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Time lawyers got to grips with encryption
Insight perspective Encryption is playing an increasingly important role, but in law its status is poorly defined. It's high time that changed, says U.K. legal expert.
Tags: Security Management, Authentication and encryption, Legal, Encryption, Copyright Protection, Computer, blog team, games console, Chameleon, payment
Arroyo makes last pitch for Philippine ICT dept
News Philippine President Gloria Arroyo, who ends her term in less than a year, makes final appeal for lawmakers to pass bill to create standalone ICT unit.
Tags: Local Government, Politics, Information And Communication Technology, Business Process, BPO, U.S. Department of Transportation, Microsoft Office, agency, U.S. Congress, legislator
Philippine Senate approves e-polls budget
News Once formally approved by President Gloria Arroyo, US$231.7 million will be set aside to support country's first fully-automated elections in 2010.
Tags: Local Government, Politics, Election, Supplier, Philippines, Procurement, U.S. Senate, violence, chairman, U.S. Congress
Catching up with voyeurism and cybercrime
Blogs The over-the-top coverage by the mainstream media this week on the sex video scandal of a celebrity doctor here has been...
Aust NBN bill worries infrastructure players
News Critical infrastructure providers express concern amended National Broadband Network legislation could be costly and conflicts with anti-terrorism rules.
Tags: Regulations, Telecommunications, Attorney General, Emergency Management, Australia, Government, energy efficiency, general manager, legislator, executive director
Yahoo makes its Google search advertising agreement public
News A copy of the controversial search advertising agreement--albeit heavily redacted--is released in an SEC filing, marking the first public unveiling of the deal's specifics.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, antitrust, financial, Google Search, partnership
US ad-trade group opposes Yahoo-Google search deal
News The U.S. Association of National Advertisers has written to the Department of Justice, issuing antitrust objections to the Yahoo-Google search-ad partnership.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Advertiser, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, antitrust, marketing, Yahoo Search
Mobile TV operator in franchise storm
News Philippine operator Smart Communications is under congressional probe for alleged irregularities concerning how it managed its mobile TV franchise.
Tags: Regulations, Local Government, Mobile platforms/communications, Franchise, Mobile, Mobile TV, TV, Philippines, information technology, agency
Gates takes US financial crisis in stride
News Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates expresses confidence in a bright long-term future for the U.S. economy as a guest on NBC Nightly News.
Tags: Leadership, Financial, Economy, Bill Gates, software, chairman, NBC, Goldman Sachs & Co., U.S., blog
Roaming caps legal, advises EU advocate general
News The EC's imposition of roaming caps on Vodafone and other mobile operators did not stifle competition, according to the European Court of Justice's advocate general.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Commission, Cap, European Commission, mobile, Miguel Poiares Maduro, Telecommunications, European Court, European Union, economic activity
War of words heats up in Oracle probe
News Company executive squares off with California lawmaker as the specter of layoffs looms.
Mud slinging escalates in Oracle deal
News The war of words escalates between the database giant Oracle and a California legislator leading an investigation into a controversial US$95 million state contract.
S'pore minister: SingTel-C&W HKT deal not our idea
News The local government said SingTel's proposed merger with Cable & Wireless HKT (C&WHKT) was not its idea nor a plan to run down HongKong.
U.S. Bill aims to curb offshoring
News U.S. lawmakers plan to introduce a bill to discourage American companies from shipping jobs overseas by controlling the flow of federal grants and loan guarantees.
C&W in talks with Keppel T&T, SPH to dispose M1 stake
News Keppel T&T Ltd and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) have been in talks "for the past few months" with Cable & Wireless plc to take up the latter's 30 percent stake in local mobile phone operator MobileOne (M1) Asia Pte Ltd.
