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Stories by Philip Willan

Article | 19/11/2011 Italian mathematician prepares to challenge Google

The Italian mathematician who contributed to the development of Google's search algorithm is preparing to launch his own challenge to the dominant sea...

Article | 15/11/2011 Eyeing fiscal crisis, Italy Internet forum urges digital investment

Participants at an Internet forum in the northern Italian town of Trento have written to Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti, urging him to up Italy'...

Article | 10/11/2011 Italian VAR wants out of Syrian surveillance deal

The Italian company criticized for supplying the brutal Syrian regime with telecommunications surveillance equipment has frozen participation in the p...

Article | 30/09/2011 Italian Internet activists protest proposed law

Italy's Internet activists gathered in front of Rome's ancient Pantheon Thursday to protest a new law they say will throttle freedom of expression on ...

Article | 24/09/2011 Italy 4G frequency auction tops €3.7 billion

Italy's auction of six blocks of 800MHz frequencies for 4G mobile phone services netted €2.962 billion (US$4 billion) Thursday, taking the total of pr...

Article | 27/07/2011 Facebook Spiderman entangles Italian politicians

As Italian politicians call on their fellow countrymen to dig deep into their pockets to avoid following Greece into a financial freefall, someone has...

Article | 26/07/2011 Anonymous hacks Italy's cybercrime police

Italy's specialist police unit responsible for combating cybercrime suffered an embarrassing hack Monday by members of the loosely knit Anonymous hack...

Article | 7/07/2011 Italy presses ahead with piracy clampdown

Italy's Communications Authority (Agcom) Wednesday pressed ahead with a clampdown on Internet piracy despite a massive mobilization by opponents who s...

Article | 7/07/2011 Italian police raid Italian branch of Anonymous

Italian police have reported 15 suspected members of the Italian branch of the Anonymous hacker group to the judiciary for investigation on charges of...

Article | 7/04/2011 Google found guilty of defamation in Italy

A Milan judge has found Google Italy guilty of defamation because of the way its search engine linked the name of an Italian businessman to the word "...

Article | 6/04/2011 Vatican publication rehabilitates hackers

Internet hackers have acquired a dubious reputation for piracy, sabotage and the spilling of sensitive secrets, but an authoritative Vatican publicati...

Article | 23/02/2011 Italian Internet gurus claim credit for Mideast revolutions

The Internet has played a crucial role in the popular revolts that have inflamed the Middle East and Italian communications experts claim they contrib...

Article | 25/01/2011 Pope promotes Christian netiquette

Pope Benedict XVI Monday gave his blessing to social networking, urging Catholic Internet users to adopt a respectful Christian netiquette when spread...

Article | 6/11/2010 Italy to remove public Wi-Fi restrictions

Italy will remove existing restrictions on public Wi-Fi access to the Internet starting in January, Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni announced...

Article | 29/10/2010 Italy opens investigation into Google data gathering

Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into Google for allegedly violating the country's privacy laws through the data collected for the Int...