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White Paper Volume Activation 2.0 supports new types of license keys and several new modes of activation for customers deploying Windows using volume licensing rights. Windows product activation, which was first introduced in consumer editions, is now required... [04 Aug 2008]
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment Large mission-critical systems are, I'm sure, very reliable but the interface at the consumer level has become visibly onerous, unreliable and complex with intrusive and quirky digital rights management being one of the worst culprits. [17 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Trademark landmark
Comment Under the Trademark Directive, trademark owners have exclusive rights to prevent others from using a mark that is identical or confusingly similar to their own. Advertising and information sources such as comparison websites have grown in... [16 Jul 2008]
EU law to end file-sharers time online?
News Harbour said: "The interpretation of them is alarmist and scaremongering and deflects from the intention which was to improve consumers' rights. The 'telecoms package', which on Monday gained approval by the Committee on Internal Market and... [09 Jul 2008]
Best Practices in Healthcare & Insurance
White Paper The hope is that HIPAA will help increase service expediency with technology, while maintaining the privacy and rights of the consumer. This paper explains about the best practices to be followed health and insurance market. [03 Jul 2008]
Managing Multiple Server Security & Consumer Privacy Laws?What You Need to Know
White Paper See first hand how to: Keep your network secure while protecting new consumer privacy rights and maintain a strong customer-focused reputation by taking advantage of best practices for protecting the privacy of your customers in California. [03 Jul 2008]
Network Security & Consumer Privacy Laws - What You Need To Know
White Paper During our FREE Web Seminar, you'll learn the history of SB 1386 and its impact to your organization's network security operations, data policies and infrastructure plus how to keep your network secure while protecting new consumer privacy rights... [03 Jul 2008]
Kangaroo web TV faces competition scrutiny
News Kangaroo - which is headed up by ex-BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield - aims to bring together content from all three UK broadcasters along with syndicating rights to other video on demand services. [30 Jun 2008]
Open source to 'blow mobiles open'
News Within three years .the notion of telecommunications companies trying to secure an advantage through exclusive rights to a handset will be dead. McCabe made reference to the rush by Australian telcos to secure rights to the iPhone, suggesting such... [30 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment The EC move is being heralded as the end to a feud between consumer electronics companies and rights owners that dates back to the 1960s. If a member state's copyright laws allow for private copying of already-bought material, the Copyright... [18 Jun 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News ISPA said it is committed to finding a "practical" solution to address intellectual rights' holders desire to issue notices to individual pirates. Wicks said the government still preferred a voluntary solution and that this approach had been... [18 Jun 2008]
Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Business come with downgrade rights. Microsoft says it will continue to make XP discs available to computer makers to enable downgrade rights through to at least January 31 2009. [16 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: What's the score for the music biz?
Comment There is pressure to develop so-called 360-degree deals, where a record company manages all the rights of an artist, from tour to television series, not just their recordings. The content industry must adapt to consumer-driven demand for digital... [22 May 2008]
Dell and HP find ways to keep Windows XP alive
News Only the Business and Ultimate flavours of Vista come with downgrade rights, meaning consumer machines can't be sold in a similar fashion. Taking advantage of the "downgrade rights" offered as part of the Windows Vista licence agreement, HP and... [28 Apr 2008]
Yahoo! tests the Google route to advertising bliss
News In a statement, Herb Kohl, chairman of the Senate's subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, said: "We will be following closely the results of the short-term test alliance between Yahoo! [10 Apr 2008]
