Government & Public Sector

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shut down four illegal e-mail spamming operations, including one that offered the opportunity to "date lonely wives," the agency said.

If an outbreak like SARS struck again, a new information system may help protect the Canadian public in a faster, more coordinated manner.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has failed to take several basic steps to protect the nation's cyber infrastructure, including a year-plus delay in naming an assistant secretary for cybersecurity, lawmakers and other critics said Wednesday.

One of Taiwan's largest mobile phone network operators launched the popular BlackBerry service Thursday, continuing Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM)'s expansion into Asia.

A day after Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) chairman Patricia Dunn promised to step down for her role in a spy scandal, the state of California is continuing its effort to indict her and the private investigators she used.

Australian special minister of state Gary Nairn has launched a new ICT career awareness program in the form of the IT Pro Australia Web site.

A server upgrade for the Town of Oakville, Ont. has resulted in faster, more efficient service delivery for its citizens.

European and U.S. security officials were locked in talks in Brussels Monday to replace a passenger data sharing agreement that was outlawed by a European court in May.