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Privacy groups take efforts to European level
News The new body, based in Brussels, will focus on developments in the European Union and the Council of Europe, which includes non-European nations, and has a role in determining international criminal policy.
[June 13, 2002, 16:10]
EU votes through software patent changes
News However, the European Council, which is a body that represents all the governments of the European Union, gave the amended text of the proposal to an independent body of experts for redrafting. The European Council on Tuesday voted through...
[May 18, 2004, 13:55]
EU charter may outlaw routine spying
News Countries including the USA would be asked to end "all forms of systematic and general espionage by third countries vis-a-vis the activities of the Member States of the Union, its institutions and its citizens.
[April 14, 2000, 12:23]
100 Most Influential People of All Times - from Buddha and Hammurabi to Thomas Edison
Downloads Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986) - a Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews leave the Soviet Union while serving as the consul of the Empire of Japan to Lithuania. Ren Descartes [Renatus Cartesius] (1596-1650) - "Founder of Modern Philosophy...
[February 14, 2007, 6:00]
100 Most Influential People of All Times - from Buddha and Hammurabi to Thomas Edison
Downloads Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986) - a Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews leave the Soviet Union while serving as the consul of the Empire of Japan to Lithuania. Ren Descartes [Renatus Cartesius] (1596-1650) - "Founder of Modern Philosophy...
[February 14, 2007, 6:00]
100 Most Influential People of All Times - from Buddha and Hammurabi to Thomas Edison
Downloads Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986) - a Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews leave the Soviet Union while serving as the consul of the Empire of Japan to Lithuania. Ren Descartes [Renatus Cartesius] (1596-1650) - "Founder of Modern Philosophy...
[February 14, 2007, 6:00]
100 Most Influential People of All Times - from Buddha and Hammurabi to Thomas Edison
Downloads Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986) - a Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews leave the Soviet Union while serving as the consul of the Empire of Japan to Lithuania. Ren Descartes [Renatus Cartesius] (1596-1650) - "Founder of Modern Philosophy...
[February 14, 2007, 6:00]
Can you spell CDMA20001xEV-DO?
News The International Telecommunication Union, a body representing carriers on five continents, this week said CDMA20001xEV-DO meets its standards for third-generation, or 3G, technology. Some say it is a clear win for Qualcomm, which creates the chips...
[August 16, 2001, 11:33]
EU withdraws claim that Linux support is illegal
News A spokesman for the Council of the EU, the Union's representative body, told ZDNet UK: "It was originally written in French, and the French version has no such statement. The European Union has blamed a translation mistake for its claim that it...
[January 8, 2007, 8:35]
Users to get more control over .Net Passport
News Jonathan Todd, a spokesman for the European Union's executive body said the changes made it unlikely that Passport would break EU data protection rules. Microsoft has reached an agreement with the European Union to implement a package of changes in...
[January 30, 2003, 17:26]
UK sets up DVD piracy task force
News The taskforce will be chaired by UK Film Council director Nigel Green and will include representatives from the actors' union Equity; the Department of Culture, Media and Sport; and assorted industry types including producers, distributors and...
[August 19, 2003, 11:20]
News Roundup: To email or not to email?
News Fri, 17 Nov Union body worried the RIP Act has left workers paranoid about their personal email Orange sackings over 'severed body parts' Mon, 04 Sep Pictures of severed body parts blamed for sackings rather than porn
[December 19, 2000, 9:19]
WiMax spectrum row heats up
News Pringle suggested that mobile WiMax could itself become an IMT-2000 technology, for which it would have to seek approval by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a UN body of which the WiMax Forum (the organisation co-ordinating the...
[July 18, 2006, 16:50]
Government okays snooping on staff
News The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has condemned the government's decision to allow the routine screening of emails and phone calls without the caller's consent. We think it's almost certain that a union will challenge in court the government's...
[October 5, 2000, 10:55]
BCS joins European e-skills push
News There is now a clear imperative for increased joint action and engagement of European ICT industry stakeholders, and for partnership at the highest level within European Union institutions," said BCS chief executive David Clarke.
[May 28, 2008, 15:10]
Greek government backs down on gaming
News The Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE), a lobbying body based in Brussels, believes the law is not compatible with European Union law. The Greek Internet Cafe Union has been a vocal critic.
[September 25, 2002, 11:05]
Dyson ends support for ICANN 1.0
News On 3 and 4 March, ICANN is due to meet the ccTLDs at a meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva. Speaking in the Oxford Union at a meeting of the Oxford Internet Institute, Dyson said the organisation has in the past...
[February 10, 2003, 12:10]
US endorses Internet Governance Forum
News The European Union, for instance, implicitly backed the creation of a stronger UN body.For more, click here.that could even be granted regulatory powers. A report released this week by the National Taxpayers Union warned that "controlling
[November 16, 2005, 13:40]
Biometrics council wants to fill standards gap
News The EBF is supported by the European Commission and aims to establish the European Union as a "world leader in Biometrics". The formation of the IBAC follows calls from government and the private sector for a global standards body to oversee...
[November 15, 2005, 17:35]
Roaming cuts may lead to coverage black spots
News Rob Conway, chief executive of the GSMA, said in a statement: "After years of expanding mobile coverage, this regulation could lead to a contraction in coverage, running counter to the European Union's aim of ensuring all its citizens have ready...
[April 24, 2007, 15:47]
