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RSS rights in newsISPs join file sharing crackdown
News ISPs are obliged to work with the music industry and rights' holders to bring about a "significant reduction" in illegal file sharing through education and by developing legal online services. UK internet service providers have joined forces with... [24 Jul 2008]
Users' privacy wins in YouTube vs Viacom
News Viacom will look like a responsible internet citizen, Google will no doubt be credited for standing up for internet rights and, most importantly, YouTube users don't have to worry about their privacy. [15 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. A set of telecommunications laws has been given the green light by a European parliamentary committee... [09 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News This would provide the attacker with as much access to and rights on the computer as the logged-in user has. Microsoft issued a security advisory on Monday warning about targeted attacks that exploit a hole in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft unveils licensing plan for business
News In terms of upgrade rights - the major element - this is only cost-justified by a three- to four-year upgrade cycle but Microsoft has undermined Software Assurance's value proposition by missing delivery dates for new versions. [01 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]
Flexible working still a stigma, say techies
News However, earlier this year, the government announced plans to extend flexible working rights to all parents with children under the age of 16 - giving an extra 4.5 million people the right to ask to work flexible hours. [25 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. But the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has hit back, warning the government that... [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]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now has almost 900 illegal tracks each on their MP3 players. Feargal Sharkey, former-Undertones frontman and now CEO of British Music... [16 Jun 2008]
Nasa hacker fights extradition
News Representing McKinnon will be his own barrister, David Pannick QC, and a barrister acting for human rights organisation Liberty, Edward Fitzgerald QC. Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into Nasa systems, is due to fight his... [13 Jun 2008]
Nokia: Open source needs a lesson in business
News Open-source developers targeting the mobile space need to learn business rules including digital rights management, Nokia's software chief has claimed. There are certain business rules [developers] need to obey, such as DRM, IPR [intellectual... [12 Jun 2008]
EDS customers advised to look for price cuts
News In many cases the buyout could trigger clauses in EDS outsourcing contracts that will entitle its customers to new rights. Bring it up, escalate it, tell them you aren't happy about the change in control and may exercise your rights. [21 May 2008]
'Noisy' anti-Phorm tool developed
News Electronic civil liberties organisation the Open Rights Group (ORG) said the availability of this software, and other browser plugins that limit the effectiveness of advertising such as Adblock Plus for Firefox, show there is public concern about... [20 May 2008]
