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29 Aug 2008
Target will pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the retail giant's website of breaking US anti-discrimination laws. Blind individuals in California can claim up to $7,000 each if they tried to use Target.com and encountered barriers.
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29 Aug 2008
Intellectual property laws which were designed to protect inventors are actually stifling innovation, according to a leading US law academic.
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29 Aug 2008
NASA hacker Gary McKinnon has lost his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights and faces extradition to face trial in the US.
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28 Aug 2008
The problem information security professionals are most worried about is preventing data loss by their organisations, a survey has found. It found that 69% of IT security workers put the loss of data at the top of their worry list.
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27 Aug 2008
Apple will face legal action over its insistence that its software only run on its own hardware. A competitor, Psystar, says the restrictions may break antitrust laws.
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27 Aug 2008
Microsoft will strengthen privacy protections in the upcoming new version of its dominant web browser, Internet Explorer. The changes will allow users to control what information on their web use is stored and published by their browser.
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27 Aug 2008
UPDATED: The Gambling Commission should investigate the couple selling their £1 million house through a £25-a-ticket lottery, a gambling law expert has said. The Commission refused to comment on the case.
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27 Aug 2008
A UK broadcaster has been fined £20,000 for showing sexually explicit content on a free-to-air television channel. Satellite Entertainment Ltd (SEL) breached regulator Ofcom's Broadcasting Code, it said.
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27 Aug 2008
The Government has asked business what it thinks about its plans to extend flexible working rights to parents of children up to the age of 16.
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26 Aug 2008
A computer containing the banking details of a million UK customers has been sold on eBay for £35. The machine was taken from a company which stores banks' financial records, Graphic Data.
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