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RSS anti opinionLeader: Is file-sharing sacking too heavy-handed?
Leader Hanff claims his employers knew he was going to appear on the programme and even gave him permission to leave early to film his slot - but it all went pear-shaped when they heard his anti-copyright views and he was... [04 Jul 2005]
Leader: When security firms run out of acquisition targets
Leader With news that SurfControl has made the leap into anti-spyware, through the purchase of Apreo, we can strike off another acquisition target in the security space where firms with spyware know-how have been particularly... [07 Mar 2005]
EC pushes for software patent law
News Anti-patent campaigners initially expected the EU Council to delay ratifying the directive for a few months due to the restart motion proposed by the EP, but the EC is urging the Council to go ahead with its original... [14 Feb 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.02.05
Round-Up Of course Campbell's foul-mouthed tirade wasn't intended for the BBC but the Labour party's advertising agency, as Campbell wrestled with the fall-out from two shelved poster campaigns which had been attacked for alleged... [11 Feb 2005]
Opinion: A bad case of worms
Comment To illustrate this growing enthusiasm for online fraud, the Anti-Phishing Working Group reported there were 6,597 new, unique phishing email messages in October 2004, compared to 2,158 such messages in August. [21 Dec 2004]
Microsoft staking claim to internet protocols?
News Blunk said he is concerned that this document may have an anti-competitive effect for protocols that have been implemented many different times. In my opinion, it also shows a lack of respect for the... [11 Nov 2004]
UK spam fighter urges 'let's play Aussie rules'
News A UK-based anti-spam organisation is to advise legal officials at the European Commission on new legislation to block junk email. Spamhaus, which already advises the UK and several other governments on... [26 Oct 2004]
Microsoft email 'caller ID' questioned
News Between the company's participation in that group and the Anti-Spam Technical Alliance, Microsoft has done a good job of selling major internet infrastructure companies on the benefits of its proposal. [14 Sep 2004]
Google slammed for anti-Semitic search
News Search site Google has been drawn into a controversy during the week of Passover over a search listing that directs viewers to an anti-Semitic site when they enter the keyword "Jew. The first site returned was Jew Watch,... [07 Apr 2004]
Hated pop-ups savaged by silicon readers
News I have now switched on my anti-pop-up software but lost some of the site-related banners. I will never buy from any company that advertised by pop-ups," wrote one anonymous reader and that opinion was... [01 Mar 2004]
The Anti-Thesaurus Part 2: Expansion of Proposal for Increasing Search Relevance
White Paper Proper use of any metadata, in my opinion, flows from experience. The experience can be rooted in any number of disciplines, but regardless of the source, it is clear to me that someone who cannot read and understand the... [25 Feb 2004]
'Apple's dirty secret' gets an airing
News Two filmmakers are getting attention around the Net for an "anti-advertising" project aimed at protesting what they call the "dirty secret" of Apple's iPod music player - its battery. However, the brothers might have... [26 Nov 2003]
Look out for 'legacy viruses'
News Anti-virus experts speaking at the Association of anti-Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR) conference have told delegates old computer viruses are still a threat. Computer Associates' Sha-Li Hsie and Oleg... [06 Nov 2003]
Software pirates 'should be hung, drawn and quartered'
News Offering a different angle on the anti-Microsoft issue was Rod Sheaff, who wrote: "If all software was open source, these problems could be avoided. What's your opinion, email editorial@silicon.com and... [09 Jul 2003]
silicon.com launches 'The Spam Report'
News All of our major columnists, including Peter Cochrane, are on board to bring you their take on the spam problem, while we have also lined up some of the biggest names in the anti-spam industry to discuss the problem with... [09 Jun 2003]
