EFF fights US gov over flight passenger data

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed suit against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the gathering of data on passengers taking flights between Europe and the US. The civil rights body had asked the DHS for records on how the process is handled, including how the data is maintained, used, disclosed, and secured, under the Freedom of Information Act. However, the DHS failed to respond to the request. ...more

Government focuses e-services on digital television

Television to be key framework for delivering government services online. At a product launch of an Internet-enabled set-top box, Anwar Choudhury, Director of Markets Technology and Innovation, revealed 'a new policy programme that requires every government department to consider digital television (DTV) as a key framework for delivering online services'. Choudhury said that while league tables showed we are near the top for e-commerce and making strides with broadband, the UK leads the way for digital television with 40 per cent of households owning a DTV set. ...more

Home Office seeking access to Internet traffic

Internet Service Provides (ISPs) could be forced to save all email and Internet traffic data and allow law enforcement agencies access to the records, if proposals from the Home Office are included in the new Anti-Terrorist Bill. Home Secretary David Blunkett revealed that the bill will include measures that will enable ISPs to retain, 'data generated in the course of their business.' Law enforcement agencies would then be permitted to search the correspondence of 'terrorist suspects'. ...more

Intel brings virtualisation to the desktop

Chip giant, Intel has brought hardware virtualisation to the PC. The company says that virtualisation will bring the benefits of improved management, security and productivity to the desktop. Virtualisation has become a hot topic among IT managers over the past few years. ...more

AMD slashes prices, introduces XP-M 3000+

AMD has matched Intel's price cutting with a round of its own. Leading the way, in percentage terms, are the 64-bit Opteron servers. The 8-way 800 models have been cut by as much as 40 per cent (the 844), with the 200 and 100 models also seeing cuts of up to a third. ...more