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Plans to blacklist parents of illegal downloaders
The government today announced plans to blacklist parents whose children download music and films illegally from the internet.
07/24/2008 01:00 AM
Google ordered to hand over YouTube logs
Google has been ordered to hand over the personal details of everyone who has ever watched a video on its YouTube website.
07/04/2008 01:00 AM
eBay fined €40m for selling fakes
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.
06/30/2008 01:00 AM
New offence for sending sexually explicit emails
Scots sending sexually explicit emails and texts risk being accused of being a sex offender.
06/20/2008 01:00 AM
MySpace hoaxer guilty of breaching terms and conditions
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.
05/22/2008 01:00 AM
Keyboards filthier than toilet seats
A survey by consumer magazine Which? Computing has found that office computer keyboards can carry more bacteria than lavatory seats.
05/07/2008 01:00 AM
Google changes trademark policy
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.
05/07/2008 01:00 AM
Chief executive wins record internet libel damages
A housing association chief executive has won record damages after libelous allegations were published on the internet.
04/17/2008 01:00 AM
Facebook "prince" receives royal pardon
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.
03/19/2008 12:00 AM
Microsoft fined 899 million euros
Microsoft has been fined a record 899 million euros by the European Commission for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
02/28/2008 12:00 AM