Movie industry wants broadband speed restrictions
The media industry that is made of music, film, games and software firms in the UK are looking at new ways to stop file sharers from illegally downloading their copyrighted material.
There have been calls to kick these pirates of the internet or to fine them, but these schemes would appear to attack the wrong people.
The [...]
Terror list has over a million names
In 2003, President Bush ordered a terrorist list to be compiled, this was supposed to help the authorities stop known terrorists from entering the US and enable them to monitor suspects already at large in the US.
Yet this list has grown to contain the details of over a million people, in the US and from [...]
Spammers love torrents
Torrent sites are popular with people who like to share files, but it seems that there could be another group that like torrent sites, but for an entirely different reason.
Spammers have found that that torrent sites such as the Pirate Bay are suffering from spam attacks on a regular basis that appear in the [...]
Europe fines Intel $1.45 billion
The computer chip maker Intel has been at the business end of a European Commission fine for abusing its place in the computer chip market. This is a show of strength from the regulator that sends out a signal to corporations that antitrust will not be tolerated any more.
The EU commissioner responsible, Neelie Kroes has [...]
Bloggers could end up inside
Is the world getting fed up with bloggers who seem to feel that they are able to share their thoughts with whoever is willing to read them? It would seem that this could be so and in order to combat these loose cannons some governments are preparing to issue jail time.
But this is not a [...]
Pentagon using social networking
US General uses modern language, as social networking becomes a key tool in how the military go about recruiting and essentially just getting their message out there in front of the younger people of the US.
The army say that social networking allows the army to reach younger people aged between eighteen and twenty four, who [...]
eBay scammer goes to prison
Most people who use the internet are weary of being scammed, this especially so when it comes to auction sites like eBay. While the majority of listings and sellers are genuine, there is always the worry that it may be a fraud.
However, it seems that not all scammers get away with it, in the US [...]
$300 billion fighter jet project is hacked
There are concerns that the aircraft supposed to spearhead the defence of the US and its allies the F-35 may have been compromised by hackers getting into the project files and stealing terabytes of information.
The project is jointly run by the Pentagon and the aircraft maker Lockheed Martin Corp, who are denying that anything like [...]
UK government in trouble over web snooping
For some time, there have been concerns over the amount of surveillance that goes on in the UK but this is simply brushed off as all of this is done for our security.
However, it seems that not everyone agrees, including the EU who are so concerned at the amount of snooping that goes on in [...]
Conficker begins to stir
First, there was the danger of the Conficker worm stirring, then it was described as an April Fool’s joke and now it seems that the worm is turning according to internet security experts who are monitoring Conficker activity.
It seems that the worm that happened simply to pass straight through a hole in Microsoft is alive [...]
Conficker day today
There are mixed messages coming out today from the computer security industry, it has been well publicised that there could be a return of the infamous Conficker computer worm today April 1st, but because of the significance of today being “Fools Day” the message is divided.
Some believe that the worm will return with a vengeance [...]
Microsoft and the new gaming piracy tech
Microsoft have been adding a number additions to their Games for Windows security, these are mainly directed at the prevention of piracy. It could be said that it is like Digital Rights Management (DRM) but don’t let Microsoft hear any say that.
They have anti piracy measures in place, but according to Microsoft it is definitely [...]
Google Earth used for robbery
The principle behind Google Earth is fine, it allows you to check over an area if you are thinking of buying there or simply have a look at other people’s houses. However, some surfers are taking this to an extreme and are using the search system to plan robberies.
One such crook is Tom Berge his [...]
More features from Windows 7
As further details come to light about the new Windows 7 operating system it seems that Microsoft have included extra control for users and we are not just talking about the ability to switch the internet explorer on and off, there are more features to control.
The features that can be controlled will be:
Windows Media Centre
Windows [...]
Where Twitter’s security lets users down
There has been a lot about the security of the micro blogging site Twitter, people have been able to hack into other members accounts and change the information etc, which is annoying but not exactly dangerous to other users.
One thing about Twitter that is potentially dangerous to users is the character limit of 141, if [...]
Fighters grounded by a virus
The French Navy has been attacked by one of the most sneakiest of enemies; it was not terrorists or activists though. The French Navy has become the latest victim of the Conficker virus, this uses Microsoft windows to transmit itself through networks and infiltrate systems.
Because of this the French Navy’s aircraft were grounded and it [...]
EU moving against pirates
It will not be long before the elected members of the European Parliament will have to make their minds up and vote on the Medina Report. This is the report that has been looking into copyright piracy, its effects and how to deal with the problems associated with it.
However, despite being a new report, this [...]
Facebook planning to sell data
With over a hundred and fifty million users Facebook is a marketing dream come true for anyone who can get into it and as things go it may not be that long before the marketing and advertising people get their hands on the Facebook database.
In the second quarter of this year, things will begin to [...]
Computers to get disk encryption
Having complete computer security may not be that far off as six of the top companies involved in producing computer hard drives have released their specifications for single application for encrypting computer hard drives, solid state drives (SSD) and other encryption management applications.
The idea is simple as the best ideas are, it works like this, [...]
Pirate Bay getting for court
It seems to be such a long winded and drawn out process but finally the court case between against the Pirate Bay is going to take place in just a couple of weeks time. So at last, we should be able to hear exactly what the real case is going be.
On the 16th February 2009 [...]