Regulation

EC Calls For Greater Cloud Data Security

Europe's digital commissioner, Neelie Kroes, wants better data protection in the cloud

13 years ago

Wikileaks: Chinese Government Ordered Google Hack

US embassy documents say a Chinese Politburo member ordered attacks on Google

13 years ago

Pirate Bay Founders Lose Court Appeal

The three founders of the file sharing website Pirate Bay have lost their appeal and face an increased fine

13 years ago

Police Request For Website Closure Powers Causes Concern

A proposal to give the police power to close down websites could put legitimate businesses at risk

13 years ago

TalkTalk Defends URL-Tracking Anti-Malware Service

The Virus Alerts service will log all websites visited, but won't infringe users' privacy, says TalkTalk

13 years ago

Public Calls For Stronger Data Breach Penalties

Consumers would be in favour of stronger regulations for organisations that lose their personal data, according to a new survey

13 years ago

IT Immigration Cap Exemption Gets Mixed Reception

The Home Secretary's exemption of intra-company transfers from the immigration cap is proving to be controversial

13 years ago

Virgin Provides Fibre For UK Government Network

Virgin says its fibre optic network can help the government meet its targets for public sector data savings

13 years ago

Research Calls For End To Green IT Apathy

New research from nlyte Software is calling for an end to apathy towards Green IT among businesses and consumers

13 years ago

ICO Issues First Data Loss Fines

A county council and an employment agency are first to feel the wrath of the Information Commissioner

13 years ago

NATO, EU And US Plan Action Against Cyber-crime

European countries are to form their own Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to fight Internet threats

13 years ago

Scottish Hacker Gets 18 Months Prison Sentence

The Scottish spammer who pleaded guilty last month to charges of distributing malware has been jailed

13 years ago

‘Digital By Default’ Is Directgov’s Aim For Services

The Cabinet Office foresees delivering services digitally but concerns are being voiced for those without Internet skills

13 years ago

The Internet Is Far From Broken

Scaremongering gets us nowhere. The Internet is big enough and ugly enough to look after itself, says Sophie Curtis

13 years ago

‘Digital Vaccine’ Needed To Beat Botnets

A government-backed vaccination scheme is needed to tackle the huge number of infected PCs, say researchers

13 years ago

Twitter Bomb Joker Takes Battle To High Court

Paul Chambers' appeal against conviction goes to the High Court, while Britain's senior Judge warns Twitter could disrupt jury trials

13 years ago

Vaizey Spells Out His Views On Net Neutrality

Culture minister Ed Vaizey has clarified his stance on net neutrality, the unbiased running of Internet service access

13 years ago

Experts Say China Web Traffic Hijack Was ‘Overhyped’

Data analysis of the China Telecom Internet traffic hijack show claims are incorrect and overhyped, experts say

13 years ago

Google To Delete UK WiSpy Data

Google has signed a commitment to improve data handling following the infamous 'WiSpy' incident, says the ICO

13 years ago

MP Counters Government Stance On Net Neutrality

Labour MP Tom Watson has tabled an Early Day Motion calling for further political debate on the thorny issue of…

13 years ago

Chinese Web Hijack Poses Huge Security Risk

The apparently innocuous rerouting of Internet traffic through a Chinese ISP is a warning that next time it could be…

13 years ago

China Telecom Denies Internet ‘Hijack’ Intent

The ISP claims that an incident in April, where 15 percent of the world's Internet traffic was re-routed through servers…

13 years ago

BBC Slams Government Web-Throttling Plans

The BBC is prepared to release software that will name and shame ISPs that show preferential bandwidth management

13 years ago

German Rhine Dubbed Europe’s Silicon Valley

The Rhine-Main-Neckar region in Germany is the most lucrative software cluster in Europe, thanks to revenues from SAP and Software…

13 years ago

Culture Minister Vaizey Shuns Net Neutrality

The government is apparently turning its back on net neutrality, suggesting that ISPs accomodate a two-tier Internet

13 years ago

Ofcom Outlines Auction Roadmap For 4G Spectrum

After an auction in 2012, Ofcom expects to see 4G networks come online in early 2013, barring any further delays

13 years ago

British Government’s IT Chief To Quit

At the end of this year, John Suffolk, the government’s CIO will step down before major projects are launched

13 years ago

BT Announces ‘Race To Infinity’ Results

Caxton and Malvern are the first towns to reach 1,000 votes in BT's Race to Infinity, but they won't get…

13 years ago

Final Text Of ACTA Released

Negotiators have published a finished text of the controversial treaty, after ironing out final details

14 years ago

Stuxnet Targeted Iranian Uranium Enrichment, Symantec Believes

Symantec has revealed that the infamous Stuxnet worm was actually targeting the motors at nuclear power stations

14 years ago