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01 Dec 2006
The executives at the head of scandal-hit computer maker Hewlett-Packard have been accused of profiting from the company's woes. Senior staff are accused of selling shares in the firm as news of its spying scandal broke.
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05 Oct 2006
Bugging offices in the UK is not a criminal offence, according to surveillance and legal experts speaking to OUT-LAW Radio. While recording a phone conversation is a criminal offence, someone could place a recording device in an office legally, they said....
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18 Sep 2006
Officials at Hewlett-Packard have been asked to testify to the House of Representatives which is investigating the company's media leak investigations. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn and General Counsel Ann Baskins have been asked to testify.
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18 Sep 2006
Sacked spy Richard Tomlinson has defied the UK's secret services by posting the first chapter of his spy novel online.
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12 Sep 2006
IBM, Microsoft and Apple have each been accused of withholding interface information. Over the years, antitrust complaints were made against all three. But do we need a new approach? Do we need an intellectual property law to assist interoperability?...
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12 Sep 2006
Hewlett-Packard chair Patricia Dunn will step down over her role in the secret surveillance of board members' phone records. She will retain her seat on the board.
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12 Jul 2006
The Irish Government has published a controversial privacy bill which opponents claim could hamstring the media and undermine principles of open justice.
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01 Jun 2006
California's Court of Appeal ruled last week that staff at web magazines qualified for journalistic protection. While there has never been a test case in the UK, a Solicitor Advocate says bloggers are likely to enjoy similarly strong protections here....
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19 May 2006
Microsoft misappropriated Symantec's trade secrets and applied them to Vista, the next version of the Windows operating system, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court by the security firm yesterday which seeks to block Vista's sale.
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24 Apr 2006
A US appeals court has been hearing arguments in a case that tests the right of a blogger to protect his sources. Apple Computer wants to know who leaked details of a product called 'Asteroid' and expects bloggers to reveal the names.
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