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Levy may not go-ahead
Talkback I understand the Levy will not make it to the Digital Economy Bill for both legal and political reasons. Second what the EU states also makes the USC in the Digital Britain report illegal if government gives money to say the Mobile Operators (as...
[September 22, 2009, 10:39]
Digital Britain calls for 50p broadband levy
News The 50p levy on fixed lines will need to be preceded by new legislation, Carter said, adding that the scheme should raise between £150m-£175m per year. The government has laid out its vision for the digital future of Britain over the coming years...
[June 16, 2009, 18:02]
Digital Britain phone levy not enough, says BT
News The government's proposed 50p monthly levy on fixed copper lines will not be enough to finance fibre broadband access for the entire UK, BT has said. When Carter announced the 50p levy, he said investment by operators would take care of around two...
[July 2, 2009, 15:05]
Microsoft Windows ME Patch: Levy Requests as User Security Vulnerability
Downloads The Microsoft Data Access Component Internet Publishing Provider provides access to WebDAV resources over the Internet. By design, it should differentiate between requests made by a user and those made by script running in the user’s browser.
[April 13, 2001, 8:00]
ITU Telecom World: Brian Levy
White Papers The presenter of this webcast talks about why the next generation of communication is all about services, and the improvement of quality.
[December 14, 2007, 0:01]
Silicon Valley: mixed signals for the future
News If Stephen Levy were to write a book about Silicon Valley, he would be likely riff on the title of a Dickens novel. ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com spoke to Levy about the state of Silicon Valley's economy, challenges the area faces from other...
[February 11, 2005, 14:15]
Grow up.
Talkback The UK decided to levy hefty fines against Microsoft, Microsoft is simply trying to recoup their losses from unfair 1million dollar a day fines. They want low prices, AND to levy ridiculously unfair fines against Microsoft for everything they do.
[February 27, 2007, 11:20]
Fujitsu-Siemens hit by 'tax on piracy'
News Fujitsu-Siemens has been ordered by a German court to pay a levy every time one of its computers is sold in the country, as part of a 'tax on piracy'. The German copyright holders association VG Wort initially brought the case in 2001 and had been...
[January 5, 2005, 10:45]
Student sentenced for MP3 distribution
News Gerard Levy, a 22-year-old student the University of Oregon, was also told Tuesday that he will have his Internet access restricted and will be forced, as part of his probation, to provide urine samples proving he's not on drugs.
[November 25, 1999, 16:10]
Spida bites Microsoft SQL servers
News Called DoubleTap by vulnerability analysis firm SecurityFocus, the worm has already managed to infect 1,600 servers that run the software, said Elias Levy, chief technology officer for the company. Despite the spread, Levy added that the virus...
[May 22, 2002, 10:02]
A Year Ago: Student sentenced for MP3 distribution
News Gerard Levy, a 22-year-old student the University of Oregon, was also told Tuesday that he will have his Internet access restricted and will be forced, as part of his probation, to provide urine samples proving he's not on drugs.
[November 25, 2000, 6:00]
Computer prank slips past security experts
News It seemed like legitimate code," said Elias Levy, chief technology officer for SecurityFocus. SecurityFocus' Levy defended the list's posting procedure and said that despite the incident, the way the list is moderated won't change.
[February 2, 2001, 8:55]
BugTraq tiff 'a slippery slope'?
News The fight pits the open atmosphere of an Internet mailing list with the proprietary tactics of two corporations that are well-known in the security field, said Elias Levy, chief technology officer of SecurityFocus.com and moderator of the BugTraq...
[December 14, 2000, 13:48]
ICANN proposes new Net tax
News ICANN defends the new levy as a way to expand and stabilise its annual budget, which was thrown into turmoil when scores of domain name registrars banded together this year to protest a near-doubling of the organisation's spending.
[December 16, 2004, 14:50]
Australia may permit 'personal' music copying
News Part of the proposed changes include "a levy that will be implemented on recordable media and a separate one on digital music players to provide a pool of income that would be distributed back to music creators in a fair and equitable manner by an...
[June 25, 2004, 10:20]
Hole found in Windows Media Player "skins"
News It is a high risk," said Elias Levy, chief technology officer for SecurityFocus.com. The key here is [Guninski's] downloaded Java applets into a known location, which is the directory that holds the skin for Microsoft Media Player," Levy said.
[January 17, 2001, 9:51]
Gov't to crack down on file-sharers
Blog In terms of how this can be achieved, the government said that the market already covers two-thirds of next-generation broadband needs, but that there will be a 50p monthly levy on each copper line to fund next-gen broadband, to cover the...
[June 16, 2009, 15:15]
New BlackBerry may target the iPhone
News The 9000 is supposed to be a touchscreen device, very similar in form factor to the iPhone," said Carmi Levy, of AR Communications, in an interview with the publication Unstrung. According to Levy, the 9000-series was originally due to appear...
[November 23, 2007, 12:23]
Digital Britain report panned by Tories, experts
News Just as importantly, the government will still levy rates on fibre once it's in use, perpetuating the problem of cable lying dormant in the ground. Lord Carter, the report's author, proposed the levy as a way of funding the rollout of fibre-based...
[June 17, 2009, 16:09]
Computer science turns off students
News Saul Levy, chair of the undergraduate computer science program, said the ongoing decline stems from the way students perceive career prospects. They don't believe in the job market in computers anymore," Levy said.
[August 12, 2004, 9:45]
