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Pollution tsars call for 'urgent' nanotech regulation
News Engineered nanoparticles to be used in consumer products should be subject to standardised toxicity tests, preferably in vitro, and regulatory constraints placed on the use of those that are not considered to meet the safety standards, said the...
[November 12, 2008, 16:34]
Wi-Fi Week: Roaming in the dark
News Networking groups are attempting to jump-start international standards for allowing users to jump from one Wi-Fi network to another, but the going is tough There's not much you can do if you're stuck in a place with a hot spot owned by a non-roam...
[January 29, 2004, 10:40]
News Roundup: 3G, a year on
News Wed, 23 Aug ZDNet maps out the 'Road to 3G', a series of reports investigating the technologies, the standards, the devices, the services, and the likely winners and losers in the 3G mobile revolution.
[May 1, 2001, 12:13]
Web firms scramble to obey privacy law
News Department stores that issue customer credit cards, such as Macy's, are also required to notify customers of standards and give them an option to opt out of any information-sharing practices. Companies operating largely online are required to give...
[July 2, 2001, 10:15]
Anti-spyware group seeks to define spyware
News The entities most urgently calling for uniform standards are those who make applications often labelled as spyware or adware," he said. The coalition's goal is to draw clear lines, ultimately to help consumers keep their PCs clean.
[July 13, 2005, 16:05]
Web sites under scrutiny for disabled access
News The head of legal services at the DRC, Nick O'Brien, told ZDNet UK: "We are not specifically testing sites for W3C disability standards," referring to the W3C's Web Access Initiative. Meanwhile, said the DRC, there are a range of measures site...
[April 8, 2003, 11:00]
Computer Aid: New life for old IT
News Refurbishing: Blancco software is used to wipe disks to government standards, even though and this uses all components, they are subsequently retested. Quality kit: Occasionally Computer Aid is asked to clear out offices of brand new equipment, and...
[February 10, 2005, 15:25]
Google: Censorship should be trade barrier
News There are all sorts of issues — what are standards of objectionable content, how the laws differ from country to country — but this has to be sorted out, because this is a global phenomenon. Where we do remove information in China we make it clear...
[August 28, 2007, 13:34]
Sites spotlight reports of copy-protected CDs
News For the latest on everything from DVD standards and MP3s to your rights online, see the Consumer News Section. A handful of Web sites are popping up to report sightings of copy-protected CDs, and already it's clear that there is far more confusion...
[November 13, 2001, 13:06]
Novell slashes jobs in restructuring
News The soul of the company is open standards and open source. Shareholders don't always know best, but in this case it's clear they have some businesses that are in decay," including NetWare, ZenWorks and GroupWise, she said.
[November 3, 2005, 10:40]
Morpheus gets a new lease on life
News Even by the unsettled standards of file-swapping businesses, StreamCast Networks and Morpheus have ridden a roller coaster of change over the last few years. Although Friday's court decision is sure to be appealed by the recording industry and...
[May 1, 2003, 8:11]
Robot-busting ploy 'shuts out the blind'
News An increasingly popular robot-busting technique shuts out the visually impaired, according to a standards group. The W3C said the issue of Turing tests and accessibility was capturing more attention internationally from industry, standards and...
[November 7, 2003, 14:15]
Finding the why in Microsoft-Yahoo
Leader Open standards, open interfaces, open access must be a precondition for the merger. It's now that Microsoft's strategy becomes clear. By now, the regulatory, cultural, practical and financial problems in Microsoft's Yahoo acquisition have been well...
[February 5, 2008, 17:19]
US-listed firms face IT security audits
News Putnam's proposal, seen by CNET News.com, would extend that annual reporting requirement to include the audit that would follow standards to be set by the SEC. It's not clear, however, what the fate of Putnam's "Corporate Information Security...
[November 7, 2003, 15:30]
Dell trumpets green moves, Greenpeace begs to differ
Blog Some companies that promote their ‘green’ policies come up short when measured against global standards of measuring impacts on climate change. While it's not clear whether Dell received any of these "incentives", I don't really understand why any...
[June 25, 2008, 17:25]
UK's lax wireless security threatens TJX-style hack
News Retailers handling up to six million Visa transactions in the UK are not subject to an independent audit to check they are compliant with PCI DSS security standards that can block such hacks. Guidance on the Visa Europe sites makes clear that, even...
[August 7, 2008, 8:22]
Xbox price slashed in UK
News For the latest on everything from DVD standards and MP3s to your rights online, see the Personal Technology News Section. We are making a clear statement today -- we mean business in Europe," said Sandy Duncan, vice president, Xbox Europe.
[April 18, 2002, 9:02]
Storage sales show networked systems rule
News IBM continues its gritty comeback in storage with our focus on delivering world-class enterprise products based on open standards and integrated solutions with storage, servers, software and services," Bob Sampson, vice president of sales for IBM...
[June 9, 2003, 9:16]
Xbox, Gamecube fight for second place
News For the latest on everything from DVD standards and MP3s to your rights online, see the Personal Technology News Section. Microsoft should have a clear advantage over Nintendo in North America, but the Xbox hasn't sold as well in Europe, and it's...
[October 30, 2002, 9:46]
Unified messaging not so unified
News We would welcome AOL, and any other company who embrace open standards in Instant Messaging", she said. He was scathing over AOL's persistent refusal in an interview Tuesday: "It's quite clear that AOL has acted in its own commercial self interest...
[July 26, 2000, 12:04]
