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RSS leedsSkin-detecting CCTV keeps an eye on motorists
News Leeds City Council is reported to be interested in testing the technology on its car-pool lanes. A company that has developed a CCTV system which counts people in cars by detecting human skin claims the London Congestion Charge could benefit from... [26 Feb 2008]
Microsoft Outlook Web Access: The Outlook Environment
White Paper Electronic mail, or email, is an application that allows a user to create, send, and receive electronic messages. One can send information and receive information from users within network of computers or outside the network of computers via the... [20 Feb 2008]
Outsourcing 'increases IT costs'
News And Ted Woodhouse, former IS director at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "I have been in the IT business for 30 years, and I have never, ever, not even once, heard anyone ever say, 'my word, the IT service is a lot better since we... [31 Jan 2008]
Which cities top the wealth league?
News Cities with levels of productivity above the average - and growing knowledge economies in both public and private sectors - include Bristol, Leeds and Manchester, as well as Derby, Ipswich and Northampton. [07 Jan 2008]
NHS completes Pacs digital x-ray project
News The Pacs technology has been rolled out over three years to 127 NHS trusts, with Leeds Teaching Hospitals the final one to complete on 10 December and the government said this contrasts "very favourably" with the 14 years taken to implement those... [27 Dec 2007]
Norwich Union Life fined for data control 'weaknesses'
News Paul Davie, founder of Secerno, said: "Breaches such as the HMRC's loss of two discs affected 25 million people, while Leeds Building Society recently lost sensitive data relating to workers' payslips and this month, the DVLA compromised 6,000... [17 Dec 2007]
Are UK data laws fit for purpose?
News But Ted Woodhouse, consultant and former director of IT strategy for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "The data protection laws are fine - it's HMRC that's not 'fit for purpose'. Ted Woodhouse, consultant and ex-director of IT strategy... [23 Nov 2007]
Wi-fi piggybacking is OK, say silicon.com readers
News Ollie Clark, a software developer from Leeds, said: "Surely if you advertise your unsecured wireless network to people by broadcasting its name and the fact that it's unsecured, you're inviting them to use it. [19 Nov 2007]
O2 recruits an iPhone army
News New customer service jobs are also being created in O2's other call centres in Cardiff, Dearne Valley and Leeds. The lure of Apple's iPhone may be driving UK consumers into a frenzy of anticipation ahead of Friday's launch but they're not the only... [07 Nov 2007]
London hottest for online card fraud
News In order of the worst offending, the top 10 UK card not present fraud hotspots are: London, Manchester, Coventry, Kilmarnock, Bristol, Brighton, Leicester, Leeds, Glasgow and Nottingham. Other hotspots include Coventry, Leeds and Manchester. [05 Sep 2007]
Photos: Penguin flies into Second Life
Photo The mash-up was built by students at the Leeds College of Art studying for the foundation degree Design in Digital Media. Becoming a good citizen could be the best way for businesses to get the most out of virtual worlds. [20 Jul 2007]
Ask revamps its search site
News Doug Leeds, vice president of product management at Ask, said: "We thought they might have scooped us. Leeds was realistic in discussing the company's strategy to gain market share, explaining that he doesn't expect the new site will attract a huge... [05 Jun 2007]
Mobiles to kill cash at music festivals?
News The mobile operator will test the technology at the music event, which takes place in London and Leeds on 14 to 17 June. O2 will trial near field communications technologies at the O2 Wireless Festival this year, an experiment it predicts could... [04 Jun 2007]
Linux move reaps dividends for stockbroker
Case Study The Leeds-based company moved onto a Linux-based platform last year after deciding an open source environment was the right choice for its growing business in a rapidly changing regulatory landscape. Since stockbroker Redmayne-Bentley revamped its... [18 May 2007]
New Frame Synchronization Technique for OFDM/OFDMA and MC-CDMA Systems
White Paper In the context of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), most papers define OFDM symbol synchronization as frame synchronization. In this paper, a frame is defined as a block of several OFDM symbols in the time dimension. [14 Apr 2007]
