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Six of the UK's biggest net providers have agreed a plan with the music industry to tackle piracy online. The deal, negotiated by the government, will see hundreds of thousands of letters sent...

Tom Warren · Jul 24, 2008 · Hot! with 25 comments

Personal details of another 7,000 people in the UK may have gone missing after two more organisations admitted to a breach of data security. The largest of the latest incidents is at the Driver and...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Dec 12, 2007 with 3 comments

Advanced Micro Devices is having a busy week with the BIOS makers, announcing a new storage device kit designed with leading firmware developer General Software and playing catch-up with rival Intel in getting on board...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Nov 7, 2007 with -1 comments

Yahoo China, MSN China and other blog providers in China have signed a code of conduct for their blogging operations that committed them to protecting the interests of the Chinese state. The pact ask the...

· Aug 26, 2007 · Hot! with 20 comments

Nintendo has appeared on the list of the ten most valuable companies in Japan for the first time in its history, sitting alongside household names such as Toyota, Honda and Canon. Nintendo's Wii console has...

· Jun 26, 2007 · Hot! with 7 comments

Anti-virus and computer security software-maker Symantec Corporation has announced it is suing eight companies, for a total of $55 million USD. Symantec alleges in filings in U.S. District Court in California that the businesses are...

· May 17, 2007 · Hot! with 9 comments

According to a recent study, one third of mid-sized companies in the UK do not have a website disaster recovery plan in place. The research was commissioned by managed hosting services provider NetBenefit but was...

· Feb 19, 2007 with 1 comment

The missing pieces that will allow consumers to use their PCs as digital media hubs are fiber-based broadband links to the home and seamless integration of multiple devices, Dell Chairman Michael Dell said in his...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jan 10, 2007 with 3 comments

US record labels Arista Records, Warner Bros, Capitol and UMG recordings have started legal action against Moscow-based Mediaservices. The lawsuit was filed in New York and claims that sites Allofmp3.com and allTunes.com are selling songs...

· Dec 21, 2006 · Hot! with 28 comments

Private Equity firms seem to have developed a fierce appetite for semiconductor firms – especially those connected with mobile phones. The hot news today is that NWQ has built up a 10.5 per cent...

· Oct 23, 2006 with -1 comments

Everyone agrees video on demand over the Internet should be a goldmine for telecoms and media firms, but the two converging industries have yet to figure out how both can make money, a conference in...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Nov 26, 2005 with -1 comments

Microsoft today released the findings of an independent report claiming that the Windows platform is "more consistent, predictable and easier to manage than Linux". The study, commissioned by the software giant from Security Innovation, a...

· Nov 16, 2005 with -1 comments

IBM and Google Inc. are collaborating to make it easier for office workers not only to search for local documents and personal e-mail but to delve deep into corporate databases, the companies said on Friday....

· Oct 28, 2005 with -1 comments

In what could be a prelude to a new server product for midsize businesses, Microsoft announced Thursday a new bundle that saves such companies up to 20 percent if they buy a set of Microsoft...

· Jul 7, 2005 with -1 comments

Microsoft wants the Senate to rewrite anti-spyware legislation in order to protect companies that provide spyware removal utilities. The software maker warned Tuesday that two bills approved by the House of Representatives...

· May 24, 2005 with -1 comments

Ring Fu's company plays a small part in a global trend that he says will dominate telecommunications in the not-too-distant future. "A few years ago they said it was a toy. Now,...

· Aug 2, 2004 with -1 comments

A consortium of the world's largest computer and electronics companies on Tuesday established ground rules for building compatible electronic devices that can share movies, music and other media. But the group quickly...

· Jun 23, 2004 with -1 comments

Patriot Scientific, a semiconductor designer with about eight employees, sent letters to 150 companies alleging that they might be infringing one of Patriot's patents. The San Diego-based company, which is already involved...

· Apr 23, 2004 with -1 comments

A "mini bubble" has emerged among Internet companies, but it likely won't reach the level of the previous dot-com boom, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said. "We are back in a mini-bubble era...

· Mar 26, 2004 with -1 comments

Enterprises must protect themselves from likely shake-up in vendor market IT managers should rethink their spam filter strategy as the market is expected to experience dramatic vendor consolidation this year, Gartner has...

Tom Warren · Mar 22, 2004 with -1 comments

A technical committee will forge ahead on Thursday with development of a Web services reliable-messaging specification without the backing of industry heavyweights IBM and Microsoft. Companies that back the specification--Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC, Oracle and...

· Sep 4, 2003 with -1 comments

The biggest computer manufacturers in Japan that build systems running Linux will hold out against blustering by SCO to extract license fees based upon unsubstantiated infringement claims, it has emerged. According to today's...

· Jul 23, 2003 with -1 comments

The nation's two largest cable operators will test Microsoft Corp.'s digital television software with some of their subscribers under agreements to be announced today. Although limited in scope, the trials by Comcast Cable...

Tom Warren · Jul 21, 2003 with 1 comment

To parents interested in buying the popular Hooked on Phonics learn-to-read programs, the company made a firm promise on its Web site: It would never sell or rent their personal information to other marketers. ...

· Jul 1, 2003 with -1 comments

Virus Information Alliance set up with Network Associates and Trend Micro Microsoft has formed the Virus Information Alliance (Via) with Network Associates and Trend Micro to help customers get information about...

Tom Warren · May 20, 2003 with -1 comments

Sun Microsystems and ATI Technologies are the latest tech companies to see their plans in Asia disrupted by fears of a deadly flulike disease. Concerns about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) led...

· Apr 1, 2003 with -1 comments

More than a quarter of a million businesses in the UK are ill-prepared for how a disaster such as a terrorist attack could affect their technology systems. A survey commissioned by information...

· Mar 25, 2003 with -1 comments

Major players in the entertainment and technology industries plan to announce a measure of detente today in what are increasingly contentious battles over the best way to prevent digital piracy of music and video. ...

· Jan 15, 2003 with -1 comments

With the U.S. government issuing new terror warnings and Senate passage of the homeland security bill, small companies providing screening systems and other specialized protection services are poised for the windfall they've anticipated ever since...

· Nov 25, 2002 with -1 comments

Technology and entertainment lobbyists will sit down at the negotiating table Friday to seek a resolution to the long-running political spat over digital copyright. About 20 lobbyists are expected to meet at the Eye Street...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Nov 22, 2002 with -1 comments

Apple Computer is close to vindication in a long-running dispute with Web researchers over the popularity of its QuickTime multimedia technology--a victory that could help speed adoption of new digital video and audio standards. ...

· Jun 19, 2002 with -1 comments

For the past several weeks, the pseudonymous programmer, who says he's a male college student and declines to give his real name, has been releasing versions of popular file-swapping programs online with the advertising and...

· Apr 25, 2002 with -1 comments

Britain's leading companies are "woefully inadequate" at providing corporate information on their Web sites, according to a study released Monday. It said half the companies listed on the London stock market's main...

· Dec 31, 2001 with -1 comments

Antivirus software vendors said Monday they don't want to create a loophole in their security products to let the FBI or other government agencies use a virus to eavesdrop on the computer communications of suspected...

· Dec 11, 2001 with -1 comments