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Carrot and stick to lower roaming rates
News There is also a punishment for anyone failing to impress: a punitive tariff, which will see any operator flouting the legislation compelled to introduce roaming charges lower than their competitors'. The European parliament met yesterday to discuss... [27 Feb 2007]
Europe battling €100bn health fraud losses
News In such cases Gee said the NHS presses for a three-pronged punishment, to get the individual tried and sentenced, get losses recovered and get the individual struck off from future practice. The head of counter fraud within the NHS has told silicon... [28 Jun 2005]
Mobile driving ban: 'Increase the fine'
News At that time respondents to the survey also backed a punishment of points on the licence and a fine of up to £250, suggesting there is still plenty of scope to increase the fine further. The public are in favour of steeper fines or licence... [24 Nov 2004]
Virus writers: "Hanging is too good for them"
News However, there is growing support among silicon.com readers for alternative forms of punishment to replace custodial sentences or to complement and follow a jail term. Stephen Curwood's calls for severe punishment summed up many people's concerns... [03 Sep 2003]
There'll be more deep thinking about deep-linking
Comment A case between two Shetland news sites first brought the issue to light in the UK but since the only punishment handed out was a measly slap on the wrist, the internet and companies like Newsbooster continued to flourish. [09 Jul 2002]
Microsoft admits abusing antitrust settlement
News The nine maverick states are trying to prove that far from being a fair punishment, the settlement reached at the end of last year actually encourages new anti-competitive behaviour. According to the latest courtroom filings by the nine states... [20 Feb 2002]
Microsoft to court - we could get used to this
Comment The only problem is the nature of those pronouncements. The court watchers are basing their opinions predominantly on what's been said of Judge Jackson, whose original decision to split the company in two led to the appeal now under consideration. [28 Feb 2001]
Microsoft asks to be heard in a lesser court
News But no punishment will be enforced until the appeal has been heard. A federal court would take much longer over the hearing and has, in the past, ruled in Microsoft's favour. Microsoft is pleading with the US Supreme Court to have its anti-trust... [26 Jul 2000]
Monopoly or minnow? The future of Microsoft
Comment It's possible that Microsoft will impose this 'punishment' on itself to deflect any further criticism - but even then we could end up with a two-headed Microsoft. A Silicon.com poll showed that 60.4 per cent of our viewers are in favour of this... [30 Nov 1998]
