Ceop, the government law enforcement agency tasked with tracking down online sex offenders, called for a panic button to be installed on social networking sites last November.
Earlier this year, cybercriminals took aim at a group of online businesses and non-profits like scam.com, scamwarners.com, and 419eater.com, which try to identify and shut down online credit-card scams.
Apple in the past several months bought and then shut down online music service Lala.com, prompting widespread speculation it might also soon launch a new cloud-based version of its iTunes music store.
As growth in the US online travel market slows down, online travel agencies (OTAs) are turning towards growth opportunities in other promising markets such as Europe and Asia-Pacific.
And just this past week the Anonymous splinter group, LulzSec, used DDoS to take down several online gaming related sites.
In fact, the reason why this ill-fated security company went after Anonymous was because they brought down major online businesses: PayPal, Amazon, Mastercard.
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All across the internet today, websites have gone dark to protest two bills in congress that aim at cracking down on online piracy.
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"We're laying the foundation for a more effective international legal framework, to shut down exploitative online enterprises, " he told a joint news conference in Brussels.
Two bills are snaking their way through congress at the moment in an attempt by the entertainment industry to clamp down on online file-sharing and piracy.
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There is a case before the Second Circuit in which the major TV broadcasters are seeking to shut down an online television streaming service named Aereo.
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Earlier this year, the BBC reported that Jersey-based Play.com was shutting down its online retail business after the government closed the Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR) loophole.
Along with its web address analysis products, Dasient has also created a service that can hunt down malicious online advertising to protect the ads and content of customer websites.
Meanwhile, the digerati claimed victory in a campaign to delete a pair of bills from Congress's agenda that would clamp down on online piracy, after congressional leaders suspended further debate on the issue.
Nevertheless, Devlin-Brown virtually shut down the online poker market in America, helped the government claim hundreds of millions of dollars, and led a prosecution that has seen seven of 11 indicted men convicted, with one case still pending and the other men remaining at large.
There are other signs the government is serious about cracking down on illegal online pharmacies.
This brings the total job openings that are likely to be advertised online down to 2.8 million.
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If we cannot come to one quickly, we will be forced to close down the illegal online game.
It is one of the most significant legal developments since federal prosecutors cracked down on the online poker industry one year ago.
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It's uncertain if the account will still send tweets about the album or if it will be shut down after the online event.
Ryan said he would vote down the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill that would have restricted free music trading, to avoid additional regulation.
From the ease of research that it affords teachers and students, down to actual online course work for students of all ages, more people have access to quality learning than ever before, thanks to the Internet.
The latest raids in Operation Pangea (an international police campaign against illegal online pharmacies) involved 100 countries and shut down more than 18, 000 online pill-pushers.
Carney said he hoped the police pilot scheme will bring down the amount of online bullying.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have discovered that the loopy font also helps to get people to let down their privacy guard online.
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Deutsche Telekom has been forced to lower its target price for the flotation of its internet business T-Online, down from 50 euros to about 35 euros if not less.
The search giant has launched an online tool breaking down the figures which it hopes will be "just the first step toward increased transparency".
Down the line, APB Online is considering business-to-business ventures, such as a call-center service that alerts corporate clients about the latest credit card scams.
At One Medical, patients can fill out forms online to cut down waiting room times and extend the length of patient visits to their physicians.
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