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US To Ease Encryption Rules
News In an announcement today, the administration is expected to unveil simplified rules governing how US technology firms may sell data-scrambling hardware and software products abroad. The new rules will go into effect this fall and are expected to...
[September 16, 1999, 16:49]
US Accounting Rules Blamed For Software Slump
News Chief financial officers rushing to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley accounting rules in the US may have little time to sign off on new software deals, contributing to the industry's general weakness, according to a Piper Jaffray analyst report released...
[July 13, 2004, 9:15]
VoIP Eavesdropping Rules Face Mounting Challenge
News New US rules forcing ISPs and universities to rewire their networks for FBI surveillance of email and Web browsing are being challenged in court. Telecommunications firms, non-profit organisations and educators are asking the US Court of Appeals in...
[October 25, 2005, 9:05]
Internet Firms May Quit UK Civil Liberties Experts Say
News The caution comes as the US Supreme Court rules that ISPs should not be responsible for content carried on their servers. Failure to bring UK cyber legislation in line with the US could have grave consequences for British Internet businesses civil...
[May 3, 2000, 14:47]
EMC Storage Gear Gets Auto-archive Appeal
News EMC is launching a regulator-friendly version of one of its storage boxes in an effort to capitalise on new rules in the US that require companies to archive their electronic documents. All these rules have helped fuel a new class of storage gear...
[April 8, 2003, 8:35]
US Legislature Suggests China Web Crackdown
News A draft version of the bill reviewed by ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com represents the first serious attempt to rewrite the ground rules controlling how US Internet companies may interact with foreign governments.
[February 20, 2006, 12:35]
MS Denies Giving American NSA Key
News Instead, it said it's only following the rules imposed by the US to allow software exports. Instead, Windows NT security product manager Scott Culp said the company was merely complying with federal rules imposed by the US Commerce Department and...
[September 6, 1999, 9:24]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback Regarding the Hardware support I must tell you that its not us who makes the rules, It's your American national "Michael Dell" who makes the rules for us and in other words to dispatch the parts for you.
[January 26, 2006, 6:15]
KPNQwest Could Face Enron-style Investigation
News It was a fantastic opportunity to exploit the US accounting rules," said Siebrand. The company should be investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), its Dutch equivalent the AFM, or the Ondernemmingskamer, a court which...
[June 10, 2002, 17:10]
International Lawsuit Treaty Raises Sovereignty Fears
News Discussions will begin anew next month at The Hague on an international treaty that could make US Web sites and Internet service providers more vulnerable to lawsuits from around the world. The controversial draft convention, which would set rules...
[May 29, 2001, 17:02]
Net Radio Fees Push Some Broadcasters Underground
News Three weeks ago, the US Librarian of Congress set rules for the amounts online radio stations must pay for the rights to play music online. Under the new rules, this kind of passion will carry a price: $500 minimum to play music online plus .07 US...
[July 3, 2002, 14:36]
US Regulators Turn On To Power-line Broadband
News US federal regulators on Thursday renewed their push for a wider rollout of what has been hailed as a viable "third pipe" for the many areas where broadband choices have been limited to DSL or cable modems.
[August 4, 2006, 11:20]
A Hippocratic Oath For Digital Medicine
Leader Do you have any rules you'd like us to add to the list? Anti-malware companies owe it to us all to be timely and correct. Symantec is not alone in failing us on occasion, but we lack a solid set of standards by which to judge such software and its...
[March 31, 2005, 15:10]
Microsoft Opens Fire On Jackson
News In a document filed Tuesday asking a federal appeals court to set aside restrictions imposed by US district judge Thomas Penfield Jackson until its case is decided, the company complained the judge had disobeyed rules about procedure and evidence...
[June 15, 2000, 9:51]
Ballmer: Mod Chips Threaten Xbox
News The Australian rules are similar to the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Ballmer was commenting on a July ruling by a Federal Court of Australia judge who found that mod chips sold for Sony's PlayStation2 game machine do not violate federal...
[October 22, 2002, 7:49]
Freeserve Demands Action On E-commerce VAT Directive
News There are concerns that the rules will mean consumers will pay more to shop online, as US companies are not expected to absorb the extra cost themselves and are likely to pass it onto the consumer. US firms have lobbied against such a change for...
[December 19, 2001, 13:02]
Does The Net Need A 'red-light District'?
News Bringing zoning rules to the Internet has an eclectic group of supporters, including Stanford University professor Gio Wiederhold, Web porn queen Danni Ashe and US Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
[August 7, 2000, 10:24]
Broadband Over Power Lines Sparks Interest Again
News The FCC hopes its rules for broadband over power line (BPL) will help jump-start the use of the grid network to deliver high-speed Net access to US households, especially in hard-to-reach rural areas.
[February 25, 2004, 10:36]
Google Hails Vote To Open Up US Wireless Spectrum
News Google and other technology companies that have sought access to more free spectrum in the US have had their wish granted. On Tuesday, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously agreed to open up unused broadcast TV spectrum for...
[November 5, 2008, 8:22]
UK Launches 'Euro-DMCA' Debate
News In the US, the DMCA has received widespread criticism for restrictions which, among other things, have been used to stop researchers from lecturing on anti-copying technologies and from publicising holes in those technologies.
[August 12, 2002, 11:29]
