Peter Sayer - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Peter Sayer

Article | 13/05/2013 France should soften Internet 'three strikes' law, says gov't report

France should stop cutting off the Internet access of those accused of illicit file sharing, and close down the agency that polices online copyright b...

Article | 13/05/2013 Dell board warns Icahn bid could leave the company short of cash

A plan proposed by Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management last week as an alternative to Michael Dell's proposal to take his namesake company pr...

Article | 9/04/2013 Mobile phone apps view private data more than necessary, says French study

Mobile phone apps are accessing users' private data and transmitting it to remote servers far more than appears strictly necessary, while users have i...

Article | 8/04/2013 French government agency forced Wikipedia volunteer to delete entry

A French intelligence agency ordered a Wikipedia volunteer to delete a page about a military radio relay last month, alleging the page contained class...

Article | 2/04/2013 Six European privacy regulators launch formal investigations of Google's privacy policy

Six European data protection authorities will conduct formal investigations of Google's privacy policy after the company repeatedly rejected their req...

Article | 27/03/2013 Disruptive French entrepreneur will train programmers for free

Xavier Niel, the founder of disruptive French ISP and mobile operator Free, is setting up a training school for programmers.

Article | 21/03/2013 French Jewish Students' Union seeks €38.5M in criminal damages from Twitter

The French Jewish Students' Union has filed a lawsuit seeking €38.5 million (US$50 million) in criminal damages from Twitter and its CEO Dick Costolo ...

Article | 12/03/2013 French regulator says Skype must register as a telco or risk prosecution

The French Telecommunications and Posts Regulator, ARCEP, has referred Skype to the Paris public prosecutor, asking it to investigate whether Skype ha...

Article | 8/03/2013 With SecuSmart chip, German officials free to talk and type securely on BlackBerry Z10

German government officials including Chancellor Angela Merkel could soon be communicating about classified matters using BlackBerry Z10 smartphones e...

Article | 7/03/2013 Uniscon document exchange service uses two-factor authentication, stores no passwords

Uniscon's IDgard, a service for securely exchanging documents between companies and their clients or partners, uses two-factor authentication and stor...

Article | 6/03/2013 A giant, tethered tablet: Acer shows its Android Display

Acer's DA220HQL looks like a giant Android tablet, with its 1920 x 1080 pixel, 21.5-inch touch screen -- but you wouldn't want to carry it around.

Article | 5/03/2013 Academy Cube aims to tackle IT skills shortage with online learning platform

Software vendors, academic institutions and government agencies united on Tuesday to tackle European youth unemployment and the IT skills shortage wit...

Article | 5/03/2013 SAP pins future hopes on growth of Ariba business network

After 12 successive quarters of double-digit growth at SAP, co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe is now pinning his future hopes on the company's recently acquir...

Article | 4/03/2013 Software AG goes all-out for in-memory data processing

Software AG is adding in-memory capabilities to the Enterprise Service Bus with Version 9.0 of its sprawling webMethods software suite, while the new ...

Article | 4/03/2013 Fujitsu's new Lifebook E Line laptops come in three sizes, but share accessories

Fujitsu promises that although the new business laptops in its Lifebook E Line come in screen sizes from 13.3 inches to 15.6 inches, all will use the ...