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PM comment boosts McKinnon's UK-sentence hopes
News Brown did not answer the question directly, but instead pointed out that the "UK and the US are signatories to the Council of Europe convention on the transfer of sentenced persons, which enables a person found guilty in the United States of...
[November 20, 2008, 13:03]
Ebay software pirate faces sentence at the Old Bailey
News The BSA is expecting Khan to be given a tough sentence. The organisation hopes the sentence "will act as a deterrent for other software pirates". Khan could receive a two-year prison sentence or be deported.
[July 4, 2003, 10:30]
Three-year sentence for software fraud
Blog Adams girlfriend had a one year sentence suspended as did an accomplice. A Wolverhampton man has been sentenced to three years in prison for illegally copying and then selling software and DVDs worth a possible £1m.
[November 27, 2008, 11:08]
should serve any potential sentence here in the UK, rather than in the US.
Talkback You hit it on the head Nigel, he should have been hired as a consultant, and work out his sentence in that manner. If security at organizations like these are that bad, then they need all the help they can get.
[July 31, 2009, 13:11]
MPs call for Nasa hacker to serve UK sentence
News A cross-party coalition of MPs has called for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon to serve any putative sentence in the UK. He faces up to 70 years in jail if found guilty by a US court and, as it stands, would serve his sentence in the US.
[November 3, 2008, 12:10]
A sentence should not end with a verb!
Talkback A verb should not end a sentence. No - He is no different than all the others are. Yes - He is no different than are all the others.
[June 2, 2007, 22:36]
Intel 'hacker' sentence expunged
News His sentence also included five years of probation, 480 hours of community service, and 90 days of deferred (cancellable) jail time. A former Intel contractor has seen his conviction for hacking into the company's systems expunged, after a battle...
[March 2, 2007, 15:59]
Woman gets nine-year sentence for piracy
News A California woman has been sentenced to nine years in prison for software piracy, in what may be the longest sentence ever given to a first-time felon in a software counterfeiting case. This sentence sends a message that law enforcement will...
[November 27, 2002, 8:30]
A Year Ago: Woodward sentence reduced, Net breaks news
News A state Superior Court judge announced in e-mail messages sent to news organisations around the world this morning that last month's second-degree murder conviction of British au pair Louise Woodward for the death of a baby in her care was reduced...
[November 10, 1998, 5:00]
Al-Jazeera hacker awaits sentence
News However, the US Attorney's office has agreed to request a much lighter sentence: three years of probation and 1,000 hours of community service. The ultimate decision on the sentence, however, resides with the judge.
[June 13, 2003, 9:18]
Woodward sentence reduced, Net breaks news
News A state Superior Court judge announced in e-mail messages sent to news organisations around the world this morning that last month's second-degree murder conviction of British au pair Louise Woodward for the death of a baby in her care was reduced...
[November 10, 1997, 15:24]
Hackers face life sentence
News The House of Representatives on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would allow for life prison sentences for malicious computer hackers. By a 385-3 vote, the House approved a computer crime bill that also expands police ability to conduct...
[July 16, 2002, 12:48]
Life sentence for Net murderer
News A man who used Internet chatrooms to explore his obsession with rape has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a mother of two. David Ferguson, 31, of Chatham was found guilty of stabbing Susan Kent to death at her home near...
[November 6, 2000, 15:53]
14 year sentence for Net paedophile
News A retired police officer who worked with children has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for the rape of four girls and the possession of thousands of indecent images of children on his home computer.
[February 26, 2001, 17:12]
Stanford to appeal email intercept conviction
News Clifford Stanford, founder of Demon and Redbus, is planning to launch an appeal after receiving a suspended prison sentence for illegally intercepting emails. Two is the sentence. Stanford was sentenced on Thursday to six months imprisonment...
[September 16, 2005, 13:45]
BBC HD Freeview encryption confusion
Blog Comment Not sure I agree with every word of your first sentence. With reference to your second sentence, I think you will find that's been happening for a number of years now. OK CA, I think I get where you're coming from.
[September 17, 2009, 0:30]
Sasser's author escapes prison
News A German judge on Friday handed down a suspended sentence of one year and nine months to the teenager who admitted he created last year's Sasser computer worm. Jaschan will have to fulfil the community service part of his sentence in a retirement...
[July 11, 2005, 9:25]
Labour u-turns on broadband promises
News Labour has condensed its broadband strategy into one sentence in its manifesto for the forthcoming general election, leaving experts questioning its commitment to high-speed Internet services. We will work to ensure that broadband is accessible in...
[May 18, 2001, 13:14]
WCI Translator 2.1: English-German for Mobile 6.0/5.0
Downloads The World Concepts Inc (WCI) Language Translator is a true free-form sentence translation system. Analysis is performed on the sentence structure and grammatical rules are followed for each language. View the Help subsystem presented in HTML format...
[August 24, 2008, 8:00]
XML Schema: Understanding Structures
White Papers Just as the English (or any other) language has an associated grammar that defines the rules about how a particular sentence can be composed - and at the same time, given an English sentence, can be used to check the validity of that sentence - a...
[October 13, 2006, 0:00]
