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Thursday, September 09, 2010
Apple releases App Store guidelines Apple unveils changes to the way it handles submissions to the App Store and announces a Review Board
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Is that smart phone app legal on the road? Over 19,000 distracted driving charges were issued from police forces across the province in the first five months of ticketing and 4,444 came from the OPP. What drivers should look for in a smart phone app before using it for hands-free emailing and texting while driving in Ontario
Friday, May 21, 2010
Pakistan extends Web site ban to include YouTube The video site joins Facebook, which was blocked on Wednesday because of a page inviting caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. 
Thursday, September 25, 2008
European public sector open source guidelines spark debate Microsoft Corp. and other industry giants said favouritism for open-source vendors by European governments is discriminatory
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Unencrypted patient data on memory sticks, warns survey A British medical journal reports "worrying" study that doctors aren't following rules to encrypt patient data on USB keys. However, the country's health department says it has given clear orders that patient data has to be protected
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Blogger's twist on Google's trademark disputes In a new trademark dispute, Google Inc. finds the shoe is on the other foot -- and it seems to be pinching a bit. 
Thursday, May 31, 2007
The CIO as Big brother Survey shows three-quarters of CIOs have installed software and/or policies to control employee Web browsing
Thursday, December 07, 2006
SOA Organization and Governance requires CIO Leadership for success As SOA has moved into the mainstream of IT strategy, the potential benefits have been hyped beyond what’s realistically possible. Forcing the IT leadership team to prioritize the benefits the enterprise and the divisions will achieve by adopting an SOA approach is a foundational exercise that many find beneficial.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
New Ontario RFID guidelines emphasize 'consumer consent' Consumer consent must be obtained before personal information linked to a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is collected, used and disclosed, according to a new set of guidelines issued by Ontario's Information and Privacy Commission (IPC). 
Monday, October 24, 2005
Report questions progress on e-voting standards Questions about the security and accuracy of electronic voting systems are likely to continue into the 2006 national elections, because the U.S. government has not yet completed work on electronic voting guidelines, according to a new government report.
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Love and sex infiltrate office inboxes: survey Looking for a romantic encounter? Check your work inbox because people are e-mailing lovey-dovey, lusty and flirtatious messages in virtually all workplaces, according to a recent survey by human resources management students at Toronto’s George Brown College. 
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Vendor group plans vulnerability disclosures A multi-vendor team led by Microsoft Corp. in late July released new guidelines for security vulnerability reporting and response. But critics of the effort faulted it for its lack of non-vendor buy-in.
Friday, September 05, 2003
Basic Profile 1.0: the key to interoperability? In an effort to ensure that software providers and developers create interoperable Web services, the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) announced last month the availability of Basic Profile 1.0.
Thursday, July 18, 2002
National guidelines for IT on their way Standards Australia is developing new national guidelines for IT governance and project management because current standards are costing the industry billions of dollars a year.
Wednesday, May 22, 2002
Operators beg for help The GSM Association, which represents European mobile operators, yesterday met up with the European Commission to discuss how local governments can better help operators in rolling out 3G (third-generation) networks.
Sunday, April 14, 2002
JEITA: Deleting data from hard disks won't erase it An organization backed by Japan's largest electronics companies has issued a warning to PC users that data stored on the hard disk of a computer that is being scrapped or thrown away can be read by a malicious third party, even if the disk has been reformatted, and has called on PC makers to offer software and services to protect users.
Thursday, April 11, 2002
Deleting data from hard disks won't erase it A organization backed by Japan's largest electronics companies has issued a warning to PC users that data stored on the hard disk of a computer that is being scrapped or thrown away can be read by a malicious third party, even if the disk has been reformatted, and has called on PC makers to offer software and services to protect users.
Thursday, October 18, 2001
German e-commerce industry has security jitters Germany's small and medium-sized electronic commerce companies are putting security issues at the top of their agenda, according to a new survey by an industry group.
Thursday, January 04, 2001
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