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Name-shame, UK style An online insurance firm in Britain has criticised companies for transferring jobs to India, and threatens to ‘name and shame’ these businesses by launching a new Web campaign called "The UK’s Okay." InsureYourMotor.com managing director David Harlow said: "It angers me that these companies would sacrifice customer satisfaction in favour of increased profits. Dissatisfaction with offshore call centres is universal and growing." He added: "In launching the Website, we want to name and shame those organisations that are profiting from this trend and, wherever possible, we will publish their pre-tax profits in an attempt to show the consumer the level of corporate greed currently driving this move." Tibetans accusation The Internet has added a new element of tension to the already strained relations between the Tibetan government-in-exile here and China. The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) here has accused Internet groups based in the Chinese capital, Beijing, of hacking its official sites and spying on them. CTA officials confirmed that a Beijing-based Internet company has created programmes specifically designed to spy on Tibetan networks. These include the computers of the Tibetan government-in-exile (TGIE) and the Tibet Support Groups (TSG). The activity against the Tibetan Websites has been reported since October 2003. According to sources, Tibetan officials and TSGs have been receiving e-mails emanating from other official Websites concerned with the Tibetan cause. The e-mails contain documents in Java script, called the Trojan Horse, which was the potential to do anything with existing Websites when opened. Mobile anti-piracy Several top names in mobile phones, microchips and media — including Nokia, Intel Corp. and Warner Bros. — said they will work together to license an anti-piracy technology for sending movies and music to cell phones. An organisation formed by the companies will license to content providers, mobile phone companies and others an anti-piracy technology developed by the Open Mobile Alliance, an organisation of 350 mobile technology companies, executives said. The increasing speeds of mobile networks has boosted consumer demand for downloading music and movies on phones and handheld gadgets, though Hollywood and music studios remain wary of what could become another front in the battle against illegal file sharing. Cuba suspends action Cuba has decided not to
take on illegal Web surfers — for now. Cuba’s state telephone
monopoly, ETECSA, said it has postponed implementing a new law,
scheduled to take effect last weekend and aimed at "improving the
Web’s protection and security," according to a circular its
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