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Archive for 2011/08/25
Google adds voice search on PCs to mapping
Posted: 2011/08/25 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionAnonymous hacktivist Peter David Gibson, 22, a student, of Castleton Road, Hartlepool, Cleveland, UK, has been charged with “conspiracy to do an unauthorised act in relation to a computer, with intent to impair the operation of any computer or prevent or hinder access to any programme or data held in a computer or to impair the operation of any such programme or the reliability of such data – contrary to Sec 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977″
Posted: 2011/08/25 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, EnforcementWhile collectives of rogue hackers such as Anonymous and Lulzsec have grabbed headlines with their mischievous hacks of personal information from Sony, News International and governments, hackerspaces have quietly focused on creating alternatives to the things they see wrong in society: secretive government, unfettered corporate power, invasion of privacy
Posted: 2011/08/25 in Education / AwarenessThe Revolution Will Be Digitised
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/24/inside-secret-world-of-hackers
Facebook number 1 website in the world: 1,000,000,000,000 pageviews, 870 million unique visitors
Posted: 2011/08/25 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reportsDutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107711/facebook-scoort-1-biljoen-pageviews.html
Dutch Freedom Party wants ban on SuperCookies. Socialist Party agrees.
Posted: 2011/08/25 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public PolicyDutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2598071/pvv-wil-verbod-supercookies.html
Facebook and Twitter riot clampdown opposed by human rights groups
Posted: 2011/08/25 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Public PolicyChina Mobile becomes world’s biggest mobile operator
Posted: 2011/08/25 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reportsPro-privacy organization Bits of Freedom wants the Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office to prosecute provider KPN for using Deep Packet Inspection technologies and eavesdropping on its subscribers
Posted: 2011/08/25 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Privacy / Data Protection, Public PolicyDutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107713/-om-moet-kpn-wel-vervolgen-voor-aftappen-klanten-.html
Author and composer of “In The Army Now” and “Rock Me Amadeus” arrested by the Dutch Police in the offices of Dutch Collecting Society BUMA/STEMRA. He was there to claim money BUMA/STEMRA allegedly owed him
Posted: 2011/08/25 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, EnforcementDutch language article:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/10425323/__Bolland_uit_kantoor_gehaald__.html
Man who sexually abused 87 toddlers awarded damage claim by Council for the Administration of Criminal Justice and Protection of Juveniles in The Netherlands
Posted: 2011/08/25 in Education / AwarenessShouldn’t have been subjected to isolation and CCTV observation. Compensation can range from 140 to 2,300 euros.
Dutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/binnenland/2598125/robert-m-krijgt-schadevergoeding.html
http://www.rsj.nl/english/
Fox Responds To ‘Piracy Surge’ By Answering A Different Question
Posted: 2011/08/25 in Education / AwarenessAuthenticating viewers is not about making sure they only watch live…in fact, quite the opposite—we support a ‘TV Everywhere’ proposition and are working with our distribution partners to benefit our businesses. It’s about receiving fair value so we can continue to produce this expensive and high quality programming.
