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31 Aug 2004
Two thirds of PDAs contain sensitive corporate data but do not have adequate protection, compromising customer confidentiality and putting companies' reputations on the line, according to a survey published today.
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31 Aug 2004
More than one million US consumers will have subscribed to an IP telephone service by the end of this year, up from only 131,000 at the end of 2003, according to a report released yesterday by communications analysts Yankee Group.
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31 Aug 2004
The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) today published two codes of practice setting out how it will exercise some of its new powers to access personal data held by telcos and ISPs. The powers will be used in the course of investigating cartels.
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30 Aug 2004
ICANN, the body responsible for the internet's domain naming system, has convinced a court to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed against it by domain registry VeriSign over its interference with the launch of VeriSign's Site Finder service.
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30 Aug 2004
More than 150 individuals have been arrested or convicted in a US-wide crackdown on internet fraud and abuse, according to an announcement from Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday.
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30 Aug 2004
A company selling a spoof Caller ID service is due to launch tomorrow, according to a report by internet security firm Security Focus. Initially targeting debt collectors and private detectives, it offers a means of hiding the true identity of a telephone...
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30 Aug 2004
Five California counties and two cities sued Microsoft on Friday, alleging that the company violated antitrust laws by illegally creating and maintaining a monopoly in the computer operating system market, resulting in an overcharge for Windows.
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30 Aug 2004
The European Union is drafting proposals to force manufacturers to include anti-forgery software in products such as scanners and printers, according to The Observer newspaper. The legislation would seek to tackle the growth in counterfeit currency.
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27 Aug 2004
The UK's Department for Work and Pensions said yesterday that it had fired 16 employees and disciplined over 200 others who had accessed internet porn at work. The DWP began investigating internet abuse in December.
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27 Aug 2004
Adidas has sued Ralph Lauren over a range of Polo jackets bearing two stripes on the sleeves, which the German sportswear company says is too similar to its own well-known trade mark consisting of three parallel stripes, according to reports.
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