Richard Barry "IT's Like This..."
News Because that eight pound box under his arm starts ringing and back in the eightees, when Ray-Bans were still the glasses to be seen in, if you had a mobile you simply had to be important. He's fashionably stressed and sweating just enough to keep...
[July 29, 1998, 13:37]
Net Politics Focus: Net Bills Hanging In The Balance
News The "anti-slamming" bill which bans telephone companies from switching customers' service plans or providers without permission, is set for a hearing in the House Telecommunications Subcommittee on Thursday.
[August 5, 1998, 10:06]
Recycling Special Report: First Steps To Cleaner Computing
News April marked the first anniversary of a law in Massachusetts that bans CRT (cathode-ray tube) monitors from landfills, and other states are considering similar measures. In the US, a first step in a cooperative approach to recycling came last month...
[June 18, 2001, 14:02]
Old PCs Go To Jail
News California bans CRT monitors from landfills, out of worries that lead and other metals could leach into water supplies. He added that he expects initial capacity at Atwater of up to 5,000 CRTs (cathode ray tubes) per day, with the potential for...
[February 16, 2002, 6:31]
2001: Email Misdemeanours
News Company policy typically bans the circulation of pornography or emails that could be considered sexist, racist or defamatory. The first email was sent 30 years ago by the American engineer Ray Tomlinson -- it was all in upper case, and contained...
[December 31, 2001, 6:31]
Patent Critics Search For Prior Art
News The W3C -- which in May reiterated a policy that all but bans the use of patented technologies in its recommendations -- did not return calls for comment. In September, Lotus Notes co-creator Ray Ozzie issued a prior art call to arms, urging others...
[November 3, 2003, 11:25]
US Ruling Boosts Spam Fight
News The federal law at issue in this case, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), bans using "any telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device to send an unsolicited advertisement to a telephone facsimile machine.
[March 24, 2003, 11:11]
