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US Congress Wades Into Internet Control Row
News Members of the US House of Representatives said this week the US should resist international pressure to give up authority over key Internet functions amid a mounting feud over the issue. They addressed the letter to David Gross, US coordinator for...
[October 10, 2005, 16:40]
US Report: Tech Visa Bill Dies In Senate As Session Ends
News The bill, approved by the Senate last week, implements the provisions of two international treaties adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organisation in 1996. Congress today set an international standard for strong protection of creative...
[October 13, 1998, 10:08]
Privacy Advocates Confident About ID Card Defeat
News If the bill does get passed by the House of Commons, Privacy International plans a hard-hitting campaign to force parliament to abandon the bill. Speaking to ZDNet UK on Tuesday, Simon Davies, the director of Privacy International, said his...
[May 17, 2005, 17:55]
Tech Disaster Relief Comes To Dominican Republic
Blog This just in: The tech world’s equivalent of Thunderbirds International Rescue - Telecoms Sans Frontieres -- has been deployed to the aftermath of Tropical Storm Noel in the Dominican Republic. Communications are vital to international relief...
[November 5, 2007, 10:05]
Bush Challenges EC Over Internet Governance
News House of Representatives have sent Gross a letter urging him not to succumb to international pressure, and a US senator has introduced a nonbinding resolution that would protect the Net from hostile takeover at the summit in Tunisia.
[October 21, 2005, 11:30]
Home Office To Block Lib Dem MP's Entrapment Proposal
News Labour MP David Kidney argues the Wonderland club -- an international child pornography ring sentenced last Tuesday -- has created a lot of hype about child safety on the Internet. The Lib Dem MP said he plans to write to the government on behalf...
[February 20, 2001, 6:10]
Cybercrime Threat Keeps Growing
News While he could not give any details of the investigation, Burls said that a fast international response was essential when dealing with the problem. We use our international law-enforcement contacts. Former White House security adviser Howard...
[November 21, 2006, 12:14]
Keep Your Data Options Open, Warns Gartner
News International companies keeping data abroad might want to reconsider their options after a number of US telcos were accused of leaking data to a US government agency earlier this month, analyst house Gartner has warned.
[May 24, 2006, 12:40]
International Lawsuit Treaty Raises Sovereignty Fears
News Discussions will begin anew next month at The Hague on an international treaty that could make US Web sites and Internet service providers more vulnerable to lawsuits from around the world. The treaty as presently drafted could exacerbate a trend...
[May 29, 2001, 17:02]
ZDNet UK Staff Abseil From Former World Trade Centre
News Tourists visiting the Tower of London had a new spectacle to look at today as staff of ZDNet UK abseiled from International House (the former World Trade Centre) in aid of Computercamp. Leading from the front, ZDNet UK's chief exec, Shobhan Gajjar...
[July 6, 2000, 12:05]
Arrow International Automates Time And Attendance, And Leave Management
White Papers Arrow International Inc.combines technology and product innovation to extend the use of catheterization for the diagnosis and treatment of critically ill patients. The management at Arrow International had the daunting task of tracking time for 440...
[May 29, 2004, 0:00]
Chinese Food Empire Meets Rapid Growth Demands With Windows 2000 Datacenter Server And SQL Server 2000
White Papers As the largest food supplier in China, Ting Hsin International Group provides a broad range of business- critical information to internal staff using an in-house enterprise resource planning solution based on SAP R/3 and Microsoft SQL Server 7.0.
[May 21, 2004, 0:00]
NowDocs Case Study: Canada Life
White Papers Canada Life is an international life insurance company with over eight million individual and corporate clients. The corporate underwriters in the US division of Canada Life regularly used their in-house copy center to produce thousands of booklets...
[October 2, 2004, 0:00]
Thomas Miller Manages Risks At Sea-and On WAN
White Papers Thomas Miller, a leading insurance provider to the international transport industry, embarked on a major initiative to improve service level management. Based on recommendations from its IT consulting partner, Thomas Miller's in-house IT group...
[September 16, 2004, 0:00]
Fashion Designer Leads The Way In Communications And Increases Staff Productivity
White Papers Fornari is a leading Italian fashion designer with an international reputation for creative excellence. The company decided to bring the messaging infrastructure back in-house and following a detailed evaluation of all available products chose...
[September 20, 2006, 0:00]
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. There is a need for wider international cooperation, and that is a situation...
[June 16, 2003, 11:20]
NatWest Banks On Cyber Commerce Venture
News Bernard Horn, executive director of group operations at NatWest believes the bank's position as a trusted brand and international clearing house for credit card transactions will put it in a "unique position" for online trading.
[June 7, 1999, 11:07]
Events Diary
News International CES: Journey to the Source for Consumer Technology, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Understanding your PC: Computer Seminars Limited, Bonhill House, Aldgate. Developing Java Servers: Valtech, Corinthian House, 279 Tottenham Court Rd.
[December 19, 1998, 5:57]
O2 Soothes Ireland's Roaming Woes
News Some mobile users who live close to the border have even been billed at international rates for calls made in their own house. Mobile operator O2 has taken action to help some mobile phone users from the Republic of Ireland avoid paying...
[February 9, 2006, 12:10]
Europe Spared From Industry Standard Job Cuts
News Standard Media International is itself a subsidiary of publishing house IDG. The magazine's publisher, Standard Media International, said the job cuts will hit marketing, conference and online divisions.
[January 9, 2001, 9:12]
