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Google: People will get used to Street View
Blog Google's privacy counsel Peter Fleischer has told ZDNet UK that people "will get used" to Street View. Fleischer told ZDNet UK at a data protection conference on Wednesday that people would come to accept the technology.
[May 15, 2009, 17:28]
FoI to extend to private companies, minister says
Blog Minister of Justice Michael Wills has told ZDNet UK that the UK's Freedom of Information Act is to be extended. There is going to be an extension", he told our reporter Tom Espiner at the Private Data, Open Government conference today in London.
[May 13, 2009, 17:07]
Microsoft exec: Google 'years' behind us on privacy
News Google's approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, the software giant's chief privacy strategist told ZDNet.com.au on Thursday in an interview. Google's a great company, got some great products, but you know in some respects I think Google...
[August 29, 2008, 16:55]
'Over-enthusiastic' agent spams mobiles
News The Surfers Paradise office of Ray White real estate has apologised for blanket spamming mobile phone users, and has told ZDNet Australia it will "severely discipline" the employee responsible. That was done purely by new staff member, he had no...
[July 30, 2003, 10:00]
Microsoft misinforms users on date bug
News Contrary to the information given to Microsoft by Prove It 2000, the software publisher last week told ZDNet News that the bug affecting its date function on Windows 98 only affected machines on Dec 31 of any year.
[August 18, 1998, 15:56]
A Year Ago: Microsoft misinforms users on date bug
News Contrary to the information given to Microsoft by Prove It 2000, the software publisher last week told ZDNet News that the bug affecting its date function on Windows 98 only affected machines on Dec 31 of any year.
[August 18, 1999, 7:30]
McKinnon extradition on hold until February
News Gary McKinnon's potential extradition to the US for hacking military systems is on hold for the next few weeks, McKinnon's lawyer has told ZDNet UK. Before the hearing, McKinnon's solicitor Karen Todner told ZDNet UK that the home secretary's...
[January 20, 2009, 10:58]
Symantec: Microsoft security lacks innovation
News John Thompson, chief executive of Symantec, told ZDNet.co.uk that Microsoft lacked innovation in devising security products. All Altiris technology runs on common architectures — we're doing that today," Butterfield told ZDNet.co.uk.
[June 13, 2007, 10:42]
EC expects legal issues around Phorm to be resolved
News Legal questions around Phorm are set to be answered, and the ad-serving technology will move to the next stage, European commissioner Viviane Reding has told ZDNet UK. Information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding told ZDNet UK in...
[March 6, 2009, 15:31]
Biggest ever Web credit card theft?
News Egghead told ZDNet US that its servers had been hacked by network intruders, and that an unknown number of credit cards details may have been lost. Sources in the credit card industry have told ZDNet US News that up to 3.7 million credit card...
[December 22, 2000, 14:29]
Dell sues Dell over Web hosting site
News Mr Dell told ZDNet UK that Dell is suing him because he launched a Web design site in April 2001 called dellwebsites.com. I replied to them stating that my name is Dell and I create Web sites and I hoped that would be the end of the matter," Paul...
[February 21, 2006, 15:30]
Socitm president rethinks open-source 'lag' comment
News Richard Steel told ZDNet UK that a blog post he made on Wednesday as president of Socitm, which aims to promote the efficient use of information technology in the public sector, may have been too strong.
[February 27, 2009, 14:45]
PlusNet accuses broadband rivals of misleading customers
News We trialled some capped products about a year ago and we found customers really didn't understand what a cap meant," she told ZDNet UK. Marketing director Marco Potesta told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the industry was "mis-selling on free" and wrong...
[September 1, 2006, 9:55]
Internet price cuts may never reach consumers
News Sources within the telecoms industry have told ZDNet UK that the savings are likely to be swallowed up by other telecoms operators -- depriving Internet Service Providers of the chance to pass them onto their customers.
[July 19, 2002, 11:13]
Oracle Linux customer undergoes trial by fire
News Melbourne company Opes Prime Stockbroking told ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia that in the weeks following its announcement to adopt Oracle Linux, upset Linux enthusiasts phoned, emailed and wrote about the company online to complain at the...
[April 2, 2007, 11:56]
BT to tap community spirit in rural broadband push
News Industry sources have told ZDNet UK that BT will kick off the system on Tuesday. We said earlier this year that we are looking at another group of local exchanges and trying to find ways of justifying the cost of upgrading them to offer broadband...
[June 17, 2002, 16:11]
Tories pledge to curb abuse of surveillance powers
News Shadow security minister Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) needs to be addressed to stop the misuse of anti-terrorist powers by local authorities.
[October 29, 2008, 17:29]
Asus to phase out 7-inch Eee PC netbooks
News During a press conference at the CeBIT technology show, Shih told ZDNet UK that the manufacturer would concentrate on its 10-inch netbooks, which he said customers preferred. The PC has to proliferate into [other] digital appliances," Shih told...
[March 3, 2009, 13:00]
Vodafone denies responsibility for stolen SIM bill
News Stephen Tracey told ZDNet UK he received the bill after his SIM card went missing in South Africa. We argued for a long time," he told ZDNet UK on Tuesday. Vodafone's spokesperson confirmed to ZDNet UK that the company had immediately barred Tracey...
[May 24, 2006, 16:30]
Google fixes Android root-access flaw
News The bug was revealed late last week, and Google told ZDNet UK on Monday that it had already developed a fix. Google's spokesperson told ZDNet UK that the issue had come to light as the company was working on a fix to stop users 'jailbreaking...
[November 10, 2008, 16:35]
