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RSS stolenDatabase Nation: Privacy now!
Comment Our thoughts may one day be stimulated, or at least stolen, by advanced computers. Article 12 No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his... [10 Feb 2000]
Database Nation: Privacy Under Attack
Comment A few years ago you would have never thought of shredding your junk mail - until a friend in your apartment complex had his identity "stolen" by the building's superintendent. Several months ago, you reprogrammed your... [07 Feb 2000]
Keeping up with the Joneses - the UMTS licence race
Comment It is unlikely to miss out on one of the UMTS licences - although it is just possible one of the current four UK operators will - but the thunder for so-called 2.5G technologies has been stolen by rivals BT Cellnet and... [17 Jan 2000]
US teenagers charged with Net fraud
News The four teenagers have been reportedly charged with conspiracy, credit card theft, fraud and receiving stolen property. Four people in New Jersey have been charged with Internet credit card fraud, according to reports... [14 Jan 2000]
The information underclass: can Gordon Brown bring IT to the masses?
Comment We've really got to address the issue of culture - the last thing we want is a repeat of a situation where Bill Gates donates a couple of £2,000 computers that are then stolen by local criminals," he added. [19 Nov 1999]
Nasdaq in Europe: the stakes are high for high-tech exchanges
Comment The other obvious option, Frankfurt, is a financial centre that through the success of the electronic futures exchange the DTB (now part of Swiss-German Eurex), the Neuer Markt, and the post-euro European Central Bank, has... [17 Nov 1999]
Ecommerce Bill in trouble over human rights
News The physical equivalent is of the police coming round to your house claiming you have stolen a video and arresting you because you can't prove you didn't. The UK government is under attack this morning over claims that... [26 Oct 1999]
US government appoints digital envoy
News The White House has stolen a march on the UK government by appointing an official 'e-envoy'. Elizabeth Echols, a senior government adviser, has been made executive director of the Electronic Commerce Working Group, an... [25 Aug 1999]
Liffe and CME forge alliance
News The tie-up of the world's largest exchanges - the Chicago Board of Trade and Swiss-German Eurex - has stolen the limelight in recent weeks, but Liffe and the Merc still dominate short-term interest rate contracts. [06 Aug 1999]
Free ISPs vs AOL: who will have the last laugh?
Comment Since its launch, the Dixons-owned ISP has stolen thousands of potential AOL users. The latest jockeying for position in the UK Internet service provider (ISP) market will only have an impact on home users and small... [17 May 1999]
Symantec makes race equality breakthrough in Silicon Valley
News Symantec has stolen a march on its rivals by appointing the first African-American CEO in Silicon Valley. John Thompson, formally general manager of IBM Americas, replaces Gordon Eubanks, who left the anti-virus... [16 Apr 1999]
UK firms urged to keep IT safe
News Researchers also noted the sophistication of the black market for stolen computer equipment. The UK government has published advice to help businesses avoid computer theft. The Home Office report, called 'Pulling the... [09 Apr 1999]
Cellnet owns up to security flaw
News This leaves the way open for fraudsters to buy airtime using stolen credit card details, and go undetected for up to a month. Mobile operator, Cellnet has admitted to a security flaw in its pre-pay mobile phone services,... [01 Mar 1999]
C&WC gets head start in pay-as-you-surf race
News Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC) has stolen a march on BT in its effort to attract first-time Internet users. The cable TV and telephony provider has launched Internet Light - a pay-as-you-surf service costing... [02 Sep 1998]
Youthful hacker proves a point
News Waktel would not disclose how many customers were affected by the attack but promised to change all the active, stolen passwords by 27August. An 18 year old hacker has been thwarted in his efforts to blackmail Sweden's... [21 Aug 1998]
