Rosalie Marshall

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MI6 scrapped major drug operation after data loss

MI6 scrapped major drug operation after data loss

The UK's MI6 had to abandon a multimillion pound covert anti-drugs operation after it lost a memory stick containing the project's top secret information.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 28 2009 6:08AM Security
Apple charged US$19m for patent infringement

Apple charged US$19m for patent infringement

Apple has been found guilty of patent infringement and charged $19m by a US court in Texas.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 27 2009 2:06PM Hardware
Yahoo closing Geocities web hosting service

Yahoo closing Geocities web hosting service

Yahoo will close Geocities, the free web hosting service it paid US$4 billion (A$5.62 billion) for 10 years ago.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 25 2009 8:04AM Networking
Google and Pirate Bay share Friday good news

Google and Pirate Bay share Friday good news

Both Google and the Pirate Bay have achieved slight victories over their legal opponents overnight.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 24 2009 6:29AM Software
Joint Strike Fighter defence project hacked

Joint Strike Fighter defence project hacked

Hackers have broken into the US Department of Defense’s US$300 billion Joint Strike Fighter program, which is partly funded by the UK and also counts Australia as a development partner.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 22 2009 6:31AM Security
Oracle agrees to buy Sun for US$7.4 billion

Oracle agrees to buy Sun for US$7.4 billion

Oracle has announced it will acquire server builder Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion, or US$5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 21 2009 6:37AM Software
Google’s revenue structure avoids £100m in UK taxes

Google’s revenue structure avoids £100m in UK taxes

Google has sparked outrage as it has emerged that the firm has evaded paying over £100 million (US$145 million) in UK tax through employing an elaborate revenue billing structure.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 21 2009 6:37AM Strategy
Protests follow Pirate Bay verdict

Protests follow Pirate Bay verdict

Hundreds of protesters demonstrated on Saturday in Sweden against a court verdict that found guilty the operators of bit-torrent site The Pirate Bay.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 20 2009 6:20AM Software
Pirate Bay operators facing jail as trial closes

Pirate Bay operators facing jail as trial closes

The founders and operators of The Pirate Bay have been found guilty by a Swedish court of helping to make copyrighted content available on the web.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 18 2009 8:10AM Software
Infosys suffers as IT budgets are slashed

Infosys suffers as IT budgets are slashed

Infosys has revealed a sequential decline in quarterly profit in its financial results for the quarter ended 31 March 2009.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 16 2009 11:57AM Financial Services
Privacy International splits off consultancy arm

Privacy International splits off consultancy arm

Following complaints by Google that Privacy International is “far from impartial” the privacy body's director Simon Davies has announced his separate 80/20 Thinking consulting business will no longer offer private advice to firms on privacy related issues.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 15 2009 6:09AM Security
Police use social networks to monitor G20 protestors

Police use social networks to monitor G20 protestors

UK Metropolitan Police are using social networks such as Twitter and Facebook to monitor protests due to take place in London over the next few days.
Rosalie Marshall Mar 28 2009 8:06AM Software
Meebo trials new form of web ads

Meebo trials new form of web ads

Chat service Meebo is trialling a new form of web advertising in which its instant messaging feature holds permanent adverts in the interface background.
Rosalie Marshall Mar 27 2009 10:45AM Software
Mozilla proposes 3D graphics standard

Mozilla proposes 3D graphics standard

Mozilla has teamed up with the Khronos Group, which works to achieve open standards for graphics, to bring 3D content to web browsers.
Rosalie Marshall Mar 26 2009 6:20AM Software
Tech giants asked to opt out of Phorm

Tech giants asked to opt out of Phorm

The Open Rights Group has asked seven major technology firms to opt out of BT's Phorm in order to protect web users' privacy.
Rosalie Marshall Mar 25 2009 10:14AM Security
Google and Privacy International come to blows

Google and Privacy International come to blows

Privacy International has filed a complaint to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) about Google's Street View, citing 200 individuals who have objected to certain images.
Rosalie Marshall Mar 25 2009 6:04AM Software
Salesforce.com pairs up with Twitter

Salesforce.com pairs up with Twitter

Salesforce.com has unveiled new integration with micro-blogging site Twitter that will allow customers to track 'tweets' about their business.
Rosalie Marshall Mar 24 2009 6:16AM Software
Google forced to pull UK Street View images

Google forced to pull UK Street View images

Google has already had to pull images from its Google Maps Street View tool launched in the UK last week, after a number of early testers registered privacy complaints with the service, identifying images of themselves captured in the photos.
Rosalie Marshall Mar 23 2009 10:24AM Security
Google forced to pull UK Street View images

Google forced to pull UK Street View images

Google has already had to pull images from its Google Maps Street View tool launched in the UK Thursday, after a number of early testers registered privacy complaints with the service, identifying images of themselves captured in the photos.
Rosalie Marshall Mar 23 2009 6:45AM Software
Twitter primarily used as a business tool

Twitter primarily used as a business tool

Twitter has become primarily a business tool used by people in their late twenties to early fifties, according to new data from market research firm Nielsen.
Rosalie Marshall Mar 21 2009 7:28AM Software

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