Government changes tune on music piracy promise
Government changes tune on music piracy promiseBen Bradshaw, the Culture Secretary, has watered down a pledge to cut the volume of internet music piracy by 70 per cent in the next two years in a…
23 July, 2009
Swine flu website grinds to a halt
Swine flu website grinds to a haltA much-heralded government website designed to relieve the pressure from frontline NHS staff by providing online diagnosis of swine flu ground to a halt today within a few minutes…
Spotify will put us music critics out of a job
Spotify will put us music critics out of a jobBeyond the national sport of bellowing about who has or hasn’t made the Mercury Prize shortlist, this is the most significant year for the award since…
Gordon Brown’s plans to use phone tapping evidence in court thrown into chaos
Gordon Brown’s plans to use phone tapping evidence in court thrown into chaosThe proposed use of phone tapping evidence to secure convictions in terrorist and criminal trials has been shown in secret tests to be…
CN – Chinese Web sites close amid tightening controls
CN – Chinese Web sites close amid tightening controls(AP) Two more Web sites dedicated to social networking went offline in China amid tightening controls that have blocked Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites that offered…