Top Gun Tweeter @555uhz shut down by Paramount over copyright infringement
Lawyers from the Paramount movie studio took exception to Twitter user @555uhz tweeting the Top Gun movie frame by frame, and have had his account suspended.
Europol EC3 scam targeting unsuspecting internet users
The European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) is Europol’s cybercrime division that does good cross-border work across Europe, but scammers are using their name to try and trick users into paying a bogus fine.
Google and Microsoft blocking searches for child abuse is only the first step
Google and Microsoft have announced that they are blocking around 100,000 search terms related to child abuse, and will show users looking for such material warnings that it is illegal. This is a good first step and show of faith by the web firms to start tackling the issue, but there is much more to do.
Football Manager 2013 illegally downloaded 10 million times
The boss of Sports Interactive, the creators of Football Manager, has revealed the extent of piracy facing PC video game publishers.