cyberspace in comment and analysis

Why no united front on cyber crime?

Comment That growing influence of serious and organised crime in cyberspace is the focus of representatives from business, finance, government and law enforcement agencies at next week's sixth international e-Crime Congress in London. [27 Feb 2008]

Q&A: William Gibson, science fiction novelist

Comment He invented the word 'cyberspace' and his influential works predicted many of the changes technology has brought about.silicon.com's Steve Ranger caught up with him in the run up to the launch of his latest novel, Spook Country.silicon.com: You've... [06 Aug 2007]

Crime pays - and pays very well in cyberspace

Comment It's been five years since the first e-Crime Congress and this month leading figures from government, business, finance and law-enforcement will assemble in London once again, to explore, discuss - and hopefully - suggest some solutions to deal... [07 Mar 2007]

The Weekly Round-Up: 16.02.07

Round-Up It requires a bit of a leap in assuming sensitive information travelling through cyberspace is analogous to a pair of skimp briefs arriving in the post.but we think we see what they've done there. As the wilting roses or half-polished-off box of... [16 Feb 2007]

Opinion: Get ready for global surveillance

Comment The book Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, written during the commercial genesis of the internet by law professor Lawrence Lessig, argued that the ungoverned virtual world of the internet would find it impossible to avoid the introduction of an... [25 Jan 2006]

Way to win in online music? Sign a star

Comment But brand recognition in cyberspace is going to become important and the labels themselves are going to be influenced by wanting to deal with the brands that get the most traffic and recognition. Online music services are scurrying to build... [29 Nov 2004]

Steve Ballmer Q&A: Microsoft CEO on security, piracy, licensing and the digital future

Comment There are bad people out there in cyberspace and they are not going to go away. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hosted a Q&A session for a handful of UK journalists in London on Sunday and silicon.com was there. [05 Oct 2004]

Security Q&A: Your questions answered (Part 2)

Comment Given that cyberspace can be considered to operate outside the boundaries of our current geographic jurisdictions, how should laws or policing be applied inside this realm? Rebecca Loades asks: "Given that cyberspace can be considered to operate... [05 Aug 2004]

Tech and US government building cyber defence

Comment While some security experts have criticised the Bush administration's plan to protect the internet, known as the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, Liscouski and other officials stressed that the policy document was just a guideline to help... [04 Dec 2003]

Technology's Frank Capra moments

Comment In an age when people are rightly suspicious of much that goes on in cyberspace, it is encouraging to see something which constitutes an act of giving. The technology sector can feel like a fairly brutal place to live. [23 Oct 2002]

AOL vs Microsoft: Rough justice or sour grapes?

Comment There is no doubt Netscape lost the browser wars, and - given that Microsoft was indeed found to have abused its dominance in the desktop market to get a foothold in cyberspace - you could defend its decision to go for the jugular now, several... [23 Jan 2002]

Broadband love and Arthur C. Clarke

Comment But what will happen to all those frustrated young lovers out there in cyberspace who were happy with their narrowband access but will now have to pay to flirt? As we're now just a whisker on Santa's chin away from Christmas Day, it's time for a... [07 Dec 2001]

Microsoft anti-trust lawyers met with stiff opposition

Comment The Round-Up likes to think it reveals that we know the net is about a lot more than sex, and that we've stopped sniggering at all the smut in cyberspace. The company has been funding a letter-writing campaign organised by a group called the... [31 Aug 2001]

Sorry about the bubble bursting and everything

Comment Mr Doerr was speaking to Democrat congressmen and industry leaders on Sunday, and for a grand opening took responsibility for the ever-growing number of dot-com drop-outs strewn around the gutters of cyberspace. [20 Jul 2001]

Model Management: The new, New Economy

Comment Instead, a radical new terminology has descended on cyberspace: a world of 'cash flow', 'completed transactions', 'revenue', and 'profit. But whether any of us is fit for the future is the real question we should be asking. [17 Jul 2001]

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