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Dutch House of Representatives postpones ACTA signing
The House of Representatives wants the Netherlands not to sign the anti-piracy treaty ACTA as long as it is unclear whether the treaty conflicts with fundamental rights and other European treaties. A motion from GroenLinks, co-signed by D66, P…
BMW plans to integrate an NFC chip into car keys
BMW plans to integrate an NFC chip into car keys. These could then be used for payments and could also serve as a hotel room key. BMW reasons that everyone always has their car key at hand and is used to keeping an eye on it. That is why it wo…
Arrested Mastercard DDoS’er Identified
The 16-year-old boy detained for a DDoS attack on Mastercard and Visa goes by the online handle “Jeroenz0r.” His online associates are now taking revenge on the Public Prosecution Service’s website. The suspect “Jeroenz0r” is a 16-year-old fro…
Mobile internet peaks in developing countries
Smartphone sales are rising worldwide, and mobile internet usage is increasing as a result. Yet most developed countries lag behind in terms of the share of mobile internet users. That emerges from research by market analyst Royal Pingdom. The…
Microsoft encryption flaw exposes web apps
Security researchers have discovered a flaw in the encryption used for Microsoft’s ASP.NET web applications. The vulnerability can be successfully exploited to, for example, steal online banking data. The issue lies in how Microsoft’s ASP.NET …
Apple and Microsoft boast about HTML5
The battle over HTML5 specifications—and who supports them best—is in full swing. Both Safari and Internet Explorer 9 are being held up as “shining examples” in this area. Competitors are angry. Both Apple and Microsoft have cranked up the pro…
No Firefox for Windows Mobile and Phone 7
Mozilla is halting development of Firefox for Windows Mobile. Microsoft does not allow “native” apps on Windows Phone 7. The open-source foundation has been working for some time on a version of its mobile browser (code-named Fennec) for Micro…