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RSS civilSotec told to axe iMac copy
News This follows a decision made last month by Judge Toshiaki Iimura of the 29th Civil Division of the Tokyo District court who agreed with Apple Japan that the e-one machines shared common curvatures, materials, specific design details and colour... [28 Sep 1999]
Records of births, deaths and marriage to go online
News The document, 'Registration: Modernising a Vital Service', also calls for national standards in the conduct and content of civil marriages and to further relax the rules on the location of civil marriages. [20 Sep 1999]
White House to repeal encryption export ban
News The policy has come in for strong criticism from business communities who say that encryption is essential to ensure security in online transactions, and from civil rights groups who claim the ban is an infringement of human rights. [16 Sep 1999]
Internet content ratings come under fire from small firms
News But the proposals have angered civil liberties groups and small businesses, who claim the system will give large, established companies an unfair advantage by monitoring and possibly even filtering online content. [15 Sep 1999]
UK e-envoy promises action on ecommerce
News The former civil servant will give up his current job as high commissioner to Australia in January 2000, but in the meantime will be putting together the small team who will work with him in his ecommerce role. [14 Sep 1999]
They seek him here... that elusive e-envoy
Comment Forty per cent of civil servants did not believe this target could be reached. The words 'Internet Tsar' have been whispered along the halls of Whitehall for some time. Some of the more progressive types claim we need a champion of IT - an 'e-envoy... [09 Aug 1999]
Ecommerce Bill will 'undermine development of ecommerce'
News It claims that the proposed legislation infringes civil liberties and threatens the development of ecommerce. Dr Brian Gladman, technical policy advisor at Cyber-Rights and Cyber-Liberties, said: "The decryption orders proposed in the Bill will... [09 Aug 1999]
E-law may hit UK law firms
News All these wagonloads of paper will be available electronically, and if you're not geared up to deal with civil litigation that way, you're going to be left behind. The trend towards cheap, online legal advice will lead to a "massacre" of... [03 Aug 1999]
Labour employs Lotus Notes rebuttal software
News Caron Alexander, head of IS for the business development service of Northern Ireland's Civil Service, said: "The Department of Health has kindly offered us software for co-ordinating rebuttal systems, ministerial diaries and briefings. [29 Jul 1999]
Cunningham leaps into Action
News The next step is to modernise the Civil Service. Cabinet Office minister, Jack Cunningham, has unveiled his Action Plan to propel the UK government into the 21st century. The Modernising Government programme lists 62 commitments to be carried out... [28 Jul 1999]
US security council fights back
News The proposal, which is still being discussed by the Clinton Administration, was leaked by civil liberties groups concerned at its implications for individual privacy. President Clinton may join forces with the FBI to protect crucial data networks... [28 Jul 1999]
Faulty software could hit student loans
News And Graham Lane, Labour education chairman of the Local Government Association, blamed "pernickety" civil servants for taking too long in drafting complex regulations designed to prevent students from claiming too much money. [26 Jul 1999]
Freedom fighters expose transatlantic encryption collusion
News Leeds-based civil rights lobby group, Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties, has published documents which it claims show close links between UK and US government policy-making on encryption. The documents - known as the Aaron files, after US... [08 Jul 1999]
BA planes get Y2K green light
News British Airways has been given the Y2K all clear, after UK Civil Aviation Authority officials tested one of its planes on a flight from London to the south of France. While fears remain that the bug could cause most damage at airports and air... [07 Jul 1999]
Icann slammed over registration fee plans
News Veteran civil rights campaigner, Ralph Nader and James Love of the Washington-based Consumer Project on Technology claimed Icann's plans represent a move back into the monopoly position - previously held by Network Solutions - it is trying to... [06 Jul 1999]
