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Media Companies Demand ID Numbers For CDs And DVDs
News Every CD or DVD disc manufactured in the European Union would have to carry a unique code if proposals by media representation groups are adopted in the EU Enforcement Directive. If adopted, it would enable the sources of pirated discs made in the...
[May 24, 2002, 17:44]
Microsoft Launches Anti-spam Site
Talkback Some adopted measures completely destroys the functioning of the offending computer while others simply disable the computer for the time being by either shutting it down or making it temporarily non-functional.
[May 30, 2005, 21:09]
SEC's Latest Proposed Rules Under Sarbanes-Oxley
White Papers Securities and Exchange Commission has released several proposed rules (for 30-day comment periods) that are required to be adopted by the SEC under the U.S. The SEC went further than S-Ox required with respect to audit committee composition...
[March 24, 2005, 2:00]
Last-gasp Attempt To Block Patent Directive
News Opponents of the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive are set to launch a last-minute intervention to try and prevent it being adopted by the European Council. But other reports on Friday claimed that the directive will be adopted at Monday's...
[March 4, 2005, 17:35]
EU Telecoms Gets Regulatory Shake-up
News The European Commission has adopted a raft of proposals that will see Europe's telecoms infrastructure dramatically shaken up. One proposal that has been adopted by the Commission has been to give the new European Telecom Market Authority (ETMA...
[November 14, 2007, 13:24]
Police Ask For More Internet Powers
Talkback Some adopted measures completely destroys the functioning of the offending computer while others simply disable the computer for the time being by either shutting it down or making it temporarily non-functional.
[July 26, 2005, 17:45]
Europe's 'DMCA On Steroids' Gets Go-ahead
News A proposed European Union law strengthening law-enforcement capabilities against intellectual-property violations has passed a crucial stage in its progress toward final approval, having been adopted by the European Parliament's judicial affairs...
[November 27, 2003, 16:35]
Europeans Turn To Web Services
News Over half of European businesses have now adopted a Web services strategy according to the latest research, with security seen as the biggest barrier to more widespread take-up. Research commissioned by BEA Systems shows 54 percent of European...
[October 7, 2002, 15:43]
HP Backs Both Sides In DVD Battle
News The computer maker had previously been a staunch supporter of Sony-backed Blu-ray technology, which is competing with HD DVD to be the high-definition disc format adopted by gear makers and movie studios.
[December 19, 2005, 15:05]
E-Communications Directive: MEPs Vote On Cookie Compromise
News Soft opt-in" for spam: an EU-wide "opt-in" approach is to be adopted, meaning that businesses will only be permitted to send marketing e-mails and SMS messages to individuals who have previously consented to the use of their details in this way.
[June 11, 2002, 16:02]
Sun Offers ODF Translator For Microsoft Office
News OpenOffice is the free open-source office suite that uses OpenDocument Format (ODF), a standard XML-based format adopted by several private companies and government organisations. Microsoft's OOXML standard was adopted by Ecma International in...
[February 8, 2007, 8:53]
E-commerce Bill: Cyber Lobbyists Log On
News So far, 597 out of 659 MPs ‘adopted' by worried constituents. Two prominent ministers, education minister David Blunkett and the Speaker of the House of Commons Betty Boothroyd are among the ten percent of who have yet to be adopted.
[February 8, 1999, 14:34]
Anti-spam Tool Brings MSN Under Fire
News Known as port 25 blocking, the measure has been adopted by most major Internet service providers as a way to prevent spammers from using random ISPs to ply their trade. Microsoft admitted that it was concerned that the filter adopted this week...
[April 9, 2001, 11:54]
Police IT Organisation Set To Be Scrapped
News If the review's proposals are adopted, PITO's IT responsibilities would transfer to the PNICTG, which would be headed by a CIO and report to a board comprising representatives from the Association of Chief Police Officers and the Association of...
[June 27, 2005, 16:05]
Spending Explosion Predicted For Web Services
News Right now, large, high-end companies have adopted the technology, but it will start to filter into the mainstream. About 97 percent of large North American companies will have adopted some level of Web services technology by 2010, compared with 14...
[June 2, 2004, 13:10]
Semantic Labelling Scheme For Web Pages
News However, it was only adopted by a minority of Web content providers, and ICRA hopes that the move to RDF will lead to more Web sites being labelled. While RDF hasn't been widely adopted for Web site description, it has found a niche as part of the...
[July 12, 2005, 16:20]
Open Access: Appeal Showdown Set
News The case stems from local laws adopted by Portland and surrounding Multnomah County in December 1998 that required AT&T to open its high-speed lines to any Internet service provider on a "non-discriminatory" basis as a condition for getting rights...
[November 1, 1999, 12:19]
IBM Pulls Digital Tagging Plan
News The coalition instead adopted a plan proposed by an engineer at laptop technology maker Phoenix Technologies. The adopted plan calls for a general-purpose technology that could be used in ways other than copy protection, Ballogh said.
[February 23, 2001, 11:30]
EU Parliament Forgives Council For Adopting Patent Directive
News The European Parliament (EP) agreed on Wednesday that the EU Council did not break procedural rules when it adopted the software patent directive earlier this month. The EU Council adopted the draft software patent directive on 7 March, despite the...
[March 31, 2005, 13:00]
Socitm Aims To Promote IT Professionalism
News It suggested that the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) should be adopted as the standard on which future services should be based. Jackson also stressed that the long-term aim to become a professional society was still under...
[January 7, 2008, 8:29]
