Internet software

Internet telephony software | telephony software | Internet telephone software | Internet phone software | telephone software

desktop publishing program | dtp-software package program

application programmer | solutions developer | application developer | software developer

application architect | software designer | software architect | software architects

computer software and multimedia storekeeper | software shop manager | computer software and multimedia shop manager | computer software and multimedia store manager

software [ computer programme | computer programming | software development | software engineering | software industry | software package | computer programs(UNBIS) | software engineering(UNBIS) ]

off-line browser | off-line Web browser

educational package | educational software | teachware

independent software vendor | ISV [Abbr.]

M. whereas, on 23 March 2012, the server containing the website of Andrey Baranovich (also known as herm1ta), a respected internet researcher, was seized by the Ukrainian police forces on the pretext of ‘having provided free access to malicious software designed to enable computers, automated systems and computer networks to be broken into without authorisation’, while providing an international public service in the form of a software repository;

The federal government was told it should establish in law a clear set of rules to prohibit spam and other emerging threats to the safety and security of the Internet—for example botnets, spyware and keylogging—by enacting new legislation—which will be done when Bill C-28 is passed—and amending existing legislation as required.

(Return tabled) Question No. 88 Hon. Carolyn Bennett: With respect to Internet applications: (a) is the government working towards the inclusion of rich Internet applications within its design and development with regard to its Web sites; (b) what is the government’s response to the American response to rich Internet applications made ten years ago; (c) is the government planning on adopting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 standard; (d) what is the monetary impact of the government’s present use of WCAG 1.0 standard knowing that software contractors have built WCAG 2.0 accessibility into their software; (e) have s ...[+++]oftware contractors requested that the government's Common Look and Feel (CLF) Committee relax or amend their CLF standards to allow for accessibility and, if so, can the government give details of the correspondence; (f) have software contractors required that the government pay extra because it must simplify their software in order to remove these accessibility features; (g) which federal department has the responsibility to ensure that all programs, services and technologies are accessible to people with disabilities and that they are available through the mainstream channels such as the Internet and in alternate formats; (h) is accessibility a mandatory requirement within information and communications procurements to ensure that blind Canadians have access to the same resources as all other Canadians and that they can access all of this through mainstream channels such as the Internet and in alternate formats; (i) how does the government of Canada inform blind Canadians about the availability of information to protect them from incidents of identity theft and fraud; (j) are the government's Web accessibility regulations up to date with today's Web technologies; (k) are Web developers in the government given the support they need to build accessible interactive Web sites, especially when building sites that offer essential ...

13. Recalls that the availability of the special hard- and software and the compatibility of information with the hard- and software (accessibility requirements) are not the only conditions for access for the disabled and elderly: the skills of the user are of vital importance; therefore the information should be structured in such a way as to be user-friendly, particularly for those who are not familiar with IT; information on social services for disabled children could, for example, be broken down by age category; emphasises the desirability of training for people who offer information to people with cognitive disabilities, in order ...[+++] to enable them to deal with the characteristics of the internet and what it can do and what it cannot;