http://www.silicon.com Results for house of lords en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39432537,00.htm In a debate today in the House of Lords, the chamber was told funding is needed to help keep the site financially viable while restoration work to the home of the World War II codebreakers is carried out. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 19 May 2009 16:38:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39432462,00.htm In February a House of Lords committee called for an end to "pervasive" surveillance in the UK. The police cannot deal with the amount of information generated by CCTV cameras, according to the director of information for the Association of Chief... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 18 May 2009 08:29:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39429753,00.htm Linux kernel developer Alan Cox in 2007 told a House of Lords Committee that neither proprietary nor open-source developers should be held accountable for their code. It is like renting your house for a summer month and being then obliged to extend... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 11 May 2009 08:57:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39158627,00.htm The House of Lords Constitution Committee said the UK had become one of the most spied on countries in the world, with more than four million CCTV cameras and the genetic details of seven per cent of the population stored in the National DNA... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:31:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/future-proofing/semantic-web-will-come-with-privacy-built-in-39408672.htm ZDNet UK spoke to Berners-Lee at an event at the House of Lords designed to draw attention to the use of deep packet inspection by internet service providers and third parties. Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said that the Semantic Web will... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:03:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39406826,00.htm Speaking at a House of Lords event on the 20th anniversary of the invention of the world wide web, Berners-Lee said DPI was the electronic equivalent of opening people's mail. The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has attacked... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:09:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39394808,00.htm Finally this week, the Lords' claim that the UK is Big Brother capital of the world prompted some strong responses. UK is Big Brother capital of the world say Lords New powers are needed to combat a culture of "pervasive" surveillance that has seen... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:50:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39392455,00.htm The UK is now watched by more about four million CCTV cameras and details of seven per cent of the population is held in the National DNA Database (NDNAD) - more than any other country, according to chairman of the House of Lords Constitution... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:28:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39353235,00.htm The problem was raised in the House of Lords information committee annual report, published yesterday, and committee member Lord Methuen said: "A program can be downloaded to read the documents but obviously not everybody knows how to do this... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39344719,00.htm Speaking in the House of Lords today, she asked: "Is this going to be the most effective way to fight terrorism given the estimated cost is up to £12bn? The Lords have questioned the value of a '£12bn super database' to collect all UK communications. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:46:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39340613,00.htm European Union member states aren't trusting each other when it comes to sharing data - leaving police forces in the dark about international crime, the House of Lords European Union committee has found. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:28:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39299152,00.htm The House of Lords will debate personal internet security on Friday, with the aim of assessing the progress the government has made on protecting the public. The debate follows on from the publication of two reports by the House of Lords Science... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:45:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39283614,00.htm Mrs McKinnon said the family has already suffered a "six-and-a-half year sentence" battling his extradition in the courts all the way to the House of Lords, which rejected his appeal in July. Anger boiled over into tears as the distraught friends... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:46:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39270421,00.htm Last month McKinnon lost his battle in the House of Lords against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking various military systems. After the House of Lords, the European Court Human Rights is the last court," said Dinkeldein. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:10:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39269236,00.htm It made the warning in its response to the House of Lords EU committee report on the Passenger Name Record Framework Decision. The House of Lords report argued there must be limits and clear definitions of what PNR information is used for, arguing... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:59:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39263794,00.htm He said: "Police have focused on these problems in these areas and it has worked, it backs up what the House of Lords science and technology committee said about the need for more policing in this area. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:58:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39256996,00.htm Banks are failing to pass on information about online fraud to police, according to a House of Lords committee. The Lords science and technology committee has called for people to be able to report crime directly to the police, rather than having... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:34:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39252124,00.htm Wills told the House of Lords Constitution Committee on Wednesday that government should treat data transactions in the same way as financial transactions. David Lister Royal Bank of Scotland The minister spoke of the need for 'data minimisation... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:16:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39247041,00.htm Security minister Lord West told the House of Lords that the UK continues to be targeted by a "large number of attacks" and that the government is "taking action" to deal with those backed by hostile regimes. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:59:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39246130,00.htm Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into Nasa systems, is due to fight his extradition to the US in the House of Lords on Monday. Hearing his appeal will be the Law Lords, a group of senior judges. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:29:02 +0000