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Intel to use EC slip-up in antitrust defence
News Intel told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that it is likely to use the Ombudsman's finding that the Commission failed to adequately record meetings as part of its defence against the €1.06bn (£951m) Commission-imposed fine.
[November 18, 2009, 15:53]
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]
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]
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]
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]
'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]
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]
McKinnon fight goes to Brighton
Blog McKinnon's mother Janis Sharp told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that MP Keith Vaz had agreed to write to American civil liberties campaigner Jessie Jackson outlining McKinnon's case. The National Autistic Society (NAS) has requested a meeting with Sarah...
[September 30, 2009, 17:30]
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]
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]
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]
Blyk to fold into Orange
News A Blyk spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that Blyk had decided to change its business model in order to increase revenue and scalability. The company's spokesperson told ZDNet UK that the company had stopped sending out UK invitation codes in...
[July 28, 2009, 13:32]
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]
Nasa hacker 'more hopeful'
Blog McKinnon told ZDNet UK at the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday that he was "very stressed" about his ongoing situation. Styler told ZDNet UK that she hoped the UK government would review the extradition treaty that the UK has with the US.
[July 14, 2009, 18:15]
GCHQ supplier pans government file-sharing plans
News Detica, told ZDNet UK on Thursday that government plans to force ISPs to identify unlawful file-sharers were not proportionate. Klein told ZDNet UK that Detica had no plans to enable file-sharers to be identified through CView.
[November 27, 2009, 7:20]
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]
