MPs bid to update venerable Computer Misuse Act

The results of an investigation into updating the venerable Computer Misuse Act (CMA) have been published and will be pushed to form a Bill as early as November this year. The inquiry, initiated by the All Party Internet Group (APIG), set out a number of recommendations that would make the pre-Internet 1990 CMA more relevant to tackle the digital crimes of today. Derek Wyatt MP, Chairman of APIG said: 'The 1990 CMA understandably needs reforming. ...more

No change at HP post-Fiorina

Following the departure of Fiorina, HP will not be making any great change in direction anytime soon. That was the message sent out by Patricia Dunn, the new non-executive chairman and Robert Wayman the interim CEO. They emphasised that the company would continue the wide portfolio strategy identified with Fiorina and that spinning off or selling parts of the company was not on the table Wayman emphasised that the 'strategy is based around a portfolio of businesses which is unique' and 'is better together than apart' contrary to the speculation that had been swirling around the company for the past few months. ...more

W3C moves towards new Cascading Style Sheets standard

W3C has published a working draft of the specification for the next revision of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standard for website layout and design. CSS 2.1 adds support for media-specific style sheets so that authors can tailor the presentation of their documents for visual Web browsers, aural devices, printers, braille devices, handheld devices and so on. ...more

Sharp out-palms Palm

Move over Zire, Sharp's budget organiser does email too Palm's sleek Zire may have made a splash at ?90, but Sharp has entered the space where organiser meets budget PDA with the ZQ-800P. The ZQ-800 is designed and manufactured by Sharp and features its proprietary Wizard operating system. At ?109 inc VAT (?20 more than the Zire) you get five times the memory: 10Mb. ...more

Adobe revs up its PDF Print Engine

Adobe has announced the release of a new version of its PDF Print Engine software, a design-to-print technology that combines PDF with the Job Definition Format (JDF). Together with the Adobe Creative Suite and Acrobat applications, the PDF Print Engine is designed to enable creative and print professionals to create, collaborate on and automate the output of PDF files. New features include support for Mac OS X, PDF 1. ...more