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ISPs, rights groups react to gov't P2P proposals
News The ISP Association (ISPA), an industry group, said in a statement that it was "disappointed by the proposal to force ISPs to suspend users' accounts". The industry group also disagreed with the government's proposal that the business secretary...
[August 25, 2009, 15:18]
700MHz PIII's to ship in Oct, as Merced wows PC makers
News Server I/O will be one of the next such industry-wide efforts. One area where the industry is making more progress is in the design of easier to use PCs. Two groups are currently developing different approaches to server I/O, which will help boost...
[September 1, 1999, 9:01]
Adult industry welcomes .XXX domain rejection
News Some in the adult industry are equally happy about the decision. Adult industry observer Scott McGowan said he "just couldn’t be happier", in an article on the EyeOnAdult Web site. When conservatives and the porn industry actually agree on...
[May 12, 2006, 17:25]
Supreme Court hears file-swapping case
News The decisions have been among the biggest setbacks for the entertainment industry in the past several years, as they have tried to quell the rampant exchange of copyrighted materials over peer-to-peer networks such as Kazaa and Morpheus.
[October 11, 2004, 9:30]
Sun sheds light on its open-source future
News We see the software industry switching over from its current delivery model to adopt far greater focus on open source. In 2005 we came to the conclusion that this was the future for the software industry, so I look after our overall strategy and...
[April 29, 2008, 13:16]
Powerline broadband gets financial boost
News In addition, the group developed a new Implementers' Forum Board of Directors to get more industry involvement in developing and implementing standards. Still, experts say it will take much more industry involvement before the technology truly...
[August 25, 2005, 16:20]
ICM Registry counts cost of .XXX domain rejection
News Although some industry experts were expecting the proposal to be rejected, Lawley said it came as a surprise to him. To pretend the adult entertainment industry doesn't exist is a short-sighted view. But, following intensive lobbying from...
[May 15, 2006, 17:25]
Where the lobbying power lies
News It sued Utah and Pennsylvania to overturn pornography laws opposed by the most of the Internet industry. Ed Black, the president of the Computer and Communications Industry Association, boasted a $980,000 salary in 2004.
[March 29, 2006, 18:05]
Sender ID dealt killer blow
News Instead, the IETF has granted Sender ID "experimental" status so that the industry can test it, along with competing email authentification proposals, and build consensus that way. America Online recently said it would not support Sender ID, citing...
[September 24, 2004, 9:40]
Special report: Who pays for recycling hardware?
News The computer industry acknowledges that its products are becoming obsolete faster than it is putting new machines on the market -- leading businesses and consumers to store tons of aging equipment until agreement can be reached on a way to dispose...
[June 18, 2001, 14:03]
Sun touts total package
News Like many parts of McNealy's world, the holistic approach and quarterly release have deep ties to the automotive industry. The quarterly release is analogous to the automobile industry's annual debut of new models.
[September 15, 2003, 12:40]
Google Books opposition stacks up on deadline
News The Open Book Alliance's brief compares Google's Book Search settlement to a modern-day version of the cartel involving John Rockerfeller's Standard Oil and the railroad industry, which eventually led to the Sherman Act's antitrust laws.
[September 9, 2009, 9:06]
UK file-swappers could face jail under new law
News The UK's music industry also lobbied against the law -- but on the grounds that it was too lenient, and would drive the music industry out of the country. By making a music file available for download for any other users of your chosen P2P network...
[October 8, 2003, 13:40]
Brace yourself for green legislation
Leader WEEE, together with similar state-level legislation in the US, strikes at the very heart of the IT industry and challenges one of the central tenets that underpins it: out with the old and in with the new.
[September 9, 2004, 13:05]
A Year Ago: Chat rooms targetted by Internet Watch Foundation
News A government review of the industry backed Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has called for greater powers for the organisation to fight child pornography on the Internet The IWF has been calling for industry-wide recognition of the dangers of chat...
[March 2, 2000, 5:37]
Yahoo! yields to Chinese Web laws
News The agreement, called the "Public Pledge on Self-Discipline for the China Internet Industry," essentially ensures that Internet companies in China will abide by the country's pre-existing regulations.
[August 14, 2002, 11:23]
Microsoft foes urge antitrust punishment
News In December, two ardent Microsoft foes funded by competitors such as Sun Microsystems and Oracle -- the Computer and Communications Industry Association and the Software and Information Industry Association -- began a similar attempt to inject...
[January 3, 2003, 8:49]
Europe heading down DMCA route, warns think tank
News On the other hand, the British Phonographic Industry argued that the government's draft legislation was too weak, and would create an uneconomic market that would force the music industry out of Britain.
[September 16, 2003, 15:45]
Verizon, record labels fight over 'pirate'
News Attorneys for Verizon Communications and the music industry sparred in court on Friday over whether to disclose the identity of an alleged peer-to-peer pirate. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has asked a federal judge in...
[October 7, 2002, 8:00]
Microsoft 'must do better' on software assurance
News The UK IT industry is looking for big improvements to Microsoft's Software Assurance licensing programme, when the supplier announces changes to the scheme on Thursday. Governor argued that licensing in general is becoming more complex to reflect...
[September 13, 2005, 16:45]
