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Singles downloads and mobile broadband are growth areas for UK communications industry
The decline in music industry revenues slowed to 0.8% this year due to buoyant
single sales and increased non-physical digital music consumption, according to
media and telecoms regulator Ofcom.
19/08/2010
Customer data most popular stolen item for departing workers, claims industry survey
Customer data is the most likely item to be stolen from a company by departing
employees and contractors, according to a survey by an IT security company. Over
half of the UK workers it talked to said they would take company property on
leaving a job.
19/08/2010
ECJ ruling removes VAT advantage of salary sacrifice schemes
Drugs giant Astra Zeneca should pay VAT on retail vouchers given to staff that
form part of a salary sacrifice scheme, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has
said. The ruling could derail some similar schemes.
19/08/2010
Minister hints that libel reform will create privacy law
A justice minister has said that there is "consensus" that a privacy law is
needed, though he stopped short of committing the Government to introducing one.
A fellow senior Liberal Democrat said Parliament needed to "get hold" of privacy
law.
18/08/2010
Oracle sues Google over Java patent claims
Oracle has sued Google, claiming that the company's Android mobile phone
operating system violates patents in Java, a technology the database giant
acquired when it bought Java inventor Sun Microsystems earlier this year.
16/08/2010
French court orders ISPs to block gambling site
A French court has told internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to a
gambling site that is operated out of Gibraltar and does not have a licence to
operate in France, according to news agency Agence France Presse (AFP).
13/08/2010
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