BT unveils converged enterprise product

BT has announced it will offer a converged comms solution for the enterprise as its BT Fusion initiative gathers momentum. BT Fusion allows a mobile phone to use a local fixed-line or mobile network for making calls depending on the environment - converging fixed line and mobile voice services. With BT's Fixed-Mobile Converged (Enterprise FMC) service, the convergence proposition will be expanded to focus communications on a converged all-IP network, with commercial pilots expected early next year. ...more

FBI reports on white-collar Internet crime

Fraudulent auction Web sites that take your money and run are the most commonly reported instances of Internet-related fraud, according to a study by the FBI. The second most reported US fraud involves Web shopping sites that never deliver the goods or services paid for. While the theft of credit card details may weigh most heavily in peoples' minds when considering online crime, only 4. ...more

UK clamps down on personal information sites

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has ordered the website b4usearch.com, which offers a free 'people search' facility, to stop using personal information from electoral registers published before 2002, after finding the site in breach of the Data Protection Act. This is thought to be the first time that the ICO has issued such an order regarding a web site. ...more

New attorney to lead case against Microsoft

The US Department of Justice has appointed Philip Beck to lead its ongoing litigation against Microsoft. Beck - who was involved in the legal challenges over the Florida Presidential recount (successfully, on George W. Bush's side) - replaces David Boies who previously lead the DOJ's case. ...more

BPI poised to sue AllofMP3

The BPI yesterday told MPs that it plans to sue Russian music downloads website Allofmp3.com. General counsel Roz Groome told the House of Commons Select Committee for Culture, Media & Sport inquiry into New Media and the Creative Industries that the site is illegal in the UK and that downloading music from it is illegal. ...more