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Samsung, Qualcomm team up on wireless charging tech

...to promote wireless charging technology, with a form to establishing a global standard Read more

8 May, 2012 by Kent German

WISPr 2.0 boosts roaming between 3G and Wi-Fi

The Wireless Broadband Alliance has released specifications that should make it easier for mobile devices to switch between Wi-Fi hotspots and cellular networks Read more

23 June, 2010 by Richard Thurston

RIM hits out at Apple's tactics in nano-SIM battle

...the vote on an upcoming ballot on a new SIM card technology standard. The Cupertino company is trying to skew the results by having company... Read more

30 March, 2012 by Steven Musil

Cabinet Office: no lobby influence on open standards

...The government has launched a consultation on the definition of 'open standards' for government IT, while denying claims that lobbying from proprietary software vendors... Read more

9 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Web to get 'do not track' privacy standards

...World Wide Web Consortium has published the first drafts of two new standards designed to protect the privacy of web surfers. The draft standards, entitled... Read more

15 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Enisa: W3C web standards pose 51 security threats

...Emerging web standards have over 50 security design flaws, many of which could allow an... Read more

1 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

EU goes global for procurement standards

...in the European Union will now be able to reference international IT standards, under new regulations being proposed by the European Commission. Public-sector procurement... Read more

2 June, 2011 by David Meyer
Sharpen penetration tests to foil cybercrime

Sharpen penetration tests to foil cybercrime

...need to establish a basic understanding of the organisation's current security standards, as well as the overall business and security objectives. The testing itself... Read more

20 March, 2011 by Alan Calder

Adobe pushes standard for magazine-style web pages

...Adobe has proposed a standard that could make it easier to create web pages with fancy layouts... Read more

10 March, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

BSA: Open standards will 'increase e-government costs

...its IT costs rise because it has chosen to get behind open standards, the Business Software Alliance has argued. The BSA has reacted strongly to... Read more

1 March, 2011 by David Meyer

W3C prepares draft spec for touchscreen standard

...Wide Web Consortium published an editor's draft of a new touchscreen standard for web apps on Friday. A standard, if designed well and adopted... Read more

31 January, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Universal wireless charger standard gets public release

The Wireless Power Consortium has publicly released a standard for wireless low-power charging for mobile devices and has started work... Read more

2 September, 2010 by Jack Clark

Smart-meter makers embark on common standards push

...Three leading utility meter manufacturers have joined forces to work on developing standards that will let their smart meters work in any British home's... Read more

30 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Standard set for universal wireless charger

The Wireless Power Consortium has finalised a standard for wireless charging of mobile devices, bringing universal charging for products one... Read more

26 July, 2010 by Ben Woods

Government pushes for open-standard data releases

...Francis Maude has said that public releases of data will use open standards when possible. Answering a parliamentary written question from Labour MP Tom Watson... Read more

21 June, 2010 by Kable

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