Regulation

Microsoft: IT Graduate Decline Could Jeopardise UK Jobs

Microsoft's education director warns the UK of the consequences of a drop in IT A-level students

13 years ago

Security Most Pressing Issue For Readers

Security concerns you more than broadband coverage and patents. Next up: Did you take work on holiday?

13 years ago

Government Skunkworks Boss Hails e-Petition Success

Just two weeks old and the government's e-petitions website is proving popular, with 12,000 petitions

13 years ago

Dodgy Bills Land Talk Talk And Tiscali £3m Fine

Billing customers for phantom services has landed Talk Talk and Tiscali with a multi-million pound fine

13 years ago

UCAS Website Back Online After Crash

The UCAS Track website is now back online, after an agonising period of down time on A-Level results day

13 years ago

Apple Faces 27,000-Strong South Korean Lawsuit

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple in South Korea, for violations of privacy

13 years ago

Government Silently Springs Green Economy Plans

An impressive blueprint for a green economy has sneaked out, but without overt political backing will anyone take note, asks…

13 years ago

Antitrust Regulators Should Bless ‘Googorola’ Bid

Regulators should bless Google's bid for Motorola to help the company defend Android from Apple and Microsoft lawsuits, says Clint…

13 years ago

Amazon GovCloud Secured For US Government

Amazon Web Services has launched a tightly secured cloud offering, AWS GovCloud, for the US government

13 years ago

Government Prodded Over Personal Data Protection

The Equality and Human Rights Commission says government needs to overhaul its data protection regime

13 years ago

Most Firms Comply With Carbon Reporting Deadline

More than 90 percent of firms have met the first reporting deadline for the Carbon Reduction Commitment

13 years ago

England And Scotland Get £362m Broadband Injection

The UK government has published details of how its rural broadband investment will be allocated

13 years ago

HTML5 Allows Cookies To Rise From The Dead

A recent report shows that privacy is an illusion as persistent Flash and HTML5 cookies respawn after deletion, says Eric…

13 years ago

Project Pathway Proves Its Mettle

The first steps of establishing a Public Services Network linking local authorities is being hailed as a success

13 years ago

Google+ Fake Namers To Get Four-Day Grace

Google is to enforce its real name policy on Google+, giving those using fakes name four days to change

13 years ago

FCC Announces Plan For Video And SMS 911

People in America may in future be able to summon the emergency services via video or text

13 years ago

LinkedIn Backtracks Over User Privacy Changes

LinkedIn has relented, following public pressure, after it quietly changed its users’ privacy settings

13 years ago

Smartphones Worse Than 2G Handsets For Rural Calls

Smartphones are slightly worse than 2G handsets for making voice calls in rural areas, research has found

13 years ago

Lush Hack Leads ICO To Warn Other Online Retailers

Lush Cosmetics avoided an ICO fine for a recent security breach but had to pay for an expensive redesign

13 years ago

LinkedIn Privacy Concerns After User Setting Change

LinkedIn has quietly changed its users' privacy settings without explicitly warning of the change

13 years ago

Facebook Denies Making Phone Numbers Public

Syncing mobiles with Facebook does not reveal contact numbers in public, says the social networking giant

13 years ago

Facebook ‘Reads’ User Updates For News Feature

A new Facebook feature scans users' posts and then groups messages around particular topic pages

13 years ago

Gartner: Enterprises Must Revise Privacy Policies

Privacy policies need revamping for cloud, location-based services, security breaches and new regulations

13 years ago

The EU Cookie Laws Will Be Hard To Swallow

When it comes to kicking out the cookies, the EU may have bitten off more than it can eschew, argues…

13 years ago

Facial Recognition, Social Networks Threaten Privacy

At Black Hat, a researcher showed how facial-recognition could link passers-by to Facebook profiles

13 years ago

Microsoft Researcher Slams Google+ Real-Name Policy

Google+'s real-name policy is an abuse of power and harms privacy, according to Microsoft researcher Dana Boyd

13 years ago

Black Hat Organiser Touts Increased Cyber Awareness

Organisations are more aware of cyber security thanks to researchers exposing vulnerabilities

13 years ago

Mayor Boris To Address Digital London Event

Boris Johnson will use a March event to push London's Tech City as the digital capital of Europe

13 years ago

Maude Relaunches Revolving Door To Open Data

The government is listening to ideas about data transparency and open to triggering new business ideas

13 years ago

Former CIA Official Warns Of Imminent Cyber-War

A former CIA counter-terrorism expert has told Black Hat attendees that a major cyber-attack is imminent

13 years ago