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License auctions stifling mobile development
News news analysis India will finally hold its 3G spectrum auction in December, but market analysts say this form of license distribution can negatively impact industry growth.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Local Government, Taxes, License, Operator, India, Money, International Data Corp., Spectrum, Auction
RFID tagging tech gets EU privacy code
News The European Commission has issued guidelines for the use of RFID technology to reassure the public that privacy and personal data will be safeguarded.
Tags: Privacy, RFID, RFID Tag, Chip, Privacy, Europe, tagging, RFID chip, member state, data protection
London data center to power local community
News The Telehouse West facility in the Docklands area will export waste heat from its cooling systems to provide energy for surrounding homes and businesses.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, Carbon Emission, Combined Heat and Power, data center industry, London, industry, strategy, data center, sustainability
Opposition mounts against P2P disconnection plan
News Proposals in the United Kingdom to disconnect the broadband service of suspected illegal file-sharers have come under fresh attack from ISPs, rights groups, and creative artists' groups.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Proposal, Consultation, Signatory, P2P, British Telecommunications, file-sharing, Internet Service Provider, lobbyist
UK govt proposes disconnecting file-sharers
News Internet users suspected of illicit file-sharing could be disconnected under proposals by Lord Mandelson's department for business, innovation and skills.
Tags: Data Management, Web sites, Spokesperson, Accommodation, P2P, Internet Connection, Government, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider, Internet
ISPs, rights groups react to UK govt P2P proposals
News Proposals to disconnect Internet service to illegal file-sharers come under criticism as disproportionate and worrying for businesses.
Tags: Data Management, Web sites, Telecommunications, Proposal, Graham Cluley, P2P, Broadband, Government, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider
France pushes ahead with 'three strikes' Internet law
News Anti-piracy legislation, which calls for persistent file-sharers to have their Internet connection cut off, is a revised version of earlier legislation struck down by the courts.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Law, IP, IP Address, Wi-Fi connection, Wi-Fi, File-sharing, Internet, Wi-Fi access
Parties seek Google Books hearing delay; new deal brewing
News Google will have to amend its settlement with book publishers and authors after the DOJ objected, and the parties need more time to work out a new deal.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, Class Action, New York, antitrust, Judge, blog, alliance
UK public targeted by 1,500 monitoring bids per day
News Liberal Democrats claim the United Kingdom has "sleepwalked into a surveillance state" after public authorities make more than half-a-million interception requests in one year.
Tags: Network security, Authentication and encryption, Security, Home Secretary, Democrat, monitoring, technique, service provider, Network security, team
Red tape hampering tech research
News European Commission information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding has blamed red tape for hindering Europe's efforts to capitalize on its high tech research.
Tags: IT strategy, Mobile, Information And Communication Technology, Innovation, Europe, Tape, venture capital, phone, Silicon.com, job
UK govt Web monitoring plans unworkable, warns Linx
News Traffic-switching organization, London Internet Exchange, says proposals to monitor all Web communications are technologically impractical.
Tags: Data security, Authentication and encryption, Network security, data retention, Spokesperson, communications service provider, Government, e-mail, monitoring, Internet
IP infringement fines to increase tenfold in UK
News The maximum fine will increase from US$7,520 to US$75,200, following a consultation by the Intellectual Property Office consultation in the United Kingdom.
Tags: Copyright, Patents, IP, prosecutor, intellectual property, U.K., alliance, Patents, executive director, Copyright
Apple to FCC: We're still studying Google Voice app
News Apple tells the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that it acted alone in deciding to continue to review an iPhone application that works with Google's voicemail service.
Tags: Mobile applications, Apple Inc., 3G Network, phone, AT&T Corp., Wi-Fi, network, VoIP, FCC, Apple iPhone
IT staff hit by 1,150 job cuts at HSBC, Credit Suisse
News Financial giants HSBC and Credit Suisse to lay off 1,150 IT workers starting from their London headquarters within two to three months.
Tags: Workplace, Business Strategies & Functions, Credit Suisse First Boston, commercial banking, London, job, U.K., bank, information technology, health care
UK govt outlines Facebook monitoring plans
News In a consultation launched on Monday, the U.K. Home Office described how it wants service providers to retain and process data about their users' activities on social networks and other third-party services.
Tags: Network security, Data mining & analysis, Web 2.0, Home Secretary, Database, IP Telephony, Compensation, communications service provider, Government, Facebook
