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RSS lordsExtradition for Nasa hacker rules high court
News According to his solicitor, Karen Todner, McKinnon and his legal team will also appeal to the Law Lords, and Todner has made a fresh approach to President Obama. Gary McKinnon has lost his high court bid to avoid... [31 Jul 2009]
Funding snub for historic Bletchley Park
News In a debate today in the House of Lords, the chamber was told funding is needed to help keep the site financially viable while restoration work to the home of the World War II codebreakers is carried out. [19 May 2009]
'Police drowning in CCTV data': Acpo
News In February a House of Lords committee called for an end to "pervasive" surveillance in the UK. The police cannot deal with the amount of information generated by CCTV cameras, according to the director of information... [18 May 2009]
EC: Software makers must be held responsible for code
News Linux kernel developer Alan Cox in 2007 told a House of Lords Committee that neither proprietary nor open-source developers should be held accountable for their code. Software companies could be held responsible for the... [11 May 2009]
The A to Z of ID cards
News The bill had a rocky passage through the House of Commons and faced fierce opposition in the House of Lords. The House of Lords Constitution Committee said the UK had become one of the most spied on... [15 Apr 2009]
iPhone 3.0, Windows 7, robots and the office of the future
Photo This month silicon.com took a look around Lords to find out how IT is vital to the running of the cricket ground. For more on how Lords is powering cricket with IT, click here. To see more of the office... [07 Apr 2009]
Photos: Bowled over by high-tech cricket at Lords
Photo This is the main pavilion at Lords cricket ground in north London - sometimes referred to as the 'home of cricket'. Despite the venerable history of the game, Lords is actually supported by a range of... [25 Mar 2009]
Semantic Web 'will come with privacy built in'
News ZDNet UK spoke to Berners-Lee at an event at the House of Lords designed to draw attention to the use of deep packet inspection by internet service providers and third parties. Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said... [16 Mar 2009]
Berners-Lee slams DPI: "We must not snoop on the internet"
News Speaking at a House of Lords event on the 20th anniversary of the invention of the world wide web, Berners-Lee said DPI was the electronic equivalent of opening people's mail. The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim... [12 Mar 2009]
Beware - Big Brother is watching you get drunk
Comment Finally this week, the Lords' claim that the UK is Big Brother capital of the world prompted some strong responses. UK is Big Brother capital of the world say Lords New powers are needed to combat a... [10 Feb 2009]
UK is Big Brother capital of the world say Lords
News New powers are needed to combat a culture of "pervasive" surveillance that has seen the UK become the most spied upon country in the world, the Lords said today. The UK is now watched by more about four million CCTV... [06 Feb 2009]
Will Nasa hacker be prosecuted in UK?
News Nasa hacker granted Law Lords appeal Nasa hacker looks to Lords for appeal hope The Crown Prosecution Service will give a decision in the next four weeks as to whether it will prosecute Nasa hacker Gary... [16 Jan 2009]
Nasa hacker says will plead guilty in UK
News Nasa hacker granted Law Lords appeal Nasa hacker looks to Lords for appeal hope Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon has told UK prosecutors he will plead guilty to charges in the UK, a move that could... [13 Jan 2009]
Westminster can't understand Microsoft Word
News The problem was raised in the House of Lords information committee annual report, published yesterday, and committee member Lord Methuen said: "A program can be downloaded to read the documents but obviously not... [26 Nov 2008]
Inbox: Brits baying for blood over ID
Comment Lords: 'Do we really need £12bn super comms database? The Lords have questioned the value of a '£12bn super database' to collect all UK communications. Also getting a lot of attention was a story... [24 Nov 2008]
