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RSS guiltyWelsh biologist loses mobile phone health scare case
News After two days of expert testimony, magistrates at Abergavenny Magistrates Court found the defendant not guilty, dismissing three charges against him and ordering Coghill to pay costs. An attempt to force mobile phone... [11 Nov 1998]
NEWSFLASH: Mobile phone firm 'not guilty' of ignoring health warnings
News Mobile phone firms are in the clear this morning after a test case in Wales found a shop owner 'not guilty' of selling handsets without a warning in spite of alleged health risks. But the court dismissed the case late... [11 Nov 1998]
Internet fraudster jailed for 10 years
News The 10-year sentence is reportedly the harshest penalty yet imposed for a Web securities charge, and is the first time someone has been found guilty of criminal charges relating to Internet fraud. Matthew Peter Bowin has... [06 Nov 1998]
Civil rights groups fight US anti-porn bill
News Guilty parties could also face up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $50,000. A group of civil liberty organisations are set to challenge an online pornography amendment to the US government's omnibus spending bill. [22 Oct 1998]
KLM warns airports are still vulnerable to the millennium bug
News He refused to name individual governments he is concerned about, but said the EU has been guilty of inaction. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has taken the unusual step of warning that air travel on 1 January 2000 could be... [20 Oct 1998]
Microsoft court case starts today
News The US Department of Justice (DoJ) will try to persuade a Washington court that the world's leading software company is guilty of monopolistic practices. After months of delays, a US Federal Court has confirmed that... [19 Oct 1998]
Oxford student exposed as high-tech cheat
News Rainwood pleaded guilty to the offence, but is expected to appeal to the university proctors to let her come back for a second chance. Oxford University has caught the president of its Student Union cheating in her final... [10 Sep 1998]
Shopping.com scrambles for further funding
News The suit alleges senior managers were guilty of manipulating the company's share price. US online retailer, shopping.com, has filed documents with the US stock exchange regulator which reveal that it needs up to $30m... [24 Aug 1998]
IBM admits supplying Russian nuclear plant
News The company pleaded guilty to the charge in the US District Court of Washington, rather than face a full-blown court case. An IBM subsidiary has been fined nearly $8.5m for defying US law by selling computers to a... [03 Aug 1998]
Radiation expert takes mobile operators to court
News The Telephone Shop, which pleaded not guilty, was not available for comment. The mobile phone industry has been hit by a private prosecution from a radiation expert in Wales. He wants the industry to fix labels warning... [27 Jul 1998]
GTech launches international Net lottery service
News GTech was closely involved in the setting up of the UK national lottery, but was forced to withdraw from the consortium after a director was found guilty of attempted bribery. Lottery technology company GTech has... [17 Jul 1998]
Stop whingeing about Microsoft - back Java instead
Comment We're all guilty of moaning about the stranglehold that Microsoft has on our systems. There can't be a single IT professional on the face of the planet who could honestly put hand on heart and swear: "I have never... [29 Jun 1998]
Technologies Time Forgot: The Vic-20 and the Commodore 64
Comment Did we feel guilty not lobbying our mums and dads hard enough to buy British? I probably don't deserve to write silicon.com's eulogy to the Commodore 64 because I have a shameful secret. A secret, nearly 20 years later,... [24 Dec 1982]
