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News Rather than develop its own software, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will next month roll-out a BBC program, known as Betsie (BBC Education Text to Speech Internet Enhancer). UK government Webmasters have... [29 Sep 1999]
New Labour, new Web site
News The site will broadcast live coverage of Tony Blair's conference speech tomorrow and a gift shop allows dedicated New Labour fans to buy anything from fridge magnets to mouse mats. All Labour members will receive a... [27 Sep 1999]
IDC Forum, Paris: McNealy lays out 'ten things you must do'
News Scott McNealy, president and CEO of Sun Microsystems, was true to form this week by giving a controversial speech by video link to the IDC Forum in Paris. The sixth is that all software will become free... [15 Sep 1999]
IDC Forum, Paris: Negroponte claims US will beat cautious Europe
News Picking up on a speech made earlier in the day by Compaq CEO Michael Capellas, Neproponte argued that the figures Capellas presented, predicting 500 million Internet users by 2003, were flawed. Firstly, an attitude to... [14 Sep 1999]
Demonology: The trials and tribulations of an ISP
Comment However, the fight's not over: Demon has pledged to battle on, and much of the Internet community has sided with the ISP, calling the law an ass for creating an unworkable framework and claiming that the right to free... [14 Jul 1999]
Internet Freedom condemns UK government
News Free speech organisation, Internet Freedom, has attacked the UK government's proposals to intercept Internet communications. The consultation paper, unveiled last week by Home Secretary, Jack Straw,... [29 Jun 1999]
Trimble to pursue Amazon despite book withdrawal
News It aggravated the situation, and implied that my client was in some way trying to hinder free speech. Lawyers for Northern Ireland First Minister, David Trimble have confirmed this morning that they will... [16 Jun 1999]
Demon pledges to contest Godfrey lawsuit
News Internet Freedom called the ruling "a disaster for ISPs, Net users and free speech", and questioned the viability of ISPs hosting debates, chat rooms and controversial Web sites. As Demon Internet... [14 Jun 1999]
Court overturns US encryption export ban
News Judges at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California have ruled that source code is a form of speech, and is thus protected by the constitution. In her summation, Judge Betty Fletcher wrote that the government's... [07 May 1999]
Euro MPs make ISPs responsible for the Web
News Tilman Kupfer, BT's European representative in Brussels, told Silicon.com: "The revised directive goes against free speech and privacy. MEPs angered the IT industry yesterday by voting to make Internet... [07 May 1999]
IT chiefs lobby for tax breaks in UK budget
News UK technology experts have spoken to Silicon.com about their Budget '99 wish list as Chancellor Gordon Brown prepares to present his speech in the House of Commons later this afternoon. Mike Kerford-Byrnes, UK general... [08 Mar 1999]
Symbian deal 'unlikely' for Sun
News Meanwhile, in a keynote speech at a Sun conference in Rome, McNealy concentrated on what he has preached for some time: that computing will soon be based on a utilities model where people use remotely managed resources... [05 Feb 1999]
Tabloid ISPs get warm welcome
News Last month, in a speech made to the Singapore Broadcasting Authority, Rupert Murdoch - head of News Corporation, which owns The Sun - said the Internet is not ready to be taken seriously by established media players. [01 Feb 1999]
US library loses Internet screening case
News But the judge - a former librarian herself - ruled that the policy "offends the guarantee of free speech in the First Amendment, and is therefore unconstitutional". Libraries in California, Boston and... [25 Nov 1998]
Campaigners make last ditch attempt to stop porn laws
News The free speech advocates hope the federal court will grant a temporary restraining order to give them extra time to prepare their case. Online media companies and civil liberties groups will make a... [18 Nov 1998]
