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Tougher interception laws to reach Twitter

...draft clauses," the Queen said in her speech at the opening of Parliament.Draft plansAt the moment, the police can self-authorise to intercept and... Read more

9 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Australia looks into software price disparity

...Australia's Parliament is planning to investigate why it costs more to download software and... Read more

30 April, 2012 by Steven Musil

UK signs ACTA as activists urge resistance

...states and the EU itself will count for nothing unless the European Parliament gives its approval to ACTA in June, and digital activists have urged... Read more

26 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Net neutrality heads for European Parliament vote

...internet in Europe got a boost on Thursday when a key European Parliament committee voted to protect them. The industry committee unanimously adopted a resolution... Read more

21 October, 2011 by David Meyer

MEPs urge Europe-wide copyright crackdown

...Members of the European Parliament have approved the Gallo report, a document that calls for a continent... Read more

22 September, 2010 by David Meyer

ACTA to see Euro vote in June as delay averted

...The European Parliament rejection or approval of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is now back... Read more

28 March, 2012 by David Meyer

iPads save parliament cash, says IT chief

...enthusiastic adoption of the tablets by politicians, the head of IT in parliament has said.Politicians have been using the tablets to store notes for... Read more

27 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

EU nations give nod to tougher cybercrime jail terms

...of the European Union on Friday, which now goes to the European Parliament for approval. It aims to update existing EU rules on cybercrime, introduced... Read more

13 June, 2011 by Jack Clark

EU starts building cyber-response team

...is established, it will provide an overview of security threats to the Parliament, Commission, Council and other EU agencies. "These guys are going to be... Read more

10 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

EU ministers set revamped WEEE targets

...law, setting a lower recycling target than that desired by the European Parliament. Member states have agreed to tougher recycling targets of electrical and electronic... Read more

16 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

MEPs give green light to common patent system

...The European Parliament has given its consent to an EU-wide patent system to be... Read more

17 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

Apple iPad: MPs weigh up Commons role for tablet PCs

...electronic devices inside the Commons chamber and committees will be put before parliament, at an unconfirmed future date, where the new rules will be amended... Read more

28 January, 2011 by Nick Heath

Wikileaks Twitter dispute reaches European Parliament

...has 85 members, making it the third largest group in the European Parliament, and claims to hold the balance of power between the left and... Read more

12 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Greens: Parliament e-voting would save £30k per week

...eight minutes to get from their offices to the appropriate lobby in Parliament. According to Lucas, this process — taking into account queuing time in the... Read more

26 November, 2010 by Ben Woods

Europe to tighten rules on toxic substances

...a chemical ban backed by major technology vendors. On Wednesday, the European Parliament approved a proposal to amend the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive... Read more

25 November, 2010 by Ben Woods

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

21 minutes ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

2 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

4 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

4 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

5 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

7 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

7 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

8 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

9 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

10 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

11 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

12 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

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Thomas Gellhaus

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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