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Comment The power of such groups has been considerably enhanced by both the internet and the wide reach of media channels that have picked up the issue. The High Court has decided consumer contract law can be used to determine whether bank overdraft...
[12 May 2008]
Round-Up CEO Jerry Yang, the sticking point came over the valuation of the internet giant. The idealistic young internet crusader is apparently holding out for a grand old IPO, and what idealistic young internet crusader wouldn't?
[09 May 2008]
Comment That could be done over the internet, and the machine was certainly connected. Despite all this confusion, there are calls for the providers of internet access to police transfers of software. And they would surely include false positives with...
[07 May 2008]
Comment The film and music industries have been turned upside down by the arrival of the internet. The internet is set to get louder with the talkification of the web. For years, Skype and other VoIP services have been providing an internet alternative to...
[01 May 2008]
Comment Today, I look at my slide deck from Milan and see that we have entire internet relay chat networks controlled by the criminal underground economy, that cyber crime could be almost as big as the value of the global illegal drug trade - no one...
[29 Apr 2008]
Comment That growth is partly because smart operating systems are filtering down from desktop computers and laptops into handheld middle-tier devices, as users demand that desktop and internet applications bridge the divide between computer and phone.
[23 Apr 2008]
Comment Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers This week, readers had a thing or two to say about the Home Office consultancy bill and were not best pleased by the mounting cost of ID cards. The latest in the debate over music downloaders and sharers also...
[17 Apr 2008]
Comment The growth of international cyber crime and terrorism over the past five years has spurred the FBI to establish dedicated cyber squads at each of its 56 field offices across the US and support 70 cyber task forces nationwide, backed up by global...
[15 Apr 2008]
Comment It would be a lot better if the politicians who made these proposals actually had an understanding of how the internet works. Now this would be far more effective if UK internet users were required to present their national ID card to a chip reader...
[10 Apr 2008]
Comment There are already signs that spreading every minor detail about one's personal life across the internet may be on the wane as a lifestyle choice, at least among the over-25s. A need may now exist for a similar model for individuals, to measure...
[08 Apr 2008]
Round-Up Rosedale said virtual reality is the next step in the evolution of the internet, and argued the virtual world has more accountability and traceability than the real world. You're not always taken entirely seriously when you have wings, antlers and...
[04 Apr 2008]
Comment The internet depends on it, as do many commercial operations. The open source brotherhood prides itself on its collaboration and community spirit. The reality is sadly very different, says Martin Brampton.
[03 Apr 2008]
Comment As internet-based services become a standard way to interact, shop and play, the difference between an online identity and a real identity begins to narrow. Recently I had a bed I wanted to get rid of - one that was, I felt, too good to spend the...
[01 Apr 2008]
Round-Up The service, which is still in its trial phase, offers TGV passengers with wi-fi-enabled devices unrestricted access to the internet at 2Mbps download and 512kbps upload rates, which puts parts of west London to shame.
[28 Mar 2008]
Comment The occupants then go back to watching TV over the internet - and all for free. Written on JetBlue 0038 flying from JFK to Rochester NY, and dispatched via a free hotel wi-fi service. When I was a child there was no television.
[26 Mar 2008]
Round-Up The 1990s internet fireball responsible for millions of annoying CDs tucked inside newspapers has been trying to reinvent itself in recent years. It's difficult to know what to make of AOL these days.
[14 Mar 2008]
Comment Finally, there was the spectre of internet shopping. Mulcahy, who headed up the retail giant Kingfisher and now chairs analyst company Javelin Group and the British Retail Consortium, told the audience that too many retailers have their heads in...
[13 Mar 2008]
Round-Up The Round-Up, being the impressionable type, believes anything published on the internet. Those were the heady days when websites would be plastered with statements like: 'Best viewed in Internet Explorer' or 'Best viewed in Netscape Navigator' as...
[07 Mar 2008]
Comment Internet on mobile - rubbish. Infrastructure just isn't up to internet-based work of any critical nature. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to...
[06 Mar 2008]
Comment When he tried to stop them he discovered some surprising facts about the internet and the law. Margaret Briffa, an internet and ecommerce lawyer, tells me the position taken by Google not only makes no concession to UK or European defamation laws...
[05 Mar 2008]
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