Stories about: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

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WORLDBEAT - Volcano-top thoughts on an Internet world 10 March, 2008 09:08

The top of the Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii is quite a contrast with the beaches and warm water that surround this island in the Pacific. Here at 4,200 meters there's still a deep covering of snow, and temperatures plunge below zero as soon as the sun goes down.
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Civil rights groups ask FTC to block Google-DoubleClick 23 April, 2007 08:19

Three U.S. online civil rights groups have filed a complaint asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block Google's planned US$3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick unless the company agrees to stop tracking its users.
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Shelving of EU patent court draws ire 08 December, 2006 09:02

Political naivety and national protectionism were blamed for quashing the latest attempt to forge a single patent regime for the European Union, according to members of Europe's business community.
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Group urges governments to do more to fight spam 20 April, 2006 07:32

Governments need to pass more antispam laws, give law enforcement agencies more resources and work better across borders to combat unsolicited e-mail clogging up inboxes, an international economic group said Wednesday.
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Sorting the security standards 18 April, 2006 15:32

Many companies are using standards and frameworks to deal with certain aspects of information security. These models can help protect systems and data, but each plays a very different role in an overall security plan.
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Spam hurts developing countries most, OECD says 31 May, 2005 08:23

Spam may be a global problem but it's hurting users in developing countries more than their counterparts in industrialized nations, according to a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
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OECD broadband subscriptions top 118 million 26 May, 2005 11:13

The number of broadband subscribers in the 30 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reached 118 million by the end of 2004, an increase of 34.1 million during the year, according to a report released by the OECD on Tuesday.
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Coonan retains IT ministry 22 October, 2004 15:24

Senator Helen Coonan has retained the Information Technology, Communications and Arts portfolio amidst speculation the Liberal government would replace her position with Finance Minister Nick Minchin.
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OECD task force on spam 13 August, 2004 08:09

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is taking the fight against unsolicited commercial e-mail to Asia next month, where it will hold a meeting to discuss the priorities for its newly created task force on spam, it announced Thursday.
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ICANN talks money and power at Malaysia meeting 20 July, 2004 14:33

Perhaps not surprising, power and money are high on the agenda for the group that oversees Internet technical matters as it conducts a thrice-yearly meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this week.
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ITU - Global Net regulators aim to turn the tide on spam 13 July, 2004 07:25

Net regulators from around the globe ended last week's antispam conference sponsored by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with a pledge to try and turn the torrential flood of unsolicited commercial e-mail into a trickle -- if not dam it altogether.