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India Says 'no Question' Of Banning BlackBerry
News India is not considering banning RIM's BlackBerry services at this point of time, the top official in the telecoms ministry said on Friday. There is no question of banning at this point," telecoms secretary Siddhartha Behura told reporters on the...
[March 14, 2008, 10:21]
America 'must Consider Banning Rootkits'
News Perhaps the best way to deal with rootkits is to outlaw them. At least when it comes to such mishaps as the Sony BMG Music Entertainment fiasco, that's what an official from the Department of Homeland Security suggested Thursday.
[February 17, 2006, 8:35]
Greek Gaming Law Defeated In Court
News A Greek law banning all electronic games in public has been declared unconstitutional by a court that has dismissed two separate cases against three people charged under the law. The point is that although the government admitted that it is a tough...
[September 11, 2002, 13:27]
Fur Flies Over Google Desktop Privacy
News Both are banning it from their networks. As a result, Sehbai said his department was banning Google Desktop and blocking it, via technical means, from being used by an estimated 300 employees. Google Desktop's new search-across-computers feature...
[February 16, 2006, 8:10]
US Ruling Boosts Spam Fight
News The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's ruling, concluding that a 1991 federal law banning unsolicited fax advertising did not violate the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of expression.
[March 24, 2003, 11:11]
RoSPA Calls For Mobile Driving Ban
News It has written to the government urging it to bring in specific laws banning the use of both handheld and hands-free kit while driving. While there is currently no specific law banning mobile phone use at the wheel, drivers have been fined in the...
[July 17, 2001, 12:30]
DVD-copying Case Heads For Court
News Seven major movie studios are seeking to stop 321 from shipping its DVD X-Copy and DVD Copy Plus programs, claiming the software violates a controversial copyright law banning the sale of products that can crack copyright protection measures.
[May 15, 2003, 8:01]
Tuesday
Blog Today's news is that Panama has joined places such as Cuba and Egypt in restricting or banning the use of voice over IP: the rationale is that the state monopoly telcos (stand up, Cable & Wireless) are making too much money out of international...
[November 15, 2002, 15:44]
Bloody Games Don't Breed Violence
News Today, schools are banning Goths, suspending students that express feelings of self isolation. They are banning what they don't understand. Instead of blaming the Internet and computer games for violent behaviour, society should be doing more...
[May 14, 1999, 8:23]
US Gyms Place Blanket Bans On Mobiles
News Although there are only an estimated 3 million people using camera phones in the United States, in June the YMCA suggested its 2,540 branches "ban cellphones entirely, but at a minimum consider banning phones from locker rooms," YMCA spokesman...
[December 3, 2003, 10:55]
Music Industry At Odds With BT Over Napster
News Service providers banning it would be one option. David Harrington believes operators banning access to certain sites, without legal precedent or proper debate is fundamentally flawed. Unlike telecoms providers across the pond, BT has labelled...
[May 19, 2000, 9:57]
Mobile Phone Car Ban Is Debated
News At the very least, they say, scientists should conduct more research into driver distractions before legislatures pass laws banning cell phones. Last week, New York became the first state to pass legislation banning people from talking on handheld...
[July 3, 2001, 13:39]
US Report: Senate Passes CDA II, Filtering Measure
News Though courts have upheld local ordinances banning sale of "indecent" materials to minors, the same isn't true for attempts to censor the Internet. In a 9-0 ruling last year, the Supreme Court struck down the earlier Communications Decency Act on...
[July 24, 1998, 10:33]
What About ........
Talkback What about banning the use of portable media such as CD's DVD's, USB drives, Flash drives etc.completely. Or better still put in place methods to securely encrypt such media automatically whenever they are used - without exception and without the...
[January 23, 2008, 16:12]
Phishing Flaw Found - But Not In IE
Talkback This has now largely been negated by ICANN banning registeration of mixed character scripts that are likely to cause confusion. One of the biggest arguments out there against IDN is the Phishing argument.
[November 20, 2005, 14:16]
Wednesday
Blog Wednesday 4/09/2002Our story about the Greeks banning video games is gaining ground. Lots of people just don't believe it, but it's true enough. There are even stories of the police going into retailers and ripping Sony Playstations off the shelves.
[September 5, 2002, 16:58]
Gamers Face Jail In Greece
Talkback Can you say Nazi.the nazi party started by banning swing music so whats next in greece rounding up jews?
[July 22, 2005, 20:29]
Feds Weed Out Drug Paraphernalia Sites
Talkback The recent law banning the selling of pipes and other smoking peices doesn't make any sense what so ever. It would be understandable to many if what was being banned was actually illegal. Laws such as this one not only takes buisness away from...
[October 18, 2003, 23:50]
'Default' Open-source Licensing Plans Under Fire
Talkback If they are serious about banning government departments from using "products that do not support open standards and specifications" and requiring that they "seek to avoid lock-in to proprietary products and services" this means that government...
[March 14, 2004, 23:42]
Incorrect
Talkback It is not Microsoft doing the banning, it is the court. Please avoid inflammatory headlines. For a change, Microsoft are the good guys. Nevertheless, it's nice to see a small victory against one of the many menaces spoiling the Internet for the...
[December 19, 2006, 10:54]
