Stories by: Carrie-Ann Skinner

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Net piracy could lose Europe $356bn by 2015 19 March, 2010 00:44

Illegal file-sharers will cost the European creative industries $A356bn (£215bn) by 2015, says Tera Consultants.
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Windows Phone 7 dumps cut & paste 18 March, 2010 05:37

Microsoft has removed the cut and paste function from its forthcoming mobile phone OS, Windows Phone 7.
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Online security questions are too easy to answer 10 March, 2010 02:10

Security questions that allow web users to access online accounts if they forget their passwords can easily be answered by hackers willing to spend time surfing the web, say researchers at the University of Cambridge.
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YouTube rolls out automatic video captioning 09 March, 2010 01:43

YouTube is rolling out automatic captions to millions of the clips hosted on the video-sharing site.
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UK legal firm faces investigation over net piracy letters 07 March, 2010 02:51

A legal firm which has accused a number of Brits of illegally file-sharing, is being investigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
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May 4 named as 'Day against DRM' 02 March, 2010 03:15

Tuesday May 4 has been named as this year's Day against Digital Rights Management (DRM) by the President of the Free Software Foundation.
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Google told to ditch Street View images after 6 months 27 February, 2010 03:45

The EU has ordered Google to delete images captured for its Street View service after six months.
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Sky app brings live football to Nokia phones 24 February, 2010 02:15

Nokia and Sky have joined forces to launch an app that allows mobile phone users to watch live Premiership football matches on a number of Nokia handsets.
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25% of women would dump partner for Facebook flirting 23 February, 2010 04:32

A quarter of women would dump their boyfriend for flirting with other web users on social networks such as Facebook, says MyVoucherCodes.
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A quarter of web users regularly play games on Facebook 20 February, 2010 02:06

A quarter of web users play games on social networks, such as Facebook, on a regular basis, says PopCap.
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Four in five IT managers do not use cloud technologies 06 February, 2010 02:09

More than four in five IT managers do not use cloud technologies, says Peer 1.