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US Senate panel OKs US$49B energy 'stimulus' plan
News The Senate Appropriations Committee, over Republican objections that not one hearing had been held on the measure, approves a US$365 billion spending bill.
Tags: Politics, Green IT, Cybersecurity, Republican, Stimulus, Democrat, Byron Dorgan, Broadband, U.S. Senate, information technology
Aust state not alone in police hacking laws
News Other jurisdictions besides New South Wales are proposing legislation to allow police to quietly hack into suspects' computers remotely, an Australian cybercrime analyst says.
Tags: Privacy, Hacking, Bill, Telecommunications, Queensland, computer, Victoria, phone, hacking, Facebook
Plan to extend police-hacking powers gathers pace
News The Home Office is working with the European Parliament on plans to extend police powers to remotely search PCs without a warrant.
Tags: Corporate law, Web 2.0, Hacking, Police, European Parliament, Officer, computer security expert, Computer, phone, Wi-Fi
EU committee gives 'file-sharing' law go-ahead
News The Telecoms Package, which still needs to pass a September vote, could have its wording tightened to avoid being used for a copyright crackdown, experts suggest.
Tags: Copyright, Regulations, Law, Amendment, European Parliament, Telecommunications, child pornography, File-sharing, British Broadcasting Corp., professor
Europe getting 'Internet freedom' law
News Major overhaul of telecommunications regulations tackles issues ranging from data-breach notification to faster number porting to Internet access.
Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Piracy, negotiator, Telecoms Reform Package, European Commission, Web sites, European Parliament, Telecommunications, European Union
ISPs, rights groups react to UK govt P2P proposals
News Proposals to disconnect Internet service to illegal file-sharers come under criticism as disproportionate and worrying for businesses.
Tags: Data Management, Web sites, Telecommunications, Proposal, Graham Cluley, P2P, Broadband, Government, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider
Could this be the most critical budget for India?
Blogs For business journalists in India, budget time is excitement time. It's like sports journos covering the Olympics. As a ...
Understand limitations of your online privacy
Blogs Life is about choices. We all make decisions almost every second of our life. Some are menial...should I floss and brush...
US Homeland Security continues laptop seizures
News New guidelines are announced to clarify the U.S. border department's practice of seizing laptops and electronic gadgets indefinitely.
Tags: Consumer Technology, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, American Civil Liberties Union, electronic media, phone, agent, Laptop Computer, Homeland Security, Adobe PDF, disk
Aust police hacking bill passed
News Legislation to boost New South Wales Police computer hacking powers set to go ahead after almost no opposition in the lower house of the state parliament.
Tags: PC security, Hacking, Security, SSL, F-Secure Corp., Attorney General, computer hacking, computer, Ingram Micro Inc., remote access
EU lawmakers vote to introduce Net neutrality
News The Telecoms Package of laws recognizes Internet access as a fundamental right and makes data-breach notifications mandatory for communications service providers.
Tags: Corporate law, Web sites, Data Management, European Parliament, Internet Access, Telecommunications, Net Neutrality, Internet Service, Internet Service Provider, European Commission
Seagate's revenue to beat analyst outlook
News Seagate Technology looks set to post US$2.1 billion in its fiscal third quarter, better than Wall Street projections. Company says it has also raised US$430 million to pay all or some of its debt.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Storage, Seagate Technology LLC, ATA, liquidity, Wall Street, CEO, revenue, Earning reports/forecasts, Storage
Security vendors to block Aust police hacks
News Major security vendors yesterday said their products would block legalized hacking attempts by Australian Police as they would any other security threat to users.
Tags: Security, PC security, Hacking, Kaspersky Lab, Malware, Sophos Plc., Spokesperson, security industry, NSW Government, software
Security vendors: We would block police hacking
News Kaspersky and Sophos say that for security reasons they would block any software used in police attempts to break into customers' systems without a warrant.
Tags: Hacking, Politics, Police, Kaspersky Lab, Malware, Security, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, Computer, software
France ignores EU and passes antipiracy law
News The French General Assembly passed the "three-strikes" antipiracy legislation, which conflicts with an EU law passed last week.
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Piracy, European Parliament, Internet Access, Entertainment Industry, entertainment, Pirate Bay, antipiracy, Internet Service Provider
