The UK Government has just increased the maximum sentence for illegal downloaders from two to ten years imprisonment in a new copyright legislation bill. Online… Read More »Torrent Downloaders Could Now Face Maximum Ten Year Sentence
Television owners who use their set only for streaming live BBC iPlayer will soon face the same licensing fee as full time Freeview and subscription… Read More »BBC iPlayer Viewers Will No Longer Be Exempt From TV Licence
China’s smog is everywhere. It blocks out the sun, masks the winter’s snow, and according to the World Health Organisation, is massively out of control and… Read More »Beijing Seeks Tech to Tackle Smog Problem
As messaging and social media apps become more receptive to recent claims of government snooping, app makers are using new encryption methods in order to… Read More »Cameron Proposes Ban On Encrypted Apps
Following on from demands from EU authorities to better regulate in app purchases, Apple has enacted a new policy on digital stores which allows users… Read More »Apple Enacts App Store Returns Policy
The controversial and incredibly bold ‘Right to be Forgotten’ ruling, imposed by the European Union in the last few weeks, has been the target of… Read More »Google Facing 41,000 Right to be Forgotten Requests
Today is that day that new European legislation comes into force which defines what details a website can store about its visitors in text files which are commonly known as Cookies.