<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988</id><updated>2011-07-08T13:34:47.188+02:00</updated><category term='data protection'/><category term='privacy'/><category term='spam'/><title type='text'>Buys Inc. Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>The blog of South Africa's leading IT law firm.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-7704168588845637122</id><published>2009-07-06T15:05:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T15:05:25.967+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Govt needs mobile tech for 'super service'</title><content type='html'>"Mobile technology and broadband need to be considered to latch onto 'first class, real time' service delivery, KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Ina Cronje said."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-7704168588845637122?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.news24.com/Content' title='Govt needs mobile tech for &apos;super service&apos;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/7704168588845637122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=7704168588845637122&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7704168588845637122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7704168588845637122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/govt-needs-mobile-tech-for-super.html' title='Govt needs mobile tech for &apos;super service&apos;'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6215656210742468841</id><published>2009-07-06T09:53:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T09:53:04.928+02:00</updated><title type='text'>New cellphone laws slated</title><content type='html'>Experts have lambasted new laws to collect information about prepaid cellphone users, citing their "severe" privacy implications. Experts have lambasted new laws to collect information about prepaid cellphone users, citing their "severe" privacy implications.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6215656210742468841?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&amp;click_id=15&amp;art_id=vn20090705081041996C326790' title='New cellphone laws slated'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6215656210742468841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6215656210742468841&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6215656210742468841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6215656210742468841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-cellphone-laws-slated.html' title='New cellphone laws slated'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-252261263139279113</id><published>2009-07-03T12:29:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-03T12:29:05.534+02:00</updated><title type='text'>SA digital TV switch reviewed</title><content type='html'>The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) will ask Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda to review the time frame for the migration from analogue to digital television, officials said.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-252261263139279113?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.news24.com/Content' title='SA digital TV switch reviewed'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/252261263139279113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=252261263139279113&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/252261263139279113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/252261263139279113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/sa-digital-tv-switch-reviewed.html' title='SA digital TV switch reviewed'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6477243338787068285</id><published>2009-07-03T08:48:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-03T08:48:47.435+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Facebook revising privacy</title><content type='html'>Facebook is revising its privacy settings to give the more than 200 million users the ability to share as much or as little as they want.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6477243338787068285?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.news24.com/Content/SciTech' title='Facebook revising privacy'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6477243338787068285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6477243338787068285&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6477243338787068285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6477243338787068285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/facebook-revising-privacy.html' title='Facebook revising privacy'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-8448331945733877054</id><published>2009-07-03T08:02:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-03T08:02:07.228+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Twitter applications could face copyright claims as Biz Stone looks to tighten branding - SC Magazine UK</title><content type='html'>Applications that allow direct access to micro-blogging site Twitter may be hit by a copyright claim.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-8448331945733877054?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.scmagazineuk.com/Twitter-applications-could-face-copyright-claims-as-Biz-Stone-looks-to-tighten-branding/article/139445/' title='Twitter applications could face copyright claims as Biz Stone looks to tighten branding - SC Magazine UK'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/8448331945733877054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=8448331945733877054&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/8448331945733877054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/8448331945733877054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/twitter-applications-could-face.html' title='Twitter applications could face copyright claims as Biz Stone looks to tighten branding - SC Magazine UK'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-3403108586079941875</id><published>2009-07-02T13:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T13:28:49.107+02:00</updated><title type='text'>New Cell Phone Law Welcomed</title><content type='html'>Business Against Crime SA has welcomed the introduction of the country's new RICA Act, saying the legislation would enhance initiatives to combat cellphone crime.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-3403108586079941875?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='https://www.deloitteresources.com/Login.aspx' title='New Cell Phone Law Welcomed'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/3403108586079941875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=3403108586079941875&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3403108586079941875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3403108586079941875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-cell-phone-law-welcomed.html' title='New Cell Phone Law Welcomed'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-1518287029172211271</id><published>2009-07-02T11:34:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T11:34:45.221+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Legalbrief - eLaw &amp; Management Home Page</title><content type='html'>It's been more than a decade since Mark Shuttleworth caught South Africa's imagination by becoming an overnight IT billionaire and spending some of his new-found wealth on a trip into space&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-1518287029172211271?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.legalbrief.co.za/index.php?page=E-Law' title='Legalbrief - eLaw &amp; Management Home Page'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/1518287029172211271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=1518287029172211271&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/1518287029172211271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/1518287029172211271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/legalbrief-elaw-management-home-page.html' title='Legalbrief - eLaw &amp; Management Home Page'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-2044331303458200874</id><published>2009-07-02T08:10:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T08:10:08.544+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Google Hurting Book Publishers? -- Seeking Alpha</title><content type='html'>Here's the question the publishing industry is trying to figure out: Does it make sense for Google (GOOG) to have the rights to exploit 'orphan' books, those whose copyright holders can't be found? Is it bad if Google has the exclusive rights to those books through its book search initiative?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-2044331303458200874?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/146347-is-google-hurting-book-publishers' title='Is Google Hurting Book Publishers? -- Seeking Alpha'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/2044331303458200874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=2044331303458200874&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2044331303458200874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2044331303458200874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-google-hurting-book-publishers.html' title='Is Google Hurting Book Publishers? -- Seeking Alpha'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-7095591650514726726</id><published>2009-07-01T11:15:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T11:15:38.920+02:00</updated><title type='text'>New law forces cell phone users to register</title><content type='html'>The new law, which comes into effect today, will require cellphone users to provide proof of address and identification when activating a new SIM card.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-7095591650514726726?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?ArticleId=1518-2386-2432_2534650' title='New law forces cell phone users to register'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/7095591650514726726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=7095591650514726726&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7095591650514726726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7095591650514726726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-law-forces-cell-phone-users-to.html' title='New law forces cell phone users to register'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-7352724980245340451</id><published>2009-07-01T11:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T11:13:26.345+02:00</updated><title type='text'>News24, South Africa's premier news source, provides breaking news on national, world, Africa, sport, entertainment, technology &amp; more.</title><content type='html'>A California company that says its software was illegally used in Beijing's new internet filter has threatened unspecified legal action.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-7352724980245340451?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.news24.com/Content/SciTech' title='News24, South Africa&apos;s premier news source, provides breaking news on national, world, Africa, sport, entertainment, technology &amp; more.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/7352724980245340451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=7352724980245340451&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7352724980245340451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7352724980245340451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/news24-south-africas-premier-news.html' title='News24, South Africa&apos;s premier news source, provides breaking news on national, world, Africa, sport, entertainment, technology &amp; more.'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-7486720055908754760</id><published>2009-06-29T09:17:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-29T09:17:07.171+02:00</updated><title type='text'>$1.92m fine for pirating 24 songs</title><content type='html'>A woman has been ordered to pay $1.92m for downloading 24 tracks from the Kazaa file sharing site - $80 000 per song.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-7486720055908754760?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.legalbrief.co.za/index.php?page=E-Law' title='$1.92m fine for pirating 24 songs'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/7486720055908754760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=7486720055908754760&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7486720055908754760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7486720055908754760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/192m-fine-for-pirating-24-songs.html' title='$1.92m fine for pirating 24 songs'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-4095337578672339442</id><published>2009-06-26T10:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-26T10:39:23.660+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Manchester Council's unencrypted laptop loss broke data protection law, says regulator</title><content type='html'>Manchester City Council broke the Data Protection Act when it failed to encrypt laptop computers containing data on nearly two thousand workers. The local authority has promised to ensure all mobile computers are encrypted.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-4095337578672339442?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-10116' title='Manchester Council&apos;s unencrypted laptop loss broke data protection law, says regulator'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/4095337578672339442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=4095337578672339442&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4095337578672339442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4095337578672339442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/manchester-councils-unencrypted-laptop.html' title='Manchester Council&apos;s unencrypted laptop loss broke data protection law, says regulator'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-2834926148756469512</id><published>2009-06-25T14:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T14:31:14.759+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Fincher eyes Facebook</title><content type='html'>Oscar-nominated film director David Fincher is in talks to direct a movie based on the rise of social networking website Facebook, it has been reported.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-2834926148756469512?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.news24.com/Content/Entertainment' title='Fincher eyes Facebook'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/2834926148756469512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=2834926148756469512&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2834926148756469512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2834926148756469512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/fincher-eyes-facebook.html' title='Fincher eyes Facebook'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-116331765218864989</id><published>2009-06-25T14:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T14:26:18.632+02:00</updated><title type='text'>CEOs snub blogs,Facebook</title><content type='html'>The heads of the top US companies might be engaged in the boardroom, but they're switched off when it comes to social media, according to a new study that said CEOs should be more connected to their customers.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-116331765218864989?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' 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Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-3846143237918895378</id><published>2009-06-19T09:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-19T09:26:51.620+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Defensive contract wranglings only prepare for failure, says negotiators' body</title><content type='html'>Contract managers are being more cautious than ever when they negotiate new agreements, contract managers' body IACCM has said. It has surveyed the most negotiated contract terms and says that the wrong terms get most attention.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-3846143237918895378?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-10096' title='Defensive contract wranglings only prepare for failure, says negotiators&apos; body'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/3846143237918895378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=3846143237918895378&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3846143237918895378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3846143237918895378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/defensive-contract-wranglings-only.html' title='Defensive contract wranglings only prepare for failure, says negotiators&apos; body'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6758718803287528232</id><published>2009-06-19T09:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-19T09:21:13.743+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging detective has no right to privacy, rules High Court</title><content type='html'>A controversial blogging detective has failed in his attempt to protect his anonymity and The Times newspaper has named him. The High Court said it was not its job to protect blogging police officers from disciplinary action over broken police rules.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6758718803287528232?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-10099' title='Blogging detective has no right to privacy, rules High Court'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6758718803287528232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6758718803287528232&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6758718803287528232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6758718803287528232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/blogging-detective-has-no-right-to.html' title='Blogging detective has no right to privacy, rules High Court'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6807977413017915014</id><published>2009-06-19T09:20:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-19T09:20:43.974+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Invoice theft breached confidence, rules High Court</title><content type='html'>The handing over of a set of stolen invoices from one dairy wholesaler to its most bitter rival was a breach of confidence, the High Court has ruled. The taking of the invoices by an ex-employee and their user by the rival broke the law, it said.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6807977413017915014?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-10102' title='Invoice theft breached confidence, rules High Court'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6807977413017915014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6807977413017915014&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6807977413017915014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6807977413017915014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/invoice-theft-breached-confidence-rules.html' title='Invoice theft breached confidence, rules High Court'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-3174451195760234640</id><published>2009-06-19T09:20:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-19T09:20:15.737+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Retailers must review own brand packaging after ECJ trade mark ruling, says expert</title><content type='html'>Supermarkets and other retailers who create own-brand goods must change the way they package them in the wake of a European court ruling on trade marks, according to a legal expert. The ruling outlaws packaging that imitates major brands, he said.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-3174451195760234640?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-10104' title='Retailers must review own brand packaging after ECJ trade mark ruling, says expert'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/3174451195760234640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=3174451195760234640&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3174451195760234640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3174451195760234640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/retailers-must-review-own-brand.html' title='Retailers must review own brand packaging after ECJ trade mark ruling, says expert'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-8761622114088710677</id><published>2009-06-18T14:24:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-18T14:24:51.258+02:00</updated><title type='text'>France to move ahead with new Internet law</title><content type='html'>The French Government will move ahead with a new Internet law even though a key aspect contravenes the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man, the Culture Minister said last week.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-8761622114088710677?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.legalbrief.co.za/index.php?page=E-Law' title='France to move ahead with new Internet law'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/8761622114088710677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=8761622114088710677&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/8761622114088710677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/8761622114088710677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/france-to-move-ahead-with-new-internet.html' title='France to move ahead with new Internet law'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-3850207286391150692</id><published>2009-06-17T06:17:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T06:17:47.835+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Ruling on NightJack author Richard Horton kills blogger anonymity - Times Online</title><content type='html'>Thousands of bloggers who operate behind the cloak of anonymity have no right to keep their identities secret, the High Court ruled yesterday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-3850207286391150692?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6509677.ece' title='Ruling on NightJack author Richard Horton kills blogger anonymity - Times Online'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/3850207286391150692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=3850207286391150692&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3850207286391150692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3850207286391150692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/ruling-on-nightjack-author-richard.html' title='Ruling on NightJack author Richard Horton kills blogger anonymity - Times Online'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-7330683626216922312</id><published>2009-06-12T11:14:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-12T11:14:57.843+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Nucleus Graphics: A New Approach to User Interface Creation for Consumer Electronic Devices</title><content type='html'>The success of any consumer electronic device depends to a large extent on the appeal of the user interface (UI) and how easy the device is to use. Studies show that a good cosmetic design can encourage users to explore the full range of features and often engenders the perception that a product is easier to use.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-7330683626216922312?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.findwhitepapers.com/option,com_categoryreport/task,viewabstract/title,4272/id,/vid,1/cat,/pathway,no/srcid,44/ucid,1927580/index.php' title='Nucleus Graphics: A New Approach to User Interface Creation for Consumer Electronic Devices'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/7330683626216922312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=7330683626216922312&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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online social networking service Facebook has announced that it will let members use their full names in online addresses for profile pages.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-2758164694687336806?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.news24.com/Content/SciTech' title='Personalise your facebook URL'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/2758164694687336806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=2758164694687336806&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2758164694687336806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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you?'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-1837529478582016846</id><published>2009-06-09T15:10:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T15:10:08.392+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama unveils cyber security plan</title><content type='html'>President Barack Obama has outlined his plan to enhance cyber security protections in the US&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-1837529478582016846?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.legalbrief.co.za/index.php?page=E-Law' title='Obama unveils cyber security plan'/><link 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-3180474571745948815</id><published>2009-06-08T09:36:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-08T09:36:50.835+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Britons confused by legality of downloads</title><content type='html'>Consumers are spoilt for choice when they seek content online and are confused about what is legal and not legal.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-3180474571745948815?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.legalbrief.co.za/index.php?page=E-Law' title='Britons confused by legality of downloads'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/3180474571745948815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-2794622366888041423</id><published>2009-06-05T10:34:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T10:34:02.825+02:00</updated><title type='text'>A few do all the tweeting</title><content type='html'>"Companies are increasingly turning to Twitter to improve their understanding of how consumers view them"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-2794622366888041423?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.news24.com/Content/SciTech/News/1132/420d5b34c7094105b223890f5137c262/05-06-2009%2009-06/A_few_do_all_the_tweeting' title='A few do all the tweeting'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/2794622366888041423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=2794622366888041423&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2794622366888041423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2794622366888041423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/few-do-all-tweeting.html' title='A few do all the tweeting'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-5997050792631793902</id><published>2009-06-04T11:51:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-04T11:51:53.347+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Online 'speed humps' to protect against piracy</title><content type='html'>The UK film and television industry is calling on the government to introduce online 'speed humps' that would slow down or restrict the broadband access of people who illegally share copyrighted material, and slap pop-up warnings on Web sites to stem the rising tide of Internet piracy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-5997050792631793902?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.legalbrief.co.za/index.php?page=E-Law' title='Online &apos;speed humps&apos; to protect against piracy'/><link 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6388187873642233484</id><published>2009-06-03T09:34:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T09:34:22.249+02:00</updated><title type='text'>New adminstrator</title><content type='html'>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My name is Candice Govender from Deloitte &amp;amp; Touche. I will be assisting Reinhardt with posting hot topics on the blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch this space!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6388187873642233484?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6388187873642233484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6388187873642233484&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6388187873642233484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6388187873642233484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-adminstrator.html' title='New adminstrator'/><author><name>Candice Govender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854286710909595825</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-1644967745879559561</id><published>2009-06-03T09:27:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T09:27:57.878+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Cops fight evolving cyber threat</title><content type='html'>Cyber crime-fighting efforts have to be improved, or SA could face a bigger problem in 10 years, says the South African Police Service (SAPS).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-1644967745879559561?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' 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Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6190591717630923390</id><published>2009-06-03T09:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T09:27:56.080+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Cops fight evolving cyber threat</title><content type='html'>Cyber crime-fighting efforts have to be improved, or SA could face a bigger problem in 10 years, says the South African Police Service (SAPS).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6190591717630923390?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' 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Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-1674518216650237169</id><published>2009-06-03T09:17:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T09:17:50.516+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Britons confused by legality of downloads, finds report | OUT-LAW.COM</title><content type='html'>Consumers are spoilt for choice when they seek content online and are confused about what is legal and not legal, according to a report published on Friday. That confusion, and the ease of lawbreaking, present challenges for Government, the authors say.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-1674518216650237169?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-10053' title='Britons confused by legality of downloads, finds report | OUT-LAW.COM'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/1674518216650237169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=1674518216650237169&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/1674518216650237169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/1674518216650237169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/britons-confused-by-legality-of.html' title='Britons confused by legality of downloads, finds report | OUT-LAW.COM'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-541444335603661209</id><published>2009-06-02T14:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T14:19:28.662+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Social network sites endanger businesses</title><content type='html'>Social network sites, such as Facebook, pose risks to the information security of businesses and other organisations, says a Johannesburg technology law expert.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-541444335603661209?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5009808' title='Social network sites endanger businesses'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/541444335603661209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=541444335603661209&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/541444335603661209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/541444335603661209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/social-network-sites-endanger.html' title='Social network sites endanger businesses'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-329999633317694279</id><published>2009-05-28T06:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T06:41:32.997+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Social sites pose business security risks, say experts - Mail &amp; Guardian Online: The smart news source</title><content type='html'>Social network sites, such as Facebook, pose risks to the information security of businesses and other organisations, a technology law expert said on Monday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-329999633317694279?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-05-25-social-sites-pose-business-security-risks-say-experts' title='Social sites pose business security risks, say experts - Mail &amp; Guardian Online: The smart news source'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/329999633317694279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=329999633317694279&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/329999633317694279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/329999633317694279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/05/social-sites-pose-business-security.html' title='Social sites pose business security risks, say experts - Mail &amp; Guardian Online: The smart news source'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-8257226918759731730</id><published>2009-05-27T14:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T14:58:26.484+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Businesses cough up for piracy</title><content type='html'>Companies caught using illegal software paid out more than R3.4 million, following its piracy reporting campaign, says the Business Software Alliance (BSA).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-8257226918759731730?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2009/0905251036.asp?O=FPTOP&amp;S=Business&amp;A=BUS' title='Businesses cough up for piracy'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/8257226918759731730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=8257226918759731730&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/8257226918759731730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/8257226918759731730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/05/businesses-cough-up-for-piracy.html' title='Businesses cough up for piracy'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-7730926191920397105</id><published>2009-05-27T14:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T14:57:20.233+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Facebook users under attack by scammers</title><content type='html'>One of the Internet's most popular social networking websites, Facebook, has been hit by scammers trying to lure users to a number of fake websites which ask for their passwords and login details.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-7730926191920397105?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iArticleId=4998162' title='Facebook users under attack by scammers'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/7730926191920397105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=7730926191920397105&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7730926191920397105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7730926191920397105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/05/facebook-users-under-attack-by-scammers.html' title='Facebook users under attack by scammers'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-4630327193679292675</id><published>2009-05-27T14:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T14:56:20.353+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Google drops trademark bomb</title><content type='html'>South African companies are going to have to realise that Internet search giant Google will no longer protect their trademarks, and their competitors or others may bid for their brands, says Clicks2Customers director Jonathan Gluckman.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-4630327193679292675?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link 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Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-201840761145812836</id><published>2009-05-27T14:55:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T14:55:40.234+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sentencing delayed in MySpace suicide case</title><content type='html'>A US federal judge on Monday questioned whether prosecutors were correct in bringing charges against a Missouri mother who was involved in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbour who ended up committing suicide.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-201840761145812836?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link 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Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-7648442382586671411</id><published>2009-05-27T14:54:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T14:54:03.915+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industries Spending on Security and Privacy Declines With Economy</title><content type='html'>Companies in the technology, media and telecommunications industries (TMT) significantly reduced investment in security spending in 2008, according to a new survey from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. The third edition of the Deloitte TMT Global Security Survey reveals that 32 percent of respondents reduced their information security budgets, while 60 percent of respondents believe they are 'falling behind' or still 'catching up' to their security threats -- a significant increase from 49 percent over the previous year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-7648442382586671411?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://global.factiva.com/ga/default.aspx' title='Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industries Spending on Security and Privacy Declines With Economy'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/7648442382586671411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=7648442382586671411&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7648442382586671411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7648442382586671411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/05/technology-media-and-telecommunications.html' title='Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industries Spending on Security and Privacy Declines With Economy'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-4715058107238369322</id><published>2009-05-27T14:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T14:52:58.946+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Web 2.0 Initiatives Continue to Gain Acceptance at Companies, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds</title><content type='html'>Despite their relative newness, companies are embracing Web 2.0 technologies such as social networking tools, blogs and webcasts for internal communications and as part of their overall technology mix, according to a new survey by Watson Wyatt, a leading global consulting firm.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-4715058107238369322?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://global.factiva.com/ga/default.aspx' title='Web 2.0 Initiatives Continue to Gain Acceptance at Companies, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/4715058107238369322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=4715058107238369322&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4715058107238369322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4715058107238369322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/05/web-20-initiatives-continue-to-gain.html' title='Web 2.0 Initiatives Continue to Gain Acceptance at Companies, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-5275008487219045651</id><published>2009-05-27T11:42:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T11:42:10.582+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Music giants renew attack on Pirate Bay</title><content type='html'>Stockholm - Four music industry giants want heavy fines imposed on the three founders of The Pirate Bay file-sharing website as long it keeps running, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported Tuesday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-5275008487219045651?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2891&amp;iArticleId=4989803' title='Music giants renew attack on Pirate Bay'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/5275008487219045651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=5275008487219045651&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5275008487219045651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5275008487219045651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/05/music-giants-renew-attack-on-pirate-bay.html' title='Music giants renew attack on Pirate Bay'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6432323971859555480</id><published>2009-05-27T11:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T11:41:14.780+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Billy Bragg calls three-strikes lobbying 'shameful' | OUT-LAW.COM</title><content type='html'>Record labels have given up on copyright law and are trying to make internet service providers (ISPs) fight their battles for them in a 'shameful attempt to pass [on] responsibility', singer songwriter Billy Bragg has said.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6432323971859555480?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-10031' title='Billy Bragg calls three-strikes lobbying &apos;shameful&apos; | OUT-LAW.COM'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6432323971859555480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6432323971859555480&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6432323971859555480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6432323971859555480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/05/billy-bragg-calls-three-strikes.html' title='Billy Bragg calls three-strikes lobbying &apos;shameful&apos; | OUT-LAW.COM'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-4061017226385053402</id><published>2009-05-27T11:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T11:39:23.976+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Maties link to sex pest: South Africa: News: News24</title><content type='html'>Cape Town - The internet sex pest who has been targeting a teacher from Pretoria with hundreds of vulgar and obscene phone calls, used, among others, a telephone line at Stellenbosch University (SU).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-4061017226385053402?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2522119,00.html' title='Maties link to sex pest: South Africa: News: News24'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/4061017226385053402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=4061017226385053402&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4061017226385053402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4061017226385053402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/05/maties-link-to-sex-pest-south-africa.html' title='Maties link to sex pest: South Africa: News: News24'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-3380904426191849539</id><published>2009-05-27T09:34:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T09:34:27.471+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Web a weapon of lovers’ revenge</title><content type='html'>The Internet is increasingly being used to cause hurt to former partners after love goes sour — and the malice lasts forever.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-3380904426191849539?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/News/Article.aspx?id=1005593' title='Web a weapon of lovers’ revenge'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/3380904426191849539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=3380904426191849539&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3380904426191849539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3380904426191849539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/05/web-weapon-of-lovers-revenge.html' title='Web a weapon of lovers’ revenge'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6055375085939918865</id><published>2009-05-27T07:48:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T07:48:33.994+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Social sites 'pose security risk'</title><content type='html'>Johannesburg - Social network sites, such as Facebook, pose risks to the information security of businesses and other organisations, a technology law expert said on Monday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6055375085939918865?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2522201,00.html' title='Social sites &apos;pose security risk&apos;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6055375085939918865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6055375085939918865&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6055375085939918865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6055375085939918865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/05/social-sites-pose-security-risk.html' title='Social sites &apos;pose security risk&apos;'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-8764472477283392437</id><published>2009-03-31T08:16:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T08:16:18.480+02:00</updated><title type='text'>US newspapers need to reinvent themselves ... fast</title><content type='html'>"Washington - US newspapers are in a state 'perilously close to free fall' and time is running short for them to find a business model and reinvent themselves, according to a study released on Monday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-8764472477283392437?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iArticleId=4892343' title='US newspapers need to reinvent themselves ... fast'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/8764472477283392437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=8764472477283392437&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/8764472477283392437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/8764472477283392437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/us-newspapers-need-to-reinvent.html' title='US newspapers need to reinvent themselves ... fast'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-2267856715351284478</id><published>2009-03-27T23:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T23:21:22.254+02:00</updated><title type='text'>SA falls in global technology rankings</title><content type='html'>FOR the sixth year running, SA has slid down the rankings of the world’s most technology-savvy countries, with a lack of government commitment to technology blamed for the deterioration.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-2267856715351284478?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Business/7482.html' title='SA falls in global technology rankings'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/2267856715351284478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=2267856715351284478&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2267856715351284478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2267856715351284478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/sa-falls-in-global-technology-rankings.html' title='SA falls in global technology rankings'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-5689831844537398562</id><published>2009-03-27T23:20:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T23:20:12.166+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dealing with threat from within</title><content type='html'>Insider attacks are on the rise and, while they don't constitute the majority of security incidents and breaches yet, they can already prove the most costly. 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href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/itweb-dna-database-delay.html' title='ITWeb :DNA database delay'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-395482739762238413</id><published>2009-03-27T23:18:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T23:18:30.307+02:00</updated><title type='text'>eCard scammer avoids jail • The Register</title><content type='html'>A US fraudster who used fake electronic greetings cards to spread malware has avoided a jail sentence for his crimes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-395482739762238413?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' 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Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-1663866118635254511</id><published>2009-03-27T23:17:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T23:17:43.905+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Businesses are not always free to change lawyers, rules tribunal | OUT-LAW.COM</title><content type='html'>Companies may begin to use complex commercial services contracts when engaging law firms after a case underlined the rights of workers whose jobs are transferred to another firm.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-1663866118635254511?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' 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Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-7591761668270332063</id><published>2009-03-27T23:17:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T23:17:25.840+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Lawyer-client privilege can't stop surveillance, says House of Lords | OUT-LAW.COM</title><content type='html'>The state is allowed to bug communication between lawyers and their clients, the House of Lords has said. The UK's highest court ruled that spy law the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) allows lawyers' conversations to be bugged.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-7591761668270332063?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-9897' title='Lawyer-client privilege can&apos;t stop surveillance, says House of Lords | OUT-LAW.COM'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/7591761668270332063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=7591761668270332063&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7591761668270332063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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numbers.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6882002166092922827?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.itnews.com.au/News/99250,aussie-stumbles-on-19000-exposed-credit-card-numbers.aspx' title='Aussie stumbles on 19,000 exposed credit card numbers - Internet - iTnews Australia'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6882002166092922827/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6882002166092922827&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6882002166092922827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6882002166092922827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/aussie-stumbles-on-19000-exposed-credit.html' title='Aussie stumbles on 19,000 exposed credit card numbers - Internet - iTnews Australia'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-3390167081205048925</id><published>2009-03-27T23:12:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T23:12:26.418+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Report: Cybersquatting, Brand Abuse Still Lucrative for Crooks in Bad Economy - CSO Online - Security and Risk</title><content type='html'>Unlike many economies around the globe, the criminal industry of cybersquatting and brand abuse saw no downturn in 2008.&lt;div 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and retention of all user communications on social-networking sites, including Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-1511417387927712903?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199107-83.html?tag=nl.e757' title='U.K. to monitor, store all social-network traffic? | Security - CNET News'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/1511417387927712903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=1511417387927712903&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/1511417387927712903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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Calif., was indicted yesterday on charges of sabotaging a computer system he helped set up because the company did not offer him a permanent job.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-270199426832521303?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;articleId=9129933&amp;source=rss_topic17' title='IT contractor indicted for sabotaging offshore rig management system'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/270199426832521303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=270199426832521303&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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informant</title><content type='html'>An FBI agent in New York has been accused of keeping in touch with an informant after their professional relationship ended and then claiming that he 'squashed' a drug trafficking investigation involving the source, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6767419186773199333?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gc2zWZ8mIjB2SlSWzJaYdx4Hp1xgD970OSGG0' title='The Associated Press: FBI agent in NY accused of tipping off informant'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6767419186773199333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6767419186773199333&amp;isPopup=true' 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removal firm over website image | OUT-LAW.COM</title><content type='html'>Getty Images is suing a removals firm for the alleged use of a copyright-protected image on its website. The global picture company is taking action against a removals and haulage firm based in London, JA Coles.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-9117086396664927579?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-9880' title='Getty Images sues removal firm over website image | OUT-LAW.COM'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/9117086396664927579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=9117086396664927579&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/9117086396664927579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/9117086396664927579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/getty-images-sues-removal-firm-over.html' title='Getty Images sues removal firm over website image | OUT-LAW.COM'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-5924384211386121254</id><published>2009-03-27T23:09:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T23:09:11.777+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Domain disputes rise, but could rocket under ICANN plan says WIPO | OUT-LAW.COM</title><content type='html'>The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) ruled on more domain name disputes last year than ever before but has warned that disputes will rocket if a plan to allow the creation of infinite numbers of domains goes ahead.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-5924384211386121254?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-9885' title='Domain disputes rise, but could rocket under ICANN plan says WIPO | OUT-LAW.COM'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/5924384211386121254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=5924384211386121254&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5924384211386121254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5924384211386121254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/domain-disputes-rise-but-could-rocket.html' title='Domain disputes rise, but could rocket under ICANN plan says WIPO | OUT-LAW.COM'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-5376081566959596934</id><published>2009-03-27T23:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T23:08:54.784+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Privacy campaigner vows legal challenge to Street View | OUT-LAW.COM</title><content type='html'>A privacy campaigner will launch a legal challenge to Google's Street View service, which was launched today. Simon Davies of Privacy International says that he will pursue 'a test case' against Google.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-5376081566959596934?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-9889' title='Privacy campaigner vows legal challenge to Street View | OUT-LAW.COM'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/5376081566959596934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=5376081566959596934&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5376081566959596934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5376081566959596934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/privacy-campaigner-vows-legal-challenge.html' title='Privacy campaigner vows legal challenge to Street View | OUT-LAW.COM'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6829569365160360639</id><published>2009-03-14T22:16:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T22:16:59.868+02:00</updated><title type='text'>allAfrica.com: South Africa: King 3 Report Wrong About It Matters, Says Attorney (Page 1 of 1)</title><content type='html'>PROMINENT IT lawyer Reinhardt Buys has complained that the IT governance provisions in the third King report on corporate governance are 'incomplete, confusing and disappointing'.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6829569365160360639?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://allafrica.com/stories/200903110429.html' title='allAfrica.com: South Africa: King 3 Report Wrong About It Matters, Says Attorney (Page 1 of 1)'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6829569365160360639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6829569365160360639&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6829569365160360639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6829569365160360639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/allafricacom-south-africa-king-3-report.html' title='allAfrica.com: South Africa: King 3 Report Wrong About It Matters, Says Attorney (Page 1 of 1)'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-4309863398948970917</id><published>2009-03-14T06:15:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T06:15:45.479+02:00</updated><title type='text'>King 3’s IT governance provisions under fire at FM Tech - Technology news and views from a South African perspective - business, communication, ICT, IT, finance, media, e-commerce, broadcasting.</title><content type='html'>Prominent IT lawyer Reinhardt Buys has complained that the IT governance provisions in the third King report on corporate governance are “incomplete, confusing and disappointing”.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-4309863398948970917?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.fmtech.co.za/?p=10963' title='King 3’s IT governance provisions under fire at FM Tech - Technology news and views from a South African perspective - business, communication, ICT, IT, finance, media, e-commerce, broadcasting.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/4309863398948970917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=4309863398948970917&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4309863398948970917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4309863398948970917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/king-3s-it-governance-provisions-under.html' title='King 3’s IT governance provisions under fire at FM Tech - Technology news and views from a South African perspective - business, communication, ICT, IT, finance, media, e-commerce, broadcasting.'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6776675130867399730</id><published>2009-03-13T22:51:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T22:51:00.134+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Finland approves email snooping law</title><content type='html'>Finnish President Tarja Halonen on Friday ratified a controversial new law giving employers the right to monitor employees' emails where wrongdoing is suspected.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6776675130867399730?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Internet/7318.html' title='Finland approves email snooping law'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6776675130867399730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6776675130867399730&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6776675130867399730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6776675130867399730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/finland-approves-email-snooping-law.html' title='Finland approves email snooping law'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-776702543067058023</id><published>2009-03-13T22:50:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T22:50:34.154+02:00</updated><title type='text'>DA fan hacks into ‘voting’ website</title><content type='html'>The Times website team at the iLab on Wednesday night stopped a hacker from artificially inflating the DA’s online votes to over 20 000 on its saelections site.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-776702543067058023?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Internet/7319.html' title='DA fan hacks into ‘voting’ website'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/776702543067058023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=776702543067058023&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/776702543067058023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/776702543067058023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/da-fan-hacks-into-voting-website.html' title='DA fan hacks into ‘voting’ website'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6979953155886058143</id><published>2009-03-13T20:53:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T20:53:13.584+02:00</updated><title type='text'>How To Kill The Music Industry</title><content type='html'>During The Pirate Bay trial, the music industry placed the blame for the decline in their revenues squarely on the shoulders of file-sharers. Their logic is clearly flawed, but it could sway the verdict if no alternative explanation is presented. So, if piracy isn’t to blame, then what is *actually* killing the music industry?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6979953155886058143?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-kill-the-music-industry-090227/' title='How To Kill The Music Industry'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6979953155886058143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6979953155886058143&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6979953155886058143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6979953155886058143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-kill-music-industry.html' title='How To Kill The Music Industry'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-7974630956295258541</id><published>2009-03-13T20:51:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T20:51:25.491+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The cheapest online shops in SA</title><content type='html'>The iPod has become something of a benchmarking tool after the Australian bank Commonwealth Securities launched an iPod index, using the iPod Nano music player as a currency value indicator. This is similar to the well-known Economist's Big Mac index.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-7974630956295258541?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Internet/7285.html' title='The cheapest online shops in SA'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/7974630956295258541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=7974630956295258541&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7974630956295258541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7974630956295258541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/cheapest-online-shops-in-sa.html' title='The cheapest online shops in SA'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6951641570197942036</id><published>2009-03-13T20:50:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T20:50:35.587+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Free-for-all fight for market share</title><content type='html'>THERE has been excitement in the market about new licences to be issued that allow ISPs and other service providers to set up their own telecommunications infrastructures. Potentially, those prepared to pay for the licences could compete head-on with the traditional fixed-line and mobile network operators, but there are differing views about the impact this regulatory change will have on the market in the short term.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6951641570197942036?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/7294.html' title='Free-for-all fight for market share'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6951641570197942036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6951641570197942036&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6951641570197942036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6951641570197942036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/free-for-all-fight-for-market-share.html' title='Free-for-all fight for market share'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-3242080947113127475</id><published>2009-03-13T20:49:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T20:49:17.210+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sprint: Employee Stole Customer Data</title><content type='html'>Sprint is warning several thousand customers that a former employee sold or otherwise provided their account data without permission.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-3242080947113127475?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/03/sprint_employee_stole_customer.html' title='Sprint: Employee Stole Customer Data'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/3242080947113127475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=3242080947113127475&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3242080947113127475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3242080947113127475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/sprint-employee-stole-customer-data.html' title='Sprint: Employee Stole Customer Data'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-7824139101550025108</id><published>2009-03-13T20:48:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T20:48:47.702+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Army database may have been breached</title><content type='html'>An Army database that contains personal information about nearly 1,600 soldiers may have been penetrated by unauthorized users, Army officials have announced.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-7824139101550025108?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://fcw.com/Articles/2009/03/12/Army-breach.aspx' title='Army database may have been breached'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/7824139101550025108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=7824139101550025108&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7824139101550025108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7824139101550025108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/army-database-may-have-been-breached.html' title='Army database may have been breached'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-4582161779559994915</id><published>2009-03-13T20:48:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T20:48:17.492+02:00</updated><title type='text'>BBC botnet investigation turns hacks into hackers</title><content type='html'>BBC Click got its hands on a botnet of 22,000 compromised PCs from an underground forum. It used these machines to send spam to two accounts it had established with Gmail and Hotmail. The programme also used these zombie machines to show how they might be used in a denial of service attack.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-4582161779559994915?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/12/bbc_botnet_probe/' title='BBC botnet investigation turns hacks into hackers'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/4582161779559994915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=4582161779559994915&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4582161779559994915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4582161779559994915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/bbc-botnet-investigation-turns-hacks.html' title='BBC botnet investigation turns hacks into hackers'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-2789192619191580817</id><published>2009-03-13T20:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T20:47:39.837+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Feds file new felonies against alleged Palin hacker</title><content type='html'>A University of Tennessee student accused of illegally breaking into the email account of Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been hit with three new felony charges in connection with the case.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-2789192619191580817?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/09/palin_hacker_recharged/' title='Feds file new felonies against alleged Palin hacker'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/2789192619191580817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=2789192619191580817&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2789192619191580817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2789192619191580817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/feds-file-new-felonies-against-alleged.html' title='Feds file new felonies against alleged Palin hacker'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-2244347795303331528</id><published>2009-03-13T14:44:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T14:44:04.741+02:00</updated><title type='text'>No SMS subscription ads for kids</title><content type='html'>The Wireless Application Service Providers' Association of South Africa (WASPA) has set out clear television advertising regulations for its members in a bid to protect minors from exposure to inappropriate adverts for cellular subscription services.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-2244347795303331528?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Cellular/7299.html' title='No SMS subscription ads for kids'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/2244347795303331528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=2244347795303331528&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2244347795303331528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2244347795303331528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/no-sms-subscription-ads-for-kids.html' title='No SMS subscription ads for kids'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-4844110749898155957</id><published>2009-03-13T14:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T14:43:32.275+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Picasa is still tops for privacy</title><content type='html'>THE great thing about digital photography is that it’s free — once you’ve paid for the camera, that is.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-4844110749898155957?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Internet/7220.html' title='Picasa is still tops for privacy'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/4844110749898155957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=4844110749898155957&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4844110749898155957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4844110749898155957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/picasa-is-still-tops-for-privacy.html' title='Picasa is still tops for privacy'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-3989590384507413726</id><published>2009-03-13T14:42:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T14:42:20.570+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Database infringements depend on taking, not usage, of data</title><content type='html'>The European Union's Database Directive is infringed when data is taken out of someone else's database regardless of what they intend using the information for, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-3989590384507413726?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-9856' title='Database infringements depend on taking, not usage, of data'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/3989590384507413726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=3989590384507413726&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3989590384507413726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3989590384507413726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/database-infringements-depend-on-taking.html' title='Database infringements depend on taking, not usage, of data'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-4402902040777857104</id><published>2009-03-13T14:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T14:41:55.847+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Indefinite liability for online libel must end</title><content type='html'>The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) missed an opportunity to kill an absurd libel law this week. That law exposes online news archives around the world to indefinite liability in British courts.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-4402902040777857104?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-9865' title='Indefinite liability for online libel must end'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/4402902040777857104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=4402902040777857104&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4402902040777857104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/4402902040777857104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/indefinite-liability-for-online-libel.html' title='Indefinite liability for online libel must end'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-3046032535917037860</id><published>2009-03-10T15:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T15:00:29.563+02:00</updated><title type='text'>IT Governance Report slated</title><content type='html'>Less than 7 of the 141 pages of the Report deal with IT governance – that is simply not enough for such an important corporate issue” says IT lawyer Reinhardt Buys of Buys Inc. Attorneys who refers to the new IT governance provisions in King III as “generally incomplete, confusing and disappointing”.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-3046032535917037860?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mybroadband.co.za/news/General/7242.html' title='IT Governance Report slated'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/3046032535917037860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=3046032535917037860&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3046032535917037860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3046032535917037860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/it-governance-report-slated.html' title='IT Governance Report slated'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-5319209644310721332</id><published>2009-03-09T23:11:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T23:11:10.959+02:00</updated><title type='text'>King III addresses IT governance</title><content type='html'>The ballooning costs of installing IT systems, coupled with the need to ensure information security and system integrity, means a company's board must be directly involved in IT governance, says Mervyn King.The ballooning costs of installing IT systems, coupled with the need to ensure information security and system integrity, means a company's board must be directly involved in IT governance, says Mervyn King.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-5319209644310721332?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2009/0902261041.asp?S=Legal%20View&amp;A=LEG&amp;O=google' title='King III addresses IT governance'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/5319209644310721332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=5319209644310721332&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5319209644310721332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5319209644310721332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/king-iii-addresses-it-governance.html' title='King III addresses IT governance'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-5763063388600792142</id><published>2009-03-09T23:06:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T23:06:21.198+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Google SA loses country head</title><content type='html'>Stafford Masie has resigned his position as head of Google's South African operations, a little after 18 months in the position, the US Internet giant confirmed today.Stafford Masie has resigned his position as head of Google's South African operations, a little after 18 months in the position, the US Internet giant confirmed today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-5763063388600792142?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2009/0903021140.asp?A=LEG&amp;S=Legal+View&amp;T=Section&amp;O=SBR' title='Google SA loses country head'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/5763063388600792142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=5763063388600792142&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5763063388600792142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5763063388600792142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-sa-loses-country-head_09.html' title='Google SA loses country head'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-3557543887146395517</id><published>2009-03-09T23:06:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T23:06:18.786+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Google SA loses country head</title><content type='html'>Stafford Masie has resigned his position as head of Google's South African operations, a little after 18 months in the position, the US Internet giant confirmed today.Stafford Masie has resigned his position as head of Google's South African operations, a little after 18 months in the position, the US Internet giant confirmed today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-3557543887146395517?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2009/0903021140.asp?A=LEG&amp;S=Legal+View&amp;T=Section&amp;O=SBR' title='Google SA loses country head'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/3557543887146395517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=3557543887146395517&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3557543887146395517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/3557543887146395517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-sa-loses-country-head.html' title='Google SA loses country head'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-2652163773648548595</id><published>2009-03-09T23:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T23:00:22.507+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Showing the way</title><content type='html'>Search giant Google has updated its maps.google.com website with detailed SA street maps. Previously, the system showed only major arterial routes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-2652163773648548595?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Internet/7212.html' title='Showing the way'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/2652163773648548595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=2652163773648548595&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2652163773648548595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2652163773648548595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/showing-way.html' title='Showing the way'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-132742308899122713</id><published>2009-03-09T21:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T21:00:31.425+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Google, Yahoo!, MS urged not to censor search</title><content type='html'>Rights groups called on Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft on Friday not to censor their Web search engines one day this week to help protest cyber censorship.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-132742308899122713?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Internet/7222.html' title='Google, Yahoo!, MS urged not to censor search'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/132742308899122713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=132742308899122713&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/132742308899122713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/132742308899122713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-yahoo-ms-urged-not-to-censor.html' title='Google, Yahoo!, MS urged not to censor search'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-127350449749486290</id><published>2009-03-09T20:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T20:59:42.490+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Signing your life away</title><content type='html'>POPULAR SOCIAL NETWORKING service Facebook last week released a new version of its terms of service - that led to a mass exodus of users who had a problem with the changes. Facebook soon reverted to an older version of the terms in dealing with the outcry. But what was it that put people's backs up?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-127350449749486290?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Internet/7179.html' title='Signing your life away'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/127350449749486290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=127350449749486290&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/127350449749486290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/127350449749486290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/signing-your-life-away.html' title='Signing your life away'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-1625652967830669994</id><published>2009-03-09T20:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T20:58:50.992+02:00</updated><title type='text'>SA's tangled web</title><content type='html'>According to a report released this week at the Internet Governance Forum, South Africa has fallen a long way in the African rankings since 2000, when it had 2.4 million subscribers representing 53 percent of internet users across the continent.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-1625652967830669994?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Broadband/7226.html' title='SA&apos;s tangled web'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/1625652967830669994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=1625652967830669994&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/1625652967830669994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/1625652967830669994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/sas-tangled-web.html' title='SA&apos;s tangled web'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6424205418651590903</id><published>2009-03-09T17:33:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T17:33:54.853+02:00</updated><title type='text'>University admits to third data breach in three months</title><content type='html'>The University of Florida in Gainesville late last month disclosed that a breach discovered in January exposed personal data on 97,200 students, faculty and staffers who attended or worked at the school between 1996 and 2009.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6424205418651590903?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;articleId=335087&amp;intsrc=news_ts_head' title='University admits to third data breach in three months'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6424205418651590903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6424205418651590903&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6424205418651590903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6424205418651590903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/university-admits-to-third-data-breach.html' title='University admits to third data breach in three months'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-280069214949418811</id><published>2009-03-06T04:43:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T04:43:27.600+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Prime Minister's health records breached in database attack • The Register</title><content type='html'>Personal medical records belonging to Scotland's rich and powerful - including Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Holyrood's First Minister Alex Salmond - have been illegally accessed in a breach of a national database that holds details of 2.5 million people.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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title='Prime Minister&apos;s health records breached in database attack • The Register'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-1648059682175643323</id><published>2009-03-06T04:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T04:43:08.532+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Layoff backlash: Five steps to protect your business from angry ex-employees</title><content type='html'>A senior corporate executive leaves the company, taking with him his framed family photographs, his prized gold pen-and-pencil set -- and the passwords of several hundred employees.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-1648059682175643323?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;taxonomyName=operating_systems&amp;articleId=333732&amp;taxonomyId=89&amp;intsrc=kc_feat' title='Layoff backlash: Five steps to protect your business from angry ex-employees'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/1648059682175643323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=1648059682175643323&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/1648059682175643323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/1648059682175643323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/layoff-backlash-five-steps-to-protect.html' title='Layoff backlash: Five steps to protect your business from angry ex-employees'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-7277184772009192057</id><published>2009-03-06T04:42:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T04:42:45.327+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Judge orders defendant to decrypt PGP-protected laptop | Politics and Law - CNET News</title><content type='html'>A federal judge has ordered a criminal defendant to decrypt his hard drive by typing in his PGP passphrase so prosecutors can view the unencrypted files, a ruling that raises serious concerns about self-incrimination in an electronic age.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-7277184772009192057?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10172866-38.html?tag=pop' title='Judge orders defendant to decrypt PGP-protected laptop | Politics and Law - CNET News'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/7277184772009192057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=7277184772009192057&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/7277184772009192057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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over the identities of readers who leave anonymous comments, a Maryland court has ruled, laying out guidelines for future suits involving online anonymity.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-2217637195065622432?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10185063-38.html?tag=mncol' title='Court sets standard for online anonymity protections | Politics and Law - CNET News'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/2217637195065622432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=2217637195065622432&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2217637195065622432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2217637195065622432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/court-sets-standard-for-online.html' title='Court sets standard for online anonymity protections | Politics and Law - CNET News'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-5984633594087384607</id><published>2009-03-05T21:02:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T21:02:54.570+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pirates steal for the love of music, not stealing - Voices</title><content type='html'>It's also safe to say that everyone likes free stuff. One would imagine that the combination of those two things would be met with unanimous support worldwide.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-5984633594087384607?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://media.www.cm-life.com/media/storage/paper906/news/2009/03/02/Voices/Skinner.Pirates.Steal.For.The.Love.Of.Music.Not.Stealing-3654418.shtml' title='Pirates steal for the love of music, not stealing - Voices'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/5984633594087384607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=5984633594087384607&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5984633594087384607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5984633594087384607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/pirates-steal-for-love-of-music-not.html' title='Pirates steal for the love of music, not stealing - Voices'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-356667097974501599</id><published>2009-03-05T21:02:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T21:02:03.367+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pirate Bay caused 'immense damage'</title><content type='html'>A top music industry official has told The Pirate Bay file-sharing trial in Stockholm that online piracy has caused 'immense damage' to artists and producers worldwide.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-356667097974501599?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2891&amp;iArticleId=4861120' title='Pirate Bay caused &apos;immense damage&apos;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/356667097974501599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=356667097974501599&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/356667097974501599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/356667097974501599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/pirate-bay-caused-immense-damage.html' title='Pirate Bay caused &apos;immense damage&apos;'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-5038701436391114205</id><published>2009-03-02T17:42:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T17:42:31.165+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Half of Pirate Bay case dropped in courtroom drama | OUT-LAW.COM</title><content type='html'>Prosecutors have been forced to drop their more serious charges against file-sharing links site The Pirate Bay in a dramatic climbdown in the closely-watched trial in Sweden. Around half the charges have been dropped.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-5038701436391114205?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-9803' title='Half of Pirate Bay case dropped in courtroom drama | OUT-LAW.COM'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/5038701436391114205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=5038701436391114205&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5038701436391114205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/5038701436391114205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/half-of-pirate-bay-case-dropped-in.html' title='Half of Pirate Bay case dropped in courtroom drama | OUT-LAW.COM'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-2089867093562590217</id><published>2009-03-02T17:42:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T17:42:10.647+02:00</updated><title type='text'>E-tailers can't reclaim value of use of returned goods, says ECJ advisor | OUT-LAW.COM</title><content type='html'>Online retailers cannot reclaim some of the purchase price of goods even if they are returned after a long time and have given the user some benefit, an advocate general of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-2089867093562590217?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-9822' title='E-tailers can&apos;t reclaim value of use of returned goods, says ECJ advisor | OUT-LAW.COM'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/2089867093562590217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=2089867093562590217&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2089867093562590217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/2089867093562590217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/e-tailers-cant-reclaim-value-of-use-of.html' title='E-tailers can&apos;t reclaim value of use of returned goods, says ECJ advisor | OUT-LAW.COM'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-6823581677454632724</id><published>2009-03-02T17:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T17:41:45.018+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Court allows AP to assert intellectual property right over facts | OUT-LAW.COM</title><content type='html'>News agency The Associated Press (AP) has won the right to fight a court battle to defend a property right over facts. Copyright law does not protect facts, but AP has been permitted to make its defence based on a 1918 case on 'hot news'.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6870988-6823581677454632724?l=buysinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.out-law.com/page-9830' title='Court allows AP to assert intellectual property right over facts | OUT-LAW.COM'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/feeds/6823581677454632724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6870988&amp;postID=6823581677454632724&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6823581677454632724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6870988/posts/default/6823581677454632724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/court-allows-ap-to-assert-intellectual.html' title='Court allows AP to assert intellectual property right over facts | OUT-LAW.COM'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-1621247391860896319</id><published>2009-02-17T23:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T23:00:20.398+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Landmark Pirate Bay Trial Begins Monday | Threat Level from Wired.com</title><content type='html'>The much-anticipated criminal trial of The Pirate Bay's operators begins in a Stockholm 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href='http://buysinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/landmark-pirate-bay-trial-begins-monday.html' title='Landmark Pirate Bay Trial Begins Monday | Threat Level from Wired.com'/><author><name>Reinhardt Buys</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08039095509874739062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/260/1422/400/Reinhardt.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870988.post-1250330385918199718</id><published>2009-02-17T22:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T22:58:27.989+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pirate Bay file-sharing defended</title><content type='html'>The founders of a website which carries links to copies of music, films and TV programmes have gone on trial in Sweden on charges of copyright theft.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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