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Google Street View cleared by UK privacy watchdog
News Google's Street View mapping system has been given the all clear by the UK's privacy watchdog. The pictures of streets linked to online maps was attacked by privacy campaigners. But now the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said it is... [31 Jul 2008]
Microsoft slow to resolve technical docs problems
News Himes estimated that each Microsoft employee working on the problems cleared one per month. Microsoft was criticised yesterday for being slow to resolve problems in the technical documentation it was required to provide to rival software makers as... [25 Jun 2008]
Beijing Olympics diary: Serious games
Comment We've just cleared one of the final major hurdles in our preparations for the world's largest sporting event. Just 46 days remain until the start of the Beijing Olympics. So how will the systems fare? [23 Jun 2008]
Ofcom: Digital dividend up for grabs to highest bidder
News Not all of that 128MHz comes from the digital switchover itself - 8MHz will come from clearing aeronautical radar from "channel 36", and 8MHz "will be cleared as a result of the decision by the authorities responsible for UK's radio astronomy to... [09 Jun 2008]
EC: Oracle-BEA gets the go-ahead
News The Commission said in a statement: "The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the US company BEA Systems, an independent provider of middleware software, by Oracle, also of the US. [01 May 2008]
iPhone SDK downloaded by 100,000 developers
News Over the weekend, Apple sent registered developers an email acknowledging the difficulties gaining access to or downloading the iPhone SDK, but that traffic jam seems to have cleared itself up as the initial frenzy died down. [13 Mar 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News The temporary suspension has led to minor delays in some of our back office work, however, these are now being cleared. Government BlackBerrys and PDAs have been grounded by the Whitehall-wide ban on the movement of unencrypted personal data. [04 Feb 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News The devices have been security cleared and the move is part of an effort to make employees more efficient. The year was dominated by stories about government-held personal data, whether that was ID information or what people choose to throw away. [19 Dec 2007]
Jobs to take the stand in options backdating case
News Apple conducted its own investigation into the matter and cleared Jobs, even though it also said he was aware of the backdating and actually recommended some of the dates. Apple CEO Steve Jobs will have to appear before federal investigators as... [21 Sep 2007]
Windows XP Security Tool Helps Community Group Save Time and Reach More Students
White Paper Now, the computers are protected from unauthorized changes because disk changes are cleared each time the computers are restarted, making them more reliable and more available to students. The Council for World-Class Communities (CWCC) promotes... [30 Aug 2007]
Jobs plays options brouhaha for laughs
News A US Securities and Exchange Commission investigation has charged two former Apple employees with improper conduct but that investigation cleared the company and the SEC has not charged Jobs with anything. [11 May 2007]
Verizon wins $58m damages from Vonage
News Vonage was cleared of infringing two patents related to billing systems designed to prevent fraud. Vonage, which provides a service that turns broadband connections into phone lines, was found by a jury in the US to have infringed patents that... [09 Mar 2007]
Fujitsu strike row deepens, talks break down
News Amicus representative Ian Allinson was cleared of any disciplinary breach over the strike action, although he claims Fujitsu Services has imposed sanctions, including cutting the amount of time he can work on behalf of staff. [05 Mar 2007]
HP: Spying row was a "wake-up call"
News After thorough vetting, HP has cleared a "small number" of firms on which it believes it can now safely rely, he added. Hewlett-Packard's top ethics and privacy executives on Thursday said a now infamous investigation into boardroom media leaks was... [02 Mar 2007]
AMD takes knife to desktop chip prices
News AMD and Intelhave been undercutting each other for almost 12 months now on price, as Intel cleared its decks in anticipation of its Core 2 Duo processor launch and AMD followed suit to stay competitive. [12 Feb 2007]
