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Spam inquiry to focus on international laws
News An inquiry into spam, to be held by a cross-party group of MPs next month, is to look at how international laws can be used to stem the flow of unsolicited bulk email. As first reported at ZDNet UK, the inquiry will follow a Spam Summit to be...
[June 16, 2003, 11:20]
NHS IT project will face inquiry
News An independent inquiry will be held later this year into the government's multi-billion pound upgrade of the NHS IT systems, which has been widely criticised by experts. The NHS said that last week's meeting was "constructive and fruitful", and...
[April 24, 2006, 17:40]
An Efficient Algorithm for Inquiry Process in Bluetooth
White Papers The network formation is based on inquiry and page processes. This paper presents a device discovery algorithm whose objective is to minimize the duration of the inquiry period. The basic Bluetooth network topology (piconet) consists of a master...
[January 31, 2009, 7:28]
Gov't committee launches ISP regulation inquiry
News An inquiry into possible regulation of the ISP industry has been launched by a government committee. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Communications (apComms) launched the inquiry on Wednesday. Behavioural-advertising company Phorm, which has...
[April 23, 2009, 17:05]
E-minister launches inquiry into impact of e-commerce
News An inquiry into the environmental and social impact of e-commerce has been launched by minister for e-commerce Patricia Hewitt. The year long inquiry was announced Tuesday during the minister's address to the Fabian Society/SERA conference on...
[February 2, 2000, 9:49]
eBay faces data protection inquiry
News Privacy International has sparked an inquiry into eBay's handling of personal data, as part of a new campaign against e-commerce sites who abuse the privacy of their users. The civil- and cyber-rights group complained to the UK's Information...
[August 31, 2006, 15:35]
Watchdog to launch further NHS IT inquiry
News The public sector's spending watchdog is to launch another inquiry into the NHS' multibillion pound computer overhaul. The decision comes just weeks after the press published a leaked government document that said hospitals would be "better off...
[September 6, 2006, 10:30]
Italian regulators open Google News inquiry
News Competition regulators in Italy have opened an inquiry into Google News at the behest of publishers, which allege they are banned from search results unless they agree to be part of it. Google later posted a blog about the inquiry, acknowledging...
[August 28, 2009, 11:44]
Lords leap into security inquiry
News The House of Lords has launched an inquiry into the personal Internet security of home computer users. This inquiry gives Parliament a chance to do just that. The inquiry was welcomed by security experts, who said that it was high time the...
[July 31, 2006, 12:15]
SEC to broaden HP inquiry
News HP has received an additional inquiry from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding both the company's leak probe disclosure and its handling of the resignation of board member Tom Perkins, the company said on Thursday.
[September 22, 2006, 17:20]
Google faces new inquiry over stock options
News Google said late on Monday that the US Securities and Exchange Commission has begun an informal inquiry into its issuance of stock options to insiders, yet another caution before the company's closely watched public offering begins.
[August 17, 2004, 16:35]
Lords inquiry looks again at internet security
News The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has announced a follow-up inquiry to its Personal Internet Security report. The committee has written to those who gave oral evidence to its initial inquiry and to those who attended an inquiry...
[February 21, 2008, 8:36]
MP demands inquiry into Time Computers collapse
News A Lancashire Conservative MP has called for a Government inquiry into the collapse of Granville Technology Group, the owners of Time and Tiny Computers. This will be a key issue for any inquiry, should one be called, given the evidence from staff...
[August 4, 2005, 13:05]
E-voting company faces congressional inquiry
News Diebold is facing threats on two fronts as free-speech advocates pursue monetary damages against it and a presidential candidate urges a congressional inquiry into the company. Diebold, which makes touch-screen voting machines in use around the...
[December 2, 2003, 11:10]
NHS IT project will face inquiry
Talkback I had a friend who was involved in this project at a fairly high level, he was disgusted at the level of waste, mis-management, unrealistic pay rates made to non-performing external consulatants. The level of these problems grew to such an extent...
[April 25, 2006, 14:37]
eBay faces data protection inquiry
Talkback amazon.com is the worst of the worst, because its rotten service is intentional. When I tried to change from using credit cards to personal cheques, it twice claimed never to have received my cheques; obviously amazon did not want me to change my...
[September 1, 2006, 19:44]
MP demands inquiry into Time Computers collapse
Talkback The Time chain bought Tiny computers after they had problems. Is it another case where expansion/"dominance" fails. I found that the time/tiny shops were high pressure sale outlets seemingly out to sell overpriced products and their extended...
[September 17, 2005, 9:29]
MP demands inquiry into Time Computers collapse
Talkback Maybe, the income from the UK was used to build the Dubai factory? The DTI & the Serious Fraud Squad should go to Dubai and continue investigations their. Middle Eastern countries do not look lightly upon thieves and fraudsters, maybe they could...
[August 24, 2005, 12:24]
NHS IT project will face inquiry
Talkback God I hate the media, you are locusts, what benifit do you bring to society with a headline like the following, why don't you get a real job! Forced? Computer academics have FORCED the government into agreeing to an independent review of the NHS IT...
[April 24, 2006, 19:08]
NHS IT project will face inquiry
Talkback Why are academics involved in the NHS 'review? Surely people who have spent 25 or more years at the IT 'coal face' would be more appropriate? The cost of correction of faults in IT projects rises almost exponentially with the position in the...
[April 25, 2006, 13:28]
