GovernmentKaspersky chief to front US Congress on 27 Sept
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The co-founder of Kaspersky Lab, Eugene Kaspersky, has accepted an invitation to testify before US Congress after the company's products were banned from use by… US homeland security dept bans Kaspersky use by govt
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The US Department of Homeland Security has ordered all government agencies to stop using products from Kaspersky Labs, with a deadline of 90 days to… Macquarie Government on a cloud with NSW Govt appointment
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Macquarie Government, a division of Macquarie Telecom, has been added to the NSW GovDC Marketplace. Facebook may face Congress panel over Russian ads
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The US Senate Intelligence Committee has said that it is likely to ask representatives from Facebook to give public testimony about activity by Russia during… Google bid to patent tech in public domain: claim
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Entropy coding technology known as ANS devised by a Polish academic is now sought to be patented by Google – even though he released it… Google launches appeal against US$2.7b EU fine
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Nearly three months after the EU hit it with a €2.42 billion (US$2.7 billion) fine, Google has launched an appeal against it in the General… Four EU states want big tech to pay tax on revenue
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Four EU members have proposed that big multinational technology companies like Apple and Google should pay taxes in Europe on their revenue, and not profits. Best Buy pulls Kaspersky products from shelves
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American multinational consumer electronics corporation Best Buy has pulled products made by Kaspersky Lab from its shelves and is offering customers assistance if they want… Kaspersky: Ex-NSA infosec expert asks FBI to put up or shut up
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Former NSA employee and information security expert Jake Williams has told the FBI to either provide proof to the public that Kaspersky Lab products are… Lenovo pays US$3.5m to settle spyware suit
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Hardware vendor Lenovo has paid a sum of US$3.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the US Federal Trade Commission on behalf of 32… 
