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One in six lie for finance jobs
One graduate in six lies to get a job in financial services, a survey of CVs has
shown. The survey of nearly 4,000 CVs found that 17% of applicants for jobs in
the financial sector lied at least once.
24/07/2008
Leading ISPs agree to warn illegal file-sharers
The UK's six major internet service providers (ISPs) have agreed to write to
1,000 of their subscribers a week on behalf of the music and film industries
warning them not to engage in copyright-infringing file-sharing.
24/07/2008
British couple lose Narnia domain name to author's estate
A British couple has lost the battle to keep the narnia.mobi domain name which
they claimed was only registered so that their son could have a Narnia-related
email address. The address will transfer to a company representing CS Lewis's
estate.
24/07/2008
German horror film banned over cannibal's personality rights
A horror film has been banned in Germany because it infringes on the personality
rights of the German man who killed and ate a voluntary victim on Christmas Day
in 2001.
23/07/2008
US Patent Office rulings threaten key Google patent, says expert
Recent US patent rulings could undermine the patentability of software in the US
at a stroke, a leading US patent expert has warned. Patents as lucrative as that
of the PageRank system that underpins Google's business are under threat, the
expert warned.
23/07/2008
Data blunders can breach human rights, rules ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Finnish government to pay out
€34,000 because it failed to protect a citizen's personal data. One data
protection expert said that the case creates a vital link between data security
and human rights.
22/07/2008
OUT-LAW Radio: How software escrow can keep software suppliers in line
24/07/2008: We look at the esoteric world of software escrow to find out if it can give your company the edge in negotiating with suppliers.
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