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Health committee chair backs database plans
News The chair of the Commons Health Select Committee has criticised the doctors campaigning against the development of the NHS electronic patient record system. Kevin Barron told a Westminster Hall debate on the subject he thought it sad that some...
[February 28, 2008, 15:47]
Microsoft confronts Linux threat down under
News The New South Wales Department of Public Works and Services (DPWS) in Australia has become a key battleground on which Microsoft is campaigning to defend its domination of the desktop from Sun Microsystem's StarOffice.
[November 29, 2002, 8:30]
Digital rights group to fight data retention
News ORG will serve as a hub for other cyber-rights groups campaigning on similar digital rights issues and follows in the footsteps of the US group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). ORG hopes to serve as a coordinator for other cyber-rights groups...
[September 12, 2005, 17:35]
ADSL rollout hits major milestone
News The Howden exchange was ADSL-enabled after 200 local people registered their interest in getting broadband, following active campaigning that was supported by shadow home secretary and local MP David Davis.
[December 2, 2003, 14:55]
'Watchdog' to savage Bulldog over broadband failings
News This follows the campaigning efforts of angry Bulldog users such as Steve Collis, who encouraged over 130 fellow customers to lobby the telecoms regulator Ofcom to take action. This campaigning was rewarded last week when Ofcom announced a formal...
[September 6, 2005, 17:35]
Singapore to block British political Web sites
News The law will apply to all foreign Web sites, and is likely to finalise a recent amendment to the Parliamentary Elections Act, which makes concessions for a limited form of political campaigning in cyberspace.
[September 6, 2001, 8:30]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback Rather, I am campaigning for the open source market to address the problem of patch management and to integrate third-party software into its solution Writers should at least know what they are talking about before "campaigning".
[November 18, 2005, 8:11]
Ken Clarke takes campaign onto the Web
News He also used the opportunity to broadcast his campaigning video. His campaign team sends out campaigning material by email, and his website, www.kennethclarke.net, is regularly updated. Former chancellor Kenneth Clarke has shown that some...
[August 22, 2001, 12:11]
Online presidential ads a certainty
News Phil Noble, a veteran political campaigner who is president of PoliticsOnline, said he didn't think online advertisements and campaigning would prove the difference between defeat and victory in 2000.
[February 8, 1999, 11:29]
A democratic mobile revolution
News Activists and technologists have long forecast that the Internet would become a campaigning tool. Interest in this kind of campaigning is growing worldwide. Asian-American voters is helping break new ground in political activism.
[October 20, 2005, 20:00]
Spychips
Member Review This campaigning book takes the latter view, and urges us to take action. Are RFID chips just 'improved barcodes', or potentially sinister instruments of interference in our daily lives?
[June 28, 2006, 11:02]
Spamhaus rebuts vendor accusations
News Anti-spam campaigning group Spamhaus has hit back at criticisms from ISPs that it is 'hyping' the spam problem unnecessarily. Last week anti-spam software vendors Vircom and Postini attacked claims by Spamhaus' director Steve Linford that a virus...
[February 7, 2005, 13:00]
Privacy International director launches 80/20
Blog Simon Davies, who has been involved with campaigning on privacy issues for a number of years, is launching a privacy consultancy firm called 80/20. Half of all profits will be donated to overseas civil liberties causes.
[May 20, 2008, 14:05]
Broadband campaigners demand more govt leadership
Talkback As a minnow in the campaigning scenario, I feel strongly that the government should ensure that all exchanges are brought up to the minimum standard required for broadband. BT have set a target of 400 homes for my exchange, that represents 30% of...
[April 20, 2004, 16:56]
People will find that ironic
Talkback Considering that Steve Jobs was so vocal in campaigning against DRM, there's some irony that Apple believes in keeping music and other digital content open, whilst making moves to safeguard its own software.
[December 27, 2007, 0:16]
Patent absurdity
Talkback Why does anybody believe that discussing or campaigning against software patents in Europe is going to make any difference? The EU is a collection of corrupt individuals that are under the complete control of large corporations.
[June 29, 2005, 15:42]
For Clarity
Talkback [[[ Kevin Barron told a Westminster Hall debate on the subject he thought it sad that some health professionals are actively campaigning against the record being introduced. I agree with Mr Barron, but probably not for the same reasons.
[March 3, 2008, 13:18]
Grey Army
Talkback In talking to people and campaigning against these things, it's that very age group that need no persuading. I love the idea that the over 75s will leap at the chance to get their free ID card. They had ID cards during the war or their parents did...
[July 3, 2009, 9:38]
Mobile mast attacks raise vigilante concerns
Talkback It is a bit hypocritical of them to damage mobile phone masts when they use the very phones that they are campaigning against! How many of these mobile mast campaigners own mobile phones? It is yet another case of the NIMBY syndrome (Not In My Back...
[December 1, 2003, 12:38]
Stallman on Cloud Computing
Talkback Somebody is saying this is inevitable--and whenever you hear somebody saying that, it's very likely to be a set of businesses campaigning to make it true. "It's stupidity. It's worse than stupidity: it's a marketing hype campaign.
[February 3, 2009, 16:42]
