'Robin Hoods' stole from software firms.TWO computer pirates who saw themselves as 'latter-day Robin Hoods' have been found guilty of being part of a multimillion fraud. Merseysider Steven Dowd and Alex Bell Alexander "Alex" Bell, also known as Sandy Bell, (born 1883 in Cape Town, died 30 November 1934 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy) was a South African-born Scottish footballer who played at half back. were part of world-wide computer group DrinkorDie. They saw themselves as stealing from rich companies to give to the poor by cloning software Software that copies the full image of a hard disk to another machine via direct cable or the network. Cloning saves time setting up new machines by eliminating the installation of the operating system and each individual application. See image file, reimaging, ghosting server and clone. programmes and putting them on the internet. But, in reality, it was a cover for fraud, the Old Bailey was told. Dowd, 39, of Sandpiper sandpiper, common name for some members of the large family Scolopacidae, small shore birds, including the snipe and the curlew. Sandpipers are wading birds with relatively long legs and long, slender bills for probing in the sand or mud for their prey—all Close, Newton-le-Willows and City bank worker Bell, 29, of Chafford Hundred, Essex, were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud between 1997 and 2001, following a fivemonth trial. Judge Paul Focke remanded the men on bail to May 5 for sentencing CAPTION(S): PIRATE: Steven Dowd |
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