Stories by Peter Sayer

French three strikes law: 470,878 warnings, no lawsuits yet

France's High Authority for the Distribution of Works and the Protection of Rights on the Internet (Hadopi) has prosecuted no one for illegal file sharing in the nine months since it began operating under a so-called "three strikes" copyright enforcement law.

Written by Peter Sayer14 July 11 01:40

EU court says eBay must comply with trademark rules

European Union trademark law does apply to sales on eBay, and the online marketplace operator must help identify sellers who do not comply, a European court ruled Tuesday.

Written by Peter Sayer13 July 11 02:17

Visa blocks WikiLeaks donations via DataCell once again

For a few hours on Thursday, credit card donations once again flowed to WikiLeaks through a payment gateway at Icelandic hosting company DataCell. Then Visa shut it down again.

Written by Peter Sayer08 July 11 20:36

Swiss party makes dislike of PowerPoint a political issue

Many people dislike PowerPoint, Microsoft's ubiquitous application for creating business presentations, but few would take a political stand over it. However, that's exactly what Switzerland's Anti-PowerPoint Party (APPP) seeks to do -- along with making a bit of money.

Written by Peter Sayer05 July 11 04:57

Intel hopes POEM will encourage office staff to save energy

Intel is developing a Windows application, Personal Office Energy Monitor (POEM), that will allow workers to monitor in real time the energy consumed by their PC, printer, heating and lighting.

Written by Peter Sayer02 July 11 02:03

SITA partners with Orange to offer worldwide cloud service

Air transport industry IT specialist SITA will partner with network operator Orange Business Services to host cloud applications in six data centers around the world, the companies announced Wednesday.

Written by Peter Sayer23 June 11 01:08

CenturyLink to buy Savvis for $2.5B

CenturyLink has agreed to buy hosting company Savvis for about US$2.5 billion in cash and shares, the companies announced Wednesday.

Written by Peter Sayer27 April 11 23:03

Nokia hands Symbian OS work and 3,000 employees to Accenture

Nokia will outsource its Symbian software activities to Accenture, transferring 3,000 employees to the company in the process, as it moves its focus to making phones running on Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system.

Written by Peter Sayer27 April 11 21:59

Google fined 100K euros for Street View collection of Wi-Fi data

Google must pay a fine of €100,000 ($US142,000) for the unauthorized collection of information about the location of Wi-Fi hotspots in France by its Street View cars, France's National Commission on Computing and Liberty (CNIL) has ordered.

Written by Peter Sayer22 March 11 04:27
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