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Google has decided to redirect the traffic to its Kazakhstan website to a new Google.com website hosted on servers located outside the country.The move comes after the country’s Ministry of Communications and ...

A new web site which purports to help new entrepreneurs to get started in business has launched today. Start Up Britain's 'brand principles' say it was 'Designed to celebrate, inspire and accelerate enterprise in the UK', and...

Spain has refrained from passing a controversial law that could have allowed government crackdowns on websites promoting illegal file downloads. According to Ars Technia, The 'Sinde Law', a part of the Sustainable...

Google has slammed web censorship policies used by countries like China and Turkey, describing them as the "trade barriers of the 21st century". In a blog post, the company said that blocking the free flow of information on the...

UK internet service providers BT and TalkTalk have demanded a judicial review of the controversial Digital Economy Act.The DEA was forced through the parliament by the Labour government in April, prior to the dissolving of...

The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has announced the nominations for its annual awards ceremony, to be held in July.The nominations for ISPA's 'Internet Hero of the Year' are Bridget Fox, Tom Watson and the 38...

Telco Talk Talk has restated its pledge to take music and film companies to court if they try to use parts of the just-passed Digital Economy Act. It said it will not hand over any customer details without a court order. The Act...

The Digital Economy Bill has been passed by the House of Commons and will become law before the general election. The Bill was passed amidst criticisms from inside and outside of Parliament about the lack of Parliamentary time...

Small businesses form the backbones of many economies. In Europe, the EU estimates that small and medium enterprises constitute 99% of all firms (PDF file), with the average enterprise in Europe employing no more than six...

The next decade is going to witness considerable changes in the way businesses operate. Those who succeed will make the best use of both in house and specialist external knowledge using a combination of traditional workflow...

The European Commission has proposed legislating to ensure that all EU nations adopt accessibility rules designed to ease disabled people's access to the web. Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding has for the...

The shift from multinational, to transnational, to global corporations is well underway, and the need for borderless business collaboration is becoming ever more vital. Increasingly, today’s business climate is neither...

Research analyst firm Gartner has revealed what it seems are the five main tech-centric ideas that will affect businesses in the next five years, after exiting what it calls the "trough of disillusionment".Green IT,...

The Information Security Forum (ISF) is warning of an increase in malicious threats including attacks from organised crime and industrial espionage, along with a rise in mobile malware and Web 2.0 vulnerabilities. These are just...

Security Firm Symantec today revealed that UK identities are being purchased and sold in bulk buy special offers on "cyber crime supermarket" style underground economies, according to the latest edition of its Internet...