Archive for 'Internet'
In Germany online-searches are forbidden
3 March 2008On February, 27 the Constitutional Court of Germany has forbidden German Constitution protection department of to carry out secret searches of suspects’ computers using Trojan programs, informs DW-WORLD.DE.
The author of the claim asserted that the search of suspects’ computers with the help of Trojan programs outrage the citizens’ security of residence right.
Judges have […]
Almost 2 thousand legal sites are closed on suspicion of pornography
27 February 2008The Finnish police has launched the system of struggle against children’s Internet-pornography – as a result 1700 legal network resources have been blocked, writes The Register referring to the fighter with Finnish censors Matti Nikki.
The majority of the resources checked by system appeared lawful porno-sites, 2 from 700 resources contained children’s pornography.
In the […]
Terrorists are Internet–mapped
20 February 2008Museum of Modern Art in New York within the framework of an exhibition “Design and quick mind” will present site Global Incident Map, which in real time shows on Google Maps sites of the last bomb attacks, nuclear, ecological and other threats, writes Tech.co.uk.
The data on the event is get from the news sources. The […]
British legislators have decided to punish pirates
15 February 2008British legislators work above the bill, which will force providers to disconnect users, who illegally download films and music, writes The Times. The document is expected to be submitted in second half of February.
The law obliges providers to take measures against the subscribers who have received access to pirate materials. Such users will be notified […]
Chinese authorities introduce Internet - censorship
13 February 2008Chinese authorities have introduced new rules which provide for the state control over the Internet-space to keep development of the Chinese nation in a healthy direction.
The Ministry of information science of Chinese People’s Republic has informed, new rules will induce operators of video- and audio-sites to place in Internet only positive information which is in […]
Anti-criminal site of the EU became a source of viruses
25 January 2008The site created in the context of EU’s anti-criminal program, became a source of computer viruses. Internet - edition The Inquirer informs, that address www.ctose.org should have contained the resource with the information on criminal investigations. However now users see messages on various services, from reservation of hotel rooms to insurance, and at an attempt […]
British government concentrates attention on extremist websites
22 January 2008Home Secretary Jackie Smith has declared intention of the government to close all extremist Internets-sites, writes The Guardian. Search and closedown of the sites connected to terrorists are a part of the governmental strategy on extermination of radical groupings in Great Britain.
Minister is going to meet with representatives of the largest GB’s providers to […]
Unprecedented number of journalists has been killed in 2007
11 January 200886 journalists died in 2007. This number was published on January, 2, 2008 by “Reporters without Borders”. In comparison with 2002 the number of the killed has grown by 246 percents. More than a half of victims - 48 people - are killed in the Middle East, 17 - in Asia, 12 - in Africa, […]
The leader of an international hacker grouping is arrested
4 December 2007Police of New Zealand has detained the 18-years-old young man known as AKILL. He is suspected of heading of the international hacker grouping A-Team, writes The New Zealand Herald.
Besides according to the investigation, he was one of the organizers of a large-scale DDoS-attack on servers of Philadelphia University last year in the USA.
The Dutch […]
Dutch teenager is detained for virtual theft
16 November 2007Law enforcement bodies of Netherlands have detained the seventeen-year-old online-thief who is accused of virtual furniture theft for the sum of €4000, informs Reuters.
According to the police, the teenager has stolen furniture from virtual rooms of some gamers of online-game Habbo Hotel, having cracked their registration records and virtually taken out furniture from hotel rooms […]
