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| Plans to blacklist parents of illegal downloaders |
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The government today announced plans to blacklist parents whose children download music and films illegally from the internet.
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07/24/2008 01:00 AM
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| Google ordered to hand over YouTube logs |
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Google has been ordered to hand over the personal details of everyone who has ever watched a video on its YouTube website.
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07/04/2008 01:00 AM
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| eBay fined 40m for selling fakes |
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eBay has been ordered to pay 38.6 million in damages to French luxury goods group LVMH for allowing fake goods, including Louis Vuitton-branded handbags, perfumes and sunglasses, to be sold on its website.
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06/30/2008 01:00 AM
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| New offence for sending sexually explicit emails |
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Scots sending sexually explicit emails and texts risk being accused of being a sex offender.
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06/20/2008 01:00 AM
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| MySpace hoaxer guilty of breaching terms and conditions |
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The American woman at the centre of the MySpace suicide case has been found guilty of carrying out an online hoax because she breached the social website's terms and conditions.
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05/22/2008 01:00 AM
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| Keyboards filthier than toilet seats |
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A survey by consumer magazine Which? Computing has found that office computer keyboards can carry more bacteria than lavatory seats.
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05/07/2008 01:00 AM
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| Google changes trademark policy |
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From this week, Google's trademark policy has changed and there are now no restrictions on brand name bidding within the search giant - even if the brand is a registered trademark.
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05/07/2008 01:00 AM
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| Chief executive wins record internet libel damages |
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A housing association chief executive has won record damages after libelous allegations were published on the internet.
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04/17/2008 01:00 AM
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| Facebook "prince" receives royal pardon |
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A man sentenced to three years in prison for pretending to be the brother of the king of Morocco on Facebook has been given a royal pardon.
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03/19/2008 12:00 AM
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| Microsoft fined 899 million euros |
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Microsoft has been fined a record 899 million euros by the European Commission for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
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02/28/2008 12:00 AM
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