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30 Nov 2006
The EU's data protection watchdog has warned that European officials are in danger or eroding basic data protection principles and has called on them to reconsider their actions.
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30 Nov 2006
The man who invented the internet's most popular email routing system says he would never have done it had he known how much trouble it was going to be.
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30 Nov 2006
VoIP users could soon feel the pain when it comes to contacting the emergency services via their internet connection, according to a speculative report by the Internet Telephony Services Providers’ Association (ITSPA).
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30 Nov 2006
The European Commission is set to call for an immediate halt on the illegal transfer of financial information to the United States Treasury.
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30 Nov 2006
The Internet Archive project has won an exemption from US copyright law, overcoming an obstacle which threatened the entire work of the not-for-profit group. It can now host copies of obsolete computer games and software without fear of prosecution.
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30 Nov 2006
The Information Commissioner has called for journalists who buy illegally obtained information to be jailed for up to two years.
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29 Nov 2006
The Supreme Court could make US patents harder to obtain in a landmark appeal that began yesterday. The judges seemed to back the case that too many obvious inventions are being granted patents.
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29 Nov 2006
The company behind Barney the bright purple dinosaur has withdrawn its action against a man who parodied the lurid TV and toy franchise. Lyons Partnership will pay the man's $5,000 legal costs.
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29 Nov 2006
Businesses and academics would oppose any watering down of the patent examination process, a new report has found.
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29 Nov 2006
A Yorkshire MEP is campaigning for a forthcoming law on cross-border disputes to address defamation. The proposed EU Regulation, known as Rome II, focuses on disputes where no contract is involved.
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