Regulation

Study: Downturn Spurs Offshoring Boom

A Harvey Nash survey has found that CIOs are increasingly looking to offshore outsourcing to help them through tough times

14 years ago

Big Brother Fears As Obama Seeks Internet Wiretap Law

The Obama administration is reportedly working on legislation that will make it easier for the United States to 'wiretap the…

14 years ago

US Cable Hackers Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison

Three hackers have been jailed for redirecting traffic from the website of cable operator Comcast

14 years ago

eBay Phishing Suspect Arrested In Romania

Law enforcement officials said the suspect launched two phishing attacks against eBay in 2009

14 years ago

VOIP Hacker Gets Ten Years In Jail

US authorities have for for the first time given a prison sentence to a man charged with hacking voice-over-IP

14 years ago

Growing Global IT Debt Hits $500 Billion, Reports Gartner

There is an urgent need to plan for application overhaul to address growing IT debts from maintenance backlogs, Gartner reports

14 years ago

IBM Adds More European Data Analytics Centres

Three IBM Analytics Solution Centres will focus on financial services, green technology and Smarter Cities in Switzerland, Hungary and Austria

14 years ago

European Parliament Calls For EU-Wide Copyright Law

As if the UK Copyright Act was not controverisal enough, now the European Parliament is calling for a wide ranging…

14 years ago

Open Source Community Welcomes Government Support

Austerity cuts on big contractors could allow open source into public sector IT, officials have said

14 years ago

Carbon Markets: Reinventing Capitalism Or Rebranding Socialism?

If we really want to reduce carbon emissions and avert an energy crisis, Peter Judge thinks it's time to move…

14 years ago

Up To 5,000 Firms Could Face CRC Fines Next Week

Fines for non-registration to the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme before 30 September could net the government up to £1.5 million

14 years ago

It’s Time For Local Authorities To Get Open Source

A commitment to open source by a local authority in the UK could be groundbreaking, says Mark Taylor of Sirius

14 years ago

Bristol Council Mulls Open Source/Microsoft Tie Up

Bristol City Council is considering a scheme which adopts open source alongside existing Microsoft software

14 years ago

HP Puts Mobile Device Management In The Cloud

To help IT managers keep track of employee smartphones, notebooks and other wireless devices, HP is now offering a cloud-based…

14 years ago

Google Transparency Report Tracks Censorship

Google's new Transparency Report tool exposes government requests for data and attempts at censorship around the world

14 years ago

Facebook Brands Hacking A ‘Major Issue’

Facebook says that hacking scams have become a serious problem for the social network, and plans to implement additional security…

14 years ago

Mark Hurd Talks Up Oracle Exadata

Newly anointed Oracle co-president Mark Hurd used his keynote at the Oracle OpenWorld conference to highlight Exadata Database Machine X2-8

14 years ago

Corporate Tango: HP Drops Lawsuit Against Hurd

Hurd will be working full time for Oracle and, since Oracle and HP are closely aligned, the two companies will…

14 years ago

Man Jailed For Online Money Laundering

American authorities have sentenced a 38-year-old man to six years in prison for laundering money via an online payment system

14 years ago

Pirate Party Walks The Plank In Swedish Elections

The Swedish Pirate Party has failed to gain a foothold in the Swedish political establishment after flopping in that country's…

14 years ago

Boris Sets 2012 Deadline For Mobiles On The Tube

Mobile phones are set to arrive on the Underground by 2012, but mobile operators are being asked to share the…

14 years ago

EC Agrees New Measures For Digital Agenda

The European Commission has adopted several new measures in a bid to fulfil its goal of giving every European access…

14 years ago

E-Vendors To Wage War On Mobile Fraud

Banks and social networks must look to personal mobile data such as location information to help combat mobile fraud, according…

14 years ago

ITU Calls For Global Action On Broadband Inclusion

The International Telecommunication Union says that broadband is a basic civil right, and half the world should have access by…

14 years ago

BSA ‘Cost Of Piracy’ Report Debunked

BSA's latest report on the economic cost of software piracy has once again been met with widespread scepticism from within…

14 years ago

Digital Divide Can Only Get Worse, Says Ovum

The government wants to narrow the digital divide between town and country but will its current approach bear fruit when…

14 years ago

Chattering At The Water Cooler

Most social networks are geared for individual rather than corporate promotion, but corporate social networking tools are providing a new…

14 years ago

eWEEK Readers: Hurd Instinct Threatens HP

Our poll says Mark Hurd's job is to steal HP users, for his best buddy Larry. Next: tell us your…

14 years ago

Government Commits To Open Source Route

The government has confirmed that when costs are similar, it will opt to purchase open source rather than proprietary software

14 years ago

Facebook Competitor Diaspora Releases Source Code

The open source community has gained its first glimpse of 'privacy-conscious' Facebook rival Diaspora's source code

14 years ago