Philip Willan - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Philip Willan

Article | 17/05/2013 Police arrest Anonymous suspects in Italy

Italian police arrested four suspected hackers Friday, accusing them of having taken control of the Italian branch of the Anonymous network.

Article | 21/12/2012 Milan court overturns Google privacy convictions

A Milan appeals court Friday overturned the conviction of three Google managers for violating Italy's privacy laws by allowing the posting of a video ...

Article | 10/12/2012 Italian party uses Internet to select parliamentary candidates

Italy's innovative 5-Star Movement last week organized an online vote to choose its candidates for next year's national election in what it said was t...

Article | 29/11/2012 Italians find Google's Irish tax 'sandwich' indigestible

Tax police in Milan have launched a special investigation into Google Italy for a suspected tax evasion scheme involving affiliates in several countri...

Article | 10/10/2012 Italian consumer associations launch Apple guarantee lawsuit

Two Italian consumer associations are launching a class action lawsuit against Apple for failing to respect Italy's national warranty regulations, the...

Article | 20/09/2012 Vatican launches social network challenge to Facebook

An Italian startup backed by the Vatican Thursday launched a global portal for Catholic websites intended to provide reliable information for people s...

Article | 26/07/2012 Allegations over fake Twitter followers stir Italian political storm

A communications expert claimed last week that more than half of the Twitter followers of the rising star of Italian politics were fake, sparking a fi...

Article | 20/07/2012 Trentino joins Italy's open source alliance

The Autonomous Province of Trentino - Alto Adige this week joined the ranks of Italian regional administrations that are turning their backs on propri...

Article | 3/07/2012 Italy goes after Apple over warranty issue

In a case that could have implications for Apple's business across the European Union, Italy's competition and markets authority has opened new procee...

Article | 19/05/2012 Italian court upholds Apple warranty fine

An Italian court has upheld a €900,000 (US$1.2 million) fine imposed on Apple by Italy's competition authority for allegedly violating consumer protec...

Article | 13/04/2012 Italian court restores Mediaset's .com domain

Italy's largest private broadcaster Thursday welcomed the decision of a Rome civil court to restore its right to use the mediaset.com international In...

Article | 28/03/2012 Italy's Mediaset loses its .com domain

Italy's biggest private broadcaster has lost its right to use the international Internet domain www.mediaset.com after failing to renew its registrati...

Article | 24/03/2012 Apple loses first round of appeal against Italian fine for unnecessary warranties

A Rome court has upheld a €900,000 (US$1.2 million) fine imposed on Apple last December by Italy's Antitrust Authority for circumventing consumer prot...

Article | 14/03/2012 Vatican confirms second hacker attack, Anonymous claims responsibility

The Vatican has confirmed that its website suffered a second hacker attack in the space of six days but declined to comment on the event.

Article | 1/12/2011 Italian court: Online editors not responsible for reader comments

Online commentators Wednesday welcomed a ruling by Italy's highest court that the editors of online publications cannot be held legally responsible fo...