1990 June US Federal Trade Commission launches investigation into possible collusion between Microsoft and IBM in the software market. August US Department of Justice (DoJ) begins investigating Microsoft for anticompetitive practices.
The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) is to hold a series of one-day seminars to help contractors, their clients and other interested groups prepare for the implementation of IR35 legislation. These groups have called the government hypocritical...
The use of this information will be regulated by the current bill. Healthcare professionals and privacy activists say the legislation would ride roughshod over existing data protection, and could even contravene human rights legislation.
Ian Hood, director of communications and regulation for Thus, said: "While we can understand that Nominet would like some degree of conformity with whois services internationally, we do feel we have a duty to question the proposals on behalf of...
On the other side of the pond, politicians and technology legislation have a distinctly rickety history (Check out some of the howlers here). The government brought in legislation last year that made it illegal to send unsolicited commercial mail...
But the incoming Congress Party dropped the legislation after ousting the BJP in a surprise election victory last April. Before this government, the legislation was ready and approved. Indian government promises of tighter laws to boost data...