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RSS calling in newsMinistry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach... [25 Jul 2008]
Icahn, Yahoo!: Agreement reached
News Icahn, who had proposed his own slate of board members, was calling for the company to reach a deal to sell all or part of the company to Microsoft. Yahoo! has reached a settlement with activist investor Carl Icahn, who... [21 Jul 2008]
Location-based services mean business
News As GSM handsets with built-in GPS receivers become more widely available, ABI expects Asia-Pacific and Europe to catch up with the US - which has been leading the charge for location services as its emergency calling... [17 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach... [15 Jul 2008]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach... [11 Jul 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News The Lords science and technology committee has called for people to be able to report crime directly to the police, rather than having to rely on banks to pass it on to law enforcers.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is... [08 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News Blakey is critical of the lack of technology in prisons, calling for CCTV, biometric, scanning and phone blocking systems to be stepped up. Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss)... [08 Jul 2008]
ICO: Data breach law moves closer
News A rethink of UK data protection laws is something that silicon.com has been calling on for the last year as part of its Full Disclosure campaign. The UK's privacy watchdog says the country is a step closer to getting a... [03 Jul 2008]
Skype calls on ex-Motorola exec
News Internet calling provider Skype said yesterday that it has hired Scott Durchslag, a former Motorola executive, to become its chief operating officer. Skype provides free and low-cost voice, video... [02 Jul 2008]
Jonathan Zittrain on why the internet is on a knife edge
News Much of my book is devoted to mapping out what those solutions can look like, rather than calling for government intervention. Internet scholar Jonathan Zittrain says the web is on the road to ruin. The Oxford University... [30 Jun 2008]
UK students outsource IT coursework to India
News Lancaster and fellow City lecturer Robert Clarke are calling on the government to set up a national database of university assignments so they can be matched against contract requests on coding websites and traced back... [25 Jun 2008]
Glitch takes Sainsbury's shopping offline
News We are calling the affected customers to let them know and are offering them a £10 e-voucher for when the site is back online. Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has taken its groceries website offline after it developed a... [18 Jun 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, Metropolitan Police Service e-crime chief and one of the architects of the proposed Policing Central e-Crime Unit (PCEU), said that regular talks are taking place between government, police... [13 Jun 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a surge in attempts to hijack bank accounts using email phishing and key logging malware.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK... [06 Jun 2008]
iPhone 2.0 - the rumours and the reality
News Rumoured tweaks include a front-facing camera for video calling, variations on form factor (fatter or, heck, thinner) and GPS capability. The rumour mill is dizzy with speculation about what 'cool new stuff' Apple's... [05 Jun 2008]
