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It seems as though the Isle of Man have their own ideas on how to tackle illegal file sharing, and other such methods of downloading copyright content as the Isle of Man’s government has announced that they don’t mind if their citizens take up the act, as long as they pay a blanket tax in [...]

The government are planning on bringing out a new organisation that will be in place to tackle the on-going Internet piracy issues that have been disregarding the copyright laws for years.  The new organisation will be called the Rights Agency and will be aimed at those Internet users who use peer-to-peer networks to illegally download [...]

It seems as though Paris Hilton has been attacked – not in the streets, not in her home, not in her car, but through her website.  Paris Hilton’s website has been infected with a virus which prompted users of the site to install a mysterious ‘update’.  Whether the user then decided to install the update [...]

Google have jumped into attack mode as they have started pushing the likes of their home grown Chrome browser and the Mozilla made Firefox instead of the popular Internet Explorer as Google have slammed the browser for being just too darn slow.
If you are attempting to combine Internet Explorer with Gmail then you are in [...]

Social networking sites, such as favourites Facebook and MySpace, are set to jump on the greedy-train as news has surfaced that the sites are planning to charge good money to their users to partake in activities that they are currently taking for granted, such as uploading videos.
Director of research for technology and telecommunications for Deloitte, [...]

As Virgin Media reveal their outstanding new 50 MBPS Broadband package, talks are emerging about how the company will be tackling the ever increasing problem of illegal downloading.  Virgin Media’s new package claims to allow a high speed connection to the Internet, that they “don’t slow down”, in an attempt to woo customers over to [...]

Just when you thought it was safe to search in the Google fountain of websites, Google announces that they allow their employees to decide what they want to feature in the page’s search results.
This comes as quite interesting news as the company, not so long ago, outright claimed that the search engine relied on [...]

Social networking site Myspace has released its own version of single sign-on functionality, after a week of mid-profile announcements last week from various social networks.

When does virtual reality end and real life begin? Is it when your wife shouts that your dinners ready? Is when your character gets killed online? Or is it when you’re found by your parents hanging in your bedroom closet?

A highly influential group of European privacy experts said last week that it will lead hearings with Google over claims that EU data protection laws do not apply to the search giant.