Stories by: Philip Willan

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    Italian court: Online editors not responsible for reader comments 01/12/2011 10:27:52

    Online commentators Wednesday welcomed a ruling by Italy's highest court that the editors of online publications cannot be held legally responsible for defamatory comments posted by their readers.
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    Italian mathematician prepares to challenge Google 19/11/2011 07:11:05

    The Italian mathematician who contributed to the development of Google's search algorithm is preparing to launch his own challenge to the dominant search engine before the end of the year.
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    Eyeing fiscal crisis, Italy Internet forum urges digital investment 15/11/2011 04:05:00

    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's investment in the digital economy.
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    Italian VAR wants out of Syrian surveillance deal 10/11/2011 05:18:12

    The Italian company criticized for supplying the brutal Syrian regime with telecommunications surveillance equipment has frozen participation in the project and is seeking a way to extricate itself from the contract, Area SpA CEO Andrea Formenti said Wednesday.
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    Italian Internet activists protest proposed law 30/09/2011 03:29:07

    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 the Web.
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    Italy 4G frequency auction tops €3.7 billion 24/09/2011 02:46:50

    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 provisional offers for mobile phone frequency licenses to more than €3.7 billion.
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    Facebook Spiderman entangles Italian politicians 27/07/2011 05:05:38

    As Italian politicians call on their fellow countrymen to dig deep into their pockets to avoid following Greece into a financial freefall, someone has been leaking embarrassing details of the lawmakers' perks and privileges on the Internet.
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    Anonymous hacks Italy's cybercrime police 26/07/2011 05:20:33

    Italy's specialist police unit responsible for combating cybercrime suffered an embarrassing hack Monday by members of the loosely knit Anonymous hacktivist galaxy.
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    Italy presses ahead with piracy clampdown 07/07/2011 04:59:24

    Italy's Communications Authority (Agcom) Wednesday pressed ahead with a clampdown on Internet piracy despite a massive mobilization by opponents who say the measure constitutes a threat to freedom, but last-minute modifications were greeted by critics as a partial victory for civil society.
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    Italian police raid Italian branch of Anonymous 07/07/2011 02:05:38

    Italian police have reported 15 suspected members of the Italian branch of the Anonymous hacker group to the judiciary for investigation on charges of illegally accessing IT systems, damaging IT systems and interrupting a public service, Italian media reported Wednesday.
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    Google found guilty of defamation in Italy 07/04/2011 04:20:20

    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 "fraud" and has ordered the company to modify the operation of its Autocomplete service.
 
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