August 2002 Articles

    • Misleading text messages lead to £50,000 fine

      30 Aug 2002

      The Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS), regulator of premium rate services in the UK, yesterday fined Leeds-based service provider Moby Monkey Ltd £50,000 and barred access to its “Mystery...

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    • Misleading domain name ads stopped

      30 Aug 2002

      The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) yesterday announced that it has stopped two companies from publishing misleading advertisements for web site domain names that can only be used if internet browsers are modified. The OFT cooperated with the US Federal...

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    • Oftel rejects Freeserve attack on BT broadband

      30 Aug 2002

      UK telecoms regulator Oftel has rejected complaints made by ISP Freeserve, which accused BT of anti-competitive practices regarding the pricing and marketing of its broadband high-speed internet services, according to FT.com.

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    • Inland Revenue may miss targets for on-line services

      30 Aug 2002

      The UK’s Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has expressed concerns that the Inland Revenue’s on-line tax service will fail unless significant security and reliability issues are resolved. The committee’s report, E-Revenue, also...

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    • Visa cleared of internet libel allegation

      29 Aug 2002

      A US court has ruled that hundreds of e-mails that were sent by a former Visa vice president to a web message board for investors and criticised a new internet credit card clearing centre did not constitute libel by the company.

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    • Fast-track visas closed to foreign IT workers, says Home Office

      29 Aug 2002

      Work Permits, the UK government agency responsible for awarding work permits, has decided to remove all IT jobs from its skills shortage list. The decision means that overseas IT workers will not be allowed to apply for fast-track visas to work in the...

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    • Ziff Davis settles web privacy investigation

      29 Aug 2002

      Ziff Davis, a US-based publishing company, has agreed to pay a total of $125,000 to end a multi-state privacy investigation into a security breach that exposed on-line the personal information of approximately 12,000 magazine subscribers last year.

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    • AOL to launch new Netscape browser – but who will use it?

      29 Aug 2002

      America Online, the internet unit of media giant AOL Time Warner, has said that it will launch its new version of Netscape web browser today, according to Reuters. However, Netscape’s global usage share has dropped to 3.4 percent, according to figures...

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    • Microsoft discloses Windows code

      28 Aug 2002

      Microsoft has disclosed technical information which it claims will enable third party developers to create software that interoperates well with the Windows operating system. The software giant released the information as part of its antitrust settlement...

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    • Storage Computers loses UK patent suit

      28 Aug 2002

      Storage Computers, a New-Hampshire-based international provider of data storage delivery systems, has lost its patent infringement lawsuit against rival Hitachi. Storage filed the complaint earlier this year, alleging that Hitachi Data Systems infringed...

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