Also names most pirated vendors. A leading anti-piracy body has accused eBay over counterfeit software, claiming in a new report that “at least 90 percent of all software available on eBay is illegal”. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office closures ‘hit London residents hardest’ (Evening Standard)
Residents of Merton have the worst post office access in Britain, it was claimed today. There are 27,429 residents for every post office branch in the borough compared with a national average of just over 4,000, according to a survey by online directory locallife.co.uk. More: continued here
Read More »An eBay Surprise: Lost Diskful of Data on Britons – New York Times
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Read More »Ebay Ends Patent Suit With MercExchange (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Ebay Inc. says it settled a long-running patent dispute with technology company MercExchange LLC. The San Jose, Calif., online auctioneer has agreed to buy the three MercExchange patents it has been accused of violating. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Workers Can Sue Over Age Bias (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The Supreme Court decided Wednesday that employees who claim job discrimination should not suffer because of mistakes made by the federal agency charged with investigating their allegations. More: continued here
Read More »£10k of laptops with the Post Office boradband and phone calls … – Mirror.co.uk
GMTV £10k of laptops with the Post Office boradband and phone calls …Mirror.co.uk, UK –39 minutes agoThanks to the Post Office®, 10 lucky readers will walk away with a total of £10000 in prizes between them. The Post Office is celebrating its first ever …Digital leapGMTVall 2 news articles More: continued here
Read More »Tough times for the Post Office – Wigan Today
Hell Mail Tough times for the Post OfficeWigan Today, UK –6 hours agoWith regard to your correspondent, Alan Freeman of UKIP and his comments regarding Royal Mail and the postal service. Mr Freeman is correct in everything …Late UK Postal Deliveries Need Not Be LateHell MailCWU To Reject Royal Mail Pension ReformsHell …
Read More »British government CD found in computer sold on eBay (Detroit Free Press)
LONDON — An encrypted government disc has been found hidden in a computer sold on eBay — yet another loss of sensitive data in a series of such missteps that is alarming privacy advocates as Britain inches closer to requiring all citizens to carry ID cards. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail van stolen – Town Crier
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Read More »Local Post Office To Honor Military Dead – WLKY
Local Post Office To Honor Military DeadWLKY, KY –1 minute agoJohn Yarmuth, D-Louisville, introduced legislation to rename the Hikes Point post office on Hunsinger Lane the Iraq & Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of … More: continued here
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