Average UK broadband just over half advertised speed: “ Half empty? The average downstream speed received by UK households is just 57 per cent of the average advertised rate, according to Ofcom research.… “ (Via…
UK – School computers ‘fail to filter’: “(BBC) School computer systems in the UK are failing to identify 10% of incoming harmful content, research suggests. Data monitored from 30,000 students found content from items such…
UK – Plug pulled on suspected pirates: “(BBC) Web users suspected of file-sharing are being cut off without warning by internet service provider (ISP) Karoo, based in Hull. Karoo, the only ISP in the area,…
Information Commissioner enjoys new powers to fine from April 2010: “Privacy regulator the Information Commissioner will be handed new powers to issue fines next April. The Commissioner’s office has confirmed for the first time the…
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…
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…
UK – Right to privacy broken by a quarter of public databases(Guardian) A quarter of all the largest public-sector database projects, including the ID cards register, are fundamentally flawed and clearly breach European data protection…
Four million British identities are up for sale on the internet: “The identities of more than four million Britons are being offered for sale on the internet, The Times has learnt.“ (Via Tech and Web…
Google not liable for defamatory search snippets: “ High Court heads off flood of cases from world + dog Google is not the publisher of defamatory words that appear in its search results, the High…
Written material saved from censor’s big black pen – for now: “ Lords suicide debate saves the day Censorship of written material is off the agenda – for now: and for that we may need…