Apple Notches Up 50 Million ITunes Sales
Talkback Sent to Matt.Loney@zdnetuk.co.uk (Editor) Matt.Broersma@zdnetuk.co.uk (Deputy Editor) The recent statement from Apple had quoted the number of direct sales was 50 million, not inclusive of the millions already redeemed via the pepsi promotion.
[March 15, 2004, 21:14]
CIOs: UK Data Laws Unfit For Purpose
News Two-thirds of a 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel, brought together by ZDNet.co.uk's sister site silicon.com, said the breach shows UK data-protection laws are currently not strong enough and not fit for purpose.
[November 26, 2007, 7:44]
Microsoft Angered By UK Developer
News The first time I knew which licence clause Microsoft was referring to was when I received a lawyer's letter dated 25 May, 2007," Cansdale told ZDNet.co.uk. When contacted by ZDNet.co.uk, Microsoft was insistent Cansdale must withdraw the software.
[June 1, 2007, 10:03]
BCS: Gov't Data Breaches Have Eroded Public Trust
News David Evans, the BCS's government relations manager, told ZDNet.co.uk that BCS members within both the public and private sectors had also been alarmed. Of the 1,025 respondents, 66 percent said their trust in government departments had decreased...
[April 30, 2008, 12:11]
ICO: Data-breach Spate 'no Worse' Than Normal
News HM Revenue & Customs' loss of 25 million details of people claiming and receiving child benefit was the catalyst for a surge of data-loss reports, an ICO spokesperson told ZDNet.co.uk on Friday. The ICO released its annual report in July 2007...
[February 15, 2008, 16:01]
CIOs: Encryption Only Part Of Data-security Solution
News But two-thirds of a 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel, brought together by ZDNet.co.uk's sister site silicon.com, said technologies such as encryption need to be part of a more holistic approach to security, including training for staff and strict...
[December 10, 2007, 7:49]
'Information Security Awareness Forum' Is Launched
News David King, chair of ISAF, told ZDNet.co.uk that security awareness was one of the "big things" for all organisations, and that there was common security ground between all sizes of public and private organisation.
[February 12, 2008, 16:40]
RSA Calls For Specialist UK Cybercrime Unit
News Hartman told ZDNet.co.uk sister site silicon.com that law enforcement has to "stay one step ahead" of its "adversaries" and needs to "be armed with the right technologies and understanding". A former US intelligence technology specialist has warned...
[February 15, 2008, 8:15]
Infosecurity Europe 2008: Preview
News ZDNet.co.uk has arranged a series of video interviews with eminent security figures, including Bruce Schneier, who has recently been named BT's chief security technology officer. Former White House cybersecurity adviser Howard Schmidt will also be...
[April 21, 2008, 15:34]
Watchdog: Protecting Data Is Not 'rocket Science'
News HMRC] should have had the data protected," Dahlsten told ZDNet.co.uk. In the wake of the largest-ever data breach to hit the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office has criticised the apparent lack of technological safeguards in government...
[November 22, 2007, 13:43]
Ministry Of Justice Loses Four CDs Of Personal Data
News A Ministry of Justice spokesperson told ZDNet.co.uk on Wednesday that the discs were sent via Royal Mail recorded delivery. The government department responsible for UK courts, prisons, probation, criminal law and sentencing would not confirm or...
[January 23, 2008, 12:33]
Ofcom Warns O2 Over Slow 3G Rollout
News O2 told ZDNet.co.uk that it only needed to add 100 more 3G sites to meet Ofcom's demand. Ofcom has warned O2 that it must increase its 3G coverage by June or pay a penalty equivalent to £40 million, but O2 claims it will meet the regulator's target.
[February 27, 2008, 12:37]
No Future For Tempjobs.com
News The profile and importance of www.reed.co.uk grew considerably during the year, and now receives over half a million unique visitors and six million page impressions every month," said Reed. UK recruitment firm Reed Executive announced on Monday...
[April 23, 2001, 16:02]
Britons Go Online To Get Away
News Travel Web sites attracted 30 percent of the UK Internet population in June, with over four and a half million Britons logging on to find a flight or book a holiday. In the middle of July, the number of people in the UK accessing travel sites...
[August 6, 2001, 14:17]
Huge Raid On Alleged Net Paedophiles
News Greater Manchester's obscene publication's unit co-ordinated a series of raids across the country at 7am this morning with the help of 25 forces across England, Scotland and Wales. On 2 September 1998 an international police operation dubbed...
[March 27, 2001, 10:50]
Nvidia NV30 Pursues Raw Speed
News It's looking pretty promising," Dan Vivoli, Nvidia's vice president of marketing, told ZDNet UK. To find out more about the computers and hardware that these chips are being used in, see ZDNet UK's Hardware News Section.
[October 8, 2002, 16:40]
HMRC Still Owed Millions By EDS
News Bacon told ZDNet.co.uk sister site silicon.com: "The vast majority of the £26.5m has not been repaid. HMRC chairman Paul Gray — who has since resigned over the loss by his department of two CDs containing 25 million child-benefit records — told the...
[February 6, 2008, 9:40]
RIM And Airwave Vie To Cut Police Paperwork
News Jeff Paris, director of business development for Airwave, told ZDNet.co.uk that the company is in a position to provide the voice-recognition technology highlighted in the Flanagan report. "Data breach" is no longer purely an IT security term...
[February 20, 2008, 10:27]
Napster To Go Legit As Part Of Roxio
News Leader Kazaa is still attracting more than 2.5 million downloads of its software in a week, according to Download.com, a software aggregation site operated by CNET Networks, publisher of ZDNet UK. Napster co-founder Sean Parker recently formed a...
[November 15, 2002, 12:33]
New GeForce Arrives Next Month
News To find out more about the computers and hardware that these chips are being used in, see ZDNet UK's Hardware News Section. Nvidia's manufacturing partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) has been using the 0.13-micron process for...
[January 4, 2002, 14:20]

