PSA: The Computer Maintenance Department Scam Calls
Have you been getting those calls from people working in a call center from what sounds like India? You know, those people who claim to be from either the ...
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Censoring Civil Unrest in Social Media Exacerbates Rioting – Study
We've been covering the technological side of the UK riots for some time now. After all that has happened to date, it seems a new study has surfaced in ...
Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Creating a Riot Facebook Page
The UK riots these days is marked by several high profile arrests. Now, the UK justice system is no doubt jam packed with riot cases in the midst of ...
UK PMs Internet Censorship Insinuation Receives Praise from China
You know your internet censorship plans are too strict when China praises you for it.
I'll say this right off the bat, if someone told me one month ago that I ...
UK PM Wants to “Stop People from Communicating” on Social Media
The riots in Britain has certainly been a story major media outlets around the world have been following closely, but recent comments by British Prime Minister David Cameron on the ...
UK Legalizes CD Ripping, Nixes Site Blocking
Business Secretary Vince Cable announces implementation of recommendations made to "modernize" intellectual property system by a allowing exceptions to copyright law for things like limited private copying. Ofcom also announces ...
Hollywood Wins Court Case – ISP Ordered to Block NewzBin2
While major entertainment corporations are working hard at censoring the internet in the United States through the PROTECT IP Act, it corporate sponsored censorship has already become a reality in ...
IFPI Announces Agreement With PayPal to Cut Off Pirate Sites
After over a half of a year of pressure on these companies from major multinational companies, the IFPI has said a few days ago that PayPal has agreed with the ...
Was tFlow Arrested? Fox News Says Yes, Anonymous Says Unconfirmed
In the flurry of news stories surrounding the AntiSec movement yesterday, one report stuck out for us. The report said that tFlow, a high ranking member of LulzSec, was ...
p0keu Dumping Database of UK DJ Site VisitBPM, Accounts Compromised
Nearly 3000 user accounts have been compromised on UK DJ website VisitBPM.co.uk. A user by the name of P0keu suggests that what has been posted so far is ...
Government to Blame for US Living in Stone Age of Internet Connectivity – Report
What could possibly be the reason why the US has such (loading article, please wait...)
There's a fascinating piece on Engadget that discusses at length why many Europeans are ...
MPAA Wants UK ISP to Add Newzbin to Child Porn Filter
First test case of Digital Economy Act of 2010's provision allowing copyright holders to petition the High Court for an injunction against an ISP to force it to "prevent access ...
Leaked Document: Copyright Industry Wants a Great Firewall of Britain
Website blocking has certainly been discussed in the US with the PROTECT IP act first propsed last month. While the senate has approved the bill, ...
LulzSec Denies Involvement in UK Hack, Not Arrested After All
Rumours were apparently circulating that LulzSec was involved in hacking the UK government. These rumours were followed up by a supposed arrest of one of its members, ...
British Student Faces Extradition to the US for Linking to Copyrighted Material
He created a website that allegedly linked to copyrighted material. Now, the US wants Richard O'Dwyer, the former owner of TVShack, to face a US court over his websites ...
UN Report: 3-Strikes is a “Violation of Human Rights”
Frank La Rue, the UN's Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, submits report concluding that disconnecting Internet users, "regardless of the justification provided," is a violation of the ...
PSN Outage: Day 10.5 – Sony’s Press Conference and More
After a long and, for many, painful 11 days, Sony has held a long awaited press conference to explain what happened during the outage, whether or not credit cards were ...
PSN Outage: Day 9 – Sony Threatened With Fines As World Gov’t Involvement Increases
Sony, Visa and a few others have been trying to reassure PSN (PlayStation Network) that users credit card information is still safe in spite of unverified reports that money is ...
PSN Outage: Day 8 – Governments Get Involved Over Data Breach Fears
Day 8 of the PSN outage. It appears that fears have been intensifying over the massive data breach where 70-77 million credit cards were stolen. After a class ...
IMSLP Reinstated After Outrage Over Public Domain Controversy
Earlier, we reported that British sheet music organization MPA forced the IMSLP offline because they claimed a work that was in the public domain was still under copyright. ...
