In Depth

In Depth

IT legislation and regulation

• Making websites accessible for all

  Lawyer Makbool Javaid explains how disability laws affect online firms.  Continue Reading

• 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