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    Virgin Media ISP Begins Blocking Pirate Bay In UK 

    Published on 04-05-2012 08:55 AM  Number of Views: 49 
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    Residents in the UK are already starting to be affected by Monday's ruling by the UK's High Court that ordered ISPs to start blocking access to
    The Pirate Bay website.

    Today ...
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    Murdoch's TV Pirates 

    Published on 28-03-2012 11:32 AM  Number of Views: 106 
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    A company part owned by News Corporation was complicit in the posting of hacked information on a website which led to the collapse of one of Rupert Murdoch’s main digital television rival in the UK a BBC documentary has alleged.



    Panorama has claimed that NDS a subsidiary of News Corporation hired a man who ran a piracy website
    and had him post codes which allowed viewers to watch ITV Digital channels for free
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    TalkTalk Launches Superfast 80Mb Fibre Optic Broadband In April 

    Published on 16-03-2012 06:34 PM  Number of Views: 156 

    From April TalkTalk will be doubling the maximum broadband speed it offers via fibre optic broadband from
    40Mb to up to 80Mb with upload speeds up to 20Mb.

    The faster 80Mb broadband speeds will be available due to BT doubling the ...
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    Demand For Raspberry Pi The British £22 Computer 

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    Digi
    Published on 04-03-2012 11:37 PM  Number of Views: 198 
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    Design intended to inspire schoolchildren and adults to program sees overwhelming demand as first versions go on sale.



    Engineer Eben Upton with an earlier prototype of the Raspberry Pi computer which is fully programmable and capable of running ...
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    Pub Landlady Karen Murphy Wins TV Football Court Case 

    Published on 24-02-2012 08:10 PM  Number of Views: 225 
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    A pub landlady has won her court fight with the English Premier League over using a Greek TV decoder
    to show games. Karen Murphy has paid nearly £8,000 in fines and costs for using the cheaper decoder
    in her Portsmouth pub.

    But she took her case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
    It found partly in her favour and now the High Court in London has also found in her favour.
    However the Premier ...
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    Starview Gang Of Four Jailed Over Massive TV Box Swindle 

    Published on 23-02-2012 11:32 AM

    FOUR men have been jailed for their parts in a sophisticated international scam to defraud TV giant Virgin Media of up to £32 million.
    The fraud involved distributing set-top boxes which allowed customers to pick up Virgin Media television channels without paying a subscription.

    The Derby gang operated from a house in Littleover where they received programmes through a legitimate subscription.
    These were decoded and sent via the internet to accomplices ...
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    Anonymous spies on FBI / UK Police hacking investigation conference call 

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    Digi
    Published on 09-02-2012 01:55 PM  Number of Views: 248 
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    A recording of a confidential conference call between the FBI and UK law enforcement officers at the Metropolitan Police has been released by Anonymous on the internet.

    The inference has to be that hackers were able to secretly access the call because ...
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