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A group of unnamed hackers have released a statement claiming that they’ve managed to gain unauthorized access to the servers of Elantis, a company owned by Dexia, a Belgian-French financial institution. The cybercriminals demand that the bank pay them 150,000 EUR ($196,000) before May 4, or they will make the ... |
3 May 2012
03:00 GMT |
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The hacktivist collective acquired another target they believe to represent a threat to human rights and freedom of speech. Belgium’s Anti-Piracy Federation (BREIN) is targeted by the hackers after they obtained court orders that force ISPs to block the controversial Pirate Bay.
“The Dutch battleships ar... |
17 January 2012
07:50 GMT |
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Anonymous, the loose-knit hacker collective, as many like to call them, managed to breach the main website belonging to ArcelorMittal, the largest steel producing company in the world, leaking a large quantity of information from their databases.
ArcelorMittal’s website (arcelormittal.com) is currently offline... |
6 January 2012
07:27 GMT |
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Anonymous Belgium released an official video to threaten ArcelorMittal representatives, making the company an official target after they failed to keep their promise to Belgian citizens that the Cockeril factory would be a long-term investment.
“A few weeks ago, ArcelorMittal announced it would close this fact... |
3 January 2012
07:45 GMT |
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Google is continuing to expand Street View, despite the rather numerous problems that have crept up around the project, ranging from unwarranted paranoia to Google not doing itself any favors by capturing public WiFi communications.
Now, Street View is becoming available in Belgium. Pretty much the entire country is... |
23 November 2011
08:46 GMT |
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After debuting in Austria, Spotify didn't take long to conquer a couple of new countries. The popular music streaming service is now available in Belgium and Switzerland as well. The service is essentially the same as everywhere else, for better and for worse, so users in these two countries can now finally get ... |
16 November 2011
10:51 GMT |
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The Fukushima disaster made several governments reconsider their position towards the development of nuclear power. Belgium could be one more nation added to the list of those countries which are willing to abandon the benefits of this alternative source of energy, in favor of the environment and the wellbeing of its... |
1 November 2011
03:32 GMT |
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More than a year has passed and Google still has to put up with downfall from its Street View WiFi fiasco. Belgian authorities have offered Google a chance to make amends for the small sum of 150,000 euros, not even a drop in a bucket for the company.Authorities have found that Google did breach the country's pr... |
18 August 2011
11:30 GMT |
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A small Belgian retailer going by the name of Van Roey claims to have received what appears to be the first shipment of white iPhone 4 units. Imagery of the unboxing stands as evidence.
Sources reporting on this recent development seem confident that Van Roey has what may be the first legitimate and official iPhon... |
26 April 2011
10:25 GMT |
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It seems that Belgium is home to some serious gamers, as the country recently held a special competition where three players endured a marathon gaming session that lasted for 109 hours, setting a new world record.
The competition was organized by GUNKtv, a local gaming-dedicated TV station, and hosted, initially, ... |
29 December 2010
02:40 GMT |
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Our brains produce a wide variety of hormones, but one of them has the ability to promote social bonding, by making us more trusting. This does not mean however that we become more gullible.According to a new scientific investigation, it would appear that, while we indeed become a lot more communicative when under th... |
27 August 2010
06:15 GMT |
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A new software update is currently available for download for the popular HTC Hero mobile phone from Taiwan-based handset vendor HTC. Released on the company's support website on Monday, the new software solution comes as ROM version 2.73.1100.5 and was meant only for handsets currently available on the market ... |
13 July 2010
10:05 GMT |
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The government of the Walloon Region has ordered its local administrations to ban the use of Firefox on their networks, beginning today. It seems that the reasons are related to security and compatibility concerns and the recommended browser is Internet Explorer 6.The eight-year-old Internet Explorer 6 represents aro... |
28 September 2009
10:04 GMT |
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Mobile phone users in Belgium can now enjoy yet another high-end handset, as BASE has recently launched the BlackBerry Storm on its airwaves. The new device comes to the market with a SurePress touch-screen, which has been designed so as to offer an enhanced user experience while typing or navigating through the menu... |
10 July 2009
06:16 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung unveiled the new additions to its Omnia family not too long ago, and now the availability and pricing of two of the company's handsets, the Samsung Omnia II and Omnia Pro, have been made public. The two devices are expected to hit the market as soon as this summer, at leas... |
4 July 2009
05:10 GMT |
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More than two years ago, Belgium announced its intentions of constructing a zero-carbon permanent base in Antarctica, one that would rely solely on smart materials and renewable energy sources in order to survive. On Sunday, that dream came true, and the Princess Elisabeth Base was inaugurated as the world's fir... |
16 February 2009
04:36 GMT |
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The Mountain View-based company Google is, once again, sent to court for copyright infringement, being accused by the copyright organization CopiePresse that it has published news belonging to Belgian newspapers without authorization. The copyright group demanded damages of $77 million due to the fact that Google pos... |
28 May 2008
06:42 GMT |
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Belgium is the latest country attacked by Chinese hackers who attempted to break into the state's computers in order to conduct cyberespionage activities, the Belgian officials warned a few days ago according to UPI. The Justice Minister Jo Vandeurzen sustains that Chinese hackers may have sent dangerous emails ... |
8 May 2008
03:36 GMT |
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Google is now aiming to become an important Dutch service as the company tends to conquer Netherlands with several partnerships in the area. The search giant made the first step today when it signed a deal with Ghent University to digitize their content and offer the books stored in their library to the entire world.... |
24 May 2007
05:17 GMT |
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Google might sign a deal with several Belgian newspapers to publish latest news and headlines on the News service, although the company recorded several problems in the past. The Belgian group Copiepresse agreed to have the news indexed on Google's product, but without the cache option that allows users to acces... |
3 May 2007
08:33 GMT |
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Or maybe not. But this seems to be the latest Google motto after the company announced that it plans to open a new data center in Belgium, a country that often brought Google quite a lot of trouble. If you didn't know yet, Google lost an important lawsuit against some Belgian newspapers, the publications suing t... |
30 April 2007
06:29 GMT |
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Because Google is the most well known company on the Internet, there are a lot of small firms looking for money and popularity and which sue the search giant based on several complaints. ServersCheck BVBA from Leuven, Belgium, is just one of the examples because the company sued Google for its suggest feature include... |
26 March 2007
02:18 GMT |
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