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Mark Cuban eyeing YouTube foe?

News Cuban's interest in Tur's company, a small news organisation that produces video which can easily be leased, is bound to raise questions about whether the billionaire is on some kind of personal jihad against YouTube - something he vehemently denies.

Tags: tur, youtube, mark cuban

[15 Nov 2006]

UK police collar "violent jihad" website operator

News UK police have arrested a British citizen on charges he operated Islamic fundamentalist websites that preached "violent jihad". The arrest of Syed Talha Ahsan on Wednesday came at the request of the US government, which released a 14-page...

Tags: jihad

[21 Jul 2006]

Email traffic doubled after London bomb blasts

News An unknown group dubbed 'the Secret Group of al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe' is reported to have posted a message on a website claiming responsibility for the attacks. Email traffic has doubled in Europe today after four bombs exploded in central London.

[07 Jul 2005]

'Jihad' online is just hype

News Security experts have downplayed media reports that an 'electronic jihad' aimed at Israeli websites will start on Thursday. It's not the first time the term 'electronic jihad' has been used. The reports came after the Russian news service RIA...

[26 Aug 2004]

Webmaster of pro-jihad sites arrested in London

News The publisher of two pro-jihad websites has been arrested in London on suspicion of terrorism-related activities, US investigators said on Friday. Between 29 February 2000 and 17 December 2001, both websites urged Muslims to "use every means at...

Tags: terrorists, websites, us department of justice

[09 Aug 2004]

Is Apple turning its back on iPod customers?

Comment Apple deserves the kudos it's gotten - but will squander a lot of that good will if it goes ahead with an ill-considered jihad against RealNetworks. Apple wants to dominate the digital music business.

Tags: realnetworks, ipod, napster, apple

[06 Aug 2004]

The weekly Round-Up: 18.06.04

The weekly Round-Up: 18.06.04

Comment Meanwhile, it falls to silicon.com reader Wesley Parish to point out the saddest part of all - the continued pejorative use of the word "jihad" simply as "holy war". Firstly, have they ever looked up the word 'jihad' in any decent Arabic dictionary...

[18 Jun 2004]

Leader: Linux "<strong>jihad</strong>"? Less hysteria please...

Leader: Linux "jihad"? Less hysteria please...

Leader This is a fine and sensible stance for any commercial enterprise - so why this talk of 'jihad' at Microsoft's Get the Facts road show? At said event, which is intended to convince the world that Windows is as cheap and secure as its open-source...

[11 Jun 2004]

Linux supporters waging a "<strong>jihad</strong>", says Microsoft exec

Linux supporters waging a "jihad", says Microsoft exec

News One Microsoft exec described the anti-Microsoft feelings as a "jihad". Microsoft has launched its 'Get the Facts' road show - the tech equivalent of a political battle bus - to tour the country and convince the wavering that Redmond is as at least...

[11 Jun 2004]

The silicon.com Yearly Round-Up 2002

Comment To be fair (for once), Gates did issue a jihad against security holes in his company's products in February, and even showed some repentance for his sins. Human beings have a vital need for time and inner quiet to ponder and examine life and its...

[27 Dec 2002]

Hamas declares a 'digital <strong>jihad</strong>'

Hamas declares a 'digital jihad'

News Militant Islamic group Hamas has declared a digital jihad against Jewish websites - urging followers to spend the next three days causing electronic mayhem. According to a report on Reuters, two websites which are linked to Hamas are behind the...

[28 Nov 2002]

Zander on Microsoft: "This is not a religious <strong>jihad</strong>"

Zander on Microsoft: "This is not a religious jihad"

News Zander added: "This is not a religious jihad. Sun Microsystems insists it is not planning any more job cuts this year and flatly denied it is obsessed with toppling Bill Gates and Microsoft. President and COO Ed Zander said revenues for the year...

[21 Mar 2002]

Tasteless hack leaves web users fuming

Tasteless hack leaves web users fuming

News Beside the picture are the words "Fluffi Bunni goes JIHAD", and beneath it there is a rambling diatribe against organised religion and the role of the US in global affairs. Visitors to over 10,000 sites hosted by NetNames were shocked this morning...

[14 Sep 2001]

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