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RSS imposed in newsSilent calls cost Barclaycard £50,000
News Had we not been limited by the statutory maximum, we would have imposed a larger financial penalty to reflect this misuse," he said in a statement. Barclaycard has been fined £50,000 by telecoms regulator Ofcom for... [29 Sep 2008]
Google slashes time to search anonymity by half
News Google has not always imposed a limit on the time it can hold such data. Google has taken steps to improve privacy by reducing the time it holds onto data gained from users of its search service. The search giant has... [09 Sep 2008]
Microsoft reveals more Hyper-V for free
News Previously the company had imposed financial penalties on companies that had virtualisation strategies and wanted to be able to shift between different virtual operating systems. Microsoft began a major virtualisation... [08 Sep 2008]
Warning over wi-fi 'piggybackers'
News Parker added: "If people aren't careful they could unwittingly find a huge bill landing on their doorstep for going over the download cap imposed by their provider. Wireless broadband users are failing to secure their... [29 Aug 2008]
Microsoft launches into virtualisation
News At the launch of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft said it would release Hyper-V within 180 days, a self-imposed deadline that the company has beaten by a comfortable margin. Microsoft has announced that its Hyper-V... [27 Jun 2008]
Flexible working still a stigma, say techies
News And 22.6 per cent said they have considered going back to work on a non-flexible basis because of the constraints imposed on them by this way of working. Working from home - or when out and about with the help of a... [25 Jun 2008]
'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC
News A Whitehall-wide ban on the movement of unencrypted data was imposed in the wake of the MoD losses. Scores of "data guardians" have been employed to protect HM Revenue & Customs from a repeat of the child benefit data... [29 Feb 2008]
Government admits to 200 more laptop thefts
News He said nearly all MoJ laptops are now being encrypted in the wake of the Whitehall-wide ban on the movement of unencrypted data imposed following the Ministry of Defence data loss last month that resulted from a stolen... [19 Feb 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News The devices have fallen foul of the department-wide ban imposed by cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell in the wake of the revelations about the Ministry of Defence data loss last month that resulted from a stolen laptop. [04 Feb 2008]
silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign
News It states: "They [the amendments] would also be a significant step forward in modernising the UK's data protection regime by reflecting, in the powers of the regulator and the penalties that can be imposed, the enormous... [31 Jan 2008]
Staff mobile devices increase security risk
News Jay Heiser, research vice president and security specialist at Gartner, speaking at the Gartner Symposium in Sydney, said: "It's likely that people higher up in an organisation will be the ones who own the more sophisticated devices and... [23 Nov 2007]
Microsoft rolls over for EU antitrust ruling
News Microsoft confirmed it had agreed to comply with the judgement of the European Court of First Instance but had not commented at the time of writing on whether it had agreed to pay the £397m anti-competition fine imposed... [23 Oct 2007]
Vonage loses bulk of Verizon patent appeal
News The judge in the case imposed an injunction on Vonage that would force the company to stop delivering a service using technology that infringes on Verizon's patents. After months of battle, Vonage has lost the bulk of... [27 Sep 2007]
Richard Granger's NHS IT legacy
News While Granger's hard-headed and no-nonsense approach meant tough new contracts for suppliers, which would only get paid for systems they actually delivered, it also led to accusations of a project being imposed on the... [18 Jun 2007]
US gambling ban challenged from within
News Representative Barney Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, on Thursday introduced a bill that would replace the current broad prohibition with strict regulations, including criminal... [27 Apr 2007]
