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RSS labelling in newsGot 8Mbps broadband? Are you sure?
News We have been working very closely with the ASA on labelling and advertising of these services," said a spokesperson. The average speed of an 8Mbps broadband connection is just 2.7Mbps, according to a survey released by Which? [03 Aug 2007]
Tesco takes on might of Microsoft
News George O'Reilly, director at Formjet's white-labelling division, told silicon.com office PC software doesn't need to be as expensive as Microsoft's version. Tesco is set to go head-to-head with the likes of Microsoft and Symantec later this month... [04 Oct 2006]
Web smut labelling plan still on cards
News The question that remains is whether the web-labelling proposal will be altered or rewritten, as it's hardly unusual for amendments to be altered at the last moment. Civil liberties advocates blast the labelling approach as overly sweeping. [19 Sep 2006]
Sex spammers squashed by FTC
News In the fourth case, in US District Court for the District of Arizona, William Dugger, Angelina Johnson and John Vitale were ordered to pay $8,000 for using "spam zombies" and not correctly labelling sexually explicit spam, the FTC said. [15 Sep 2006]
High-risk IT investment can boost top-line growth
News McKinsey differentiates between these risks by labelling them "stay-in-the-race", "win-the-race" or "change-the-rules" investments. Businesses need to rethink their IT strategy and spend up to 40 per cent of their IT budget on high-risk investments... [22 Aug 2006]
Sex sites facing law to clean up their act
News Separately, the Senate is expected to vote this year on a related but broader proposal dealing with web labelling. The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would make it a federal felony for webmasters to use innocent words... [26 Jul 2006]
3 slams fixed-mobile convergence
News Third-generation mobile operator 3 has slammed the idea of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), labelling the technology a niche product. Speaking today at the Mobility Summit in London, 3 strategy director Bruno Duarte expressed his doubts that... [04 Jul 2006]
UK MPs call for digital rights reform
News Apig is recommending the Office of Fair Trading brings forward the introduction of labelling regulations "so that it will become crystal clear to consumers what they will and will not be able to do with digital content that they purchase". [05 Jun 2006]
Google 'profits from child porn', lawsuit claims
News The Justice Department has proposed a mandatory labelling system for sites bearing sexually explicit content and higher penalties for ISPs that don't report child pornography on their networks to the appropriate authorities. [08 May 2006]
IBM looks to open source to boost patent quality
News Sutor said he expects open-source developers will search the prior art system to find existing software and create a "tagging" mechanism for labelling and categorising code. IBM is expected to announce today that it won more US patents than any... [10 Jan 2006]
'Satellite-photo database will increase council tax'
News But the government has denied the claims, labelling them "scaremongering". Satellite photos and a 'Big Brother' database could be used to increase the council tax bills of householders who have made improvements such as conservatories, claim the... [06 Jan 2006]
Second Virgin Mobile bid expected from NTL
News The broadband company originally bid £817m for Virgin Mobile but saw its offer turned down last month, with the MVNO's board of directors labelling the proposal as "materially undervaluing" the company. [03 Jan 2006]
Google does $1bn AOL deal
News The deal also calls for the creation of an "AOL Marketplace through white labelling of Google's advertising technology" that will enable AOL to directly sell search ads on AOL-owned properties, the companies said. [21 Dec 2005]
CIO Jury: Data roaming rip-off slammed
News The present 'nasty surprise' bills will stifle growth and could lead to senior management labelling mobile data services as too expensive for everyday use. IT bosses have slammed mobile operators over the excessive roaming charges and confusing... [03 Nov 2005]
Best of Reader Comments: BT slams offshore "bigots"
News BT's comments earlier this week labelling customers who abuse Indian call centre staff as "bigots" has, predictably, provoked a massive and heated response from silicon.com readers. Sadly many of those reader comments - which will remain... [07 Oct 2005]
