Regulation

CeBIT 2012: Merkel Warns Google’s Schmidt Over Privacy

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt's techno-utopian ideals were brought down to earth by the German Chancellor at the CeBIT fair says…

12 years ago

BT May Appeal Against Line Rentals Set By Ofcom

Ofcom has set the price that BT can charge rivals for access to its network, but the carrier is considering…

12 years ago

NAO Slams Government Use Of Complex And Expensive ERP Software

Report reveals government's shared services drive as inefficient and loss-making

12 years ago

Google Launches Campaign To Get Welsh Businesses Online

Google and the Welsh government hope to boost economy through a digital make-over

12 years ago

BT And TalkTalk Appeal Against Digital Economy Act Fails

Major UK ISPs lose challenge against controversial anti-piracy law

12 years ago

Suffolk Schools Wired Up To High Speed Network

Schools, libraries and council buildings in Suffolk have been connected to a high speed network

12 years ago

New Cloud Jobs Are Just Vapour

Resarch from IDC and Microsoft claims that the cloud will create 14 million jobs. Clive Longbottom does not agree

12 years ago

East Sussex Prepares High-Speed Broadband Rollout

East Sussex County Council has said its broadband plans require significant investment from the private sector on top of BDUK…

12 years ago

CSC And NHS Reach £900m IT Service Compromise

The NHS is free from further NPfIT payments. and CSC is still pitching - with a promise to save the…

12 years ago

Senator Urges FTC Probe Over Apple, Google Photo Privacy

A US Senator is urging the FTC to intervene against Apple and Google's mobile phone privacy invasion

12 years ago

Libel And The Social Media Is A Corporate Issue

On the Internet, everybody can hear you scream - or belch or break wind - because nothing is erased, not…

12 years ago

Android Users Unwittingly Share Private Data Through Free Apps

Viviane Reding condemns advertisers who gain personal data without knowledge or consent of users

12 years ago

G-Cloud Completes First Sale

The government's cloud framework has its first paying customer, despite an outage last week

12 years ago

Reding: Google Privacy Policy Is Illegal

Google should not have pushed through its privacy policy changes in the face of conflicts with European data protection laws,…

12 years ago

Gnip And DataSift Begin Selling Archived And Analysed Tweets

Two research companies, partnered with Twitter, launch archived public data Tweet packages for sale to marketeers

12 years ago

Government Departments May Miss Cloud Targets

A senior figure at HMRC has warned that large government departments may miss their Cloud computing targets

12 years ago

Three Explains ‘4G’ Roll Out Is Just A Faster Version Of HSPA+

Previous claims that the 3 Network would introduce 4G speeds was based on misleading definition by T-Mobile US

12 years ago

EIROforum Launches Helix Nebula European Science Cloud

The public-private partnership hopes to solve the greatest scientific challenges of our time

12 years ago

Stolen NASA Laptop Contained International Space Station Codes

the US space agency had 5,408 IT security 'incidents' in 2010 and 2011

12 years ago

Why We Can’t Laugh At Microsoft’s Misery

Through a probably trivial date error, Microsoft's Azure has screwed things up for all the other cloud providers, says Peter…

12 years ago

Windows Azure Leap-Year Glitch Takes Down G-Cloud

Microsoft says that most services have now returned to normal after a day of chaos

12 years ago

Google Pushes Out Its Privacy Policy Changes Despite Regulatory Disdain

Google is going ahead with privacy policy changes today despite pleas from European Union and US officials

12 years ago

iOS Apps Could Allow Developers Access To Users’ Photos

Photo libraries and associated geo-locational data exposed by 'location access' agreement

12 years ago

Google Privacy Policy Could Violate EU Law

French data authority expresses deep concerns over the protection of user data and asks Google to suspend implementation

12 years ago

EU Rejects Plan To Scrap Mobile Roaming Charges

Committee of MEPs instead opts for another round of price cuts, prompting a mixed reaction

12 years ago

MWC 2012: GSMA, Operators Back Mobile Privacy Guidlines

The GSMA along with Vodafone, Orange and other operators are pushing privacy rules intended to maintain users' confidence in mobile…

12 years ago

Analyst: Apple Deals A Blow To Motorola, Google In Germany

Apple's success in a German appeals court allows it to keep selling the iPhone and iPad, while putting additional pressure…

12 years ago

Most Councils Now Allow Employees To Access Social Media

Almost all councils in the UK permit some form of access to social media, a Socitm survey has revealed

12 years ago

Wakefield Council Plans To Save £1m Through Flexible Working

Wakefield is seeking to achieve significant cost savings by implementing tech for flexible working

12 years ago