Kazaa In Child Porn Investigation
News The second report, prepared by staff from the House Government Reform Committee, concluded that current blocking technology has "no, or limited, ability to block access to pornography via file-sharing programs.
[March 13, 2003, 10:01]
German District Council Expands To Manage Data Requirements Of 10 Authorities With Virtualization
White Papers When a new German Administration Reform Law came into force, their aim was to promote streamlined management of local government administration and simplify IT environments, and their IT employees had to rapidly increase the processing power of...
[June 25, 2008, 1:01]
Reforms Pile Pressure On IT Directors
News The Company Law Reform Bill will enshrine shareholders' right to sue board directors into law for the first time, and will force companies to lay out the duties of its directors. Michael Gough, chief executive of the National Computing Centre, said...
[November 9, 2005, 14:00]
China In WTO Will Shake Up Tech Sector
News By joining the WTO, China will undertake a vast legal reform that will effectively eliminate the chaos and unpredictability for Western companies trying to expand into the Chinese market, according to several sources.
[September 19, 2001, 8:30]
BT Announces Wind-farm Scheme
News John Hutton MP, the secretary of state for business, enterprise and regulatory reform, said on Thursday that BT's move was "a great example of how businesses can contribute and help us meet our ambitious target to dramatically increase the amount...
[October 19, 2007, 13:50]
DWP Punishes 20 Staff For Data-protection Breaches
News There were no recorded cases within the National Offender Management Service or the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. The Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform refused to provide data on the grounds this would identify...
[June 4, 2008, 15:38]
Election 2005: Time For MPs To Get Behind Tech
News Specifically the document goes on to call for a coherent national strategy which includes a national network for reporting "non-geographic incidents", supported by "cybercaddies" to cover all areas of e-crime from child, consumer and...
[April 27, 2005, 14:00]
GPL 'minimises Risks Of Open Source'
News In addition, Moglen railed against the US patent system, saying it was a "sin and a shame", with little chance of reform because of reluctance from vested interests. During a keynote speech at the Open Source Business Conference on Tuesday, the...
[November 3, 2005, 8:55]
Veritas Helps Firms Track Data
News The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires sweeping corporate disclosure and financial reporting reform, also could be a goldmine for tech firms. The storage-software company plans on Tuesday to introduce "Veritas Data Lifecycle Manager 5.0," which...
[November 4, 2003, 12:25]
Privacy Experts Slam Snooping Code Of Practice
News The director of Liberty, John Wadham, is calling for the introduction of a Privacy Act to reform RIPA, and ensure that the privacy of individuals is not compromised. Privacy experts have slammed the Home Office's draft Code of Practice for...
[August 15, 2001, 16:40]
Report: Chip Market To Grow, But Slowly
News US and European chipmakers could also be hurt competitively if China, one of the biggest beneficiaries of the shift toward Asia, does not reform its tax laws, which can favour indigenous manufacturers.
[November 7, 2002, 8:14]
Security Breaches Down, Says IT Security Report
News The survey is produced by a consortium led by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), and is carried out every two years. Ninety-eight percent of companies now have software to scan for spyware
[April 22, 2008, 17:39]
Public Sector Workers 'should Get Subsidised Broadband'
News Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers would be given cut-price high-speed Internet connections at home as part of a series of radical proposals published on Tuesday by Centre for Reform, a UK think tank.
[June 24, 2003, 12:31]
Keeping Home Workers In The Loop
Blog Many businesses currently offer their staff the opportunity of remote and mobile working, but this is set to increase in just eight months time, with an extra 4.5million staff in the UK gaining the right to request flexible working under plans...
[September 26, 2008, 14:03]
A Vote For IT
Leader The subject has less electoral panache than agricultural subsidy reform, and the chances of a Paxman grilling over open source policy are slimmer than those of Kilroy-Silk winning the Eurovision Song Contest.
[May 4, 2005, 13:35]
Code Red Worm Traced To Chinese University
News The chief technologist at the US General Accounting Office (GAO) told the bipartisan House committee on government reform last week that he believes the worm to have originated from a university in Guangdong, China.
[September 4, 2001, 11:42]
Finalists For 2008 CNET Tech Awards Revealed
News Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) — Spire CNET Networks UK, the publisher of ZDNet.co.uk, has announced the finalists for its 2008 Business Technology Awards. Full details of the categories and the criteria for entry...
[August 18, 2008, 16:35]
