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Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News The discovery was made by specialist card fraud police unit, the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPU), when it raided a sophisticated counterfeit card factory in Birmingham. Criminal gangs are hacking chip and PIN terminals to steal... [14 Aug 2008]
Birmingham to "enrich lives" through tech
News Birmingham City Council's technology transformation project is being driven by the need to improve the services that citizens receive across the city. Speaking in Birmingham, deputy council leader, Councillor Paul Tilsley said the transformation... [08 Aug 2008]
Council mega-project set to double savings
News Birmingham City Council's ambitious business and technology transformation project is on course to save more than double the amount the organisation was aiming for. Speaking at an event in Birmingham, the council's corporate director of business... [07 Aug 2008]
Highways Agency drives on with traffic tech
News The scheme has been trialled on the M42 south of Birmingham, with the hard shoulder of the motorway opened to traffic during busy periods and variable speed limits being employed. The system uses a network of electronic signs to indicate to... [28 Jul 2008]
First students graduate from IT 'business' degree
News There are also two ITMB grads from Birmingham City University and one from Greenwich University - all of whom received First Class honours. The first students to take a university degree in Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) have... [24 Jul 2008]
An Approach to Interest Management and Dynamic Load Balancing in Distributed Simulation
White Paper The paper discusses the distributed simulation of systems with large shared state and addresses issues related to interest management and dynamic load balancing. It identifies the efficient partitioning and distribution of the shared state as a key... [10 Jul 2008]
Biometrics to fast track 'trusted' travellers
News Iris enrolment stations and gates are available at all five Heathrow terminals and at Birmingham, Gatwick and Manchester airports. Biometric technology is to be used to speed up travel between the UK and the US. [03 Jul 2008]
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Cuts Report Generation Time from Hours to Minutes and Expects to Halve Procurement Processing Costs
White Paper Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals National Health Service Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching Trusts in the U.K. Trust sought to cut overheads and improve financial control by reducing the level of effort required for financial... [03 Jul 2008]
On-Call Banking Made Simple
White Paper Based in Birmingham, Alabama, the Bank operates more than 800 branches in eight states throughout the South. With more than $44 billion in assets, Regions is among the 25 largest banking companies in the nation. [03 Jul 2008]
B'ham Library Puts Historic Images in the Frame
White Paper Birmingham has brought historic images to life thanks to the Timeframe system from Fuji Photo Film (UK) Ltd. With images of the country's second city being regarded as one of the finest local photographic collections in the UK, visitors to the... [03 Jul 2008]
Retail: Selfridges
White Paper This retail icon wanted to accelerate its growth by adding several new stores in Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow to its singular flagship store in London. Selfridges is one of the United Kingdom's leading department stores. [03 Jul 2008]
Present and Future Smart Active Label (SAL) Enabling Technologies - An Introductory Overview
White Paper The rapidly evolving radio frequency identification (RFID) industry is characterised by a diversity of technologies and associated products, designed and produced to satisfy an equally diverse range of applications. [03 Jul 2008]
A Framework for Distributed Simulation on a Grid
White Paper The last decade has witnessed an explosion of interest in distributed simulation techniques. However, the application of simulation to ever more complex problems calls for more computational power. The emergence of the GRID provides an unrivalled... [03 Jul 2008]
Photos: Shopping just got high-tech
Photo A number of adventurous technologies were on display at the Retail Solutions Show, which this year relocated from Birmingham to the ExCel Centre in London. The show covers all aspects of retail technology, from IP VPNs, to plain old cash registers. [27 Jun 2008]
UK students outsource IT coursework to India
News Academics at Birmingham City University have detected 1,000 students cheating worldwide since they began monitoring the websites in 2004. Birmingham City computing lecturer Thomas Lancaster said the practice is spreading as more websites spring up... [25 Jun 2008]
