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11 Jan 2007
EDITORIAL: If anyone compiles a top ten list of internet cock-ups for 2006, Threshers' discount voucher will surely rank high. But it could also top the list of all-time viral marketing triumphs.
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22 Dec 2006
Microsoft has filed for two patents covering web syndication technology, such as that used by Really Simple Syndication (RSS). The patents were filed in summer 2005 but have remained secret until now.
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22 Dec 2006
Doctors will be advised to refuse to use the NHS's computer system unless the Department of Health (DoH) changes its mind on behaviour which the British Medical Association says is unlawful.
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21 Dec 2006
Liverpool City Council has been fined for data protection offences. The local authority has been fined £300 under the Data Protection Act (DPA) after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) brought a prosection.
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21 Dec 2006
Three men have been jailed for up to six years for their parts in running an identity theft ring which netted them millions of pounds.
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21 Dec 2006
Controversial music website Allofmp3.com is being sued by a collection of record labels. The suit has been filed in a New York court against the Moscow firm, which claims that it abides by Russian law.
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21 Dec 2006
The Home Office has overturned its decision to create a large single computer for its controversial national identity register (NIR), opting to use existing databases instead. It had previously said that existing systems were flawed.
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21 Dec 2006
Internet and email users can be added to the sex offenders' register for a whole slew of new offences after the Home Office drastically increased the number of relevant offences.
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20 Dec 2006
Microsoft has settled a counterfeit software case with one of its own disk replicators. The company says that it has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with France's MPO.
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20 Dec 2006
Sony BMG will settle a US lawsuit over its Digital Rights Management software for $750,000. The payment will end the suit brought against the record company by the attorneys general of Los Angeles county and California.
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