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Google snubs Euro watchdog's 'abuse of dominance' claims

Happy to have a chat about 'concerns'

Law 21 May 15:37

IP law probe MPs hunt for smoking gun, find plenty of smoke

Analysis The IPO whodunnit continues

Public Sector 21 May 13:32

Brussels throws antitrust settlement lifeline to Google

Almunia urges Schmidt to offer quick fix or face possible 'abuse' charges

Law 21 May 12:28

Another NHS trust coughs up £90k fine for lax fax acts

Patients' privates sent to wrong address for months

Public Sector 21 May 12:03

NHS car-crash spatters CSC accounts with red ink

'Very poor' results, blubs CEO

Public Sector 21 May 08:19

Creatives spin copyright licence that sticks to web

Using baton of new technology to enforce rights

Law 21 May 07:02

Call of Duty hacker behind bars after college burglary

18 months' porridge for banking malware-spreader

Law 18 May 16:34

Next UK.gov CloudStore lumbers online

Digital Dunkirk spirit

Channel Register 18 May 16:01

ICO on new Cookie Law: 'Don't expect torrent of enforcement action'

Plans to wait for user complaints as the law comes into effect

Law 18 May 13:31

UK.gov: ICT in schools ain't dead, it's just resting

And there'll be tech contracts for the kids when they grow up, honest

Government 18 May 13:19

UK prosecutions for hacking appear to be be dropping

But plenty of caveats apply

Law 18 May 13:02

Iran threatens to chuck sueball at Google over missing gulf

State unhappy that 'Persian Gulf' name is gone

Government 18 May 12:01

Facebook's Eduardo Saverin: I'm not a tax-dodger

Meanwhile, US senators try to get him banned from the US

Government 18 May 11:04

Senator probes NASA airfield deal for Google's jets

Is space agency giving Larry a break on government's jet fuel?

Government 18 May 10:32

Scotland considers dishing out more iPads to schoolkids

Maybe, if it's 'promoting new teaching behaviours' elsewhere

Government 18 May 08:33

Will UK.gov crack down on itself for missing Cookie Law deadline?

In other news - Pope actually Jewish

Law 18 May 07:03

Anonymous turns its DDoS cannons on India

Takes out government, court and political party sites

Public Sector 18 May 03:28

Governments may hit social networks with cyber attacks

Arab Spring alerted governments to power of Facebook, Twitter et al

Government 17 May 23:50

Council fined £70k after burglars nick vulnerable kids' files

Second data law breach in two years

Public Sector 17 May 13:32

UK.gov IT slasher axes himself - after 5 months in new job

Ian Watmore follows horde of civil servants streaming out the door

Public Sector 17 May 10:37

Child support IT fail: Deadbeat mums 'n' dads off the hook

NAO: Child maintenance computers unable to keep tabs on payments

Government 17 May 07:03

Speaking in Tech: The worst government IT deal of ALL TIME

Podcast The one about the oversized Cisco routers

Government 16 May 15:59

Pints under attack as Lord Howe demands metric-only UK

Weights and measures a 'uniquely confusing shambles'

Government 16 May 13:03

Only global poverty can save the planet, insists WWF - and the ESA!

Analysis Windfarms for all, but without using steel or concrete

Government 16 May 08:19

IT bungle left dole office unable to check benefits for months

Tech delay hit DWP's Work Programme

Government 16 May 07:07

China steps up crack down on hi-tech exam cheats

No, you may not take that tablet into the exam hall...

Public Sector 16 May 05:22

South Australia plans digital evidence review

Laws mentioning “telegram and telegraph” may not cover Internet adequately

Public Sector 16 May 01:04

ICO blasted offline by DDoS cannon in Leveson protest

Anonymous-linked hacktivists shell site for days

Public Sector 15 May 14:01

London's Oyster card website still down after 12-hour outage

Transport for London: We did this on purpose

Public Sector 15 May 10:22

Google compressed-filth legal battle with smut site ended in US

Miniature nudies aren't porno piracy

Law 15 May 08:01

West Midlands plods get mobile fingerprint tech

Portable mobile dab-slabs lead to Brummie collars felt

Policing 15 May 07:01

125,000 Ubuntu PCs to land in Pakistani students' laps

Education booster or vote-buyer?

Public Sector 15 May 04:58

Indian government to buy in tech for social good

Acquisition fund could start on farming tech next year

Public Sector 15 May 03:52

Road deaths spark crackdown on jaywalking texter menace

Vid lok b4 u cross or els!11

Policing 14 May 13:31

Antitrust probe looms over Windows RT 'browser ban'

Internet Explorer shenanigans: Hasn't Microsoft been down this road before?

Law 14 May 12:04

China begins work on world-beating MEGA power cables

An 800kv line will have largest capacity on the planet

Public Sector 14 May 05:45

Iranian firms told not to use foreign email providers

Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, MSN et al face the chop

Public Sector 13 May 23:00

Russian upstart claims BitTorrent-killer

‘Pirate Pay’ names Microsoft as investor

Law 13 May 22:16

ISP kills off country-ban dodge after just 48 hours

Kiwi FYX wobbles on geo-block evasion for punters

Law 11 May 09:42

Disabled can't 'Go Compare' on price comparison websites

Charity: Accessibility issues breach equality laws

Law 11 May 08:27

Europe must shift R&D from car gizmos to infrastructure, honks wonk

Trying to constipate people's 'movements' is WRONG

Government 11 May 07:28

North Korean GPS blocking sparks cyber war fears

Satnav stand-off as signal-stoppers slow ships, planes

Public Sector 11 May 06:11

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