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Exclusive: How safe is your laptop?
News Greater Manchester (15.5%) The results displayed are: Devon & Cornwall (+45%) ; Bedfordshire (+35%) ; Lothian & Borders (+31.50%) ; Leicestershire (+21%) ; Greater Manchester (+15.15%) ; West Yorkshire (+15.14%) ; Merseyside (+15%) ; Metropolitan... [08 May 2007]
Manchester plans UK's biggest citywide wi-fi network
News Manchester City Council has unveiled plans for a free citywide wi-fi network which will cover 90 per cent of the Greater Manchester area. The proposal is part of the Manchester council's bid for the nationwide Digital Challenge which will award a... [01 Dec 2006]
Beware iPod thieves, gadget fans warned
News Out of the 27 hotspots, 15 are within the Greater London area, although Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester are also singled out as having high robbery rates. Gadget fans are being warned to take more precautions when using their MP3 players and mobile... [09 Oct 2006]
'Ransomware' hackers to go unpunished?
News Greater Manchester Police (GMP) will not be pursuing the criminals who used a Trojan horse program to lock a Manchester woman's files and demanded a ransom to release them. The malicious Archiveus program was unintentionally downloaded by Helen... [05 Jun 2006]
More money for high-tech road pricing
News Greater Manchester Seven local authorities are sharing £7m to explore ways to tackle local congestion and help develop government plans on road pricing. Last year the government's road pricing feasibility study recommended that schemes should be... [29 Nov 2005]
Wanadoo and PlusNet go for high-speed LLU broadband
News Currently, around 12 per cent of the UK population live in Wanadoo's LLU areas, in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, London and Manchester. PlusNet has also revealed its plans for super high-speed broadband, with the ISP planning to offer LLU customers... [17 Oct 2005]
National databases linked to track fine dodgers
News The government said there is a poor record of people paying fines and obeying court orders in Greater Manchester and Merseyside, and improvements are needed. The government has allowed magistrates access to police intelligence records in a bid to... [23 Sep 2005]
Manchester police call for backup after cyberattack
Computer crime experts at the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) have been called in to help investigate an attempted DoS attack on the Greater Manchester Police (GMP). GMP chief constable Michael Todd was bombarded with 2,000 emails per hour at... [12 Jul 2005]
Cyber cops investigate Manchester police DoS attack
News Computer crime experts at the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) have been called in to help investigate an attempted denial of service attack on Greater Manchester Police. GMP chief constable Michael Todd was bombarded with 2,000 emails per hour... [12 Jul 2005]
Leader: Three strikes and you're IT
Leader But like the 'love the team, hate the club' mentality threatening to drive a rift through Manchester United, whose almost unimaginable defeat formed the centrepiece of BBC programming this weekend, the popular front and the business end are... [23 May 2005]
Manchester Police come under cyberattack
At one point just before the bank holiday weekend, 2,000 emails an hour were being sent to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) chief constable Michael Todd. A UK police chief has been bombarded with thousands of threatening emails in a denial of... [03 May 2005]
Police chief battered by cyber attack
News At one point just before the bank holiday weekend, 2,000 emails an hour were being sent to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) chief constable Michael Todd. A UK police chief has been bombarded with thousands of threatening emails in a denial of... [03 May 2005]
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council: Healthy Meals in Schools Initiative
White Paper This was a collaborative procurement between several Local Area Procurement Partnership (LAPP) members, which included: Bury; Bolton; Oldham; Salford; Tameside; Stockport; Trafford; Warrington; Greater Manchester Police; and Greater Manchester... [28 Apr 2005]
SAP Case Study: Salford City Council
White Paper Salford City Council, situated to the west of the Greater Manchester conurbation, provides just under a quarter of a million residents with their council services and employs 11,500 staff. The development of the Financial Services Group has... [25 Oct 2004]
Blunder leaks names of NMA Awards winners
News One award winner already 'out of the bag', and revealed elsewhere, is the Grand Prix winner - the overall top prize on the night - which will be won by Manchester United Interactive. Nominees for the awards will have paid almost £2,000 per table of... [13 May 2004]
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