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Think Tank Urges Microsoft Breakup
News The Progress and Freedom Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank, is suggesting a new way to slice and dice Microsoft. PFF, which calls itself a "free market think tank," has been an advocate of more-aggressive deregulation in the telco...
[January 28, 2000, 8:50]
Think-tank Brands Jam Echelon Day 'pointless'
News The UK's most prominent Internet think-tank, The foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), has branded a plan to overload an international email monitoring system as "pointless". Some people seem to think that this is going to reveal the...
[October 12, 1999, 13:50]
A Year Ago: Think-tank Brands Jam Echelon Day 'pointless'
News The UK's most prominent Internet think-tank, The foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), has branded a plan to overload an international email monitoring system as "pointless". Some people seem to think that this is going to reveal the...
[October 12, 2000, 7:06]
Open-source Geeks Are Modern Heroes, Says Think Tank
News The UK think tank will publish a report on Tuesday that will underline the importance of "Pro-Ams" -- amateurs who pursue a hobby or pastime, in many cases an all-consuming passion, to a professional standard.
[November 29, 2004, 14:40]
IT Think Tank Opens Doors To Supporters
News IT think tank the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) is launching an effort to draw more support from the IT community. Let the editors know what you think in the Mailroom. Individuals and corporates are being encouraged to sign up...
[March 27, 2002, 11:54]
E-Government Think Tank Launched
News A think tank dedicated to e-government issues has had its first meeting The e-Government Integration and Systems Evaluation (e-GISE) Network, is aiming to identify the challenges associated with e-government, with an initial focus on local...
[August 4, 2005, 14:40]
Think Tank Urges 'm-government'
News Local authorities should embrace mobile technologies in delivering services, according to a report from the New Local Government Network (NLGN) think tank launched on Wednesday. Cutting the Wire" argues that councils face the choice of directing...
[February 8, 2006, 15:00]
News Burst: Jam Echelon Day "pointless" - Think Tank
News The "Jam Echelon protest", scheduled to take place on October 22, is designed to bring down a US email monitoring system called "Echelon". Full story to follow
[October 12, 1999, 12:14]
Open-source Geeks Are Modern Heroes, Says Think Tank
Talkback Quite true. Rescue service personnel are in a league of their own, and are without question, providing the ultimate service to their fellow man.i.e.risking their own life). However, I know of (many) cases where 911 services in North America, for...
[December 1, 2004, 14:46]
Europe Heading Down DMCA Route, Warns Think Tank
News Far-reaching European copyright legislation making its way into UK law is likely to tighten the grip of large companies on consumers, according to a British IT policy think tank, because of the way it is being implemented across the European Union.
[September 16, 2003, 15:45]
Open-source Geeks Are Modern Heroes, Says Think Tank
Talkback While the comparison is nice I think it's misleading. The most an open source developer is likely to lose is time. Our lifeboatmen and women risk life and limb in terrible weather. The comparison understates the huge gift these people and other...
[November 30, 2004, 14:09]
Open-source Geeks Are Modern Heroes, Says Think Tank
Talkback There is a growing social software development which is making community software AND installing it in developing countires - check out http://www.barnraiser.org/
[November 29, 2004, 21:11]
Zimmerman Joins UK Think Tank
News I think our own government in the US found it harder to hang on to the crypto export controls after we made progress in the French and British domestic policies. Let the editors know what you think in the Mailroom.
[September 16, 2002, 10:31]
Net Heavyweights Launch Net Think Tank
News Jim Barksdale, Vint Cerf and other Internet heavyweights Tuesday announced plans to create an institute to study the Internet and society. Backers of the new Internet Policy Institute include America Online, AT&T, The Morino Institute, MCI WorldCom...
[November 10, 1999, 11:42]
Euro-parliamentarians Create E-policy Think Tank
News More than 50 members of the European Parliament will launch a non-partisan policy network, the European Internet Foundation, in Brussels on Tuesday. The EIF said in a press release Sunday that it intends to "help mobilise strong political...
[February 21, 2000, 9:16]
A Year Ago: Escrow Time Line Draws Fire From Think-tank
News The government's decision to drop key escrow -- which would give law enforcement agencies access to data sent over the Internet -- leaves the e-commerce bill "a dead limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to Caspar Bowden...
[March 8, 2000, 6:02]
Escrow Time Line Draws Fire From Think-tank
News The government's decision last week to drop key escrow -- which would give law enforcement agencies access to data sent over the Internet -- leaves the e-commerce bill as a "dead limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to...
[March 8, 1999, 11:22]
Escrow Time Line Draws Fire From Think-tank
News The government's decision to drop key escrow -- which would give law enforcement agencies access to data sent over the Internet -- leaves the e-commerce bill "a dead limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to Caspar Bowden...
[March 8, 1999, 17:31]
IBM Think Tank: Insights For Your Business
White Papers Think Tank has been designed specifically for businesses like yours. We aim to give you simple, clear advice and information that gets to the point fast. Our insights could make a real difference to the way your business runs, and especially to...
[July 2, 2008, 15:08]
Porn Access Debate Hots Up In Australia
News A think-tank whose new report has sparked a national outcry over underage access to pornographic Internet content has slammed Internet service providers' stance on filtering and blocking technologies as "irresponsible".
[March 4, 2003, 8:33]
