European Police Arrest 10 In Internet Piracy Raids

There are two interesting articles (unfortunately, in German) which describe an apparent hack on German government PCs, using infected Word and PowerPoint files.From Andreas Marx: This stuff is really interesting, even if the...

More and more municipal and county governments across the country are getting into the Internet provider business. It started out simply enough, with free access to Internet-connected computers at local libraries. That's...

UK online centres today welcomed the publication of the National Audit Office (NAO) report into Government on the internet, but stressed action on digital inclusion must step up if progress in delivering information and services...

Following the announcement of the restructuring of the Department for Education and Skills and the Department of Trade and Industry into three new Departments, e-skills UK welcomes the Government’s commitment to skills and...

Internet-based home monitoring services could be a key component in helping deliver potential Government targets outlined in the Freud report: "Reducing Dependency, Increasing Opportunity: Options for the future of welfare to...

Government Insights, an IDC company, predicts that global IT consolidation will heavily influence the direction and magnitude of worldwide government information technology (IT) investment for 2007.After speaking with various...

Like anyone that has been around government websites for more than 30 seconds I am extremely cynical that they are of any use and ultimately make anyone’s life any easier. But hold on, I think I have found a gem here.Many moons...

The US Government will relinquish much of its control over the systems at the heart of the internet. A US Commerce Department meeting heard the unexpected admission by Department official John Kneuer.The Department will retain...

IT is the fifth most boring profession in the UK. It ranks as being more boring than engineering, banking and accountancy according to the Workforce Boredom Index produced by a government quango.With a boredom rating of 7.5 out...

A US judge has blocked a lawsuit against telecoms company AT&T on grounds of national security. The case sought to block AT&T from handing over phone records to US authorities.Parallel cases dealing with the same issue...

A landmark email spying case which the US government tried to block on the grounds of national security will go to court. A federal judge overruled the Government's objections.Civil liberties group the Electronic Freedom...

Those who misuse personal data for profit could be imprisoned for up to two years under new plans in a Government consultation launched today.It proposes increasing penalties available to the courts to deter people who are guilty...

The US Government has claimed that it is above the law in a wire-tapping case, privacy activists have said. The claim came in relation to the government intervention in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's case against...

An increase in the number of products offered in the world of financial services is taking its toll on firms who now need to offer and keep track of more products than ever before, according to a multinational computing firm.The...

The clause of a law which forces people to hand over encryption keys will be activated after controversy delayed its implementation for six years. But one security expert has warned that the law itself could cause more criminals...