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RSS cheatBiometrics to fast track 'trusted' travellers
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Biometric technology is to be used to speed up travel between the UK and the US. [03 Jul 2008]
BBC takes wraps off iPlayer 2.0
News BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux diams... [25 Jun 2008]
Femtocells: Europeans clueless on mobile access tech
News More information on femtocells can be found in the silicon.com Cheat Sheet. Most people in Europe are still blissfully unaware of what a femtocell is. However, once the potential benefits of the home base station tech are explained a significant... [23 Jun 2008]
Bank invests in low latency monitoring
News Cheat Sheets Basel II MiFID Sarbanes-Oxley Global investment bank Credit Suisse is rolling out a monitoring system for its low-latency network. The system will support the bank's need to handle hundreds of thousands of... [23 Jun 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News Cheat Sheet: ID cards Experts have warned the ID card scheme risks being derailed by mistakes in fingerprint matches. The £4.4bn National Identity Scheme's (NIS) preference for relying on fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics... [20 Jun 2008]
T-Mobile UK slashes Euro data roaming costs
News Cheat Sheets Cheat Sheet: Google Android Cheat Sheet: Mobile TV Cheat Sheet: Galileo Video Cheat Sheet: Femtocells T-Mobile UK is the latest mobile operator to crack under the steely gaze of EC telecoms... [20 Jun 2008]
UK contact centres up there with world's priciest
News Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing Tax payer still owed millions by EDS Cheat Sheet: Offshoring Special Report: Inside India The UK is one of the most expensive places in the world to run an onshore contact... [20 Jun 2008]
"Mega" outsourcing deals decline
News Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing Tax payer still owed millions by EDS Cheat Sheet: Offshoring Special Report: Inside India Companies are shying away from outsourcing "megadeals" in favour of spreading smaller... [11 Jun 2008]
How outsourcing saved Zurich's IT
Case Study Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing Tax payer still owed millions by EDS Cheat Sheet: Offshoring Special Report: Inside India Zurich, one of the world's largest insurers, has revealed how outsourcing helped turn... [10 Jun 2008]
ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk
News Cheat Sheet: ID cards The national ID card database must not be used to turn the UK into a surveillance society, MPs have warned. The Home Affairs Committee report says the ID cards scheme should not become a "surveillance tool" and... [09 Jun 2008]
Orange to cut 450 jobs
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Orange plans to cut up to 450 jobs and ditch some of its offshore Indian call centre work... [04 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: Coming soon - our list of the UK's top CIOs
Comment Find out exactly what a QR code is and why you should care in our QR code cheat sheet. Here at silicon.com we spend a lot of time talking to - and listening to - CIOs. What constantly impresses me is how wide the role of the CIO is - and how big an... [30 May 2008]
BBC warned after busting website budget
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Galileo CRM Biometrics The BBC has been warned to improve its financial management after the corporation... [30 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Cheat Sheet: QR codes ¦ Minority Report: What's in store for the iPhone? Readers are up in arms over Ofcom claims that the 'digital divide' actually... [29 May 2008]
Cheat Sheet: QR codes
Cheat Sheet According to Denso, a typical QR code can store 7,089 numeric characters or 4,296 alphanumeric characters (a bit less than this Cheat Sheet), or 2,953 binary characters. I'm thinking this is something to do with barcodes… [28 May 2008]
