Bejing -
Victims of intellectual property theft in China could soon be allowed to sue for damages as Beiing looks to tighten its IP protection framework, state media reported Monday, with Washington clamouring for action on the issue.
Bejing -
China announced Tuesday stiffer punishments for serious infringers of intellectual property -- including barring some from buying real estate or going on expensive holidays -- as Washington clamours for action on the issue following a trade war truce.
Bejing -
It took a crucial piece of evidence for Microsoft to win one of its numerous anti-piracy lawsuits in China: A computer seller telling an investigator that he could install a Windows 7 knock-off for free.
An update to the Microsoft-owned Skype messaging software has finally removed a known issue present for over three years. The flaw makes it easy for outsiders to uncover a user's IP address, allowing them to execute DDoS attacks or other hacks.
North America has now run out of IPv4 Internet addresses as the ageing protocol becomes over-burdened and insufficient to power the ever-growing web. New devices now have to use the newer IPv6 as no more IPv4 addresses can be assigned.
Coquitlam -
A teen hacker from British Columbia has pleaded guilty to 23 charges of public mischief, extortion, criminal harassment and making false police reports.
His targets were usually young female gamers.
