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Californian court throws out record industry claim against providers of P2P file-sharing software

1 May 2003 | Paul Gershlick

The music industry has suffered a severe blow when a federal court in California ruled that they could not take action against the suppliers of peer-to-peer software for the copyright infringement of customers...

UK has lowest rate of software piracy in Western Europe

1 May 2003 | Paul Gershlick

The UK has the lowest rate of software piracy in Western Europe, according to a survey by the analyst firm, IDC.  In conducting its survey, IDC relied on the rate  produced by the Business Software Alliance...

Sunrise period for “.Pro” domain names commences

1 May 2003 | Paul Gershlick

RegistryPro, the domain name registry which is running the new ".pro" domain names, has opened its "sunrise period".  This is the period during which people claiming a ".pro" domain name can register...

E-mail worm plays on people’s concerns about Sars

1 May 2003 | Paul Gershlick

A new e-mail worm is spreading which plays on people's concerns about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.  The Coronex virus uses Microsoft's Outlook program to send copies of itself to others in a victim's...

Electronic age verification scheme launched

1 May 2003 | Paul Gershlick

CitizenCard has launched interactiveAgeCheck, an electronic age verification scheme that enables chatroom operators to check the age and identity of their users.  The scheme can be used to detect the...

90% of staff give away office password in return for a pen

1 May 2003 | Paul Gershlick

90% of commuters who were asked by a stranger at Waterloo Station for their office password revealed it!  This astonishing statistic came from a survey by Infosecurity Europe 2003, an exhibition run by...

OFT investigation finds more than 50 UK-based travel websites break advertising laws

1 May 2003 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading and local trading standards authorities have looked at 135 UK-based travel websites and found that 54 made misleading claims about available deals, contrary to the Control of...

ASA decides NTL misled consumers over broadband

1 May 2003 | Paul Gershlick

The Advertising Standards Authority, a self-regulating body in the advertising industry, has ruled that NTL misled its customers over the speed of broadband and the service it was providing.  The Internet...

60% of electorate would vote electronically

1 May 2003 | Paul Gershlick

60% of the UK electorate would vote electronically if there is a safe, reliable system for doing so, according to a survey by Mori for the Electoral Commission.  41% wanted to vote on the Internet, 33%...

UK is now third best place in world for e-business

1 May 2003 | Paul Gershlick

The UK is now the third best place in the world - joint with USA - to do e-business, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit and IBM Institute for Business Value's 2003 "E-readiness Rankings" survey. ...