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EU Directive on e- Cookies – FSB Briefing

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Summary and Guidance – FSB one page briefing

 

 

 

 

Electronic tags or ‘cookies’ are text files left on a user’s computer
by a website when that website is visited. This leaves a trail that
can be traced from the user to the owner of the website. Cookies
can for example track what sites are used and how often. This
information can be gathered covertly and it is argued that cookies
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No fines for breaking cookie rules

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Websites won’t risk a fine by failing to meet new cookie rules, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said.

The rules – the result of an EU Directive – technically came into force last May, but the ICO gave UK sites a year before taking enforcement action.

 

That grace period ends next week, but the ICO has assured website owners Continue reading →

How often have you said – I meant to Backup My Data

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We have listed below 15 really useful backup tips.

 

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Can you imagine if your hard drive went down and was beyond repair or recovery and you lose all your important and sometimes critical data. How what that affect you and your business?
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Lenovo aims to ship first Windows 8 tablet

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Lenovo could be the first company to launch a Windows 8 tablet with the tablet prepared for release by October according to a source cited by The Verge.

 

A number of firms have been put in the frame for building Windows 8 ‘slates’, including Asus, HP and even mobile giant Nokia. However Chinese manufacturer Lenovo appears to believe they’ll be first to the market.
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Download)

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Microsoft has made available the Windows 8 Consumer Preview for download in the first public demonstration of the ‘reimagined’ Windows operating system.

 

 

 

Launching the new renamed public beta version of Windows 8 at Mobile World Congress 2012, Windows president Steven Sinofsky called Windows 8 a “generational change” and said that the OS would “come naturally to people.” Continue reading →

Invitation Facebook, Virus Warning, Olympic Torch Virus is a hoax

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Facebook users are once again warning their online friends about a threat – the only problem this time is that it doesn’t really exist.

Article published by Sophos

 

Messages are being sent across Facebook by well-intentioned Facebook users advising their friends to beware a virus that could “burn the whole hard disc.. of your computer” while displaying an Olympic Torch.
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