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BT to lift limits on 'unlimited' broadband

...credit: ell brown on Flickr The move on Wednesday comes as advertising watchdogs examine the use of the word 'unlimited' in broadband advertising. Almost all... Read more

10 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Google faces antitrust calls over search shake-up

...The head of a consumer online privacy watchdog says US regulators should look into Google's new personalised search to... Read more

12 January, 2012 by Elinor Mills

ICO criticised over fining policy

...did not levy a financial penalty on the company. In addition, the watchdog dropped an investigation into inadequate data protection by BT, leading privacy campaigners... Read more

21 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Vaizey knocks EC privacy proposals

...European proposals to extend the juristiction of privacy watchdogs overseas and to put a 'right to be forgotten' into law have... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

ICO lets BT off the hook over data handling

...into inadequate data protection by BT, prompting campaigners to say the privacy watchdog will not pursue large corporations due to legal expenses. The Information Commissioner... Read more

2 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

ICO levies first data-breach fines

...A4e must pay £60,000 for losing an unencrypted laptop, the privacy watchdog said on Wednesday. "These first monetary penalties send a strong message to... Read more

24 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

EU sweep cleans up dodgy electronics sites

An initiative by the European Commission has achieved some success in forcing electronics websites to remove unfair pricing and inaccurate information Read more

17 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Watchdog: TalkTalk's broadband speed test misled users

The UK advertising watchdog has ordered TalkTalk to change the presentation of its broadband speed-checking... Read more

16 May, 2012

Privacy watchdog to chase big companies over cookie law

...The UK's privacy watchdog is set to chase 50 large businesses over their use of cookies... Read more

18 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Irish watchdog: Facebook privacy still falls short

...authority, but the proposed changes do not go far enough, the privacy watchdog has said. Facebook has put out an updated privacy policy with more... Read more

14 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

4G brawl: O2, Vodafone square up to watchdog over 'fundamental errors

O2, Vodafone and other industry parties have lodged complaints with Ofcom over Everything Everwhere's application to refarm spectrum for 4G use before the end of the year Read more

23 May, 2012 by Ben Woods

Data protection watchdog issues first NHS fine

The UK's data protection watchdog has levied its first fine against an NHS organisation, after a Welsh... Read more

30 April, 2012

EU watchdog objects to giving US data in bulk

...scrutiny by law enforcement agencies has been criticised by the European privacy watchdog Peter Hustinx. Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor, said on Tuesday that... Read more

23 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Privacy watchdog to probe O2 over phone number leaks

...The UK's privacy watchdog is putting O2 under scrutiny, after customers complained the mobile operator is... Read more

25 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Ad watchdog bites Motorola over 'most powerful' claim

...The UK's advertising standards watchdog has ordered Motorola not to repeat its claim that its Atrix handset... Read more

24 August, 2011 by David Meyer

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

2 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

9 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

10 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
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...

11 hours 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...

13 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...

14 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...

14 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...

15 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.

17 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...

18 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

19 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

20 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....

21 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...

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

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

22 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

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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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...

2 days ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry