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19 Dec 2002
The Law Commission of England and Wales has suggested a need for a global treaty to address defamation and the internet. The opinion comes in a report with other recommendations which was yesterday submitted to the Lord Chancellor's department.
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19 Dec 2002
Search engines Lycos and Google have compiled their lists of the top internet searches over the course of 2002. Google users made 55 billion searches over the year, or 150 million per day, according to the company. Both sets of results have been censored...
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19 Dec 2002
The European Parliament yesterday voted to ratify two tough new Directives that introduce IT recycling rules in the EU. In a last-minute change, the Parliament voted unanimously to ban printer manufacturers forcing customers to buy own-brand ink refills....
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19 Dec 2002
The European Commission has set the fees payable for registering designs with EU -wide protection in a single application. For €230, a design can be registered at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market ( OHIM ) in Alicante, giving the...
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18 Dec 2002
America Online has the patent rights to instant messaging, or IM, one of the most popular applications on the internet, which lets those on-line with compatible networking software to communicate in real time.
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18 Dec 2002
An employee losing a laptop or PDA containing confidential company information is a significant risk for companies with a mobile workforce. A security software company specialising in mobile computing devices has compiled a list of hints and tips for...
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18 Dec 2002
A jury in California yesterday acquitted Moscow software company ElcomSoft yesterday in the first criminal trial under the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998. The charges concerned software that evaded the anti-copying protections...
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18 Dec 2002
Microsoft's Internet Explorer dominates the browser market with a worldwide usage share of 95%, according to new findings from web site analysts OneStat.com. Netscape Navigator is the second most popular browser – but its market share is just 3%....
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17 Dec 2002
America Online this week won damages totalling almost $7 million in a legal victory against a company that AOL accused of sending over one billion junk e-mail messages to its customers advertising adult web sites.
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17 Dec 2002
UK Consumer Minister Melanie Johnson has launched a consultation on new proposals which she says will give consumers access to cheaper and more competitive loan deals over the internet. The proposals address credit transactions, electronic signatures...
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