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Comment How about banning smoking while driving, how about banning passengers from talking to drivers? What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest... [07 Feb 2008]
Leader: eBay-Google battle will end in tears
Leader And eBay has been careful to point out it's only banning Checkout because it doesn't meet the security and safety standard set in its payments policy. eBay has announced it will ban users of its online auctions from using Google's new online... [11 Jul 2006]
Leader: Making wi-fi a must-have
Leader In the last few weeks we've seen the appearance of wi-fi-enabled lampposts, one university banning the technology because of health fears, and now the City of London announcing plans to provide blanket wireless internet across the Square Mile. [07 Mar 2006]
Ageism in IT: Employers must change their ways
Comment Legislation banning age discrimination at work will be brought into effect in the UK by October 2006. This column was written for silicon.com by the members of the 'Age Positive' campaign, which is run by the Department for Work and Pensions in the... [10 Jun 2004]
Leader: US phone camera bans
Leader In the UK many schools have already talked about banning camera phones for fear they may be used to take 'candid' photos that could fall into the wrong hands. And in other countries camera phones have been banned from bath houses, changing rooms... [14 May 2004]
Analysis: Politicians botching tech laws
Comment • Two allegedly antispam proposals could end up banning anonymous remailers, free internet services that strip off information that identifies the sender of an email message and forwards it to the recipient anonymously. [12 May 2004]
Leader: Are we too PC for our own good?
Leader The decision by Scottish schools to ban the bringing of camera phones into school has been praised in some quarters as another obstacle to paedophiles looking to procure images of young children. Reports suggest - with a heavy reliance upon the... [04 Mar 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Controlling electronic messaging, mobile games downloads and SPSS
Comment External email is becoming polluted with spam and viruses and an increasing number of organisations consider internal email to be a time waster. We need to consider all the options for electronic communication and make intelligent choices based on... [11 Oct 2003]
The answer: Fewer emails but in more places?
Comment John Caudwell, hard-working multimillionaire and boss of Phones 4U, took it upon himself to announce the banning of email back at his company's HQ. Research published today says the use of data applications on the move, especially email, is on the... [19 Sep 2003]
Software pirates: To jail or not to jail?
Comment What about a banning order restricting their access to computers under the threat of a suspended sentence? A software pirate was today sentenced to 15 months in prison for selling counterfeit Adobe, Macromedia and Microsoft products. [04 Jul 2003]
Banning mobile use in cars - some implications
Comment Following plans revealed last week to make driving while using a handheld mobile phone illegal the argument has raged over just how dangerous the practice is. But is everyone arguing over the same thing? [01 Jul 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Crippling the WWW
Comment The second step could be the banning of individuals and groups responsible for any criminal activity such as viruses and denial of service attacks. Peter Cochrane has some ideas as to what can be done. [05 Dec 2002]
Banning mobiles in cars: let the debate begin (again)
Comment When we cover stories about the use of mobile handsets in cars, we tend to get lots of emails from lovers of an unregulated society who think that Joe and Joanne Public should be free to do whatever they want when it comes to technology and their... [01 Oct 2002]
We hope you like jamming too - banning mobiles in public places
Comment A small victory was recorded today for all those opposed to mobile phones going off in public. A New York politician launched a bill to ban the use of mobiles in cinemas, theatres, art galleries and a number of other venue types. [15 Aug 2002]
The BBC's big PDA problem
Comment The BBC - one of the country's biggest users of technology - is banning Palms, Psions and any other handheld device that is not Microsoft Pocket PC-compliant. It took silicon.com's news team the best part of Monday to stand up what could turn out... [29 Jan 2002]
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