Italian deputies drowned out in mobile phone clampdown: report
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Thwarted so far in his attempts to clamp down on mobile telephone use among deputies, the speaker of the Italian parliament has hit upon a sophisticated way of getting tough, a weekly newspaper reported.
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(InfoWorld) - Italy has become the latest country to clamp down on phishing, with authorities there arresting 26 people for an alleged scam to swindle bank customers. According to a statement by one of those arrested, the scam involved sending fraudulent e-mails that appeared to come from Poste Italiane, the country's postal operator, which also offers bank accounts, insurance and loans, according to a news release (in Italian) from the Guardia di Finanza, which handles financial crimes. The e-mails urged victims to hand over sensitive financial information, which was then used to draw money from their accounts, the finance authority said. Eighteen of those arrested are Italian citizens, with the remainder from Eastern European countries. Phishing scamsÂ are generally difficult to trace, since the fraudulent e-mails are often sent from computers that have been hacked. Those computers may also be in different countries than the hackers and the victims. But fraud management officials from Poste Italiane and the finance authority monitored transaction papers used to empty the accounts, initially in the Milan area and then throughout the country, they said. Countries around the world have been trying to clamp down on phishing as the number of Web sites used to entrap victims continues to increase. Police in Japan made theirÂ first arrest for phishingÂ early last year. The person was accused of illegally obtaining IDs and passwords for Yahoo Auctions and using them to resell goods worth tens of thousands of dollars. At around the same time,Â authorities in Bulgaria arrestedÂ eight people for phishing scam that targeted users of Microsoft's MSN service. Phishing-related arrests have also been made in the United States. Â
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SCOVILLE, Idaho -- When a blackout seemed imminent after a major storm, poor cellphone coverage nearly left Idaho's governor in the dark about the news. On another occasion, the state's top military official missed a key national security warning, also because of his cellphone.
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Primo giorno senza la 'tassa' di ricarica per i cellulari. L'Autority per le comunicazioni obbliga i gestori a rendere confrontabili i costi delle telefonate. Richiamo per Wind e Vodafone
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Russia's oldest theater has installed  equipment to block mobile phone signals in a desperate attempt  to force patrons to stop taking calls during performances,  Itar-Tass news agency reported on Thursday.
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Vodafone non adotterÃ  in Italia la stessa politica commerciale che ha fatto negli ultimi mesi la fortuna di 3, ovvero quella di vendere i telefoni cellulari fortemente scontati, al fine di attrarre un maggior numero di clienti.
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Scores of suspects were being arrested in a crackdown on organized crime clans whose feud is believed to have led to the shooting deaths of six Italians in Germany this month, Italian police said Thursday.
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50 milioni di italiani devono dire se e come vogliono comparirenelle nuove pagine bianche. Due mesi di tempo per rispondere                                                  Privacy e nuovi elenchi telefonici Parte il censimento abbonati                                                                                                  Ci saranno anche quelli per i telefoni cellulari
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Roma, 7 dic. (Adnkronos) - Attenzione a parlare di modifica della legge elettorale, perchÃ© Ã¨ un viaggio verso &#39;&#39;lidi inesplorati&#39;&#39;. Ma se si volesse cambiare il sistema, ognuno deve &#39;&#39;predisporsi ad accettare il possibile approdo&#39;&#39;.
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50 milioni di italiani devono dire se e come vogliono comparirenelle nuove pagine bianche. Due mesi di tempo per rispondere                                          Privacy e nuovi elenchi telefonici Parte il censimento abbonati                                                                                  Ci saranno anche quelli per i telefoni cellulari
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Russia's oldest theater has installed  equipment to block cell phone signals in a desperate attempt to  force patrons to stop taking calls during performances,  Itar-Tass news agency reported on Thursday.
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Cinque provvedimenti per interrompere il trattamento illecito dei datie garantire il rispetto della riservatezza. Da adottare entro il 10 settembre                                            Call center, richiamo dell'AutoritÃ   stop alle telefonate indesiderate
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"I think this risks being a missed opportunity for Italian politics, rushing towards elections with a flawed law"  By Silvia Aloisi and Robin PomeroyROME  - Italy's Senate speaker gave up trying to form a temporary government on Monday, making a snap election the only likely way out of a political vacuum left when Romano Prodi resigned as prime minister last month.Senate speaker Franco Marini, who had been asked by the president to seek cross-party backing for an interim administration to reform the electoral system ahead of a vote, said there was no such support."I could not find a significant majority on a precise electoral reform," Marini told reporters as he left President Giorgio Napolitano's office after handing back his mandate to try to form a new government. Read more
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A plan to split ItalyÂs largest phone company into separate mobile and fixed-line units has led to a political slugfest.
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French government members and their advisors have been told not to use BlackBerry smartphones, for national security reasons. The ban on BlackBerry devices is just one of the IT challenges facing new National Assembly members as they take their seats following Sunday&#39;s elections.
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Correspondents say the vote reveals the fragility of Mr Prodi's coalition The Italian government has lost a key vote in its upper house of parliament on the country's foreign policy.Comment
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Seconda giornata consecutiva di disagi nel trasporto pubblico locale. Dopo lo stop di ieri nell&#39;ambito della mobilitazione generale indetta da Cgil, Cisl e Uil contro la Finanziaria, oggi braccia incrociate