Regulation

FCO Plans For A Greener, More Mobile Infrastructure

Foreign Office CIO David Meyer has published his ICT-cutting plan to reduce carbon and move with the times

13 years ago

Government Extends Rural Broadband Scheme

The government has freed up nearly £50m to help push superfast broadband into three rural counties

13 years ago

Lord Sugar Ordered To Remove Provocative Tweet

A tweet by Lord Sugar back in January was thought to be unfairly influencing jurors in an MP's expenses case

13 years ago

Ofcom Hails O2 As The Fastest Broadband Service

Ofcom's mobile broadband tests show O2 to be the fastest but location is the key factor for best results

13 years ago

UK Firms Get 12 Months Grace On Cookie Law

The ICO has given businesses in the UK a year to comply with new EU privacy rules concerning cookies

13 years ago

EMC Adds MapR Features To Greenplum Data Analytics

The Big Data specialist will be a key part of EMC's Greenplum HD Enterprise Edition, based on Apache Hadoop

13 years ago

Are Governments Over-Investing In Fibre?

Mobile and satellite operators reckon fibre is getting a leg-up at national level, but fibre broadband isn't always a winner,…

13 years ago

Satellite Broadband Providers Lobby EC For Funding

Satellite broadband needs public funding to close Europe's digital divide, say the vendors

13 years ago

Embattled NHS Chief Tries To Defend IT Programme

Sir David Nicholson, SRO for the NPfIT, was closely questioned at a hearing looking into the project's failings

13 years ago

Internet Regulation Needed, Sarkozy Tells Tech Bosses

French President Nicolas Sarkozy lectured tech leaders before the G8 summit

13 years ago

Social Media Will Beat Mobile Phone Operators

While mobile operators struggle to meet data demand, the social media which use that data are stealing their lunch, says…

13 years ago

Falun Gong Says Cisco Aids Chinese Repression

Cisco has been accused of assisting the Chinese government in its persecution of Falun Gong followers

13 years ago

Millennial Kids Will Change Everything … Once Again

The establishment always views the young as being irresponsible and a threat to the status quo but Generation Y may…

13 years ago

The Twitterati Have Done The Media Barons’ Bidding

The exposure of Ryan Giggs on Twitter trivialises questions of protection and sweeps aside objections to media intrusion, says Peter…

13 years ago

Dow Jones Virus Raises Suspicion Of Insider Malice

A virus released on Dow Jones’ corporate networks may have been a revenge attack by redundant IT staff

13 years ago

German Pirate Party Servers Seized By Police

The German branch of the Pirate Party, which campaigns for civil rights on the Internet, has been raided

13 years ago

Twitter Users Protest Footballer’s Disclosure Order

British injunction system under stress as footballer is named in a Scottish paper and thousands of tweets

13 years ago

Met Police Adopts Online Procurement Tool

The Metropolitan Police is to utilise an online procurement website to help it procure goods and services

13 years ago

Mike Bracken Appointed Government Digital Director

The government's so-called “digital czar” has been appointed to improve its online presence

13 years ago

Google Promises Flaw Fix And Improved Privacy Tools

Google is quietly fixing its flaw and developing privacy tools, but Schmidt wants a window on your information

13 years ago

Enterprise Open Source Software Going Mainstream

Confidence in open source software has led to greater competition with proprietary licensed applications

13 years ago

Passport Site Scrapped In Government Website Cull

The government's cull of 'vanity websites' continues, with the passport website as the latest casualty

13 years ago

MPs Debate Rural Broadband And 4G Licences

The government says 4G technologies could play a crucial role in extending broadband provision to rural areas

13 years ago

Google’s Schmidt Slams Government Piracy Measures

Google's executive chairman has warned the Digital Economy Act could set a precedent for web censorship

13 years ago

EU Demands Explicit Geo-Location Permissions

Apple, Google and employers must comply with new European Union rules for geo-location data permissions

13 years ago

Hargreaves Report Demands Copyright Overhaul

Britain's IP framework is unsuitable for the digital age and must be updated, according to a new report

13 years ago

French Anti-piracy Agency Hit By A Simple Hack

The French battle against illegal file sharers suffers a setback as its surveillance agency TMG is hacked

13 years ago

EC Opens Cloud Computing Public Consultation

The European Commission wants to gather views on how to exploit cloud computing in business

13 years ago

DARPA’s Resilient Cloud Will Withstand Cyber-Attacks

US Department of Defense plans a resilient cloud infrastructure that keeps running while under cyber-attack

13 years ago

GCHQ Letter Points To Powerline Interference

A letter from GCHQ suggests power line networking interferes with spooks, or does it just affect radio amateurs?

13 years ago