The $112,000 Trojan bank fraud
It seems that some banks are still having a bad time, as if the current financial crisis was not bad enough they are still finding that they are open to all sorts of attack and not all of them are from the disheartened public who are unable to get loans or credit.
Despite the obvious security [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pirate material helps BBC out
For broadcasters during the 1960’s the storage of programmes was not one of their top priorities, this is because these programmes were stored in tape and took up lot of space. Which is in stark contrast to today, where hundreds of hours of film could be stored on a hard drive?
Some early series are therefore [...]
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 [...]
Another email scam to watch out for
It is a wonder that some people still fall for scams and other types of fraud like this, when then is so much publicity around about what you should be looking for.
Take this woman in the US she received and email saying that she could get her hands on $20.5 million if she helped out [...]
Top pirated TV shows
It could be a nightmare for some TV production companies, but then again on the other hand, you can never get enough publicity, which is another way at looking at the recent top ten of pirated TV shows.
In the table below the top two shows, Heroes and Prison Break have both been downloaded well over [...]
PayPal make refunds
With over twenty million users from the UK alone, the PayPal online payment system has been under pressure to scrap the limits on how much users are protected for when they by something off of the online auction site eBay.
The years the limit was set at just £150, which is no use for higher end [...]
Pirate Bay is booked
It looks as if the Pirate Bay is going to be booked by the publishing industry now. The aim of the study being instituted by the publishing industry in Sweden to look into the effects of book piracy in Sweden.
Clearly, this is localised to Sweden, but the industry is so close that this could be [...]
Court win for Pirate Bay
It has been little over a month since the Pirate Bay was banned in Italy, but as everyone knows you can never keep a good pirate down and they have hit back by taking the case to court.
The ban in itself did not really do anything to stop the access to the Pirate Bay in [...]
Bit Torrent cuts jobs
Bit Torrent could have been the iTunes of the film and TV world, but for various reasons this never really came to light and the organisation has been struggling to raise cash through advertising and downloads, this has left them in a very weak financial position.
They currently have a fifty five strong team on board [...]
Music Industry should work with websites
Is it about time that the music industry started working with the websites that offer illegal file sharing?
The industry have been following the way that certain groups have used these types of website to their own advantage, the group Radiohead springs to mind. They allowed their fans to obtain their latest album for free or [...]
Police in trouble with the PRS
The Performing Rights Society (PRS) have gone after the police in Lancashire over an alleged copyright infringement which has supposed to have been taking when place in Police Stations and on the phone when callers are being put in hold.
The PRS have issued a writ against in the High Court in which they are calling [...]
Internet user’s privacy to be limited
Could this be the end of the internet as we know it? Or are we just worrying about the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which has been designed to put an end to the problem with file sharing once and for all.
But there are fears that if this is adopted, and there is no reason [...]
Anti Scientology sites adsense account suspended
This could be a totally innocent business decision or something else, but what the reasons behind the decision to cut the Google Adsense account of a web site which is dedicated to being one of the most influential sites against the Church of Scientology.
It has to be hard for all parties involved, on all [...]
FaceBook can get you into debt
The social networking site, FaceBook has come under fire not for its lapse in security where all your friend’s details can be harvested, but this time it is because they are allowing their advertisers to get their adverts in front of people.
Nothing wrong with that, but when these adverts are targeting impressionable young people who [...]
NSA monitors emails and online transactions
The National Security Agency (NSA) has been involved in something that could go beyond the big brother label in fact this goes well beyond it. So what are they doing that is so bad, after all the US and UK are fully at war with terrorist threat and so we should expect them to be [...]
February 14, 2008US feel Second Life is a terrorist haven
It seems that nothing is sacred on the internet, and communities like Second Life are increasing coming under suspicion as being a place where terrorists can gather and organize their finances, plans and in general gather intelligence.
This information is coming from US intelligence officials who have be warning for some time that these places could [...]
Pirate Bay has ten million peers
Despite all of their problems, the Pirate Bay still expands its ranks, this time a couple of impressive milestones have been passed. Over ten million peers who all like to share their files between them and over a million torrents for them to choose from.
In order to keep up with this expansion they will be [...]
It pays to be a pirate
A film about file sharing “Steal this Film 2” which is about the history of file sharing past, present and future, is produced by the League of Noble Peers and is totally free to download. But should the viewers feel inclined to do so, they can make a donation.
In the first four days over 150,000 [...]