News articles for General news

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  Woman MP says Twitter not to blame for her troll ordeal

  3rd May 2012

  A female member of the UK Parliament has refused to blame Twitter for a torrent of abuse she has received on the site, instead choosing to publish the comments in a bid to highlight the problem many women in politics face when they use the microblogging channel.
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  EU data reforms risk UK's standing as top digital economy

  3rd May 2012

  Plans for "chilling" changes to data protection laws will make it unlikely that the UK could be the source of the next social media phenomenon.
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  High Court slams door on music-sharing website

  3rd May 2012

  The British High Court has ordered all the country's internet service providers to block access to a Swedish-based music, film and game-sharing website.
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  Firms widely confused over EU e-privacy rules

  1st May 2012

  Confusion and even panic are starting to spread among companies which are worried about the ramifications of having to comply with upcoming EU legislation on the storage of customers' data.
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  Microsoft buys Nook e-reader stake for £372m

  1st May 2012

  Microsoft is looking to give American bookstore Barnes & Noble worldwide exposure, after buying a stake in its Nook e-reader operation for $605million (£372million).
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  Google staff knew of wi-fi snooping activities says report

  30th April 2012

  Investigators have learned that a handful of Google staff members knew that one of their engineer colleagues had written a program which was capable of snooping on wireless data networks.
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  Asos UK sales growth moderates

  27th April 2012

  Despite reporting a 49 per cent year-on-year rise in overall retail sales, online clothes seller Asos has seen a sharp slowdown in the rate of increase in UK sales in the first quarter of 2012.
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  Google and partners launch social network to counter extremism

  27th April 2012

  Google is providing a platform for experts and individuals to come together to counter the fostering of violent extremism using the internet.
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  EU warns that copyright plans pose threat to web privacy

  25th April 2012

  The European Union's top data privacy official officials are worried that a global agreement to counter copyright abuses will allow internet companies to spy on their users.
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  Gold winner Lewis criticises tweeting athletes

  24th April 2012

  British athletes' readiness to accept payment for endorsing brands and products on Twitter has been attacked by a former Olympic gold medal winner.