http://www.silicon.com Results for pirates en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/telecoms/0,39024659,39368021,00.htm Suggestions include a light sabre, USB pop up pirates game and this radio controlled version of Knight Rider's Kitt. Not so - it's aliens. The Hat Creek Radio Observatory, in Northern California, is home to the Allen Telescope Array. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:35:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/telecoms/0,39024659,39321004,00.htm Peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic is set to skyrocket over the next five years - and the activity won't just be confined to music pirates and file sharers. According to research by market research company MultiMedia Intelligence, P2P traffic will rise by... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:31:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39282265,00.htm Downloading or sharing pirated materials? You're now more likely to get caught. Lawyer John McKinlay explains why. In the UK last month, a woman was fined £16,000 for illegally downloading and sharing a computer game and, elsewhere, the Italian... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39248270,00.htm ISPA said it is committed to finding a "practical" solution to address intellectual rights' holders desire to issue notices to individual pirates. But the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has hit back, warning the government that... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:25:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60359661p,00.htm Beating back pirates.easy.beating back spyware.easier.cyber criminals continue to refine their attack methods in an attempt to remain undetected and to create global, cooperative networks to support the ongoing growth of criminal activity. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 30 May 2008 06:09:52 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39170330,00.htm Possibly one of the legendary accounting pirates from Monty Python's Crimson Permanent Assurance short film. Jack Cutts is a name to conjure with. Reminiscent of a buccaneer perhaps? Like the finance privateers in the film, Jack Cutts, head of IT... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:26:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39170148,00.htm Perhaps most concerning is the potentially energising effect full-on coercion may have on the pirates themselves. But legal liability cannot rest solely on ISPs' shoulders, argues lawyer Simon Levine. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:51:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39169406,00.htm Even the Pirates don't want Vista," guffaws James Wilkinson. Even 'pirates' have some sense! Hell no, it's still bullish about the success of the most rapidly adopted operating system in history, crowing about its invulnerability to software... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:54:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39169382,00.htm Pirates shun vista? Or maybe it's that the pirates have read the market better than Microsoft and realise that it is not worth pirating Vista yet, since the market does not appear to want it. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:25:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39169356,00.htm Also with SP1, Microsoft is closing two key loopholes that pirates have used to evade Microsoft's security measures. Microsoft said it's seeing piracy rates for Windows Vista that are half those of Windows XP. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:52:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39168703,00.htm Cohn said: "The laws were written for pirates, guys pressing scores of DVDs. Accused of encouraging the illegal sharing of more than 1,700 songs, Jammie Thomas, 30, elected to fight it out in court with the recording industry instead of settling... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:13:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39167966,00.htm Below you can see a graph from that site which shows the relationship between global average temperature and the number of pirates. If we believed the facts as presented we would start recruiting more pirates in order to stop global warming. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:44:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39167652,00.htm Pictured is a possible Mapplet use - a Google map showing which cinemas in New York are currently showing the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie, instead of just providing movie-goers with an online list. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:14:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39167354,00.htm Pictured are cinemas in New York currently showing the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Google cosied up to more than 5,000 developers at 10 locations around the world at its Google Developer Day this week. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:37:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39166646,00.htm Microsoft has been fighting software pirates for years, taking a multi-pronged approach that includes action against pirates and tools that check licences on PCs. Microsoft is taking action against groups that sold copies of Windows and Office... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:18:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60287484p,00.htm Selon la Seconde étude annuelle menée par l'association BSA (Business Software Alliance) et le cabinet IDC sur le piratage des logiciels à l'échelle internationale, 35% des logiciels installés sur les PC du monde entier sont des versions... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:44 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60288654p,00.htm Selon la Seconde étude annuelle menée par l'association BSA (Business Software Alliance) et le cabinet IDC sur le piratage des logiciels à l'échelle internationale, 35% des logiciels installés sur les PC du monde entier sont des versions... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:44 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39166245,00.htm A music industry body is launching a series of lawsuits against Yahoo! China over alleged music piracy. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) claims Yahoo! China is infringing member companies' rights by making... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:59:57 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39166074,00.htm Microsoft has updated its Windows anti-piracy technology, added a new "Yellow state" for times when it just can't tell whether a copy of the OS is legitimate. The software behemoth said the new indeterminate reading can occur, for example, when a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:10:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39165774,00.htm Google has been accused of helping website operators who are being sued for enabling online movie piracy, court documents show. The search giant is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit, which was filed by a group of major movie studios against... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:10:03 +0000