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European ISPs attack secret Acta copyright talks
News The leak was of a document entitled European Union's comments to the US proposal: Special requirements related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the digital environment, posted to German site Die Linke.
[December 2, 2009, 8:28]
European telecoms reform clears final hurdle
News BT strongly supports the European Union's drive for a more consistent single market allowing for more competition, innovation and consumer choice in the telecoms sector. Elements of the package include laws to force organisations to report data...
[November 24, 2009, 15:02]
UN agency plans database of tech devices
News The International Telecommunication Union has announced it is launching a conformity and interoperability programme to give IT consumers a clearer set of standards on which to judge the devices they buy.
[November 3, 2009, 15:59]
The time is right to create a global IT profession
Comment And it does not mean BCS represents the employees — it is not a union. It is a chartered institute, the professional body for the IT profession, and so will take into account the needs of society — commercial or otherwise — making use of the...
[October 27, 2009, 14:12]
IBM plans to end final-salary pensions
News In February 2006 the Amicus union, which subsequently became Unite, accused IBM of closing its final-salary pension scheme "by the back door" when it proposed closing it to new members. As part of the consultation process, IBM said it was setting...
[July 8, 2009, 16:32]
Europe calls on US to let go of Icann
News I call on the US to work together with the European Union to achieve this. The European Commission has called on the US to let the internet's main governing body become accountable to the whole of the world.
[June 19, 2009, 12:25]
BBC iPlayer heads to set-top boxes
News According to the trio, the union will see "the development of a standards-based open environment" with any number of interested broadcasters able to push their content through the platform or ISPs to make it available.
[December 12, 2008, 13:21]
Mobile-phone industry to boom, despite downturn
News Portio's report echoed similar findings in a recent report from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The industry body predicted global mobile subscribers will reach four billion by the end of this year, fuelled by the Bric (Brazil...
[September 30, 2008, 9:17]
NHS delays switch to Outlook
News Doctors' union the British Medical Association (BMA) expressed dismay at the delay of another project by NHS IT body Connecting for Health but added it was important the upgrade was carried out with the minimum of disruption.
[September 19, 2008, 9:01]
Union voices fears over airport face-scanning tech
News In addition, the union said that scanners should not be used to replace human control, because they are unable to pick up "tell-tale signs" of fraud, such as body language. The Public and Commercial Services Union has raised concerns about the...
[August 21, 2008, 12:56]
Report argues case for EU-US data sharing
News Last month the American Civil Liberties Union wrote to MEPs pressing Brussels to reject US pressure because the US is "a country that, in privacy terms, is all but lawless. The 27 members of the EU should also pool intelligence on terrorism...
[August 7, 2008, 16:18]
Union urges caution over gov't outsourcing plans
News But the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) claims the private-sector commitment ignores a catalogue of troubled partnerships in the past. Nick Kalisperas, director for delivery at IT industry trade body Intellect, said: "From our...
[July 14, 2008, 8:33]
MEPs propose Europe-wide telecoms regulator
News The directive would, if adopted, "require member states to ensure that any technology or any service can use any frequency available for electronic communications services, in line with national frequency allocation plans and with the...
[July 9, 2008, 17:36]
BCS joins European e-skills push
News There is now a clear imperative for increased joint action and engagement of European ICT industry stakeholders, and for partnership at the highest level within European Union institutions," said BCS chief executive David Clarke.
[May 28, 2008, 15:10]
Europe edges closer to mobile phones on planes
News The regulator's new proposals are the result of negotiations within the European Union, and will therefore cover all European airspace — although what will happen with flights leaving that airspace remains to be seen.
[October 18, 2007, 13:10]
Vodafone workers win union recognition
News The mobile giant has been required to recognise communications union Connect following a legal ruling by independent adjudication body, the Central Arbitration Committee. Around 200 Vodafone workers in the Midlands, the North of England, Northern...
[July 24, 2007, 9:01]
CSA IT 'a turkey from day one'
News Civil service union, the PCS, which represents many CSA staff, echoed the committee's criticisms of the massive failure of the IT system. It is hard to think of a body in which the public has less confidence: in 2005-06 alone, there were 55,000...
[July 5, 2007, 15:15]
Roaming cuts may lead to coverage black spots
News Rob Conway, chief executive of the GSMA, said in a statement: "After years of expanding mobile coverage, this regulation could lead to a contraction in coverage, running counter to the European Union's aim of ensuring all its citizens have ready...
[April 24, 2007, 15:47]
Rise in UK work permits sparks alarm
News Trade union Amicus also warned the IT work permit scheme is being abused to import cheap tech labour at the expense of resident UK IT professionals. Work Permits UK, the Home Office body responsible for visas, has revealed that 33,756 permits were...
[February 21, 2007, 9:26]
100 Most Influential People of All Times - from Buddha and Hammurabi to Thomas Edison
Downloads Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986) - a Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews leave the Soviet Union while serving as the consul of the Empire of Japan to Lithuania. Ren Descartes [Renatus Cartesius] (1596-1650) - "Founder of Modern Philosophy...
[February 14, 2007, 7:00]
