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News Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, which raided 12 residential and commercial premises in the crackdown, said illegal internet sales posed a serious risk to public health. Authorities in nine... [13 Nov 2008]
Illegal content fight gets €55m cash boost
News The fight against illegal online content is set to get a massive cash injection following a vote yesterday in the European Parliament. The scheme, which will run from 2009 to 2013, aims to tackle... [23 Oct 2008]
P2P explodes by 400 per cent - and it's not all illegal
News While the increase in P2P traffic as a whole may come as no surprise, interestingly the growth in legitimate P2P will far outstrip that of its illegitimate counterpart - with legal activity growing at 10 times the rate of... [21 Oct 2008]
Round three for BT's Phorm trials
News Phorm's opponents claimed the trials were illegal under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) and the Data Protection Act. Phorm's technology, which BT will use under the brand of 'Webwise', has attracted... [29 Sep 2008]
Ad gurus called in to help ID cards
News Identity cards for foreign nationals are a crucial part in the fight against illegal migration, enabling those who are here legally to prove it and prevent those here illegally benefiting from the privileges of living in... [09 Sep 2008]
Warning over wi-fi 'piggybackers'
News According to a survey by moneysupermarket.com, a large number of Brits are exposed to 'piggybacking' - where broadband users connect to someone else's wireless router to gain access to the internet - which can lead to identity theft,... [29 Aug 2008]
Gov't battles EU to use passenger data
News The government is battling European Union (EU) proposals to restrict the way it uses air passenger data to monitor immigration. The Home Office claims that the names and travel plans it collects are crucial to control cross-border... [08 Aug 2008]
Oracle adds to SAP lawsuit allegations
News Oracle upped the ante in its lawsuit against rival SAP this week, claiming in an amended complaint that SAP's CEO and other top executives were aware of alleged illegal downloading of proprietary software and documents... [30 Jul 2008]
Are sat-navs causing havoc on the roads?
News Instances of drivers being 'forced' to make an illegal turn or hesitate at junctions were highlighted in the study carried out by Direct Line insurers. In the survey 10 per cent of drivers said their sat-nav had caused... [24 Jul 2008]
ISPs join file sharing crackdown
News UK internet service providers have joined forces with the UK record industry to crack down on illegal file sharing. ISPs are obliged to work with the music industry and rights' holders to bring about a "significant... [24 Jul 2008]
Sat-navs driving motorists to distraction
News Worrying effects on drivers include almost a fifth (19 per cent) of sat-nav users who said it caused them to dawdle or hesitate on a busy road; 18 per cent who said it reduced their awareness of what was going on around them; 11 per cent... [22 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News Young people have condemned ID cards as "illegal" and "creepy" on a website to canvas their views. She said the two fingerprints and photograph stored on the card would provide greater protection against identity theft... [09 Jul 2008]
Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford
News On the other hand, she said others may remember a "ruthless competitor who got away with a lot of illegal monopolistic behaviour". During his career Gates has made Microsoft into one of the biggest companies in the world... [25 Jun 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News Malcolm Wicks, business, enterprise and regulatory reform minister, told Parliament that government had to recognise its hopes for a "voluntary agreement" with ISPs to regulate illegal file trading online "might be too... [18 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News Young people are getting almost half of their music collection through illegal means. Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now has almost 900... [16 Jun 2008]
