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UK spam scammers escape punishment
News A company which sent nearly 1.4 million unsolicited emails promoting a bogus premium rate prize scam has been asked to clean up its act by the Office of Fair Trading - but has escaped punishment. However, there will be those who claim the lack of... [06 Jul 2005]
Student escapes punishment for PDA videoing of teacher
News Some quarters were pressing for harsh punishment for the boy, saying that such disrespect for authority should be dealt with severely. A student who used a PDA to secretly film a classmate being given a sound scolding and who later posted the video... [17 Jul 2003]
PC World escapes punishment over chip ads
News PC World has escaped punishment from the UK's advertising watchdog after one of its adverts appeared to suggest Intel's dual-core processors performed twice as quickly as single-core processors. A national press advert for the retailer featured... [06 Jul 2007]
Gates: 'Proposed punishment would make us withdraw Windows'
News Microsoft CEO Bill Gates yesterday stepped down from the witness box after a final day of testimony in an attempt to save his company from severe sanctions. The day followed the usual pattern of word fencing between Gates and the rebel states... [25 Apr 2002]
Bangemann escapes punishment
News The EC has dropped charges against former telecoms commissioner Martin Bangemann, after he assured European authorities that he will not use confidential information to benefit him at his new post on the board of Telefonica. [17 Dec 1999]
UK banks escape punishment over India data breach
News UK banks will not face any action over a data breach in an Indian call centre last year, where an undercover newspaper reporter was allegedly sold bank and credit card details of 1,000 customers. The reporter was able to buy bank account, credit... [13 Jan 2006]
Merchant bank faces punishment for pumping dot-coms
News Investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston is today expected to hear whether it will be punished over the way it took companies public during the dot-com boom. CSFB has been investigated for allegedly receiving inflated commissions in exchange for... [22 Jan 2002]
EU: Microsoft punishment on hold
News The European Commission has temporarily suspended an order requiring Microsoft to begin to offer a version of Windows without a media player this week. Microsoft said it been notified on Sunday of the Commission's decision, which effectively gives... [28 Jun 2004]
Poll: Execs should be jailed for data loss
News That's the view of more than a third (35 per cent) of readers who took part in the latest silicon.com poll and who believe the punishment for data loss should be much more serious. The next most popular punishment - voted for by 21 per cent of... [14 Feb 2008]
Virus writers: "Hanging is too good for them"
News However, there is growing support among silicon.com readers for alternative forms of punishment to replace custodial sentences or to complement and follow a jail term. Stephen Curwood's calls for severe punishment summed up many people's concerns... [03 Sep 2003]
Virus writer's 'soft sentence' slammed
News More than two thirds agreed that a prison sentence of some kind is the most appropriate punishment. Only 14 per cent said a community service order, such as that handed down by the Dutch authorities to the writer of the Kournikova virus last year... [22 Jan 2003]
$5.4m fine for spammer sending faxes (remember them)
News The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hit Fax.com with the severest possible punishment of $11,000 for each of 469 separate breaches of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. During the legal battle Fax.com had argued punishment would be... [06 Jan 2004]
West Virginia fights on against Microsoft
News However, its subsequent punishment of being split up was overturned after a lengthy appeal, prompting nine US states, including Massachusetts and West Virginia, to protest in the courts. Authorities in West Virginia have now also said they believe... [03 Dec 2002]
Anti-trust case catches up with Gates
News Since the appeals court had already rejected a proposal to break the company, it will be up to a new judge to decide upon a punishment. The court ruled the case should be returned to a lower court in seven days so punishment can be decided. [17 Aug 2001]
Microsoft acted illegally - it's official
News Judge Jackson has yet to decide on punishment for the software giant, but he is expected to hold a series of hearings to discuss certain remedies, which could include splitting up the company. Microsoft's troubles will not end once Judge Jackson... [04 Apr 2000]
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