Should be easy to win the rights to .tv when you're name-checked in the contract's tech reqs – right, Afilias? Funny how this has happened again
A tiny island nation has put the rights to .tv up for grabs – but what’s this? Problematic contract clauses? Again? Could this be Dot-co The Sequel?
Chap who campaigned to oust Nominet's CEO and chairman and reform the .UK registry is elected as non-exec director Fellow reformer also chosen in critical board vote that shows at least some members still want change
Vote to turf out remainder of Nominet board looks inevitable after .uk registry ignores reform demands PublicBenefit.uk campaign reports 97 per cent of its supporters behind effort
Nigerian email scammer sent down for 40 months in the US, ordered to pay back $2.7m to victims Among the victims: the United Nations
Report: Aussie biz Azimuth cracked San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, ending Apple-FBI privacy standoff Mozilla-authored code in iOS exploited, since patched, it is claimed
FBI deletes web shells from hundreds of compromised Microsoft Exchange servers before alerting admins Remote-control malware wiped, deployments must still be patched
After years of dragging its feet, FCC finally starts tackling America's robocall scourge New law implementation, cease-and-desist letters, and mobile companies asked to detail free blocking tools
Who'd have thought the US senator who fist pumped Jan 6 insurrectionists would propose totally unworkable anti-Big Tech law? This one seems as well thought-out as his Capitol rally salute
Nominet chooses civil war over compromise by rejecting ex-BBC Trust chairman Remaining .uk registry board members ignore demands of campaign that has already removed CEO
NHS COVID-19 app update blocked by Apple, Google over location privacy fears New version for England dead on arrival just as UK eases lockdown rules
FCC urges Americans to run internet speed app to counter Big Cable's broadband data fudging Effort to get accurate info gets more serious under new chairwoman
Nominet ignores advice, rejects serious change despite losing CEO, chair, half its board in membership vote Extraordinary response by .uk registry operator effectively dares members to fire the rest of them
And the Turing Award for best compilation goes to... Jeffrey Ullman and Alfred Aho Programming pioneers bag $1m prize
Biden's $2tn infrastructure plan includes massive broadband rollout, equates internet access with water and power as essential utilities Plus $50bn pledge to boost chip R&D and fabbing in Land of the Free
Cryptic US Strategic Command tweet reveals dangers of working from home with kids in the way Was it a coded message? The password for accessing nukes? Nope
Amazon’s critical Alabama warehouse workers union vote has started … and may be some time High stakes battle could go on for days
Director, deputy director, CTO of Free Software Foundation quit after Stallman installation Staff eject as board refuses to budge on controversial decision
What happens when back-flipping futuristic robot technology meets capitalism? Yeah, it’s warehouse work Boston Dynamics: From Terminator to Amazon worker replacement
After oil giant Shell hit by Clop ransomware gang, workers' visas dumped online as part of extortion attempt Another day, another data nightmare
Trustify CEO gets eight years for lying to investors, spending millions on homes, private jets, sports tickets 'Uber of private investigators' failed to live up to its name
US state AGs: How can Facebook, Google, Twitter say they tackle misinformation when *gestures wildly at COVID-19 BS everywhere* Top legal eagles urge web giants to do more in this life and death matter
So, where does Silicon Valley stand on S.230? Zuck wants 'industry best practices', Pichai demurs, Dorsey urges more Bluesky thinking House panel to quiz web giant CEOs this week. Expect a degree of deja vu
Now that half of Nominet's board has been ejected, what happens next? Let us walk you through the possibilities Difficult choices face .uk registry
Guilty: Sister and brother who over-ordered hundreds of MacBooks for university and sold the kit for millions Castanedas pocketed $2.3m from 800 laptops alone, Feds say
Prince Harry, the Count of Montecito, turns Silicon Valley startup exec with first job based in 21st Century New post accepted as Chief Impact (on Press Coverage) Officer for BetterUp
America's Supremes give Facebook nothing but heartaches: Top court won't stop '$15bn wiretap' lawsuit Class action accusing antisocial media giant of privacy infringement will now move forward
Chairman, CEO of Nominet ousted as member rebellion drives .uk registry back to non-commercial roots Senior management also booted off board in extraordinary vote
Big problem: Nominet members won't know how many votes they're casting in decision to oust CEO, chair .UK registry operator leaves itself open to vote rigging accusations
With Nominet’s board-culling vote just days away, we speak to one man who will publicly support the management 'There should be a dialogue – not a double-barreled shotgun'
FCC moves forward with plan to ban three Chinese telcos from American market China Unicom, Pacific Networks, ComNet all due for removal
Following Supreme Court ruling, Uber UK recognizes drivers as workers, offers min wage, holiday pay, pension Nice but still not good enough, says union
Google fails to neutralize lawsuit that complains Chrome's incognito mode isn't very private at all Judge Lucy Koh allows legal challenge to move forward
Ex-Microsoft exec admits he tried to swindle $5.5m out of taxpayers with COVID-19 relief loans for bogus biz Mukund Mohan invented employees, financial figures in application forms
Desperate Nominet chairman claims member vote to fire him would spark British government intervention Last-ditch effort to win votes comes one week from .uk operator's EGM
US govt indicted me because I make privacy tools, says crypto-chat app CEO accused of helping drug smugglers Sky Global’s Jean-Francois Eap denies any wrongdoing
Four women, including TV star, thought they were investing in a software business. It was a scam. Now the perp's going to jail 'Predator' sent down for eight years after pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars
It's wild the lengths Facebook engineers will go to find new ways to show you inane ads about tat: This time, AR... ... and a lot of wrist action
Russia botches Twitter throttling, cripples anything with t-dot-co in the name – including Reddit, Microsoft See, regular expressions are hard
As battle for future of .UK's Nominet draws closer, non-exec director hits a nerve with for-profit proposal Suggestion to hand out shares in new registry dismissed as a non-starter
Google, Facebook, Amazon et al look on nervously as Biden bumps anti-Big Tech warriors into key posts Tim Wu, Lina Khan may be internet mega-corps' worst nightmares
Cortana smokes Invoke: Redmond's chatty assistant bails from the only smart speaker it called home Windows giant's withdrawal leaves market to Amazon, Apple, Google
Dropbox absorbs DocSend to add analytics, secure links to document sharing Cloud biz pays $165m to create full file workflow system
Mobile World Congress seemingly serious about in-person Barcelona event in June, shares safety plan Is Spain really ready for 50,000 people at one venue? Sounds like a super spreader event ready to happen
McAfee to offload enterprise business for $4bn, focus on consumer security While its namesake founder is indicted for fraud and money laundering
It only took four years and thousands of complaints but ICANN finally kills off rogue Indian domain registrar DNS oversight body accused again and again of chronic foot-dragging
What happens when cancel culture meets Adolf Hitler pareidolia? Amazon decides it needs a new app icon Dodgy doppelganger not the first, won’t be the last
Microsoft promises end-to-end encrypted Teams calls for some, invites you to go passwordless with Azure AD When there are passphrases, there is inherent risk, says Redmond
It’s back: America's net neutrality advocates begin push to return to pre-Trump internet protections Lawmakers look to FCC to become a 'cop on the beat'
Pressure builds on Nominet as members demand to know leadership's contingency plans for when they’re fired Special vote to sack UK internet registry's CEO and chairman coming later this month
President Biden weighs in on Amazon unionization efforts, warns giant to steer clear of threats, coercion Stops well short of ordering govt action as fresh discrimination lawsuit filed
Chinese businessman plotted with GE insider to steal transistor secrets, say Feds Hong Kong-based suspect wanted to create rival startup using pilfered silicon carbide MOSFET blueprints – claim
So, bye-bye mighty nerd haven Fry’s, took Silicon to the Valley... and now you must die End of an era for iconic electronics shop chain
California’s net neutrality rules good to go after judge boots Big Cable’s lawsuit Judge Mendez also suggests trying to use 1934 law in 2021 is... sub-optimal
Federal Reserve falls over in massive hours-long tech outage, knocks down US inter-bank transfer system Few details beyond 'operational error'
Robocall bagmen admit they collected millions of dollars from victims scammed by bogus IRS officials, lenders Duo picked up sacks of cash sent via FedEx, UPS, USPS etc
Microsoft president asks Congress to force private-sector orgs to admit when they've been hacked Senate intelligence committee hears ideas in light of SolarWinds disaster
US government jobs report predicts pandemic will lead to boom times for IT industry Along with epidemiologists. As for the hospitality industry… not so much
IT contractor caught charging Uncle Sam expert rates for newbies, agrees to pay back $6m in settlement Triple-I worked on Homeland Security and ICE systems
Nominet sets the date for extraordinary meeting where members could fire CEO Showdown over future of the .uk operator set for late March, shenanigans already alleged
The perils of non-disclosure? China 'cloned and used' NSA zero-day exploit for years before it was made public Check Point says Beijing 'reconstructed' Equation Group's hacking tool long before leak
Mobile World Congress to run this year's Barcelona event in June with 50,000 attendees. We're speechless And the COVID-19 precaution? A negative test 72 hours before
New FCC boss leaps into action by… creating three committees to look at longstanding problems and come back at some point Nothing says urgency like non-binding future reports
Microsoft Teams still on mute: Vid conf system crashes, 'potential networking issue' blamed So, Zoom again then?
Nominet claims effort to replace its board with 'safe hands' is invalid, refuses to put it to member vote Having apparently lost, UK registry operator tries desperate legal gambit
UK dev loses ownership claim on forensic software he said he wrote in spare time and licensed to employer Ex-copper signed over copyright to bosses, judge rules
LastPass to limit fans of free password manager to one device type only – computer or mobile – from next month Cough up if you want to use it with your laptop and phone
British owners of .eu domains given an extra three months to find a European address Brexit bonus for EU, it's losing millions after endless rule changes
Nominet vows to freeze wages and prices, boost donations, and be more open. For many members, it’s too little, too late Board of dot-UK registry operator scrambles to save itself
This scumbag stole and traded victims' nude pics and vids after guessing their passwords, security answers Nicholas Faber joins accomplice Michael Fish in admitting he raided university portal for sensitive info
No joy for Julian Assange as Uncle Sam confirms it will keep pushing for WikiLeaker's extradition to America Biden-era Dept of Justice forced to make call after UK judge blocks on mental health grounds
Faced with the sack, Nominet CEO half-apologizes for taking the 'wrong tone,' asks angry members to hear him out Campaign to oust him and 'carpetbagger' board picks up speed
US govt drops challenge to California’s net neutrality law, signals shift to once again safeguard connections New FCC boss Rosenworcel makes it plain she will bring back protections
Someone tried to poison a Florida city by hijacking its water treatment plant via TeamViewer, says sheriff Attempt to flood supply with sodium hydroxide thwarted, safeguards would have kicked in anyway, we're told
Qualcomm reports profits up 165%, strong revenues... and its stock price dives. What's a chip biz to do? People still itching to get our Snapdragons, CEO swears
Ever wanted to own a piece of the internet? Now you can: $1 for a whole gTLD... or $2.8m if you want a decent one Uniregistry announces auction of 20+ dot-words with no minimum for some
Ring, Ring, why don't you give me a call? Amazon-owned doorbells aren’t answering after large-scale outage Turning smart homes into dumb ones
