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Leader As any Apple follower would know, that company has long been rumoured to be about to bring out a mobile phone handset, with bookies stopping taking bets on it being called the iPhone. Is Cisco, by allowing its Linksys... [19 Dec 2006]
Cheat Sheet: The Computer Misuse Act
Cheat Sheet The Russian mafia, widely linked with DoS attacks against UK bookies, are hardly likely to throw up their hands in despair and say 'oh well Dmitri, we had a good innings but now there's this new CMA let's call it a day'. [29 Nov 2006]
Online bookies face tighter UK regulation
News Online betting exchanges, bookies and casinos look set to face tighter controls with the Gambling Commission today publishing new guidelines to regulate the industry. The Commission has said it will not hesitate to use... [10 Mar 2006]
Internet's 'heroes' and 'villains' to be named and shamed
News But surely the bookies' favourite will be Sony BMG who shocked the security world and appalled customers with the inclusion of rootkit software on its music CDs which exposed users to a heightened risk of hacks and... [13 Dec 2005]
Theme parks go high-tech to lure stay-at-home consumers
News Neil McCrossen, IT support and infrastructure manager at bookmakers Coral, told silicon.com that some punters feel more comfortable having a flutter online than wandering into their local bookies where they might feel... [15 Nov 2005]
Bookie enters home straight with new IT system
News Following trials in bookies at the start of the year, Hills started the Epos rollout in April with a target of converting 50 shops per week. Bookmaker William Hill has confirmed it is "bang on target" for the rollout of... [11 Aug 2005]
Election '05: The best of silicon.com's coverage
News Bookies tip Blair for 60-seat victory With election day upon us, silicon.com rounds up our top articles on the role IT plays in this year's General Election. First read our in-depth analysis of the bigger issues... [04 May 2005]
Election '05: Bookies tip Blair for 60-seat victory
News The only point on which the bookies and the opinion polls agree is that the Conservatives are facing another election disaster. Labour is being tipped to win next week's general election with a vastly reduced majority,... [29 Apr 2005]
Interview: William Hill bets on new technology
News If you've ever fancied a flutter, either online or down at the bookies, the chances are that you did it with William Hill. The company is rolling out a new electronic point of sale system to its bookies... [27 Apr 2005]
World's top 10 intranets named
News A UK supplier of software to online bookies has been named alongside international giants such as Cisco and Procter & Gamble as operating one of the world's 10 best intranets. The list was put together by Nielsen Norman... [08 Mar 2005]
Leader: The small world of situations vacant
Leader Well, if the bookies cared about such matters they may start showing more than a little interest in news that Verizon has today made a $6.7bn move for MCI - formerly WorldCom and current home to Michael Capellas, whose... [14 Feb 2005]
Betfair and UEFA clean up football
News Unlike fixed odds bookies which always have a liability, Betfair has no vested interest in the outcome of any sporting event. With gambling apparently playing an increasing role in the corruption of major sports, online... [04 Feb 2005]
William Hill hits out at online betting exchanges
News But William Hill has now hit back at what it sees as an insinuation made by Rob Hartnett at Betdaq, speaking on racing channel At The Races, that a number of fixed odds bookies aren't doing the same thing and offering a... [17 Nov 2004]
Leader: US Election 2004 verdict
Leader Bush or Kerry? Republican or Democrat? It has never been the policy of silicon.com to endorse candidates in political elections. That could always change if a truly tech-savvy, progressive candidate were to come along - anywhere - but... [01 Nov 2004]
WorldPay hit with DDoS attack
News Seagrave warned that such attacks, predominantly the domain of criminals attempting to extort money from online bookies, will increase in prevalence in the run-up to Christmas and warned all businesses to demand more... [04 Oct 2004]
