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    The UK music industry has compared the fight against illegal online file sharing with curbing drink driving.

  • UK ISPs lockstep on P2P

    Suspected British file-sharers of copyrighted material are to receive warning letters from their internet service providers after the six largest ISPs in the UK signed a government-brokered memorandum of understanding with the country's record label association, the BPI.

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    The FBI has worked with the SANS Institute to develop a list of the 10 most exploited Windows threats.

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