Legislation and Regulation from ComputerWeekly.com

UK Digital Economy Bill proposes to take control of domain registries

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:34 GMT

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...

Illegal file-sharers could be fined £50,000

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:05 GMT

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

EU delays Sun/Oracle decision

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:47:24 GMT

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

Digital Economy Bill supports creative and digital industries

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:25:00 GMT

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

Government publishes UK Digital Economy Bill

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:46:00 GMT

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

Hosted Security – Free IT Manager’s Guide from MessageLabs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:41:00 GMT

Hosted security? Managed security? Cloud security? SaaS?

Image spam is back – Free Whitepaper from MessageLabs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:26:00 GMT

Image spam peaked in 2007, but recent analysis shows image spam making an making an unwelcome return.

Google gets preliminary approval for revised book deal

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:11:12 GMT

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

Mandelson seeks law change to increase his power over file sharers

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:04:58 GMT

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

European Commission review and harmonisation of consumer acquis

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:25:00 GMT

Following a review of EU consumer law, the European Commission has published a draft directive entitled the Consumer Rights Directive, which could become law in the UK as early as 2011

Impact of the Centrica/Accenture dispute

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:08:00 GMT

Peter Clough, head of disputes, and Lara Burch, commercial law partner, at European law firm Osborne Clarke discuss the recent decision in British Gas' claim against Accenture.

Addressing the Cost of Compliance

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:15:00 GMT

Increasing governmental, industry, partner/ customer and internal requirements are tasking organisations to address an ever-widening range of compliance requirements

Spam; Viruses; Data Loss; Use Policy; Where to begin?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:59:00 GMT

The IT threat landscape is evolving. Organised crime is involved & it’s big business.

Procedural flaw exposed in EC Intel probe

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:11:38 GMT

European ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros has exposed a procedural flaw in the investigation of alleged monopoly abuses by Intel that led to a

Customer Experience Management – The next frontier for support centres

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When looking at technology in the context of Customer Experience Management (CEM), it needs to embrace CEM methodologies, enable the delivery of the brand promise and measure the experience.

Outgoing email; a risk to your data?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Filtering inbound email for spam & viruses is common practice, but many businesses ignore the risks of data loss from outgoing email.

11 Questions that all CIOs shoud ask their IT Manager

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Every business is looking for ways to be more efficient. You know information technology is critical — you can't be in business without it. But what is your IT really costing you? Could you be doing more with the technology you have? Could you reduce costs and provide better service to your organization?

Keep your email flowing - Free Guide from MessageLabs

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Email needs to keep flowing. Unplanned outages or even routine maintenance can cause huge disruption.

Digital Economy Bill outlined in Queen’s speech

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:00 GMT

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

BBC publishes photo of suspected West Coast laptop thief

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:18:03 GMT

A CCTV photo of a man suspected of stealing laptops from passengers on the West Coast rail line has been posted...