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Facebook called 'arrogant' in its approach to child safety
News With complaints from users soaring, CEOP chief Jim Gamble says Facebook needs to accept it doesn't understand prevention or deterrence.
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ASA disagrees on Motorola DEXT's 'social skills'
News The advertising authority has upheld a complaint from INQ Mobile that its INQ1 offered much the same social appeal as the DEXT, and did so nearly a year earlier.
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Flash 10.1 RC offers better netbook performance
News Adobe's latest version of Flash promises lower system overheads and improved video playback for resource-shy netbooks and smartphones.
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PDF virus spreads without exploiting any flaw
News A new proof-of-concept attack has shown how a PDF virus hidden in a program launch action could be used to infect clean PDFs too.
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Piracy no problem for a third of Brits
News A new Microsoft survey has found that one in three of us thinks using pirated software is acceptable, even though we know little about the risks involved.
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Mozilla set to patch eight-year-old CSS history leak
News A proposed Firefox patch promises to close a long-standing CSS security hole that leaves a browser's surfing history vulnerable to attackers.
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Companies face fines of £500,000 for losing data
News As of today, the ICO has been granted powers to issue penalties of up to £500,000 for businesses or Government departments found in breach of the Data Protection Act.
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Germany calls for child abuse sites to be deleted
News In a week where the EU revealed its plan to block websites displaying images of child sex abuse, Germany's Justice Minister says they should simply be removed.
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Ordnance Survey maps free for all from today
News OS OpenData initiative sees maps made completely free for personal or commercial use in latest step in Government's 'Making Public Data Public' plan.
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Tech giants want new privacy law
News Microsoft and Google are among the leading players in a new alliance wanting to make it more difficult for the US government to monitor cloud-based personal data.
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Google changes tune, accuses China of blocking search
News Turns out internal glitch isn't to blame for ongoing Chinese search issues after all as Google backtracks to shift the blame to the Great Firewall.
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Call for better parental controls on mobile phones
News Researcher has called for the mobile industry to beef up internet controls on children's mobiles, citing a need for 'less talk and more action'.
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'Supertaskers' can safely use mobiles while driving
News A small minority of individuals show no loss of reaction time or mental skills when combining mobile phone use and motorway driving.
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Apple updates Snow Leopard, fixes 69 flaws
News The latest version of Snow Leopard includes a wide-reaching set of security fixes for OS X 10.6 and 10.5 users.
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Ofcom: ISPs still not honest on broadband speeds
News A mystery shopping exercise has revealed that most ISPs are still not meeting the obligations of a voluntary code of conduct they signed up to more than a year ago.
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Many under-age kids are using social networking
News One in four of of the country's pre-teen internet users have Facebook, MySpace or Bebo accounts, despite all three sites having minimum age limit of 13.
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Microsoft will stay in China despite criticism
News With Google and even its own government on its back, Microsoft says it has no plans to pull out of China over web censorship.
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Dell hints it may follow Google out of China
News An Indian newspaper claims Michael Dell has told the country's prime minister that the company is considering shifting its Chinese manufacturing operations.
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iPad fans not lured by apps
News Analytics firm's research reveals most people would love an iPad simply for the convenience of surfing the web or checking their emails, rather than because of the lure of the apps on offer.
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Ofcom says BT must share with rivals
News Regulator Ofcom details the latest measures to kick-start 'super-fast' broadband uptake – and finally specifies what the label actually means.
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SanDisk beats Samsung to first 32GB microSD card
News Latest benchmark puts 32GB of flash storage on a card smaller than a fingernail as SanDisk beats storage rival Samsung to the finish line.
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T-Mobile lines up HTC Desire and Sony Ericsson X10
News T-Mobile has gone into Android overload with the hotly anticipated duo available for just £10 per month – after you pay a hefty premium up front.
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Russia drops net on RBS WorldPay fraudsters
News Russian authorities have arrested a group of men believed to have orchestrated the high-profile 2008 scam that saw millions stolen from RBS cash machines around the world in just 12 hours.
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Malware hits up to 3,000 HTC Magic smartphones in Spain
News A faulty batch of microSD cards has exposed up to 3,000 HTC Magic owners in Spain to malware threats including Mariposa and Conficker.
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