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Lords of EverQuest: Dawn Brotherhood multiplayer
Downloads Lords of EverQuest is a revolutionary real-time strategy game inspired by the lore of the online gaming phenomenon, EverQuest. Control lords and colossal armies as you battle for total domination of the lands of Antonica.
[November 20, 2003, 8:41]
Lords call for parliament to get more online
News A House of Lords committee has called for parliament to make greater use of the internet to engage with the public. The Information Committee has issued a report, Are the Lords listening? Among the recommendations are a pilot exercise in which an...
[July 17, 2009, 15:49]
Lords questions viability of £12bn comms database
News The Lords have questioned the value of a £12bn database to collect all UK communications. Speaking in the House of Lords today, she asked: "Is this going to be the most effective way to fight terrorism given the estimated cost is up to £12bn?
[November 18, 2008, 12:40]
Lords to consider data retention objections
News The House of Lords will on Monday consider amendments to anti-terror legislation that reject government plans to stockpile communications and traffic data for non-terrorist as well as terrorist investigations.
[November 30, 2001, 17:40]
Lords leap into security inquiry
News The House of Lords has launched an inquiry into the personal Internet security of home computer users. The Lords' Science and Technology Committee will look at the nature of security threats facing private individuals, the scale of the problem, and...
[July 31, 2006, 12:15]
Lords chides government over internet security
News The government must act now or risk losing public confidence in the security of the internet, an influential House of Lords committee has found. A wide-ranging inquiry into personal internet security conducted by the House of Lords Science and...
[August 10, 2007, 0:01]
Lords probes online security risks
News A House of Lords committee investigating internet security has heard evidence from leading financial services organisations. The House of Lords launched its enquiry in July. Phishing was one issue being investigated by the Lords committee.
[December 14, 2006, 16:29]
Lords votes in favour of DNA-deletion process
News The government has been defeated by the House of Lords over the retention of DNA and fingerprints. The Lords voted 161 to 150 for a Conservative amendment to the Counter-Terrorism Bill, which would create a process for innocent people to apply to...
[November 6, 2008, 8:55]
Lords shows support for roaming price cap
News The Lords committee charged with investigating roaming costs has announced its backing for a price cap on mobile calls made from abroad. The Lords has written to the European Commission supporting the proposal made by the German Presidency for a...
[March 13, 2007, 9:28]
Lords lashes out at government's personal internet security retort
Blog A prominent Lord has hit out at the government's reaction to a House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report into personal internet security. The government reaction was less than enthusiastic to many of the points raised by the Lords, and...
[October 30, 2007, 12:50]
Lords opposition to comms database mounts
News Opposition is gaining momentum in the House of Lords to a proposed centralised government database of all internet communications. Miller added that, should such proposals be included in the upcoming Communications Data Bill, she expects the Lords...
[July 21, 2008, 15:04]
Lords backs amendment to data-loss law
News Losing personal data took a step closer to becoming a criminal offence after the House of Lords backed a change in the law. A Ministry of Justice spokesman said it would consider its position on making data loss a criminal offence following the...
[April 29, 2008, 8:10]
Lords to debate gov't progress on internet security
News The House of Lords will debate personal internet security on Friday, with the aim of assessing the progress the government has made on protecting the public. The debate follows on from the publication of two reports by the House of Lords Science...
[October 6, 2008, 15:16]
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 House of Lords is likely to be debating the report in the summer and to ensure that the debate is as well informed...
[February 21, 2008, 8:36]
Lords vote against entrapment proposal
News Efforts by Tory peer Baroness Blatch to update the Indecency with Children Act 1960 so British police can use entrapment to catch Internet paedophiles was voted out by the House of Lords Wednesday. Baroness Blatch challenged the Home Office to...
[November 9, 2000, 7:45]
House of Lords discusses child safety online
News The House of Lords is to debate the issue of protecting children online Tuesday at a seminar entitled Protecting the online generation: the crucial role of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). The purpose of the seminar is to engage with...
[January 22, 2001, 14:34]
McKinnon loses Lords appeal
Blog According to the BBC, "NASA hacker" Gary McKinnon has lost his appeal in the House of Lords against extradition to the United States, where he could very well get a life sentence for his hackery. This is all a very strange - and possibly quite...
[July 30, 2008, 11:00]
Lords calls for urgent action on internet security
News The UK government must strive towards improving internet security, to avoid disastrous consequences for both businesses and individual users, according to an influential House of Lords committee. If public confidence in the security of the internet...
[August 10, 2007, 17:43]
ID card bill savaged by the Lords, again
News The House of Lords has dealt another blow to the government's ID cards bill by voting against making it compulsory for people to have their biometric details included on the National Identity Register (NIR) when they apply for a new passport.
[January 24, 2006, 17:00]
Micro Focus tables ‘Tech-Manifesto’ at House of Lords
Blog After accepting an invite to the House of Lords I would expect more than just a press release; thankfully I did get a little more than that yesterday morning. Micro Focus used the Cholmondeley Room on Westminster Terrace to launch its Technology...
[July 22, 2009, 13:42]
