Martin James

News As of today, the ICO has been granted powers to issue penalties of up to £500,000 for businesses or Government departments found in breach of the Data Protection Act.

By Martin James Published 6 April 10

News In a week where the EU revealed its plan to block websites displaying images of child sex abuse, Germany's Justice Minister says they should simply be removed.

By Martin James Published 1 April 10

News OS OpenData initiative sees maps made completely free for personal or commercial use in latest step in Government's 'Making Public Data Public' plan.

By Martin James Published 1 April 10

News Microsoft and Google are among the leading players in a new alliance wanting to make it more difficult for the US government to monitor cloud-based personal data.

By Martin James Published 31 March 10

News Turns out internal glitch isn't to blame for ongoing Chinese search issues after all as Google backtracks to shift the blame to the Great Firewall.

By Martin James Published 31 March 10

News Researcher has called for the mobile industry to beef up internet controls on children's mobiles, citing a need for 'less talk and more action'.

By Martin James Published 30 March 10

News A small minority of individuals show no loss of reaction time or mental skills when combining mobile phone use and motorway driving.

By Martin James Published 30 March 10

News The latest version of Snow Leopard includes a wide-reaching set of security fixes for OS X 10.6 and 10.5 users.

By Martin James Published 30 March 10

News A mystery shopping exercise has revealed that most ISPs are still not meeting the obligations of a voluntary code of conduct they signed up to more than a year ago.

By Martin James Published 29 March 10

News One in four of of the country's pre-teen internet users have Facebook, MySpace or Bebo accounts, despite all three sites having minimum age limit of 13.

By Martin James Published 29 March 10

News With Google and even its own government on its back, Microsoft says it has no plans to pull out of China over web censorship.

By Martin James Published 26 March 10

News An Indian newspaper claims Michael Dell has told the country's prime minister that the company is considering shifting its Chinese manufacturing operations.

By Martin James Published 25 March 10

News Analytics firm's research reveals most people would love an iPad simply for the convenience of surfing the web or checking their emails, rather than because of the lure of the apps on offer.

By Martin James Published 24 March 10

News Regulator Ofcom details the latest measures to kick-start 'super-fast' broadband uptake – and finally specifies what the label actually means.

By Martin James Published 24 March 10

News Latest benchmark puts 32GB of flash storage on a card smaller than a fingernail as SanDisk beats storage rival Samsung to the finish line.

By Martin James Published 23 March 10

News T-Mobile has gone into Android overload with the hotly anticipated duo available for just £10 per month – after you pay a hefty premium up front.

By Martin James Published 23 March 10

News Russian authorities have arrested a group of men believed to have orchestrated the high-profile 2008 scam that saw millions stolen from RBS cash machines around the world in just 12 hours.

By Martin James Published 23 March 10

News A faulty batch of microSD cards has exposed up to 3,000 HTC Magic owners in Spain to malware threats including Mariposa and Conficker.

By Martin James Published 22 March 10

News Plans to deliver high-speed broadband to every home in the UK are expected to form part of Wednesday's budget speech.

By Martin James Published 22 March 10

News Despite a positive meeting with Home Secretary Alan Johnson, the social network has ruled out introducing a panic button on user homepages.

By Martin James Published 19 March 10

News Tech firms are increasingly ignoring privacy concerns in how the handle consumer data when launching new products, an FTC administrator has claimed.

By Martin James Published 18 March 10