Regulation

UK Ranked 18th For Broadband

Developed countries are upgrading their copper broadband, while emerging economies leapfrog ahead on quality

14 years ago

Home Secretary Calls Cyber Warfare A ‘Growing Threat’

Theresa May has underscored the importance of cyber-threats ahead of the unveiling of a new national security strategy

14 years ago

Operation Payback Hackers Hit UK Government Site

The UK's Intellectual Property Office is currently offline, after being hit by the Operation Payback campaign

14 years ago

HP’s Palm Hires Nokia And Samsung Execs

HP has reportedly beefed up its Palm WebOS team with a MeeGo executive from Nokia and a Samsung boss

14 years ago

Unified Comms Suite From Star Targets SME Market

A unified communications service is being offered by Star as a SaaS service for £45 per user per month

14 years ago

Apple Wins Patent For Text Censoring

Apple has been awarded 18 patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office including the ability to censor text messages

14 years ago

Doctors’ Personal Data Sold Online

Another organisation has been found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act, after the personal information of doctors…

14 years ago

Half Of Broadband Users ‘Don’t Care’ About Speed

Only 6 percent of broadband users think speed is the top priority, with most people preferring value for money

14 years ago

Public Services Start To Embrace Social Media

Public services are beginning to find uses for Twitter and other social media formats to improve their image

14 years ago

Google Reports 32 Percent Profit Hike

Google reported a 32 percent third-quarter profit jump of $2.17 billion, with display and mobile ads providing the bang analysts…

14 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg Believes Google Lacks Innovation

Facebook's Zuckerberg believes Google is no longer leading innovation, which he why he chose to partner with Microsoft on social…

14 years ago

Why Oracle Won’t Buy EMC Anytime Soon

A merger between Oracle and EMC would not simply create a larger Oracle but a conglomeration of some of the…

14 years ago

Major Increase In Cyber Defence Spending Expected

Despite spending cuts across the board, the government is expected next week to invest £1 billion to foil cyber attacks

14 years ago

IP Expo: Take My Phone But Leave My Network Alone

Survey finds that most businesses would rather lose their phone service than their Internet Protocol (IP) connection

14 years ago

HP Joins Others In Signing Government MoU

HP has joined the likes of Oracle and Microsoft, plus big name IT services firms, to sign a Memorandum of…

14 years ago

Midsize Companies Are Becoming Hacker Targets

Despite an increase in cyber-attacks, midsize organisations are continuing to slash or freeze their security budgets

14 years ago

Time We Gave The Kids Some Credit

Kids do daft things - that's a fact. But when it comes to the web, we need to accept they're…

14 years ago

GCHQ Boss Warns Of Growing Cyber Threat‎ To UK

The United Kingdom is facing a 'credible threat' to its critical infrastructure from an increasing number of cyber attacks, the…

14 years ago

Green Efficiency Review Slams Public IT Procurement

The Government Efficiency Review condemns procurement anomalies in the management of IT assets

14 years ago

BT To Lower Broadband And Phone Wholesale Prices

BT is set to lower the wholesale access fees it charges rival service providers to access its network

14 years ago

Music Industry Knocked Back In Irish File-Share Case

An Irish high court judge has ruled that the disconnection of illegal file sharers may breach EU law

14 years ago

Green Data Centre Initiative Launched By SNIA

Vendor-neutral power-efficiency measurement is specified by SNIA's Emerald test for data centres

14 years ago

HP Chairman Accuses Hurd Of Repeated Lies

Ray Lane, the former Oracle executive and now chairman of HP, has accused former CEO Mark Hurd of lying to…

14 years ago

Foxconn Strongly Rejects Abuse Claims

Taiwanese tech manufacturer Foxconn has strenuously rejected 'unsubstantiated allegations' in the Chinese media that its staff are being abused

14 years ago

CEOP Says Shake-Up Will Harm Child Safety

CEOP's Jim Gamble has slammed government plans to roll the child protection agency into the NCA

14 years ago

RSA: ‘End Of Business As Usual’ On Compliance

As legislators lead a crack down on data protection violations, regulators are beginning to take a more interventionist approach

14 years ago

Microsoft Licenses 74 Palm Patents

The move could bolster Microsoft's defences against ever-present intellectual property lawsuits

14 years ago

ICO Demands Jail For Data Protection Offenders

The Information Commissioner's Office says prison sentences should be available for data protection offenders, but has yet to impose a…

14 years ago

Negotiators Publish Near-Final ACTA Draft

The draft intellectual property rights treaty ACTA has been criticised for subverting democratic processes

14 years ago

Virgin Media Cashes In On BT Fibre

Virgin says Ofcom's decision to make BT share its fibre optic network will benefit 3.3m more broadband customers

14 years ago