Andrew Katz reviews Open Source Technology and Policy from Fadi P. Deek and James A.M. McHugh, published by Cambridge University Press (382 pp). 978-0-521-88103-6 Hardback £50.00; 978-0-521-70741-1 Paperback £18.99; www.cambridge.org/9780521881036…
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Maggi Healey believes that the standard software development contract no longer reflects development process realities. She advocates the use of new contract forms to reflect agile development processes….
The Information Commissioner’s Office has found Virgin Media Limited in breach of the Data Protection Act following the loss of an unencrypted CD containing the personal details of over 3,000 customers….
A new £7M police unit dedicated to tackling electronic crime and Internet fraud was announced on 30 September….
SCL’s 3rd Annual Policy Forum – audio recordings and speaker’s slides available to download….
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The SCL Conference in Edinburgh focuses on Convergence 3.0. Laurence Eastham let’s you know what you are going to miss if you fail to go….
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The end of the Law Society’s CPD year is fast approaching. Read why SCL e-learning is the e-ffective and e-conomical way to gain CPD, and to gain real understanding….
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The Harry Potter Lexicon has been adjudged to breach copyright. The judgment has implications for ‘mixing and mashing’ on the Web. The full judgment in the action brought by Warner Bros and J K Rowling in New York has now been published….
Domain name disputes are frequent, and are frequently entirely unremarkable. Ravi Mohindra sifts through the dross and reports on a selection of the more interesting recent decisions….
The Home Secretary announced on 10 September that the government has terminated its contract with PA Consulting, following the recent high profile data loss. Read the full Ministerial Statement and the statement issued by PA Consulting….