal. In the wake of the scandal, Congress held hearings and the FBI and US...
[December 8, 2006, 8:07]
Clinton Sex Scandal Great News For Web
News The New York Times Electronic Media reports a 30 percent to 40 percent increase over average viewership, says Vice President Chris Neimeith, with more than 2.5 million page views per day since the scandal broke.
[January 30, 1998, 14:08]
Autodesk Drawn Into Stock Option 'scandal'
News Ovum takes a dim view of the overall stock option situation, but suggested that "the scandal over back-dated share options is affecting the software industry disproportionately". Computer-aided design and manufacturing company Autodesk announced a...
[August 18, 2006, 13:25]
Dunn Departs HP Over Media Leak Scandal
News The computer maker now finds itself mired in a scandal sparked by an investigation into media leaks emanating from its boardroom. HP chairman Patricia Dunn, who launched an investigation into media leaks that resulted in a firestorm of controversy...
[September 12, 2006, 16:20]
BBC In International Spam Shock Scandal
Blog Comment Oh I can imagine his joy at this! I'll quiz him (or you) next time I see you.
[May 12, 2008, 9:31]
Hacking Scandal Blamed On Broken Rules
Talkback An absolute disgrace. I have worked for a PSP which was forced to comply with Visa AIS regulations, which specifies encryption levels for capturing and storing card data. The fact that a major processor has been allowed to continue without being...
[June 21, 2005, 14:53]
Child Porn Scandal Hits Bavaria
Talkback i think the government have to take abold step and bing those who're behind these case to justice, idon't know the laws in the country but something must be done.thanks
[July 26, 2004, 22:03]
CA Chief Steps Down Amidst Accounting Scandal
News Sanjay Kumar, chairman and chief executive of Computer Associates, has stepped down from both positions with the company. CA was quick to deny the move implied any wrongdoing on Kumar's part related to ongoing SEC and DoJ investigations.
[April 21, 2004, 18:47]
Carphone Emails Fuel IPhone Scandal
Blog Comment Once again in the true cowboy spirit, carphone wharehouse show there true colours.i had lifeline on a handset which broke 31 days after it was purchased i was asked to pay the excess to have it REPAIRED even though it was 31 days old and a...
[December 17, 2007, 10:23]
Carphone Emails Fuel IPhone Scandal
Blog Comment these people are amazing, publicly; it was employee's mistake, we'll rectify it through better training.internally; sorry guys, its not your fault. By the way, i doubt anybody would settle for taking out a second contract, if they can't sell you a...
[December 18, 2007, 16:32]
HP Calls Spying Scandal A 'wake-up Call'
News Hewlett-Packard's top ethics and privacy executives on Thursday said a now infamous investigation into boardroom media leaks was a "wake-up call" that prompted a shakeup in the company's operations. The gaffe's silver lining is that a host of...
[March 2, 2007, 9:52]
Child Porn Scandal Hits Bavaria
News Photos containing child pornography have been found in a newsgroup which can be accessed via Bavaria Online - the so-called "citizen's network" funded and controlled by the Bavarian government. Ironically it was Bavaria that sentenced a former...
[July 7, 1998, 10:18]
ID Theft Scandal Hits Outsourced Call Centres
News An undercover operation that allegedly found customers' data for sale by outsourcers has rocked the Indian software and service industry. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Monday its TV program "Four Corners" was able to get...
[August 17, 2005, 9:25]
Juniper Faces $900m Charge In Options Scandal
News Telecoms equipment vendor Juniper has admitted that it will have to record a charge of almost $1bn to make amends for stock options that it granted in recent years. On Thursday morning, Juniper announced the results of an internal investigation...
[December 21, 2006, 12:05]
Carphone Emails Fuel IPhone Scandal
Blog Ouch. A few weeks ago, BBC's Watchdog programme outed Carphone Warehouse for misselling iPhone insurance - CPW customers complained that they'd been told they had to get store insurance with an iPhone because, if they lost their Jesusphone with no...
[December 17, 2007, 9:47]
BBC In International Spam Shock Scandal
Blog Last week saw the plausible 30th anniversary of the creation of email spam, an event marked by the arrival in journos' inboxes of large numbers of unrequested press releases from security companies. These even reached the BBC, which decided to run...
[May 9, 2008, 13:25]
Oracle Contract Scandal Spreads
News California's problem "does resonate here with our Oracle scandal", said David Miller, a Toronto city councilman who has taken a lead in scrutinizing his city's contract issues with Oracle. Oracle's contract fiasco with California has drawn a...
[May 28, 2002, 16:50]
Infoseek Exec Nabbed In Sex Scandal
News A top executive for one of the Web's biggest sites has been arrested by FBI agents on federal charges for allegedly crossing states lines to solicit sex from a minor. Patrick Naughton, 34, an executive vice president of Infoseek and Disney's GO...
[September 20, 1999, 9:16]
Samsung Chief Resigns Over Tax Scandal
News South Korea's most powerful businessman said on Tuesday that he would step down after 20 years at the head of the giant Samsung Group following his indictment last week for tax evasion and breach of trust.
[April 22, 2008, 8:30]
A Year Ago: Child Porn Scandal Hits Bavaria
News Photos containing child pornography have been found in a newsgroup which can be accessed via Bavaria Online -- the so-called "citizen's network" funded and controlled by the Bavarian government. Ironically it was Bavaria that sentenced a former...
[July 8, 1999, 6:00]
