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China Goes On Spam Offensive
News Last July China signed-up for the London Action Plan on spam. The reason for the action now appears to be the fact Chinese citizens are increasingly being plagued by growing quantities of spam. Cox said his experiences within China led him to...
[February 23, 2006, 10:20]
China Joins Anti-spam Alliance
News However, at a ceremony attended by British ambassador Christopher Hum and US federal trade commissioner Jon Leibowitz, China announced it will join international enforcement efforts against spam by adopting the London Action Plan on Spam...
[July 5, 2005, 9:15]
Blair Stomps On Millennium Bug
News Blair believes the plan, dubbed Action 2000, will have a two-pronged effect: putting people into IT training and dealing with the techno curse at the same time. Action 2000 had its budget increased from £1m to £17m with a further £10m put into a...
[March 30, 1998, 16:47]
A Year Ago: Blair Stomps On Millennium Bug
News Blair believes the plan, dubbed Action 2000, will have a two-pronged effect: putting people into IT training and dealing with the techno curse at the same time. Action 2000 had its budget increased from £1m to £17m with a further £10m put into a...
[March 29, 1999, 7:48]
UK ISPs Join Fight Against Spammers
News LINX, which claims to be the world's largest group of Internet Service Providers (ISPs), has joined the London Action Plan (LAP) network - a joint scheme between government agencies and companies in 21 countries to achieve better anti-spam laws.
[March 14, 2005, 11:40]
ID Cards 'may Still Fail'
News Dr Edgar A Whitley, the LSE team's research co-ordinator, said the new action plan represents a "total rethink" of the original plans that were proposed by the Home Office. Despite their earlier hostility, the government now clearly agrees with us...
[December 21, 2006, 7:31]
2001: Email Misdemeanours
News A trainee solicitor based in the Hong Kong office admitted to concocting the hoax and faced disciplinary action along with three other trainees, accused of defaming the firm's name. But little did Tomlinson know that 30 years later, his invention...
[December 31, 2001, 6:31]
Home Office Finalises ID Management Plans
News We're three-quarters of the way through, and we're near to giving specifications and an action plan. We will bring forward a clear plan in the coming weeks," Joan Ryan, Home Office parliamentary undersecretary of state, speaking at the Biometrics...
[October 19, 2006, 15:35]
Lacey's Paper Round
News Flower is head of the government's Action 2000 millennium bug task force. Any one sensible would plan for this' said Flower. This was the year Europe rounded the e-commerce corner".many retailers realized that traditional US strategies wouldn't...
[December 14, 1998, 10:24]
China Joins Spam Talks
News The DTI's Sahel told silicon.com: "In the past, China has not been present at events such as this for a variety of reasons but they have now signed up to the London action plan and our endgame now becomes to work closely with China as well as...
[February 23, 2005, 8:55]
Symantec Error Gets Vicars In A Twist
News Green and CHP staff contacted Symantec in London, Dublin and the US, trying to get them to action the complaint quickly, and asking for escalation at each point. Vicars use the software to choose services, plan Bible readings and create booklets.
[August 3, 2006, 14:35]
Spam Fight Goes Global
News The organisations involved in the initiative are APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation), the European Union's CNSA (contact network of spam-enforcement authorities), ITU (International Telecommunication Union), the London Action Plan, OECD...
[November 1, 2006, 11:44]
Library Trial Puts Wi-Fi Hot Spots On The Books
News The DTI has put its plan to roll out Wi-Fi hot spots to libraries across the UK into action. Speaking at the Mobile Enterprise conference in London's Earls Court on Wednesday, e-commerce minister Stephen Timms said a trial is now running at 10...
[June 16, 2004, 13:25]
Europe Debates Data Sharing
News The ministerial meeting, organised by the UK which now holds the EU presidency, will discuss home secretary Charles Clarke's ten point action plan in response to the terror attacks on London. European justice and home affairs ministers are...
[July 13, 2005, 15:50]
Nato: Cyber-terrorism Danger Equal To Missile Attack
News Nato will set out an action plan for dealing with a similar infrastructure attack on one of its members at a state summit in Bucharest next month. Nations need to focus on improving their ability to quickly recover and get systems back online, an...
[March 10, 2008, 8:06]
Strike Fears Over BT Outsourcing Plan
News BT may be hit by industrial action over a plan to shift directory enquiries jobs to India. The Communication Workers' Union said that 700 workers may be affected by BT's outsourcing plans, and has contacted 3,500 workers outlining their intention...
[February 19, 2003, 15:45]
Wi-Fi Gets Its Spurs With Soccer Rollout
News A Tottenham Hotspur spokesman explained that fans could use the service to follow the action at other grounds, while journalists would be able to send pictures and match reports straight back to their office from their seats.
[February 18, 2004, 13:50]
Agenda Set For Rural Broadband Push
News According to ABC, the solution to the problem is for all the stakeholders to work closely together to agree on a plan of action for the future. The Rural and Regional Broadband Conference will take place in London on 9 July.
[June 6, 2003, 15:20]
Scandinavian Countries Take E-government Lead
News While countries are unlikely to meet the EU's eEurope Action Plan objective of having all services online by 2005, "e-government has definitely become a key component of government modernization strategies," said Marianne Kolding, director of IDC...
[December 17, 2003, 16:45]
Steorn Demo Fails To Appear - Update
Blog The current plan of action is to have a technical meeting in the morning and we will update you from there - we are planning to turn on the web streaming by lunch time so we can give you an ongoing update on progress (and you can see some stressed...
[July 5, 2007, 9:17]
