Archives: "November 2011"

November 30th, 2011 - EU plans to reform Internet laws to protect user privacy
The European Union wants to replace a mishmash of national laws on data protection with one bloc-wide reform, updating l...

November 29th, 2011 - George Osborne announces £100m broadband boost in autumn statement
City councils in Britain will bid for a share of broadband moneyThe government has set aside £100m to create high speed...

November 29th, 2011 - Hain Computer Targeted by Hackers
Labour's Peter Hain has been warned his computer may have been hacked while he was Northern Ireland Secretary, it has em...

November 28th, 2011 - The Government’s Cyber Security Strategy: friend or foe?
Friday saw the release of the government's Cyber Security Strategy that set out the UK's plans to build a more truste...

November 25th, 2011 - Internet Privacy?
Since few people bother to read Privacy Policies, Terms of Service or Click Wrap Agreements, is it any wonder that socia...

November 25th, 2011 - Computing at Light Speed
What's the Latest Development?Photonic chips, which use lightbeams to do computing rather than electrons, have advanced ...

November 24th, 2011 - EU court decides ISPs can’t be forced to block file sharers
Europe’s highest court, the European Court of Justice, has decided that internet access is a human right and that EU l...

November 24th, 2011 - Fake iTunes gift certificate delivers a load of malware for Black Friday shoppers
Criminals are banking on post-Thanksgiving turkey-eating coma and Black Friday shopping frenzy in the US to trick Americ...

November 24th, 2011 - Hackers Plan On Dublin Descent
Next summer Dublin will under siege from hackers and innovators through a major interactive exhibition and festival orga...

November 23rd, 2011 - IRISSCERT conference kicks off, as statistics reveal level of cyber crime against Irish websites
Almost all website hacks in Ireland this year have been attributed to organised crime gangs with the primary motivation ...