The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ordered that bitcoin be treated as an official commodity and regulated accordingly. …read more Source:: Legal
Month: September 2015
Chinese telcos impose harsh rules to push real-name SIM registration
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•Telecommunication firms in China have unveiled stringent rules regarding unregistered phone numbers to support the country’s crack down on phone scams and harassing text messages. …read more Source:: Legal
Court ruling in Apple’s favor suggests Samsung may have to change software
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•Slide-to-unlock, autocorrection and quicklinks are all Apple’s domain when it comes to mobile software says a U.S. court. Not only is this a potentially huge blow to Samsung but to …read more Source:: Legal
Under pressure from Germany, Facebook launches hate-speech taskforce
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•The social network has met with the German justice minister who demanded it delete racist and xenophobic posts. …read more Source:: Legal
South Africa gets first look at cybercrime bill that comes with 25-year jail terms
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•A draft bill has explicitly made phishing and ID theft crimes for the first time, but some fear the legislation could harm free speech. …read more Source:: Legal
Apple reportedly takes up Moscow datacentre to comply with Russia’s personal data law
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•Apple has reportedly used new datacentre space to meet the requirements of a personal data law which came into force this month. …read more Source:: Legal
Microsoft gets day in court to fight US demands for email stored in Ireland
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•Microsoft is once again challenging the DoJ over a US warrant that demands it turn over email stored in its Dublin datacentre. …read more Source:: Legal
Telcos warned by ACMA on code compliance
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•The Australian telecommunications industry regulator has formally warned 24 telcos for breaching the Telecommunications Protection Code. …read more Source:: Legal
Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe reach $415m lawsuit settlement
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•The class-action lawsuit filed between four of Silicon Valley’s biggest names, and current and former employees has been put to bed, after a US District Judge gave approval for the …read more Source:: Legal
Bitcoin developers to tackle security and scalability
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•Bitcoin contributors and developers released an open letter that asked the cryptocurrency’s community to come together to reach a technical consensus on the currency’s security and scalability. …read more Source:: Legal