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Acer’s Iconia Tab A200 keeps making its way in more European countries, after Germany the tablet also being spotted in Italy.
Here, the 10.1-incher made its appearance in the Pixmania online shop, which lists both the 8GB and the 16GB versions of the slate, with prices starting at 339 Euros, including VAT (abo... |
2 February 2012
09:04 GMT |
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The Italian news agency ANSA has revealed that Judge Marina Tavassi of Tribunale di Milano, Italy, has rejected Samsung’s request for a preliminary injunction against the sale of Apple’s iPhone 4S in the country.The decision of the Milan-based Italian first-instance court for patent cases comes as a resul... |
6 January 2012
04:24 GMT |
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Mount Etna decided to frighten the people living around it for the first time this year. On January 5, it erupted, generating an ash cloud that currently rises about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) into the atmosphere.
Traffic through the Fontanarossa di Catania airport, in Italy, was immediately limited, due to growing co... |
5 January 2012
06:42 GMT |
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Anti-trust authorities in Italy have fined Apple 900,000 Euros, or $1.2 million, for “bad commercial practices that harmed consumers,” reports say. Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, Italy's anti-trust authority, said today that "Sanctions of a total of 900,000 euros have been ... |
27 December 2011
12:41 GMT |
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The official website of the Italian Minister for Public Administration and Innovation (qualitapa.gov.it ) was breached after a hacker discovered an SQL injection vulnerability on one of the pages of their site. A hacker named Thorwed seems to be responsible for the breach that left 9,000 individuals exposed, reports... |
19 December 2011
04:48 GMT |
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The US might be getting the Transformer Prime on December 19, but those of us living in Europe will have to wait until January for the tablet to arrive into our hands.So far, the January availability has been confirmed by Asus offices in Sweden and Germany and Italy is now the latest country in the EU to join this li... |
14 December 2011
08:25 GMT |
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Claiming he was bored, but also because he wanted to show how many websites lack the proper security measures that should protect them against cybercriminal operations, a hacker that calls himself Kahuna breached and published details belonging to members of a few organizations, including a couple of state agencies.
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30 November 2011
10:01 GMT |
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The Italian Linux Day, a national event which aims to promote GNU/Linux and free software, is set to take place on tomorrow, October 22nd. Local LUGs (A Linux User Group or Linux Users' Group) organize events such as meetings, debates, installation partys. There will also be seminars, workshops and conferences.T... |
21 October 2011
14:41 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is expected to unveil to the world their first smartphone powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system before the end of October, which being set to make them available for purchase next month. For the time being, no specific details on the handsets that should arrive on... |
18 October 2011
02:55 GMT |
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Germany appears to be the place where the first lucky iPhone 4S buyer lives, though no one can be sure others didn’t already receive one but failed to take the pictures and upload them to the web.9to5 reveals that while Germany is proud to have unboxed the first customer-ordered iPhone 4S with pictures, Italy i... |
11 October 2011
10:46 GMT |
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When you think of online censorship, China or other oppressive regimes spring to mind. But you don't need to look any further than Italy, one of Europe's largest countries, one of the birthplaces of 'civilization,' to see how abusive regimes are trying to control something they don't understa... |
5 October 2011
06:02 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility Italia has just announced the release of a new handset on the local market, the Motorola WILDER, aimed at offering users some of the ruggedness they would like to enjoy when going outside. The new device is splash and dust-resistant, while packing a touch design. Overall, it is e... |
9 September 2011
05:58 GMT |
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Hackers associated with the Italian branch of Anonymous have broken into the website of the prison police syndicate (SAPPE) and defaced it with a political message.People visiting www.sappe.it, the website of the Italian Independent Prison Police Syndicate (Sindacato Autonomo Polizia Penitenziaria - SAPPE) yesterday ... |
8 August 2011
12:12 GMT |
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Nokia N9, the first MeeGo-powered handset from the leading mobile phone maker, is now listed on the company's website in Italy, suggesting that it might make an official appearance on the market in the not-too-distant future, some of the latest reports on the matter point out. When announced only several week... |
14 July 2011
08:53 GMT |
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A hacker affiliated with Anonymous claims to have broken into the websites of 18 Italian universities from where he extracted sensitive information.The hacker who uses the online handle of LulzStorm, a reference to the defunct LulzSec hacking outfit, has uploaded part of the stolen data in a torrent."Today is a great... |
7 July 2011
13:51 GMT |
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The Italian police with assistance from the Swiss authorities has arrested three individuals suspected to be Anonymous members yesterday.One of them, a 26 year-old Italian named Luca Franceschi who allegedly used the online alias of Frey is believed to be the head of the Italian Anonymous chapter. He was arrested at ... |
6 July 2011
08:23 GMT |
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In February this year, Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson unveiled to the world a nice range of new handsets running under Google's Android operating system, and the Xperia neo, a device expected to hit shelves in early July, was among them.The new device was supposed to arrive on the market in M... |
21 June 2011
08:55 GMT |
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Italy and Google had already shown that they simply cannot be on friendly terms. Another confirmation recently came when an Italian court decided to order the Mountain View company to censor certain Google Instant results, although the defendants argued that the suggestions were computer-generated.This case came to ... |
5 April 2011
16:16 GMT |
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Following its release in several markets in late 2010, Nexus S by Samsung, the first Android 2.3 Gingerbread-based mobile phone, is on its way to conquer the world, and should become available for purchase in Italy as soon as next month.Google and Samsung went official with plans to make the Nexus S available for pu... |
25 January 2011
08:57 GMT |
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An antitrust investigation concerning Google ended in Italy after the company made several pledges calming the fears of newspaper publishers. The complaint was that Google was making money from the publishers' content by listing it in Google News. What's more, they also claimed that Google was conditioning ... |
18 January 2011
05:47 GMT |
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YouTube, and any other video website for that matter, may be facing a grim future in Italy as the country has passed new rules that would treat online video services just like TV stations and would make them responsible for all the content, even user generated one. Such rules would be next to impossible for YouTube a... |
4 January 2011
08:05 GMT |
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One member of the European Parliament has spoken out against the open world gangster based video game Mafia II, which was developed by 2K Czech and published by Take Two, because of the way it appears to glamorize the criminal actions of the organization. Sonia Alfano, who is a member of the European Parliament, has... |
21 December 2010
05:29 GMT |
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Italian authorities are ordering Google to agree to some concessions like clearly marking its cars and announcing the residents of an area where the cars will shoot three days in advance. Google's Street View program continues to prove problematic for the company in terms of its relationship with various data pr... |
25 October 2010
06:41 GMT |
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Security researchers from Symantec warn of a phishing campaign, which promises free mobile credits in order to trick online banking users into exposing their credentials and phone numbers.This particular attack targeted customers of an Italian bank, but it's a good indication of the various methods used by phish... |
19 October 2010
02:41 GMT |
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After hitting international, American and Spanish recording and film industry associations, Anonymous is organizing a coordinated distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the Federation of the Italian Music Industry (FIMI).On Saturday, Anonymous announced that the group's new targets for Sunday and t... |
11 October 2010
12:16 GMT |
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A new research carried out by the University of Colorado Denver, shows that this species of early humans was able to adapt, innovate and create a technology of their own, like modern humans do.For the last fifty years, scientists believed that the only reason Neanderthals developed “modern” tools was beca... |
22 September 2010
06:51 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has announced the launch of a new smartphone on the market in Italy, the BlackBerry Curve 3G device, also known as Curve 9300. The handset is set to hit the shelves at two carrier in the country, including Vodafone Italia and Wind, the company unveiled. The new addition... |
16 September 2010
05:37 GMT |
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The fifth edition of the ESA Earth Observation Summer School is held this month in ESRIN, the European Space Agency's Center for Earth observation, in Frascati, Italy.During this edition, students will have the opportunity to present their own work, listen to several lectures concerning global climate change and... |
12 August 2010
03:37 GMT |
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The main problem for France is the fact that they get attacked on two fronts when Germany decides to start the war, one in the center, very near Paris and one in the south, where the Italians take the lead. There's a third area which will see battle, the North of Africa, but it's not crucial to the defense ... |
11 August 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Archimede is the name of the first molten salt concentrating solar power plant in the world. It was built by the Italian utility Enel and ENEA, the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development. This 5 MW plant is located in Priolo Gargallo (Sicily), in the largest petroche... |
26 July 2010
09:56 GMT |
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A group of investigators in Italy announced yesterday, May 31, that they were able to identify tau particles sent through the ground for the first time ever. The elementary particles were encased in a muon neutrino beam, which was sent from a CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) facility some 730 kilomet... |
1 June 2010
05:56 GMT |
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HTC HD Mini, the latest mobile phone HTC Corporation launched on the market with Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system on board, has arrived in a new country in Europe, namely Italy. Priced at 399 Euro, the new handset can be purchased from all authorized retailers, offering Italian mobile phone users... |
6 May 2010
05:24 GMT |
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A new touch-enabled mobile phone from LG Electronics is set to soon become available for purchase in Italy, namely the LG Surf 4GB. The leading handset vendor hasn't made an official announcement regarding the device's arrival in Italy, one of the largest mobile markets in Europe, perhaps because the LG Su... |
16 April 2010
09:42 GMT |
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American archaeologists working on the largest dig site in Italy ever opened for the past 50 years are currently trembling with excitement. They have recently unearthed a very intricate and weird artifact, that was buried until last summer in what was once a city neighboring the capital of the Roman Empire. The artif... |
30 March 2010
06:07 GMT |
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Once the first flight of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Jules Verne completed flawlessly, the European Space Agency (ESA) decided to ramp up production on these unmanned spacecrafts. Their primary goal is to deliver cargo, safe and sound, to the International Space Station. They are a part of the international ... |
16 March 2010
09:57 GMT |
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Google and Italy haven't been seeing eye to eye lately, but perhaps there's hope yet with the announcement of a partnership between the company and Italy's Ministry of Cultural Heritage to scan and add historical books from the National Libraries of Florence and Rome to the Google Books project. Google... |
10 March 2010
11:16 GMT |
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Google is not having the best day in Europe. After being hit by a rather frivolous, but serious nonetheless, investigation by the European Commission for alleged anti-competition practices, the company has now received the decision in the long-running Google Video lawsuit in Italy and it doesn't look good. Three... |
24 February 2010
06:14 GMT |
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Italy has been putting a lot of effort lately in becoming the clear leader in backwards thinking Internet rules and legislation in Europe, a title strongly disputed with France, though up-and-comer UK may be a serious contender soon if the proposed 'three strikes' law gets through. The latest move has been... |
8 February 2010
06:01 GMT |
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Undeterred by internal and external criticism, Italy is moving ahead to make the internet a lot less open. The plan is to make video-hosting sites abide by the same regulations as TV broadcasters, meaning the government would be able to hold these sites accountable for what the users upload. A draft decree is set to... |
4 February 2010
06:58 GMT |
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Climb to the top of the highest cathedral, take a look around and then jump. Sneak up on the most guarded men in history and slash their throats open with the blades you keep hidden in your arms.Move around the city like a shadow, bleeding in to throw off your pursuers or take them on before fleeing to the rooftops a... |
22 January 2010
09:11 GMT |
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The recent Google China debacle has raised the issue of Internet censorship again and made more people aware of the restrictions governments like China's enforce on its citizens. And many probably felt lucky that they didn't live in a country that limits their access to information and the Internet in parti... |
18 January 2010
06:12 GMT |
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The number of mobile-phone users in Italy that access video content through their handsets is expected to rise up to 5.1 million by 2015, at least this is what a recently published report from technology and media specialist Coda Research Consultancy shows. Moreover, the firm also forecasts that the revenues in the s... |
27 November 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Lawsuits aren't anything new for Google, but one in Italy could mean jail time for several Google employees if they're found guilty. The four men are charged with several privacy violations and libel over a user-uploaded video, hosted on Google Video in 2006. The prosecutors are now asking for one year in ... |
26 November 2009
06:31 GMT |
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It would appear that Italian people have a thing for constructing their cities inside or very close to active or dormant volcanoes. This is known for Vesuvius, the mountain that buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, which is located six miles (nine kilometers) away from Naples. Nearly three million peop... |
10 November 2009
05:56 GMT |
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Four Google executives from Italy are facing jail time as a lawsuit brought against the company gets underway in Milan. The issue at heart is a video of four students bullying a colleague with Down's Syndrome posted on Google Video, which stayed on the site for several months before being taken down. The prosecu... |
1 October 2009
09:46 GMT |
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With the increasing pressure from competitors and various organizations it was bound to happen eventually so now Google is getting investigated by competition authorities. But, while most of the attention has been focused on the US, it’s the Italians that made the first move after several newspapers complained ... |
28 August 2009
02:52 GMT |
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Italian archaeologists have recently unearthed the fossilized skeletal remains of a 4,500-year-old warrior on a beach just South of the capital city of Rome. The man, who experts believe was killed by an arrow strike to the chest, was found by an aerial police patrol, of all things. As the authorities surveyed the ar... |
3 August 2009
15:11 GMT |
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The Pirate Bay has never lacked the media's attention, but, lately, it looks like something new is happening every day at the soon-to-be sold site. Recently sued by several US movie studios, again, and ordered to shut down operations in The Netherlands, the site is getting hit with yet another lawsuit, this time... |
1 August 2009
05:49 GMT |
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Samsung Galaxy i7500 is the first Android phone to come from another mobile phone maker than the Taiwan-based HTC, and it seems that the device is able to impress a lot, as the hype around its recent launch in France and Germany was quite high. According to the latest news around the Web, the phone is also heading to... |
13 July 2009
03:42 GMT |
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It seems that the latest iteration of the iPhone will not be so cheap upon arriving to Europe, or at least to some of the countries on the continent. According to a leaked document on Vodafone's roadmap, mobile phone users in Italy will be able to buy the iPhone 3G S for a whopping €619 ($860) for the 16GB ... |
17 June 2009
04:05 GMT |
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