''Punto Informatico'' (literally "''Informatic point''",

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for "''Informative place''") is an Italian online

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Description

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and

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. It has a front page and several specific section dedicated to different topics such as "topicality", "

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", "law", "

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" and "security". It has also been defined a "source for legal information", because of its interest to legal related topics and expert writers. Punto Informatico was nominated twice for the

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, in 2009 and 2010.

People

Editorial staff

*Massimo Sesti (owner, from 2010) *Andrea De Andreis (owner, 1995/2010) *Massimo Mattone (editor-in-chief, from 2010) *Paolo De Andreis (editor-in-chief, 1995/2010) *Luca Schiavoni (graphic, columnist, 1995/2009)

Previous and current columnists

* Luca Schiavoni - "''Download''" * Massimo Mantellini - "''Contrappunti''" * Marco Calamari - "''Cassandra Crossing''" * Luca Spinelli - "''Puntodivista''" * Dario Bonacina - "''Telefonia''" * Alessandro Del Rosso

Other writers

* Paolo Attivissimo * Dario d'Elia * Alfonso Maruccia * Giulio Fornasar * Luca Saccomani

Awards

* ''Beta Logo Awards'' (Communication), 1999, Beta Magazine * ''Premio WWW 2005'' (Technology and innovation),

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* ''Premio WWW 2006'' (Technology and innovation),

* '' Big Brother Awards (Italy) 2010'' (positive section), ''Winston Smith - eroe della Privacy''Big Brother Award Italia
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References

External links

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