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EU delays Sun/Oracle decision

The EU has pushed back its deadline for reviewing...

Government publishes UK Digital Economy Bill

The government has published the Digital Economy Bill aimed at strengthening the UK's communications infrastructure.

Digital Economy Bill outlined in Queen’s speech

The government has announced a Digital Economy Bill in the Queen's speech, as it steps up its war against illegal file sharers.

Mandelson seeks law change to increase his power over file sharers

Business secretary Lord Mandelson is pressing for new laws against downloading and sharing content illegally. He has sent a letter to Harriet...

Illegal file-sharers could be fined £50,000

Persistent illegal file-sharers could face a fine of up to £50,000 as part of the government's Digital...

T-Mobile staff sold customer data

The personal data of thousands of mobile phone users has been sold by staff at one of the UK's major mobile phone firms.

UK to regain access to YouTube music videos

Google is to re-open UK access to music videos on YouTube after reaching an agreement with the Performing Rights Society (PRS).

UK Digital Economy Bill proposes to take control of domain registries

The UK government is planning new powers to regulate all domain registries in the UK, including radical powers to dismiss and replace the management board...

Google gets preliminary approval for revised book deal

Google and a group of US authors and publishers have won preliminary approval for a revised...

Digital Economy Bill supports creative and digital industries

The UK digital economy accounts for nearly 10% of the revenue produced by the whole British economy each year, according to business secretary

UFO Hacker Gary Mckinnon suicidal over health

Protracted extradition proceedings have turned UFO hacker Gary McKinnon into a nervous wreck who is on medication to quell his suicidal tendencies, his mother, Janis Sharp, told MPs yesterday.

Gartner analyst slams EC's Oracle-Sun probe

The EC's decision to probe Oracle's acquisition...

UK national ID card cloned in 12 minutes

The prospective national ID card was broken and cloned in 12 minutes, the Daily Mail revealed this morning.

Congestion charge suffers technical glitch as IBM takes over contract

The London congestion charge system went down yesterday after IBM took over the contract from Capita.

Gang gets 13 years after trojan attack on UK bank accounts

A criminal gang has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being found guilty of using a sophisticated trojan computer virus to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds from UK bank accounts.

Man and woman arrested in ZeuS Trojan investigation

Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Central E-Crime Unit (PCeU) have arrested a man and...

How the government taxes UK's broadband future

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 04 November 2009
In 2003, Vtesse Networks, a small UK fibre network operator, challenged the Valuation Office Agency's assessment of BT for business rates in British and European courts. It argued that the VOA's assessment amounted to an unfair subsidy to BT.

EC gets tough on spammers, data breachers and snoopers

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 11 November 2009
People whose personal details are exposed in a data breach will have to be told, according to a new privacy regulation passed by the European Commission.

Passport applicants face questions on credit history

First-time applicants for passports may be asked about their credit card debts - which is one result of a link between public and private sector databases.

ICO finds GP in breach of Data Protection Act

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found an Ipswich doctor in breach of the Data Protection Act for failing...
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