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News Meanwhile, B&Q is using data mining to root out internal fraud and reduce stock loss and insurance group RSA is using BI to further help its contact centre staff improve customer service. 'Business... [08 Jun 2009]
Businesses hunting for gold with data mining
News Meanwhile, UK-based DIY retail chain B&Q is using the SPSS technology to cut down stock loss which has been created by internal and external theft and process errors. Richard Davies, national... [15 May 2009]
Identity crisis for £1.2bn e-Borders system?
News B is for Botnets Q is for Questions From 2010 the e-Borders system will cross reference the personal details for almost all passengers travelling to and from Britain against a watchlist of suspects. In a... [30 Mar 2009]
BT slammed over unbundling price hike
News B is for BT Q is for Quad-play Carphone Warehouse's broadband supplier, TalkTalk, has attacked a proposed rise in the amount BT charges other internet service providers for installing their equipment in... [10 Mar 2009]
Legal Eye: Social networkers get smart about privacy rights
Comment Q is for Questions B is for Botnets Social networking fans are getting more aware of their privacy rights online, says Ruth Hoy, and they're using web 2.0 technology to protect them. Since their... [05 Mar 2009]
"Netbook security is not there yet"
News B is for Botnets Q is for Questions Since their introduction less than two years ago by Taiwan's Asus, nearly all major PC makers, including Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo, have jumped on the netbook bandwagon. [04 Mar 2009]
Cheap broadband will stop BT going fibre charge crazy
News B is for BT Q is for Quad-play Cheap mobile broadband and existing fixed services will keep BT from running a fibre monopoly, according to the communications regulator Ofcom. The watchdog today announced... [03 Mar 2009]
Mind the mobile broadband cash gap
News B is for BT Q is for Quad-play According to analyst Strand Consult, many operators are selling mobile broadband for around 50 per cent less than it costs to produce such volumes of data. Tough... [11 Feb 2009]
Airlines fear delays from snooping tech
News B is for Botnets Q is for Questions Fliers face possible disruption from plans to begin electronic tracking of every journey into the UK during one of the busiest holiday periods of the year, the UK... [11 Feb 2009]
BT's wi-fi router turns biz into hotspots
News B is for Bluetooth Q is for QoS The latest version of the BT Business Total Broadband hub, unveiled on Monday, can effectively be turned into a BT Openzone wi-fi hotspot - users can give their... [10 Feb 2009]
Dongle power users will be booted off 3G first
News B is for Bluetooth Q is for QoS As operators start looking at deploying a successor to their 3G networks, power users could be among the first to be shifted onto higher speed mobile networks. Operators'... [06 Feb 2009]
UK is Big Brother capital of the world say Lords
News B is for Botnets Q is for Questions The UK is now watched by more about four million CCTV cameras and details of seven per cent of the population is held in the National DNA Database (NDNAD) - more than... [06 Feb 2009]
As crunch bites: Don't neglect the logs
Comment Q is for Questions B is for Botnets Managing log files may seem like a mundane issue but doing it well tightens data security and boosts compliance efforts, says Quocirca's Fran Howarth. Managing risk,... [05 Feb 2009]
Broadband Britain: Where's our revolution?
Comment Q is for Quad-play B is for BT Yesterday the comms minister, Lord Carter, unveiled a draft strategy which the government hopes will ensure the UK keeps pace with tech change and grows its digital economy... [30 Jan 2009]
Is this the largest security breach ever?
News Q is for Questions B is for Botnets Heartland Payment Systems, which processes payroll and credit card payments for more than 250,000 businesses, reported Tuesday that consumer credit card data was... [21 Jan 2009]
