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UK beefs up huge snooping database
U.K. Home secretary Jacqui Smith has stressed the importance of government surveillance of comms data in the fight against terrorism and serious crime.
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Forrester Research lowers IT spending predictions
Market research company now warns IT spending growth in the United States could come in at 2 to 3 percent growth for 2009--and may even decline.
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Red Hat: Crisis to boost open source
The global economic crisis would provide a boost for open source software, Red Hat chief executive Jim Whitehurst claimed during a visit to Sydney this week.
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Has Storm stopped sending spam?
Researchers find that spam output produced by the once prolific botnet has dwindled to almost nothing in the last month.
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FBI targets rise in cybercrime from US and abroad
A rise in cybercrime prompts the FBI to work more closely with foreign law enforcement to crack down on attacks that impact the United States.
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HR issues to affect Philippine BPO
While country's robust outsourcing market will remain unaffected by financial crisis, it will have to deal with talent crunch and employee demand for higher pay.
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Philippine community tapped for map building
Country's population encouraged to use Google Map Maker and contribute content to plug lack of "comprehensive, high-quality" maps in the Philippines.
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S'pore: First Street View in Southeast Asia
update Singapore is likely to be first in the region to have Google's Street View panoramic photo feature enabled for the search giant's online digital map services.
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Exceed biometric standards, expert urges
Organizations need to consider the business requirements instead of just meeting the minimum standards set, says member of independent biometrics group.
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High-tech bank robbers phone it in
Through a method called skimming, a digital copy of your debit card is made at a compromised ATM, and then the data is sent over SMS to awaiting criminals.
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Will you hire 'honey.bunny@'?
Job applicants should be mindful their e-mail addresses are not offensive or risk putting off prospective employers, say recruiters.
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Malaysia's schools get OpenOffice.org
Move will affect some 300,000 PCs across the country, after government made the decision based on "positive" case studies, says local official.
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ISO offers to take on ODF maintenance
The move has been prompted by concerns ODF was not being properly maintained by its creator Oasis, says an ISO committee member, rejecting claims of a pro-Microsoft takeover.
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M'sia govt breaks promise, censors Net
Government orders Malaysian ISPs to block access to controversial portal Malaysia Today, breaking a previous pledge to "ensure no Internet censorship".
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Firefox counters Google's browser speed test
Mozilla fights back against Chrome, saying the upcoming version of Firefox beats Google's browser in a JavaScript race.
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