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The Weekly Round-Up: 25.07.08
Round-Up A report last week that claimed old adversary Apple, which is running its own anti-Vista campaign, is starting to claw back market share. The company got together a sample of Windows XP users who had negative impressions of Vista and asked them for... [25 Jul 2008]
Microsoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News Much of that perception, Microsoft belatedly acknowledges, stems from Apple's successful and unchallenged anti-Vista campaign. Apple has been making inroads, as well as headlines with its anti-Vista push. [24 Jul 2008]
Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain
Photo The Bristol Bloodhound anti-aircraft missile was one of the world's most advanced during its use from 1958 to 1964. Historian professor Peter Hennessy said the exhibition of post-war tech embodied public opinion of technology at the time, torn... [01 May 2008]
Noncommercial Email Lists: Collateral Damage in the Fight Against Spam
White Paper The large number of anti-spam tools is a tremendous problem for email list owners, who must navigate everything from "block lists" to Bayesian filters" to communicate with willing recipients. The fact that unwanted email often masquerades as wanted... [18 Apr 2008]
On-demand software can help banks avoid fines
Comment This is the challenge faced by many vendors of anti-money laundering (AML) software. With adoption of the EU Third Anti-Money Laundering Directive by all member states by 15 December 2007, there is likely to be increased regulatory action. [01 Nov 2007]
'Raise petrol tax instead of new road tax'
News The anti-road-charge petition racked up 750,000 signatures last week, amid rumours - denied by Downing Street - that the government would banish the road-charging scheme if the petition got three-quarters of a million signatures. [16 Feb 2007]
Blair-Hitler ID card ad 'not offensive'
News A full-page anti-ID card advert that appeared in the national press portraying Prime Minister Tony Blair with a Hitler-style barcode moustache was not offensive, the UK's advertising watchdog has ruled. [30 Nov 2006]
Brits warm to hot biometrics and cold lager
News However, although it would appear support for biometrics is growing, the anti- lobby is still strongly opposed. Although opposition to biometrics - the authentication of the individual based on factors such as iris or fingerprint recognition... [31 Oct 2006]
US court upholds anti-spam law
News The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a state anti-spam law on Tuesday by affirming the conviction of the first person in the US to face prison time for spamming. Today's ruling reinforces Virginia's Anti-Spam Act, and further protects the people of... [07 Sep 2006]
NetSuite initiates fight in "software's last battleground"
News Salesforce.com is the anti-suite," said Nelson. I guess with a name like NetSuite you can guess what our opinion is," said Nelson, who claims companies have too many fragmented systems and cannot pay the King's ransom which enterprises shelled out... [07 Apr 2006]
MIT hosts spam pow-wow
News Aaron Kornblum, an attorney from Microsoft's 65+ anti-spam litigation team, saw Can-Spam as a useful tool that has aided law enforcement in states with weak or nonexistent internet fraud laws. In Praed's opinion, Can-Spam has led legitimate... [29 Mar 2006]
Linux leader attacks "anti-DRM" GPL
News Torvalds said in a posting on Wednesday to the Linux kernel mailing list: "I think a lot of people may find that the GPLv3 'anti-DRM' measures aren't all that wonderful after all. The foundation added the anti-DRM provision in part so companies... [06 Feb 2006]
Can 'scam sweeps' clean up the internet?
News The OFT is also getting involved in an international internet sweep for scams, a programme led by the public-private sector anti-spam group, the London Action Plan and Trading Standards. Launching this is not going to stop scams and it won't have... [02 Feb 2006]
Opinion: Get ready for global surveillance
Comment To my surprise it was BBC News, who wanted me to come into the studio to discuss Google's defiant refusal to surrender a week's worth of its search records to Uncle Sam, who wished to know if an analysis of the same would support the resurrection... [25 Jan 2006]
Opinion: So why can't Microsoft build in security?
Comment However, this month, Europe decided the prospect of Microsoft marketing consumer security was an oxymoron that demanded further investigation, and the Brussels antitrust regulators have reportedly invited Symantec to volunteer its opinions on... [12 Oct 2005]
