Brothers’ business is valued at €75m

examiner samedi 11 février 2012 03 h 55 CET | info [fr] [other]

Two Limerick brothers who became millionaires while still at school have seen their newest venture, Stripe, valued at €75 million....

Anonymous hack CIA, shut down website

tribune samedi 11 février 2012 00 h 30 CET | info [fr] [other]

[[IMAGE: CIA website suspended after Anonymous hacks it. ]] Hactivist group, Anonymous has garnered fame, fans, followers and enemies by targeting government organisations for its hacking-for-a-cause. Hacking into the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) website and even phonecalls, this week they.......

BNY Mellon Loses Second Bid to Dismiss Virginia Foreign Exhange Fraud Case

bloomberg vendredi 10 février 2012 20 h 34 CET | info [fr] [other]

, the world’s largest custody bank, failed a second time to win dismissal of the state of Virginia ’s lawsuit accusing it of defrauding pension funds in foreign-currency trades. A state judge in Fairfax, Virginia, today again rejected the bank’s argument that it can’t be sued under the Virginia.......

Jenseits von Zensursula

Tagespiegel vendredi 10 février 2012 20 h 09 CET | info [en] [fr] [other]

CDU und CSU gelten vielen als netzpolitisches Feindbild. Doch die Zahl derer, die im Internet eine Chance sehen, wächst auch in der Union. Ein Blick in zwei Volksparteien. Mehr zum Thema Von Plattitüden, Überpiepsung und Ironieresistenz FBI veröffentlicht Akte über Steve Jobs Deutschland wird.......

16:44 Stripe raises $18m in funding

irishtimes vendredi 10 février 2012 18 h 16 CET | info [fr] [other]

JOHN COLLINS and CIARA O'BRIEN An online payments company set up by two Limerick-born brothers has raised $18 million in its latest round of funding. Stripe enables developers to immediately add a payments system to a website. Patrick (23) and John (21) Collison have relocated to San Francisco, and have been busy establishing the firm....

Bogus Insurance Claims Help Spaniards Weather Tough Economic Times

zimtelegraph vendredi 10 février 2012 14 h 53 CET | info [fr] [other]

Leather seats are disappearing from cars. Precious jewels are vanishing from drawers. TVs are spirited out of homes in the dead of night. These crimes are not what they seem. And the perpetrators are not the usual suspects. The culprits are everyday Spaniards reporting thefts of valuables, then filing bogus insurance claims....

India-European Union summit - Joint Statement

europa-pressReleases vendredi 10 février 2012 13 h 18 CET | info

MEMO/12/94 New Delhi, 10 February 2012 1. The 12th India-EU Summit was held in New Delhi on 10 February 2012. The Republic of India was represented by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. EU was represented by Mr.......

Zakendoen Met | één belastingbrief, Cybercrime en managementles

bnr vendredi 10 février 2012 12 h 44 CET | info [en] [fr] [other]

Staatssecretaris Frans Weekers van Financiën wil dat of je nu een bv hebt of zzp-er bent er één belastingbrief is. Die moet gelden voor alle ondernemers....

Malware devs embrace open-source

register vendredi 10 février 2012 10 h 44 CET | info [fr] [other]

Cybercrooks have embraced the open-source model in the development of banking Trojans following the release of source code for the infamous ZeuS cybercrime toolkit last year. Multiple variants of a Zeus Trojan called Citadel have emerged over recent weeks as VXers have embraced a new development lifecycle - dubbed open-source malware....

FPÖ-Themessl fordert parlamentarischen Schulterschluss gegen ACTA

ots vendredi 10 février 2012 10 h 03 CET | info [en] [fr] [other]

Utl.: Allianz gegen Eingriffe in Internetfreiheit notwendig. = Wien (OTS) - Die Kritik am umstrittenen Anti-Piraterie Abkommen ACTA wird immer lauter und findet bereits überparteilich statt. Der FPÖ-NAbg. Bernhard Themessl fordert ein gemeinsames Vorgehen aller Parteien: "Ungeachtet des ......

With growth in mind, leaders vow to put consumers first (News)

euractiv-en vendredi 10 février 2012 08 h 53 CET | info [fr] [other]

Top EU officials pledge to give European shoppers powers to pursue fraudulent sellers and poor service across borders, saying better consumer protection will lift online trading and economic growth. More »...

John Dalli Commissioner, Speaks On Strengthening Consumer Confidence: The Foundation For Growth

egovmonitor vendredi 10 février 2012 08 h 19 CET | info [fr] [other]

Dear Malcolm, Honourable Members, Vice President Reding, Ambassador Liisberg, Ladies and Gentlemen, First I would like to thank the European Parliament, the IMCO Committee and in particular its Chair – Malcolm Harbour – for organising, together with the Commission, this hearing on the Consumer Agenda....

Rebalancing the financial transactions tax debate

telegraph vendredi 10 février 2012 08 h 07 CET | info [fr] [other]

It is time to banish the myths surrounding the European Commission's proposal for a financial transactions tax (FTT)....

Court to try writer's case against fraud claim

chinadaily vendredi 10 février 2012 02 h 44 CET | info [fr] [other]

A court in Shanghai will try the case of Han Han, one of China's most famous young writers, suing an anti-fraud activist who accused him of using ghost-writers....

John Dalli Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy Strengthening consumer confidence: the foundation for growth IMCO hearing on the Consumer Agend

dg-comm-fr vendredi 10 février 2012 01 h 27 CET | info [en] [other]

SPEECH/12/79 Dear Malcolm, Honourable Members, Vice President Reding, Ambassador Liisberg, Ladies and Gentlemen, First I would like to thank the European Parliament, the IMCO Committee and in particular its Chair – Malcolm Harbour – for organising, together ......

House bans federal lawmakers from insider trading

AP vendredi 10 février 2012 00 h 13 CET | info [fr] [other]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday joined the Senate in voting to explicitly prohibit members of Congress and other top officials from making investments on insider information. But an effort to bridle purveyors of Capitol Hill political intelligence could delay the bill's enactment....

Stripe Said to Get Funding Valuing Online-Payment Startup at $100 Million

bloomberg jeudi 9 février 2012 23 h 28 CET | info [fr] [other]

, a San Francisco startup with an online-payment system, attracted funding from Sequoia Capital and other investors valuing the company at $100 million, said two people with knowledge of the transaction. The funding round raised $18 million, according to the people, who asked not to be named because the deal isn’t public....

Schlagabtausch im Landtag: Gall verteidigt Polizeireform

stuttgarterzeitung jeudi 9 février 2012 20 h 24 CET | info [en] [fr] [other]

Die CDU-Opposition kritisiert die geplante Straffung der Polizeidirektionen als Angriff auf den ländlichen Raum....

ConCourt credit decision could ruin us, say SA banks

mg jeudi 9 février 2012 18 h 13 CET | info [fr] [other]

South African banks say that a bid to bolster basic human rights by reinterpreting the National Credit Act could endanger the entire credit industry....

President al-Assad Issues Legislative Decree on Internet Communication and Combating Cybercrime

Sana-en jeudi 9 février 2012 18 h 12 CET | info

DAMASCUS, (SANA) President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday issued the legislative decree No. 17 for the year 2012 on applying rules of the internet communication law and combating cybercrime...

Shanghai court to try novelist's case against ghost-writer claim

xinhuanet_en jeudi 9 février 2012 17 h 08 CET | info [fr] [other]

SHANGHAI, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A court in Shanghai will try the case of Han Han, one of China's most famous young writers, suing an anti-fraud activist who accused him of using ghost-writers. The Putuo District People's Court accepted the case on Thursday a week after Han filed a lawsuit against Fang.......

Extra data protection staff needed 14:57 Hawkes says up to a quarter of his office's resources were devoted to Facebook audit

irishtimes jeudi 9 février 2012 16 h 20 CET | info [fr] [other]

ELAINE EDWARDS Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes has said his office cannot oversee the activities of the many major multinational companies headquartered here without additional resources. His office would become the 'hub', or designated supervisory authority for the activities of such.......

Der Fernsehdoktor: In Norbert Loskills Büro hängt der Goldene Meisterbrief

ruhrnachrichten jeudi 9 février 2012 16 h 20 CET | info [en] [fr] [other]

Fünf Jahrzehnte lang hat Norbert Loskill sen. die Entwicklung des TV-Zeitalters von den ersten klobigen Schwarz-Weiß-Geräten bis hin zum ultraflachen Fernsehgerät im Heimkinoformat hautnah miterlebt. Noch stolzer macht ihn, dass in seinem Büro jetzt der Goldene Meisterbrief hängt....

Le président al-Assad promulgue un décret législatif sur les dispositions de la loi de la communication via l'Internet et de la lutte contre le cyberc

Sana-fr jeudi 9 février 2012 16 h 17 CET | info [en] [other]

Damas / Le président Bachar al-Assad a promulgué le décret législatif N17 de l'an 20012 portant sur les dispositions de la loi de la communication via l'Internet et la lutte contre le cybercrime....

Article - Putting consumers in the driving seat

europarl jeudi 9 février 2012 15 h 24 CET | info [fr] [other]

European consumers could soon take up their place at the heart of the Single Market. The Commission is proposing a reinforcement of their rights, an online dispute resolution system, better education tools and more funding for European Consumer Centres....

Three new regional e-crime hubs set up to battle cybercrime

ukgovpublic jeudi 9 février 2012 15 h 18 CET | info [fr] [other]

Three new regional policing e-crime hubs are to be launched today as law enforcers looks to boost its capability to tackle the growing threat of cybercrime. The three new units will initially each comprise of three staff members (detective sergeant and two detective constables), and will generating.......

Additional means to stimulate growth and employment

baltic-course jeudi 9 février 2012 15 h 01 CET | info [fr] [other]

New European Commission’s action plan for doubling the volume of e-commerce in the EU by 2015 is aimed at stimulating growth and employment. The Commission said that if 15 % of retail sales were e-commerce and the obstacles to the internal market were removed, the gains for consumers might total € 204 billion, or 1,7% of EU GDP....

UK cops set up new £30m bases to nail cybercrooks

register jeudi 9 février 2012 14 h 37 CET | info [fr] [other]

The UK is to establish three regional policing e-crime hubs as part of efforts to boost the capability of British police to tackle the growing problem of cybercrime. The new hubs, in Yorkshire and the Humber, the Northwest and in East Midlands, will each get their own three-officer team....