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Vodafone denies working with government to create network for spying on citizens
2014-11-23 17:58:08| IT Services - Topix.net
Vodafone has denied reports that it worked with GCHQ to create the surveillance system used for the mass tracking of citizens' communications, as exposed by Edward Snowden. According to a report by Channel 4 News , top secret documents leaked by Snowden demonstrate how Cable & Wireless - bought by Vodafone in July 2012 - was part of a scheme called Mastering the Internet.
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Vodafone denies working with government to create network for spying on citizens
2014-11-23 14:09:47| Telecom - Topix.net
Vodafone has denied reports that it worked with GCHQ to create the surveillance system used for the mass tracking of citizens' communications, as exposed by Edward Snowden. According to a report by Channel 4 News , top secret documents leaked by Snowden demonstrate how Cable & Wireless - bought by Vodafone in July 2012 - was part of a scheme called Mastering the Internet.
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Bidding in government auction of airwaves reaches $34 billion
2014-11-23 04:03:58| Wireless - Topix.net
A government auction of airwaves for use in mobile broadband has blown through presale estimates, becoming the biggest auction in the Federal Communications Commission's history and signaling that wireless companies expect demand for Internet access by smartphones to continue to soar. Companies bid more than $34 billion as of Friday afternoon for six blocks of airwaves, totaling 65 megahertz of the electromagnetic spectrum, being sold by the FCC.
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EU Court Rules British Government Must Limit Diesel Exhaust
2014-11-21 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The United Kingdom must clean up illegal levels of air pollution "as soon as possible," the European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday, in its first decision on the European Union`s 2008 air quality law. The case was originally brought in the British courts by ClientEarth, a London-based environmental group concerned about the 29,000 people who die early in the UK each year as a result of air pollution. ClientEarth asked the British courts to require the UK Government to revise its plans to...
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Farmers call on government to keep grain hauling rules in place
2014-11-21 04:11:56| Railroads - Topix.net
Alberta farm groups are calling on the federal government to extend the minimum grain hauling requirements for Canada's railways, even though this year's harvest was significantly smaller than the bumper crop of 2013. The mandated volume minimums - which require Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway to move one million tonnes of grain per week or face financial penalties - are set to expire Nov. 29. They were put in place by government order last March following complaints that rail companies were providing poor service to western grain farmers.
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