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Kim Dotcom May Recover Property Due To Police ‘Error’
A police 'procedural error' may allow Kim Dotcom to recover the £100m of property, including a pink Cadillac, seized in January
Google Thrown To The Watchdog Lions Over Safari
Google is bracing itself for massive fines from US and EU authorities over its circumvention of Apple's Safari browser protection
Avast CEO: We’re Still Working On Making Freemium Services Work
We chat with Avast's CEO about what happened with iYogi and how to ensure partners don't cause embarrassment.
Groupon Changes Practices After OFT Smackdown
Groupon says it "welcomes" the findings of an OFT investigation that said it broke a number of customer service regulations
Apple Called To Washington To Dispel Privacy Concerns
Apple has been told to send a representative to Washington DC to discuss its privacy practices with Congress
SourceForge Shuts Anonymous OS Downloads
Security concerns cause SourceForge to kill downloads for Anonymous OS
Avast Kills Free Phone Support After Upselling Upset
Avast gets embarrassed by iYogi's dodgy upselling tactics.
Met Arrests 14 Over £1m Phishing Scam
PCeU strikes again, taking in 14 people during an investigation into a major phishing operation
US ISPs Will Start Hunting Pirates From July
Pro-copyright organisations confirm ISPs will commence initiatives on 12 July
Doubts Surround Anonymous Operating System
Ubuntu-based OS, featuring pre-installed hacking tools, was released yesterday
BYOD Trend Addressed By Alcatel-Lucent And AirTight Networks
The two vendors are offering capabilities to identify employee-owned mobile devices on corporate networks
US Electronic Voting System Hijacked In Less Than 48 Hours
Academics from Michigan crack the Washington voting system, and watch the reaction on unsecured CCTV cameras
What Is Behind Dell’s Acquisition Spree?
The acquisition of SonicWall gives Dell a powerful set of products and services to compete with Cisco, Juniper and HP, says Chris Preimesberger
Building Firm Pays £10,000 Over Unlicensed Software
Audit exposed George Morrison's use of unlicensed Microsoft and Autodesk products
Microsoft Warns Of Attractive Remote Desktop Flaw
Microsoft urges businesses to get patching over fears cyber crooks will take advantage of a remote desktop flaw
Morto RDP Patch Is Critical Feature Of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Issue
Microsoft's March 2012 Patch Tuesday bulletin features six issuess, including one rated "critical" that focuses on the Morto RDP vulnerability
Swedish Police Begin New Pirate Bay Investigation
Swedish web hosting company says police asked it to reveal personal details about Pirate Bay domain owner
Home Secretary Approves O’Dwyer Extradition
TVShack creator faces up to five years in prison over copyright infringement charges
BBC Hit By Cyber Attack Over Iran
The BBC says its Persian service has been taking a battering
Symantec Releases Data Insight 3.0 Governance Intelligence Platform
Data Insight's scalable and parallel architecture is designed to support large-scale data management operations
Dell Plans SonicWALL Security Acquisition
Dell gets plenty of patents and thousands of customers with the SonicWALL buy.
Anonymous Launches Fresh Attack On Vatican
Holy See website taken down as Anonymous publishes details of Vatican Radio journalists
Reporters Without Borders Names The Enemies Of The Internet
The RWB looks back on a year of Internet activism and attempts to stop it
Twitter Used By Malware Developers, Symantec Warns
Symantec has warned that Twitter is being increasingly used to dupe users into clicking on malware
Microsoft Offers Refund For Azure’s Leap Year Outage
Microsoft provides detail of the Leap Day Azure cloud outage and offered a 33 percent rebate to all customers
Porn Site Hit By Hardcore Hack
Hacker group The Consortium claims responsibility, but promises not to use information for personal gain
A Word With The Student Cyber Security Star
We talk with newly-crowned Cyber Security Champion, Jonathan Millican, about his victory and his plans for the future.
ICO To Follow EU On Potential Google Privacy Punishment
The ICO is being sheep to the EU's shepherd over Google's controversial privacy policy.
Hacker Pleads Guilty To Abortion Website Attack
A man who defaced an abortion services company's website with the Anonymous logo has been caught