Regulation

Users Threaten Boycott As GoDaddy Announces Support For SOPA

Domain resellers and owners are boycotting registrar GoDaddy over its support for the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act

12 years ago

Lincolnshire Police Outsource IT Systems In £200m Deal

Lincolnshire Police Authority agree deal with G4S which could save £28m

12 years ago

Rambus and Broadcom Settle Patent Dispute

Broadcom negotiates five year licensing deal to use Rambus technology in its products

12 years ago

Hasbro Sues Asus Over Transformer Prime Trademark

Hasbro says Transformer Prime tablet infringes its trademark for the popular toys and movie franchise

12 years ago

Employees’ Emails Stolen In US Chamber Of Commerce Breach

The Chinese government may have breached the US Chamber of Commerce and stolen Asian policy information

12 years ago

Ireland Issues Facebook Privacy Recommendations

Irish data protection commissioner tells Facebook to give users greater control of data

12 years ago

Probation Officers Use Pen And Paper After IT Systems Failure

New £250 million IT project unable to cope with demand from 3,000-strong workforce

12 years ago

Iranians Claim Hack Brought Down US Drone Spy Plane

Iran claims a known GPS hack brought down a US Sentinel spy plane, but US military says it was just…

12 years ago

NAO Gives Cautious Approval To Government ICT Progress

National Audit Office delivers its six-monthly report to parliament

12 years ago

O2 Error Blocks Church Website Over Adult Content Claim

Users unable to access church Website for four months due to O2's 18-plus rating

12 years ago

IBM’s Curam Buy Will Enhance Its Smarter Cities Effort

IBM's Curam Software acquisition will add a social services element to its Smarter Cities strategy

12 years ago

ITC Rules Motorola Infringed Microsoft Patent

Microsoft manages to convince ITC that Motorola infringed just one patent out of seven

12 years ago

Army’s Lax Security Highlighted In US WikiLeaks Hearing

The theme of the pre-trial testimony of WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning is that US military security was lax

12 years ago

MPs Oppose Social Media Riot Shutdown

A committee of MPs have said social networks should not be closed or blocked during civil disorder

12 years ago

ENISA Issues Seven Recommendations To Improve ICS Security

ENISA report calls on European member states to improve cyber-security measures

12 years ago

Hillingdon Googles For Business Apps Cloud

The London Borough of Hillingdon is migrating its 3,500 staff to the Google Apps for Business Cloud service

12 years ago

HTC Phones Face Ban Unless Apple Patented Feature Is Removed

HTC has been found guilty in the US of infringing only one patent of ten asserted by Apple

12 years ago

Private Mail Used For Business Now Subject To FOI Searches

The ICO has released new guidance stating that private emails and texts may be subject to Freedom of Information Act…

12 years ago

Police Chiefs Reject Draft Plan For IT Procurement

Police chiefs have rejected the first draft of a plan allowing a private company to manage police IT systems

12 years ago

Samsung Expands German Lawsuit To Include Emoticons

Samsung has added four new patent claims to its lawsuit against Apple in the German courts

12 years ago

Ofcom And Mobile Providers Take RIM To Task Over Porn Access

BlackBerry mobiles allow kids to access porn sites but RIM promises to block illegal content in a matter of days

12 years ago

Saudi Prince Buys £193m Stake In Twitter

Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed buys a stake in Twitter through investment company

12 years ago

Beijing Clamps Microblogs With Registration Regulation

China continues its online clampdown after ordering the registration of real names on microblog sites

12 years ago

Councils Must Submit Broadband Funding Bids By February

English councils have until February to submit proposals to receive rural broadband funding

12 years ago

Sky Blocks Newzbin2 After Court Order

Sky says it blocked file-sharing site Newzbin2 to protect copyright holders and consumers

12 years ago

Ofsted Report Says ICT Teaching Is Failing Pupils

ICT education is particu8larly bad in secondary schools, according to an Ofsted report

12 years ago

Government Pushes Ahead With Rural Mobile Plans

The government has issued an official notice to suppliers on its plans to tackle rural mobile black-spots

12 years ago

Government Website Strategy Takes A Pasting

The National Audit Office says the government has not measured the benefits of its web strategy

12 years ago

Wikipedia Could Temporarily Shutdown In SOPA Protest

Wikipedia could shut down to put pressure on congress not to pass SOPA

12 years ago

British Student Admits Facebook Hack

A student from York has admitted hacking into Facebook, but denies it was with malicious intent

12 years ago