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UK Firms Face Closure For Software 'theft'
News Paul Brennan, general counsel for the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast), said: "This action reinforces everything for which Fast stands -- and for us is the equivalent to a big stick with which to confront organisations that are flouting...
[November 19, 2002, 15:15]
The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) Increases Productivity In The Workplace Through Web Filtering
White Papers FAST needed to simplify its management of the Internet in the workplace, both to save time spent searching the Web and to protect the organization and its employees from the negative reputation and legal risk of uncontrolled access to...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
The FAST Show Suits Nobody
Leader The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) - which despite its name, has nothing to do with stopping theft - has pronounced from on high. If FAST is really concerned about reducing the incidence of non-compliance, it should be offering unbiased...
[May 3, 2005, 13:30]
Anti-Theft For Symbian Mobiles
Downloads Anti-Theft is an innovative lost and found anti-theft software program that sends the thief's mobile contact number to pre-defined mobile phone number(s) when your mobile phone is lost or stolen. Install the software program into your mobile and...
[March 1, 2007, 5:31]
Software Developer Wins Theft Case
News The Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) is hailing a victory for a small software developer as evidence that it isn't just protecting the interests of the handful of software giants with major financial clout.
[April 8, 2003, 15:10]
CS Group Acquires FAST
News Any doubts that the Federation Against Software Theft is a commercial software company in the guise of an independent company claiming to represent commercial and user interests in the fight against counterfeit software were dispelled on Tuesday...
[May 9, 2007, 17:14]
FAST Should Be Taught A Lesson
Leader The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST), which these days refers to itself as "The Federation" just in case you're in any doubt as to how important it is, went back to school this week in an attempt to educate the education sector about the...
[May 25, 2006, 16:35]
FAST Accused Of Indoctrinating Children
News The Federation against Software Theft (FAST) has been roundly criticised by open source advocates after revealing that it is integrating its software copyright message into an academic qualification. John Lovelock, director general at The...
[June 8, 2006, 16:50]
Enhancing IT Security With Trusted Computing Group Standards
White Papers An increasingly interconnected global computing environment brings with it myriad threats for enterprises to guard against, including software attacks and theft of both data and physical devices. Concerns about the security of communications...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Identity Fraud:The Scourge Of Cyber Business
News In a white paper detailing how consumers can prevent identity theft in cyberspace, the Software and Information Industry Association, a trade group representing more than 1,000 high-tech companies, is offering businesses specific guidance on how...
[June 16, 2000, 9:05]
Could Stolen Microsoft Code Lead To More Security Mishaps?
News Computer security experts are concerned that the possible theft of Microsoft source code may lead to widespread security problems with its software, if malicious crackers gain access to key hidden features.
[October 27, 2000, 15:07]
'Massive' Identity Theft Ring Uncovered
News A security firm claims to have uncovered a huge identity-theft ring that appears to be using a spyware program to steal confidential information from computers. Patrick Jordan, a Sunbelt employee, discovered the identity theft ring while...
[August 8, 2005, 12:40]
Identity Theft Ring Affects At Least 50 Banks
News A major identity theft ring discovered last week has affected the customers of at least 50 banks, according to Sunbelt Software, the security firm that uncovered the operation. The data theft was initially reported to be carried out by a modified...
[August 8, 2005, 18:30]
Credit Risk For Customers After Firm's PCs Stolen
News According to a letter sent to customers last week and a notice recently posted on Intuit's Web site, the theft happened in early June at the Omaha, Nebraska, office of ItsDeductible, a software maker acquired by Intuit last year to be part of its...
[July 15, 2004, 10:10]
On The Limits Of Software Watermarking
White Papers Watermarking an object discourages intellectual property theft, or when such theft has occurred, allows us to prove ownership. The Software Watermarking problem can be described as follows. In the first part of the paper we construct an informal...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Software Watermarking: Models And Dynamic Embeddings
White Papers Watermarking an object discourages intellectual property theft, or when such theft has occurred, allows us to prove ownership. The Software Watermarking problem can be described as follows. In the first part of the paper we construct an informal...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Microsoft Trials Licence-checking Programme
Talkback It is just a shame the Microsoft has to waste its money developing anti-theft devices because people somehow think that computer-based theft is somehow acceptable. The truth is Microsoft software, of late at least, is superior to Open Office / Linux.
[September 21, 2004, 21:48]
Piracy Focus: Microsoft's Anti-piracy Manager Speaks
News If we could reduce the theft of software in this country to the present USA level of 27 percent then a further 31,265 jobs, £610m tax revenues and £1.8bn sales increases would be achieved. Organisations such as the Business Software Alliance (BSA...
[June 19, 1998, 17:24]
Theft Of Game Code Fuels Hacking Fears
News Posted on 2 October, the account of the theft said that in mid-September a network intruder had access to Valve Software's email accounts and, on 19 September, apparently copied the entire source-code tree for Half Life 2.
[October 7, 2003, 12:00]
Are Developers Stealing Code?
Talkback In ignoring the possibilty the open source and other software can often be legally incorporated into many development projects, my answers to the questions made it sound like I supported blatant code theft.
[June 4, 2004, 5:50]
