Data protection helps pirates
It looks like the various data protection acts around the EU could be saving the illegal file sharers or pirates as the industry like to call them, from prosecution.
The case in example is Norway, its data protection laws state that internet service providers have to delete all data that is recorded against an IP address [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
$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 [...]
Fox supporting piracy
As with many large organisations, it is often true that one section has no idea what the other is doing and this is the case with Fox. They are a huge media firm, who happen to be major shareholders in BSkyB and have seen their most recent film “X Men Origins: Wolverine” appear on the [...]
March 23, 2009Smart grid easily hacked
There has been a lot of media attention regarding “Smart Grid” this is digitally based electricity supply in the US, sounds crazy. Well it may just that according to security experts who believe that this type of power can easily be hacked, which could mean widespread blackouts.
Digitally based technology such as this relies on automated [...]
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 [...]
Facebook users have say on polices
It was not that long ago when the social networking site Facebook causing some serious issues for its members when the management decided to change the terms and conditions of using the site. This did not go down very well and was scrapped.
As with all clever corporate, the management team did not take this to [...]
Pirate Bay on Twitter
With the court case against the Pirate Bay will be starting in Stockholm, Sweden. Clearly, the authorities are going to want to keep a tight control on the information that leaks out, as they do want the Pirate Bay coming out looking like a victim.
But in order to counter this silence, the Pirate Bay will [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Downloader’s will ignore threats
It may not have gone un-noticed how the internet service providers, copyright owners and law firms have been going about stopping illegal file sharers, for most the threat of disconnection is enough to make internet users think about what they are doing.
Therefore, it could be said that this tactic has been a success, but has [...]
Managing your reputation
Reputation management has become a big business recently with almost anyone looking to protect their reputation; they are often tempted to pay for services, which claim to do this for them, but with so many services available, which ones are the best?
Buzzlogic
Radian6
TNS Cymfony
Nielsen
Trackur
Brands Eye
Reputation Defender
Sentiment Metrics
Visible Technologies
Cision
These are considered to be the best all round [...]
Online censorship on the rise
When we talk of internet censorship, we naturally think of countries like China, Iran and other countries that have a past problem with human rights. Yet this is not necessarily, so with the rise of online journalism the amount of writers being put behind bars has increased.
More recently, there have been issues in Australia over [...]
Online Journalists are sent to jail more
It’s a hard life being a blogger these days, not only is there the comments and income to be worried about, it seems that being a blogger can actually get you put in jail.
In a recent report by the Committee to Protect Journalists, it has been found that online journalists a group, which includes bloggers, [...]
Face recognition easy to fake
With the world having gone security crazy, can we actually rely on the systems put in place by the governments to protect us?
One of the main security methods is facial recognition, this has now found its way into the computing world, but obviously the system employed by a laptop is not going to be [...]