Regulation

Tech Firms Score Badly On CRC League Table

The Environment Agency's ranking of green companies shows IT firms need to clean up their act

12 years ago

Hague Pressured Over Iranian Phone Tracking Tools

A British company with links to Wiliam Hague, sold mobile phone tracking software to Iran

12 years ago

Chinese Firms Agree To Increase Online Censorship

Chinese firms have pledged to increase their censorship of online content as part of a government crack down

12 years ago

How Can Schmidt Claim Google Is Not Dominant?

Google's chairman has already said that the search giant is in the monopoly class. Clint Boulton is stunned to hear…

12 years ago

ICO Slams Rochdale For Data Loss

Rochdale Council lost 18,000 residents’ data on unencrypted USB stick, the ICO said

13 years ago

Gov’t Publishes Open Source Procurement Advice

The government has published procurement advice for public sector bodies acquiring open source software

13 years ago

Midata Gives Consumers Back Their Personal Info

BIS has partnered Google, Mastercard and others to help consumers access the data companies hold on them

13 years ago

MPs Hit Out At Operators For 4G Auction Delay

MPs have stepped into the 4G auction debate, criticising mobile operators for delaying spectrum allocation

13 years ago

Vodafone Extends Rural Femtocell Trial

Vodafone will extend its femtocell trial into more 'not-spot' rural communities, to improve 3G coverage

13 years ago

High Court Rejects Assange Extradition Appeal

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden

13 years ago

Internet Traffic In The UK Increases Seven-fold

A report by Ofcom shows an increase in Internet traffic and has revealed the extent of the UK's mobile coverage

13 years ago

Hague: Open Internet On A Par With Climate Change

Foreign Secretary says preserving online rights is as important as tackling poverty or climate change

13 years ago

Maude Puts £10m Into ‘Little Brother’ ID Scheme

Private sector will help users access government sites, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude

13 years ago

Privacy Advocates Urge UK Gov To Protect Rights Online

A group of privacy campaigners is calling for clearer online rights, ahead of today's cyber security conference

13 years ago

Met Police Acquires Mobile Phone Monitoring Kit

The Met Police will not confirm reports that it has acquired technology to monitor mobile phone calls

13 years ago

China Denies Satellite Hacks

The US has ulterior motives to blame China for hacking, says the Chinese Foreign Ministry

13 years ago

Anonymous Threatens Mexican Drug Cartels

Anonymous has threatened Mexican drug cartel with retaliation after it kidnaps a member of the group

13 years ago

EU Nations Must Deliver 4G Broadband by 2013

The EU has told member states to get the 800MHz band cleared for mobile broadband by the end of 2012

13 years ago

GCHQ Boss Warns Of ‘Disturbing’ Cyber Threat

The director of GCHQ warns cyber crime is growing, ahead of the London International Cyber Conference

13 years ago

Google To Take Street View Indoors

Google's latest expansion of its Street View service will cover the inside of popular businesses

13 years ago

RIM Establishes Indian BlackBerry Surveillance Lab

RIM is reportedly aiding Indian authorities to legally access BlackBerry messages

13 years ago

Lawsuits Against Amazon Treble in 2011

Amazon has been sued 11 times over 30 different patents in 2011, a three-fold increase from last year

13 years ago

Chinese Hackers Blamed For US Satellite Attack

Two US satellites have been attacked with the finger of suspicion pointed at the Chinese military

13 years ago

Government ICT Plan Becomes A Strategy Foursome

The government has started to add flesh to the bones of its radical ICT Strategic Implementation Plan

13 years ago

Scheme To Improve IT Teaching Gains Funding Boost

The Ministry of Education pledges £2.5m to improve standard of IT and computing teaching in schools

13 years ago

MPs Want Jail Sentences For Data Misuse

A Justice Committee report has declared current penalties insufficient to deter data privacy offences

13 years ago

Internet Of Things Conference Underway In Poland

The European Union has high hopes for the Internet of Things at the Future Internet Week conference

13 years ago

Government Asks YouTube To Pull Down 135 Videos

The UK government is increasingly asking YouTube to block videos for security reasons, Google report says

13 years ago

Chinese Hackers Threaten British Economy: MoD

British companies need to step up their cyber security defences to avoid being put out of business by hackers

13 years ago

Facebook Denies ‘Shadow Profiles’ Claim

Facebook has denied allegations it is building profiles of non-users ahead of a data protection audit this week

13 years ago