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The UK Government Is Likely to Scrap The Plan to Introduce Minimum Pricing

Jul 17, 2013

The UK government is likely to scrap the plan to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol in England and Wales, and instead target loss-leader deals. According to reports, Home Secretary Theresa May will address Members of Parliament this ...

Tags: Alcohol, Drinks

They Will Not Cooperate with The Proposed Communications Data Bill

Jun 3, 2013

In a leaked letter to home secretary Theresa May, five US web giants have warned that they will not cooperate with the proposed Communications Data Bill, widely known as the "snooper's charter". In the letter, dated 18 April, which was ...

Tags: Computer Products, Web Giants, snooper's Charter

The Government Has Snuck in New Proposals to Investigate Cybercrime

May 9, 2013

The government has snuck in new proposals to investigate cybercrime in the Queen's Speech, after the controversial Communications Data Bill was dropped. The Bill, dubbed a 'Snooping Charter' by critics, was to allow unparalleled ...

Tags: Computer Products, Data Bill

Second Draft of The Controversial Communications Data Bill Is to Be Released Next Month

Feb 17, 2013

The second draft of the controversial Communications Data Bill, which aims to allow unparalleled interception of data about UK citizens' online communications and voice calls, is to be released next month. Government publishes draft ...

Tags: Communications Data Bill, online communications

Ross Anderson Has Criticised The Government's Latest Plans to Make NHS Medical Records

Jan 17, 2013

Security guru Professor Ross Anderson has criticised the government's latest plans to make NHS medical records all-electronic, shared not just throughout the NHS, but with care homes and social services, too. Under plans unveiled ...

Tags: NHS medical, social service, medical records, Data-Sharing

Below Are Some The Biggest and Most Interesting Women in IT Stories to Come out of 2012

Jan 5, 2013

The challenge of attracting more women in to the technology sector has been an issue for some time now, but 2012 saw some interesting steps forward in the gender equality debate. Below are some the biggest and most interesting women in IT ...

Tags: women, IT stories, technology sector, 2012, Top 10

Clegg Was Responding to a Critical Report From MPs and Peers

Dec 28, 2012

The government's controversial Draft Communications Data Bill, which aims to allow unparalleled interception of data about UK citizens' online communications and voice calls, needs to go back to the drawing board, according to Deputy Prime ...

Tags: Snooping Bill, government, unparalleled interception, UK, data

Theresa May Is Expected to Announce Changes to The UK's Extradition Arrangements with US

Dec 27, 2012

Home secretary Theresa May is to announce a decision on self-confessed computer hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US. At the same time, Theresa May is expected to announce changes to the UK's extradition arrangements with the US, ...

Tags: Theresa May, computer hacker, Gary McKinnon, extradition

Draft Internet Monitoring Law Will Be Published by UK

Dec 25, 2012

The government is to publish details of its controversial plans to make it easier for security and police services to spy on e-mails, phone calls and internet activity. The Queen's Speech in May revealed that the government would go ahead ...

Tags: UK, Internet Monitoring Law, controversial plans, police services

McKinnon Will Not Face Prosecution for His Alleged Hacking of US Govt. Computer Systems

Dec 24, 2012

Gary McKinnon will not face prosecution in the UK for his alleged hacking of US government computer systems. The hacker, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, was accused of hacking into military and Nasa computers in 2002, leading to the ...

Tags: Gary McKinnon, computer systems, UK, CPS panel

Timetable Has Been Set After The High Court Intervened

Dec 24, 2012

The Home Office is to decide by 16 October whether to block the extradition to the US of self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon on the grounds of poor health. The timetable has been set after the High Court intervened in July to end a ...

Tags: Gary McKinnon, self-confessed hacker, UFO Hacker, medical evidence

Police Arrested Man in Connection with Cyber Attack on Websites Connected to Theresa May

Dec 24, 2012

Police have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with a cyber attack on websites connected to home secretary Theresa May. He was arrested in Stoke-on-Trent for questioning under the Serious Crime Act on suspicion of assisting or ...

Tags: DDoS, Theresa May, website, Home Office website

Gary Mckinnon Will Not Face Charges in The UK

Dec 21, 2012

British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not face charges here in the UK, the director of public prosecutions has confirmed. McKinnon, who is still wanted for trial in the US, had his extradition halted by home secretary Theresa May ...

Tags: computer hacker, computer, Gary McKinnon, government computers

Mckinnon's Mum Gives Thanks to Those Who Helped 10-Year Campaign Against a US Order

Dec 21, 2012

The mother of hacker Gary McKinnon marked the end of a traumatic chapter of their lives when she give thanks to all those who helped their 10-year campaign against a US order for his extradition to face charges for hacking federal ...

Tags: Gary McKinnon, hacking federal computer, home secretary, computer

Wikipedia Was out of Action Again on Monday,out of Protest,as It Has Been in The Past

Dec 21, 2012

Wikipedia was out of action again on Monday, but not intentionally, out of protest, as it has been in the past. This time, the user-generated online encyclopaedia was knocked offline because two fibre cables connecting its datacentres in ...

Tags: Wikipedia, online encyclopaedia, offline, fibre cable

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