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31 May 2000
The Electronic Communications Bill received Royal Assent on 25th May, as expected, and is now officially in force as an Act of Parliament. However, only limited parts of the Act will take effect immediately.
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31 May 2000
The Data Protection Commissioner has issued enforcement notices against two companies, 'Second Telecom Limited' and 'Top 20 Limited' who were sending unsolicited faxes in breach of new regulations.
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31 May 2000
Losses in the UK due to software piracy totalled £454 million in 1999, the highest figure in Western Europe.
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31 May 2000
A Paris court ruled yesterday that France Telecom could continue marketing its WAP enabled mobile phones only if it informed customers that the phones were programmed to link up automatically to its own web portal and gave them the ability to ‘unlock’...
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30 May 2000
A US federal judge has ruled that eBay, the leading internet auction site, can prevent a rival company from conducting automated searches of eBay’s inventory to list items on its own web site.
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30 May 2000
The liquidators of Boo.com, the failed sportswear retailer, have sold the technology part of the business for £250,000 to a company which provides e-commerce software for internet companies.
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30 May 2000
Dixons, the electronics retail group, is considering the sale of its 80% stake in Freeserve, the ISP, to T-Online, the biggest ISP in Europe. T-Online is reported to be preparing a £6bn bid for the company.
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30 May 2000
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill has received its second reading in the House of Lords and it will now go to the Committee stage where final amendments can be proposed by the House of Lords and agreed by the House of Commons. The final reading...
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29 May 2000
OFTEL, the telephone company watchdog, ruled on Friday that BT must provide the necessary services to enable other operators to supply unmetered internet access over BT’s local network.
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29 May 2000
A Florida judge has ordered Yahoo! and AOL to identify two individuals responsible for allegedly defamatory messages.
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