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Computer hacker Gary McKinnon wins more time to fight US extradition

May 21st, 2010 zdnet.co.uk No comments

The case against a computer hacker who faced extradition to the US on charges of breaking in to sensitive military computers has been adjourned.

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Nasa hacker McKinnon’s extradition halted for review

May 21st, 2010 zdnet.co.uk No comments

New home secretary Theresa May has paused Gary McKinnon’s extradition proceedings so she can fully consider the issues in his case.

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Internet mailbox for ‘China’s Got Talent’ compromised with valuable production manual stolen

May 21st, 2010 scmagazine.com No comments

The internet mailbox for the Chinese version of the ‘got talent’ TV talent show has been compromised with sensitive information exposed.

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Hackers penetrate Carder forum

May 21st, 2010 techworld.com No comments

Hackers have penetrated German underground forum carders.cc, copied login details, e-mail addresses and private e-mails from several thousand members and published them on RapidShare. According to a list seen by The H’s associates at heise Security, the forum software had also logged the IP addresses of nearly one thousand members over a specific period. These have also been published.

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Microsoft introduces online web applications in new version of Office

May 19th, 2010 scmagazine.com No comments

Microsoft has announced the release of the latest versions of the business editions of Office and SharePoint.

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Facebook privacy tweaks are ‘unacceptable’, says EU

May 19th, 2010 zdnet.co.uk No comments

European data protection advisers have said it was ‘unacceptable’ for Facebook to make some of its users’ data public without their permission at the end of last year.

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Google to begin offering encrypted search

May 19th, 2010 zdnet.co.uk No comments

Google plans to offer encrypted search next week, it announced on Friday after disclosing it collected samples of British households’ web surfing and email data without their knowledge through Street View.

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UK users pay a premium for Adobe CS5

May 3rd, 2010 zdnet.co.uk Comments off

British buyers will have to pay a premium over US prices for Creative Suite 5, the update to Adobe’s popular content creation software that was unveiled on Monday.

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Infosecurity Europe: ICO speaks on future of regulation three weeks after its ?500,000 fines were introduced

May 3rd, 2010 scmagazine.com No comments

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said that it is waiting with ‘baited breath’ for the first of its ?500,000 fines to be handed out.

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Steve Jobs hits back at Adobe over claims that Apple is a closed system

May 3rd, 2010 scmagazine.com No comments

Steve Jobs has hit out at recent claims by Adobe, saying it should focus on HTML development and less on criticising Apple.

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