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IT legislation and regulation

Governments under pressure to beef up anti-spam legislation to protect business

A global approach is needed to prevent the internet grinding to a halt, say MPs Continue Reading
Voice will power the future of the web

Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the world wide web, talks about the future of semantic web services, how voice will interface with... Continue Reading
Are you ready for the accounts changeover?

IT chiefs may not think compliance with the new International Accounting Standards is their business, but ignoring it could... Continue Reading
Conference looks at law minefield

The regulatory nightmare faced by IT users comes under scrutiny at the first major event for the newly-founded E-Business... Continue Reading
Microsoft's patent defeat has industrywide implications

Companies with products that work on the internet are slowly waking up to the broad implications of a recent judgment against... Continue Reading

Protect your intellectual property

The recent announcement by the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee of a blueprint for the harmonisation of software... Continue Reading
RAC aims for mobile consolidation savings

The RAC has switched to Orange Business Solutions as its sole supplier and hopes to save £1m by negotiating favourable call... Continue Reading
Financial Times cuts costs with BT network

The Financial Times has signed a £3.5m contract with BT to deploy a new wide-area network across more than 50 office and print... Continue Reading
Mobile networks cannot be relied on for business-critical processes

Business users should not rely on mobile networks for mission- or business-critical processes, industry experts have warned. Continue Reading
Thought for the day: Don't get hit by the data protection racket

A scam letter is being sent out to businesses from a company purporting to be an official body under the Data Protection Act.... Continue Reading
Thought for the day: A card could save your life - and the NHS

If patients carried around their own health 'smartcards', to plug in at the GP's surgery, the hospital or the pharmacy, the NHS... Continue Reading

Thought for the day: A complex operation for the NHS spine

The £2.3bn NHS National IT programme is an extremely ambitious project, and government should not be allowed to rush it, says... Continue Reading
European Commission threatens to fine Microsoft for 'abuses'

The European Commission could fine Microsoft up to 10% of its global annual sales for monopoly offences. Continue Reading
MCI could be barred from US govt contracts

Telecommunication operator MCI will receive no government money unless it can convince the US General Services Administration... Continue Reading
Icann needs reforms, critics tell US govt

Critics of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) told a US Senate subcommittee that the organisation... Continue Reading