US couple fined $236 million for spamming

A US couple who sent vast quantities of spam via a small ISP for around four months in 2003 have been fined a whacking $236 million.

FRI 10 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Two Europeans Indicted in US DDOS Attack With FBI's Help

Lee Graham Walker, a Bleys Bolton resident and Axel Gembe, from Germany, have both been found guilty of conspiring and damaging a computer system, following Denial of service attacks on two US-based satellite TV sellers

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Tackling data centre efficiency through regulation

Across the IT industry there is a strong consensus that the issue of power consumption in data centres needs to be tackled. Where the debate continues, however, is how this can be best achieved

MON 06 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

UK Government Plans £12 bn Database To Track All Emails, Phone Calls and Browsing Sessions

In a move that would certainly have given shivers to the late George Orwell, the UK Government is apparently planning a gigantic £12 bn database that will log and track internet browsing habits, emails and phone records of everyone living in Britain

MON 06 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Virgin Media Reprimanded by Data Protection Commissioner After Losing Customers' Data

Following the lost of 3000 customers' bank details back in June 2008, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has hit out at Virgin Media and found that the cable company was guilty of breaching the Data Protection Act

WED 01 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

MPAA and Hollywood Sue RealNetworks Over DVD-copying Software

Major film studios of US have sued the Seattle-based RealNetworks Inc., alleging the company for creating software that allows users to make copies of DVDs on their PCs

WED 01 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Germany seeks to outlaw Google Street View

Google's Street View option is viewed by many people as a bit of an invasion of privacy and, after seeing the company's scanning vehicles in operation in London (on TV) a few weeks back I can understand why.

WED 01 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

"Three Strike" Broadband Proposal On P2P Users Thrown Out After EU Decision

The European Parliament has voted against the move to impose a “three strikes” rule on unauthorised file sharers by European Union (EU) member states that would have allowed ISPs to disconnect their internet connections

MON 29 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

More Data Mayhem As Details of 11,000 Teachers Get Lost By Courier

A disc containing the details of nearly 11,500 teachers has been lost by a courier service while in transit from the Offices of the General Teaching Council for England (GTC) to a data processing contractor in Birmingham

FRI 26 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Thieves Strike East London BT Exchange Weeks After Mayfair Burglary

Just a couple of weeks after its Mayfair exchange burgled, BT has suffered yet another break in this month, this time in its Stepney Green exchange in East London

FRI 26 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News