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Country codes 'will stay free'
News A key standards organisation distanced itself from a controversial proposal to charge for commonly used country, language and currency codes, following an uproar over the potential fees. ISO is to continue with its established practice of allowing...
[October 1, 2003, 8:50]
Jane Wakefield: Town and country clash on unmetered
News While I have been known to occasionally frequent trendy city wine bars, I am at heart a country girl -- happier drinking cider than chardonnay. So I take it particularly personally that BT's latest attempt to dodge the unmetered issue puts us...
[August 25, 2000, 16:50]
UK is an open-source 'third world country'
News The UK is a "third world country" compared with the rest of Europe where it comes to public- and private-sector interest in open-source software, an industry lobbyist said on Thursday. We're a bit of a third-world country in comparison to what the...
[June 27, 2003, 14:17]
China to launch home-grown 3G by Olympics?
News Chinese officials have insisted that the country will have a third-generation mobile network up and running by the 2008 Beijing Olympics. According to the Xinhua news agency, Xu Qin of the National Development and Reform Commission's hi-tech...
[November 6, 2006, 16:18]
HP to open research lab in Russia
News HP is opening a research lab in Russia, a country that some believe could be technology's next major outpost. The country and its university system are particularly strong in computer science and maths.
[January 22, 2007, 16:34]
Can a foreign assignment help your career?
News There's no doubt that working in a foreign country can be romantic. I'll describe some of the advantages and disadvantages of working in another country to help you decide if it's a smart career move.
[June 20, 2002, 9:59]
China builds first 3G chip
News Engineers and scientists in China have developed the country's first third-generation mobile chip, as the telecoms industry waits to see which 3G standard the Chinese government chooses. The Chinese government is expected to issue the country's...
[January 4, 2006, 13:35]
UK trails Europe in broadband uptake
News The number of households with broadband Internet connections in the UK is lower than any other country in Europe, according to the latest research from Nielsen//NetRatings. Broadband is growing in this country but the government's stated target of...
[September 9, 2002, 11:38]
Thai govt bans online games at night
News Thai authorities have imposed a curfew on online gaming so the country's youths can have more time to rest and study. The Thai government's move has since been met with outrage by the country's online gaming population.
[July 9, 2003, 10:19]
A Year Ago: Briton accused of Middle Eastern hacking
News A British man has been arrested and charged with computer hacking in the United Arab Emirates after allegedly breaking into the country's telecommunications system reports said Monday. It is believed this is the first time anyone has been arrested...
[June 26, 2001, 6:06]
Computer science turns off students
News At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as in other schools across the country, computer science enrolments are dropping, raising questions about the country's future tech leadership. Observers also have argued that research in the country is...
[August 12, 2004, 9:45]
Virgin Trains boosts on-board mobile signals
News Virgin's cross-country trains are being fitted with equipment which will boost mobile signals. But now the train company is fitting all its London-to-north-Wales and cross-country trains with GSM repeaters, which will amplify mobile signals within...
[May 15, 2007, 15:17]
China accused of cyberattacks on New Zealand
News The New Zealand secret service has suggested the Chinese government was behind attacks on the country's networks. While Clark said officials know which government was behind the attack, she would not name the country suspected.
[September 13, 2007, 10:07]
Italian regulators widen Google News investigation
News Italian regulators have expanded their investigation of Google News to include the company's search engine in that country, according to reports. Google has faced increasing competition-related scrutiny in its home country, but so far that has...
[September 7, 2009, 8:45]
South Korea launches 10,000-school Linux programme
News The South Korean government is rolling out a home-grown open source platform to 10,000 schools in the country. Hyun added the move was not a deliberate attempt to snub Microsoft but to help the country develop more of its own software: "There's no...
[June 22, 2005, 11:15]
Intel bemoans poor UK science education
News The UK Government needs to prioritise science education in schools if it wants to build upon the country's research and development sector, Intel's European general manager has suggested. However, Graylish's comments may anger some academics as...
[November 30, 2006, 15:09]
IBM to help Brazil along open-source path
News IBM is teaming up with the government of Brazil to develop the country's expertise in open-source software, such as Linux, the technology giant announced on Friday. Big Blue signed a letter of intent with the South American country, stating a...
[October 13, 2003, 14:55]
Broadband lures Tesco.com into Korean expansion
News Tesco.com is to extend its online shopping service to South Korea -- the country with the highest penetration of broadband in the world -- this winter. South Korea was an obvious country for Tesco to target, as 20 percent of the population already...
[August 13, 2001, 16:28]
IBM working on a hands-free translator
News Imagine you're in a foreign country where you don't speak the language, and you need to decipher a confusing train schedule in a hurry. When you go to a new country and you want to deal with all of the issues, this will be very handy," said David...
[April 25, 2003, 8:58]
Trade agreement has domain name dispute language
News The draft text of the Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement released this week proposes requiring operators of country-code top level domain names in signatory countries to adopt a controversial system for settling trademark disputes over...
[July 9, 2001, 12:15]
