A group of MPs has called upon the Office of Fair Trading to introduce labelling regulations that will clearly spell out for consumers the risks of Digital Rights Management (DRM) used in digital content.Such risks include losing...

Suing a business in another EU country for a sum less than €2,000 should become quicker and easier under a procedure agreed by Ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Friday.The UK negotiations on the proposals have been led by...

Coming back home is a wonderful experience, especially when your ‘home’ is in Mauritius, around 7000 miles from London.I came to Mauritius hoping to be able to enjoy broadband as one of the 10,000 ADSL subscribers of the island....

Regular readers of this column will know about the MasterCard Paypass system, an RFID-enabled card that allows cardholders to pay for low-value purchases by waving their card in front of a special terminal.The system operates...

The Office of Fair Trading has published draft guidance on advertising discounts in the wake of a landmark ruling against the Officers Club clothing chain which deemed a permanent "70% off" advertising strategy to be misleading...

Typing a person's name in Google is now a favourite past time of many recruitment agencies or employers conducting background research on prospective employees.In an era where the boundaries of the individual and his privacy are...

A former Guardian freelancer has been paid £37,500 to settle a repetitive strain injury claim. A health & safety law expert said today that the case should serve as a wake-up call to employers about the need for workplace...

African-based UBuntu has come a long way from being a little known Linux distribution to one of the most powerful and recognised brands in the open source world, all in a few years.Now Sun Microsystems and Canonical, the company...

It looks the Swedish police portal isn't the Web site feeling the wrath of hackers upset with the Swedish government's closure for three days of the Pirate Bay.According to Zone-h, the Web defacement archive site, Sony BMG's and...