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Egypt’s Sawiris considers buy in Italy internet sector: Corriere della Sera

March 14, 2015 admin acquisition, cairo, corriere, egypt, his-office, internet, italy, naguib-sawiris, reuters, sawiris, speaks-during, telecom, tycoon-said

Naguib Sawiris is considering making an acquisition in Italy's Internet sector, the Egyptian tycoon said in an interview published on Saturday. Sawiris, whose family founded Egypt's giant Orascom group, said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that he planned to create a new data center in Milan, which would be Italy's biggest, by the end of April. “We are also weighing up another acquisition, still in the Internet sector,” said Sawiris, who made an unsuccessful bid to buy a stake in Telecom Italia in 2012

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U.S. charges three in ring that stole one billion email addresses

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By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Jim Finkle WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) – Two Vietnamese citizens and a Canadian have been charged with running a massive cyberfraud ring that stole 1 billion email addresses, then sent spam offering knockoff software products, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday. The Justice Department described the hacking spree as “one of the largest” data breaches uncovered in U.S.

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U.S. watchdog chairman defends new broadband regulations

March 3, 2015 creative battle-the-new, chairman, communications, copper, european, internet, japanese, said-on-tuesday, strictest, turn-pledged

By Leila Abboud and Alina Selyukh BARCELONA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New rules to tighten regulation of U.S. broadband providers are not too invasive and are needed to defend consumers’ interests and openness on the internet, the chairman of the U.S

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European telecoms firms call for pragmatism on net neutrality

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By Leila Abboud BARCELONA (Reuters) – Europe's two biggest telecom operators have called on regulators to be flexible and pragmatic in finalising rules to protect the openness of the Internet, to allow them to give priority to certain kinds of data traffic on their networks.

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Ex-school employee pleads to obstruction in Steubenville rape case

February 27, 2015 publisher citing-the-ride, currently-under, data-breach, drew-national, friday-william, internet, numbers-may, redwood-city, report, school, steubenville, visiting-judge

By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A former school employee in Ohio pleaded guilty to obstruction in a rape case involving a 16-year-old girl that drew national attention after supposed images of the incident circulated on the Internet, the state’s Attorney General office said Friday. William Rhinaman, former information technology director for Steubenville City Schools, pleaded guilty to obstructing official business, a second-degree misdemeanor. Rhinaman was indicted in 2013 by a special grand jury that looked into whether officials had tried to thwart the investigation into the rape by two Steubenville High School football players

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On U.S. net neutrality rules, 11th-hour push against vague rule

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By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the U.S. Federal Communications Commission prepares to vote on new rules for high-speed Internet service, one aspect of the rules is drawing criticism from both opponents and proponents of tighter regulation. The FCC, which is set to vote next week to regulate Internet service providers more like traditional telephone companies, has introduced a so-called “general conduct” provision in the latest version of the rules that aim to ensure net neutrality, the principle that all web traffic should be treated equally

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Maryland prisons official fired for joking about being groped

February 20, 2015 creative allred, also-included, correctional, flight, guards, higher-because, honeymoon, internet, latest, public, rules, said-on-friday, the-regulators, vote-on-new

(Reuters) – A senior Maryland state corrections official has been fired after making comments on social media about being groped in prison by guards, a prisons spokesman said on Friday.

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French minister visits U.S. Internet firms about militants’ messaging

February 20, 2015 creative government, internet, intruders-had, islamic-state, microsoft, microsoft-corp, ministerial, such-as-islamic

France's chief internal security official is traveling to California's Silicon Valley to discuss his government's concerns about violent jihadist social media messaging with leading tech and Internet companies. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told a Washington news conference on Thursday that “all the Internet operators were welcoming me,” including Twitter Inc, Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Facebook Inc.

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U.S. to allow export of smartphones, PCs to Sudan to boost access

February 17, 2015 publisher completed-late, extradition, facebook, greater-access, internet, mobile, some-personal, south-sudan, special-envoy, united-states

The United States on Tuesday eased restrictions on the export of some personal telecommunications devices to Sudan such as smartphones and computers, to help give ordinary Sudanese greater access to social networking and the Internet. The licensing changes announced by the U.S. Treasury will cover personal devices such as computers, mobile phones, radios and digital cameras, and related software and services, U.S.

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China to go after fraud on online dating sites: Xinhua

February 13, 2015 publisher country, fraud-on-dating, internet, legitimate, obama, public-nuisance, representative, state-news, stolen-as-much, xinhua

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Internet regulator will target fraud on dating websites and other online match-making sites, state news agency Xinhua reported. “Fraud on dating websites has become a public nuisance to millions of users, especially young people, who use such services,” Xinhua cited a statement from the Cyberspace Administration of China as saying, in a report released late on Thursday.