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02 Aug 2006
MessageLabs has been ordered to provide a court-approved press release to everyone enquiring about its new web-browsing control system, Web Security Service. The statement distances its software from that of another company, ScanSafe.
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31 Jul 2006
The controversial French law which would have forced Apple to make music from its iTunes online shop playable on any device has been rejected by the French Constitutional Council. The whole law may have to be rewritten.
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31 Jul 2006
Billy Bragg has paid tribute to social networking giant MySpace after persuading it to change its terms and conditions. The site is owned by owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and changed its terms after lobbying by Bragg.
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28 Jul 2006
Google's $90 million payout over click fraud has been approved by a US court. Some opponents had claimed that the figure was not high enough to cover losses, but an Arkansas judge has thrown the objection out.
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28 Jul 2006
The first Parliamentary inquiry into personal internet security is being launched this week on what the House of Lords describes as an issue of "ever increasing importance to the public, businesses and Government".
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28 Jul 2006
Intel Corporation has failed in a bid to cancel the registered trade mark INTELMARK, owned by global marketing firm CPM.
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28 Jul 2006
China could block the operations of some of the internet's biggest names in an apparent bid to take more control of the net economy. Yahoo!, eBay and Google all operate in China.
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28 Jul 2006
IT is the fifth most boring profession in the UK. It ranks as being more boring than engineering, banking and accountancy according to the Workforce Boredom Index produced by a government quango.
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27 Jul 2006
The US Government will relinquish much of its control over the systems at the heart of the internet. A US Commerce Department meeting heard the unexpected admission by Department official John Kneuer.
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27 Jul 2006
McDonald's will keep the domain name Pizza.eu after a legal challenge to the burger giant's right was rejected this week.
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