Stories about: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

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    Blocking Internet cost Egypt at least $90M, says OECD 03/02/2011 22:08:46

    The Egyptian government's five-day block of Internet services cost the national economy at least US$90 million, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Thursday.
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    Germany to launch antibotnet program for consumers 04/09/2010 00:56:00

    Germany will soon launch a service to help consumers remove malicious software from their computers in an attempt to stem the spread of spam-sending botnets.
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    WORLDBEAT - Volcano-top thoughts on an Internet world 10/03/2008 09:08:16

    The top of the Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii is quite a contrast with the beaches and warm water that surround this island in the Pacific. Here at 4,200 meters there's still a deep covering of snow, and temperatures plunge below zero as soon as the sun goes down.
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    Civil rights groups ask FTC to block Google-DoubleClick 23/04/2007 08:19:47

    Three U.S. online civil rights groups have filed a complaint asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block Google's planned US$3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick unless the company agrees to stop tracking its users.
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    Group urges governments to do more to fight spam 20/04/2006 07:32:38

    Governments need to pass more antispam laws, give law enforcement agencies more resources and work better across borders to combat unsolicited e-mail clogging up inboxes, an international economic group said Wednesday.
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    Spam hurts developing countries most, OECD says 31/05/2005 08:23:33

    Spam may be a global problem but it's hurting users in developing countries more than their counterparts in industrialized nations, according to a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
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    ITU - Global Net regulators aim to turn the tide on spam 13/07/2004 07:25:24

    Net regulators from around the globe ended last week's antispam conference sponsored by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with a pledge to try and turn the torrential flood of unsolicited commercial e-mail into a trickle -- if not dam it altogether.
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    OECD calls for cooperation on spam 03/02/2004 08:23:49

    Governments around the world were urged to cooperate more in their fight against the proliferation of spam, or unsolicited e-mail, at a conference Monday organized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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    OECD turns attention to online fraud 26/06/2003 07:27:01

    The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has issued a report which it hopes will help governments address cross-border fraud, particularly fraud carried out over the Internet and telecommunications channels.
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    Study: Reduced piracy to create millions of jobs 03/04/2003 08:03:46

    Reducing software piracy by just 10 percentage points worldwide would generate 1.5 million jobs and add US$400 billion to the world economy, according to a study released Wednesday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and IDC.
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    Report: OECD to OK Net Taxes on Music, Software 27/12/2000 16:16:00

    The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is likely to approve a tax on cross-border Internet-based music and software sales when it meets in June 2001, according to a report from Japan's Kyodo News Service.
 
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