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Bloomberg's bomb: How SEC shredded Facebook's pre-IPO claims

I'm under regulatory scrutiny, bitch

10 Oct 13:58

Canada: We'll boot 'security risk' firms from gov network bid race

We won't say Hu(awei), but...

10 Oct 10:38

Why will UK web supersnoop plan cost £1.8bn? That's a secret

Anyway this is gov IT, we've got no idea what it'll cost

10 Oct 08:01

UK bungs £250m to factories stung by climate-change policy

Taxpayers cough up as rules send bills soaring

10 Oct 07:32

Iran says its infosec defences foiled oil hack

Alleges Israel tried to take down oil platforms, with Chinese involvement

10 Oct 05:01

Huawei says US probe had 'predetermined outcome'

Argues Congress found no “clear information or evidence” of security risk

9 Oct 06:14

Pakistan blocks 20,000 sites in wake of anti-Islam vid

YouTube just the start for anxious censors

9 Oct 04:59

40,000 sign petition to oust Rep. Paul 'pit of hell' Broun

Politician applies Bible to science, space, and technology

8 Oct 23:59

Don't panic, but UK faces BLACKOUTS BY 2015

Spare electricity supply dwindling - Ofgem

8 Oct 08:01

STILL TRUE: Facebook and co to handle taxpayers' ID

Comment And the entire system will STILL NEED primary legislation, too

4 Oct 10:27

UK.gov to spunk £2m a year policing global cyber-security

BCC New centre to advise countries on beefing up defences

4 Oct 08:00

Assange movie portrays leaker as teen rebel

Review Telemovie says hacker martyr's infant escape from cult sparked activism

4 Oct 00:53

John Key accused of Dotcom ‘brain fade’

February briefing hinted at illegal wiretaps

3 Oct 22:30

Hey, Third World! We know what you need: Mmm, patent wars

UK IPO signs education deal, jumps on next flight

3 Oct 13:31

Turkish officials reach for YouTube's joystick

Vids posted in Google's vault now tightly curbed by Ankara laws

3 Oct 13:01

HMRC: Moving our data to the cloud will make it MORE secure

Skyscape deal will net £1m savings, claims UK taxman

3 Oct 07:32

ACT Pirate Party outlines Lego manifesto

Transparent parliament, plod on the pavement, hugging and sharing everywhere

2 Oct 23:30

Conroy wants telcos to wear undies on heads

And make them red, says Conroy as he brags of “unfettered power”

2 Oct 05:15

NBN Co nests satellites in WA

Three groundstations for regional networks

1 Oct 21:50

Iran: Sorry for the Gmail blockade – we were trying to block YouTube

G+ flooded with relieved Iranians after week-long blackout

1 Oct 15:30

HMRC becomes first gov tentacle to buy cloud through G-Cloud

Your taxes at work, collecting your taxes

28 Sep 10:46

ICO: Data blunders by your cloud provider still YOUR fault

Not always though, read on to cover your arse

28 Sep 08:19

New Zealand Prime Minister apologizes for Dotcom spying

Dotcom says police missed explosive clues

27 Sep 20:03

Euro watchdog to charge Microsoft on web browser choice boob

Fines of up to $7bn loom for breaking promise

27 Sep 10:31

Aga-saga doyenne ponders how to put ebooks in public libraries

Like vicars'-wives-and-their-problems stories? Got slab?

27 Sep 08:41

CPS grovels after leaking IDs of hundreds arrested during student riots

Exclusive FOI blunder spaffed details of people released uncharged

27 Sep 08:02

China beats Burma in internet restriction rankings

PRC only worsted by Iran and Cuba

27 Sep 06:01

Philippines pinches nose, averts eyes, bans cybersex

And 12 years in the slammer for ‘comment trolls’

26 Sep 00:30

White House 'wants Feds to draw up cyber-defences' for power plants

Crack council to oversee water and electricity supplies

25 Sep 16:01

7 English cities grab £12m for 'cash back' Green Deals

Property owners can double-glaze away... pay nothing upfront

25 Sep 07:27

Scottish islanders' wave power hopes sunk by 'massive costs'

£107m bill in 2020 to hook into national grid

24 Sep 08:17

Adelaide hospital rolls out RFID tagging

Wireless everywhere to track kit, people, in AUD$71M project

24 Sep 05:34

Libs launch broadband poll

Tell us what you want from NBN, says Turnbull, so we can target rollout

23 Sep 23:02

Google 'dominance abuse' games may yet mean monster Euro smack

'Translate words into ACTION', thunders commish

21 Sep 10:30

Chinese hacktivists launch cyber attack on Japan

Government sites sink in dispute over islands

21 Sep 06:37

Australian PM opens SYSADMIN-KILLER data centre

Bit barn pitched as alternative to in-house server rooms

21 Sep 06:27

Roxon clarifies data retention proposals with ASIO support

For you own good, really

20 Sep 22:30

OLYMPIC SECRETS to stay locked up for 15 YEARS

We have top men working on the ticket conspiracy. Top men

20 Sep 11:54

GCHQ in new challenge for cyber security wannabes

So me lad, ye think ye can repel boarders, eh?

19 Sep 11:58

Report: Microsoft to cop it from Brussels in Browser Choice affair

Ballmer's back to feel the licking o' the cat

19 Sep 10:58

Euro watchdog: We need ONE definition of 'illegal content' across EU

Scurvy server dogs threatened with the plank

19 Sep 08:17

EU ponders £30bn BAE-EADS mega aerospace-military borg

Brussels sayin' yes to gov's pieces o' eight could make or break deal

19 Sep 07:34

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