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Melissa Manhunt Creates Precedent
News David Sobel, general counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Centre, said the virtual tracking of Smith gave an indication of how electronic identifiers such as Intel's ID chip could be used by law enforcement agencies -- and set a...
[April 7, 1999, 9:01]
Data Protection Law May Outlaw Spamming
News David Smith, assistant registrar at the Data Protection Registrar, believes that e-mails should be included in the new law. The DPR's Smith conceded that solving the problem would not be easy. The details of how this directive will work are yet to...
[October 26, 1998, 17:17]
'Tis The Season For Computer Viruses
News Smith, the number of new viruses appearing on the Internet appears to be accelerating as the end of the millennium draws near, anti-virus firms said Friday. Ford also believes that the Smith case has had little effect on the virus community.
[December 13, 1999, 9:08]
ViewWise Supports Audit Trail For Manufacturing Companies
White Papers When David Smith, Vice President of Taycar Enterprises Inc.recognized his company's need for a Document Management solution, the circumstances were unique. Says Smith, "When the map was complete, the question wasn't do we need Document Management...
[April 16, 2008, 0:00]
News Burst: Virus Writer Dismisses Lawyer
News Smith has dismissed his original attorney on Monday, said sources at both the New Jersey Attorney General's Office and defence counsel Steven Altman, Smith's original attorney. Neither office would say why Smith let go his legal representative.
[April 6, 1999, 9:22]
Virus Writing: End Of An Era?
News Smith's conviction in the Melissa virus case -- the first successful prosecution of a virus writer in the United States -- will have a strong chilling effect on other authors of malicious code. Smith, 31, pleaded guilty in both state and federal...
[December 10, 1999, 9:27]
Melissa Virus: Man Charged
News Smith, the 30-year-old network programmer who was arrested Thursday night at his brother's house in nearby Eatontown, New Jersey. Smith, of Aberdeen, N.J.was released on $100,000 bail Friday morning. Smith may also face more charges under federal...
[April 6, 1999, 8:42]
IT Contractor Wins Key IR35 Battle
News The ruling, by the Special Commissioners of Income Tax, does not set a legally binding precedent but it will have a significant influence on other such cases, said David Smith of tax consultants Accountax.
[July 30, 2004, 11:10]
Virus Writers Wait Anxiously For Melissa Verdict
News Melissa author, David L Smith, is to be sentenced on Friday. David L Smith was arrested the following month, and later admitted causing approximately $80m (£50m) of damage to businesses worldwide. He describes this as particularly timely, given...
[February 16, 2000, 14:26]
Privacy Watchdog To Push Data Safeguards
News Privacy impact assessments are a common-sense approach to help organisations develop privacy-friendly ways of working," said David Smith, the deputy information commissioner. Smith said: "Each time someone gives away their personal information...
[December 11, 2007, 7:30]
Windows Server's Identity Crisis
News It's a legitimate criticism," Gartner analyst David Smith said of the many name changes. Smith said Microsoft was making no technology change with the name change. There are some requirements that make sense for getting the .Net Connected logo...
[January 10, 2003, 8:40]
Why Vista May Be Delayed Until Easter
News A delay for Vista now would be convenient for Microsoft, Gartner analyst David Mitchell-Smith suggests, because "when people start complaining about the delay, Microsoft can reasonably say 'don't blame us' and point the finger at the EC".
[September 20, 2006, 14:15]
Ballmer: Google Is Leader In Advertising
News Gartner analyst David Smith said that Microsoft was "clearly going after the online advertising market, and advertising is Google's core market". Smith said that the slowing of the software industry's growth "is a challenge to Microsoft", hence its...
[October 11, 2007, 17:16]
Dutch Treat? Netherlander Takes Credit For 'Anna'
News New Jersey programmer David Smith, who pled guilty to authoring and releasing the virus, is currently awaiting sentencing. The information connecting OnTheFly and the Excite@Home subscriber had been first found by Richard Smith, chief technology...
[February 14, 2001, 8:03]
Cabir Spotted In The US
News While instances of infected phones are still extremely rare, each serves as a warning of the day when the threat of downloading a virus on a phone is as great as it is now on personal computers running Windows, said David Sym-Smith, a senior vice...
[February 21, 2005, 8:05]
Sasser Suspect Snared By Microsoft Reward
News Within 48 hours of the informants coming forward, our investigators and the German police were able to identify the perpetrator of the Sasser virus and to take him into custody," said Brad Smith, general counsel for Microsoft.
[May 10, 2004, 8:30]
Analysts Split Over Vista Launch Date
News A delay for Vista now would be convenient for Microsoft, Gartner analyst David Mitchell-Smith argued, because "when people start complaining about the delay, Microsoft can reasonably say 'don't blame us' and point the finger at the EC".
[October 6, 2006, 12:35]
Windows XP: Hungry For Power
News Gartner analyst David Smith agreed that Microsoft tends to be "overly conservative". Microsoft has not released final pricing for Windows XP, which could be affected by whether the company includes subscription services, Smith said.
[March 28, 2001, 8:53]
Microsoft Expected To Offer Linux Software
News Microsoft's competition with Linux is unlike any other they've had before," said Gartner analyst David Smith. Microsoft, Smith added, would like to support Linux, "if they were able to figure out a way to embrace and extend it.
[December 10, 2002, 9:02]
Windows Media: Watching You Watching DVD
News In a Web advisory, computer privacy and security consultant Richard Smith detailed what he termed "a number of serious privacy problems" with the Windows Media Player for the Windows XP operating system.
[February 21, 2002, 12:06]
