Regulation

UK Government Details Solar Storm Preparations

Government discusses space weather and EMP weapons of the future

12 years ago

Maude Says G-Cloud Costs £4.93m

Cabinet Minister Says G-Cloud is making "good progress"

12 years ago

Apple Accused Of Running From the Taxman

Record profits don’t always mean record taxes

12 years ago

FTC Hires Former DoJ Lawyer For Google Antitrust Case

Google is facing a possible courtroom trial from the antitrust investigation by the FTC after it hired a former DoJ…

12 years ago

Trevor Baylis: Will Somebody Run With My Electric Shoes?

Creator of the clockwork radio Trevor Baylis tells TechWeekEurope how industry should support inventors

12 years ago

Microsoft: Patents Aren’t Perfect, But They’re The Best We’ve Got

Patents may be the best man-made invention ever - but they need perfecting, says Microsoft's Ron Zink

12 years ago

US House Of Representatives Passes CISPA Cybersecurity Bill

Controversial measures will face scrutiny at the US Senate after House votes 248 to 168 in favour

12 years ago

Conflict Of Interest Derails UK Open Source Consultation

Open source expert's Microsoft involvement takes consultation back to square one

12 years ago

Microsoft Backs Patent Promotion Group

Ideas Matter preaches the benefits of patents to inventors, but is quiet on their use in corporate warfare

12 years ago

Britain’s Anti-Piracy Act Delayed By Cost Dispute

The DEA is hit by another delay, as secondary legislation needs to be approved following the BT and TalkTalk appeal

12 years ago

O2 Launches Future Fund For Local Authority Tech Projects

Grants of up to £125,000 help councils get new tech projects off the ground, with O2 involvement

12 years ago

Cambridge White Space Trial Declared A Success

The trial of white space technology in Cambridge has been declared a success and is being touted as a solution…

12 years ago

Australian Police Wanted For Mass Software Piracy

New South Wales Police allegedly broke licensing agreement and shared software with other law enforcement agencies

12 years ago

London Marathon Faces ICO Investigation

Marathon organisers posted runners' details on official website

12 years ago

Oracle Lawyers Focus On Google Internal Emails

Oracle's questioning in its Google lawsuit has focused on establishing whether Google's Android project leader knew the company needed a…

12 years ago

Facebook To Buy 650 AOL Patents From Microsoft

Social network gets second chance to acquire portfolio in £310m deal

12 years ago

Ministers Object To Default Porn Block

Ministers are already hinting that a proposal to censor the Internet by default is a dead duck

12 years ago

Martha Lane Fox Targets SMBs With Go ON UK

Broad partnership aims to get remaining eight million online

12 years ago

Ofcom To Probe Sky News Email Hacks

The comms regulator is looking into Sky News actions after it admitted hacking into the Darwins' emails

12 years ago

EU To Share Air Passenger Data With US

US Department of Homeland Security will be handed personal details including names, credit card details and phone numbers

12 years ago

Google, Apple To Face Employee-Poaching Antitrust Case

Google, Apple and others fail to get conspiracy charges dismissed

12 years ago

GCHQ Releases Two Secret Alan Turing Papers

Britain's top secret listening station, GCHQ, has released two mathematical papers written by codebreaker Alan Turing

12 years ago

MPs: GCHQ Snooping Law Makers Are Tech Idiots

Conservative and Lib Dem MPs bash other politicians' knowledge over the tech aspects of proposed controversial surveillance laws

12 years ago

MPs Call in Google, Facebook, ISPs For Snooping Law Briefing

MPs will meet with tech companies to discuss controversial new proposals

12 years ago

Calltrunk Launches ARGOsearch Phone Search Engine

Privacy issues are raised, when users can search recorded landline, mobile and Skype calls

12 years ago

ISPs And Privacy Groups Hit Out At Internet Porn Block Plans

Government plans have been labelled as ineffective and amount to censorship

12 years ago

New G-Cloud Leader Warns Government Unprepared For Cloud

Incoming G-Cloud leader has warned the government isn’t ready to make big bets on cloud

12 years ago

NAO Says Government Must Do More On Transparency

The Government is not maximising the benefits of public data releases says report

12 years ago

Sergey Brin: Apple, Facebook Comments ‘Distorted’

Sergey Brin says the media didn't give a wholly accurate representation of his thoughts

12 years ago