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Cheat Sheet The need for a European global satellite navigation system was first identified in the mid-1990s when the EU got together with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build a civilian-controlled satellite network.
[28 Jan 2008]
Cheat Sheet Social networks have potential to be used to drum up new business - as a way of linking suppliers with clients in a global marketplace, say. Social networking - that's where you stand around chatting to people and eating canapés?
[15 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet In addition, by extending the jail term to two years, hacking becomes an extraditable offence and that is very important when dealing with the global threat of cyber crime. The Computer Misuse Act. I think I can work out what that is.
[29 Nov 2006]
Cheat Sheet Given that standards are still being defined in various areas such as apps and data management, that more than one body, including OASIS and the Global Grid Forum, is working on defining them and that a vendor-led coalition is not ruling out the...
[05 Jan 2005]
Cheat Sheet But in lots of cases a CIO is a global position with a number of IT directors reporting in to him or her. Oh my god, acronym hell… Don't despair, it's not that bad. Explain. You're probably aware companies have IT departments…
[14 Jul 2004]
Cheat Sheet It's the name of a piece of US compliance legislation, with global implications, which was signed off in 2002 and is soon to 'go live' with the intention of preventing financial malpractice and accounting scandals such as the Enron debacle.
[10 Jun 2004]
Cheat Sheet Global harmonisation group. Wireless networking is part of the furniture these days but the zoo of standards still baffles the non-specialist. This can in part be put down to the 802.11 wireless LAN working group, which has 250 supporting companies...
[04 Apr 2003]
Cheat Sheet I've heard of Global Positioning System - GPS - is this the same thing? What on earth is this all about? Don't you mean "Where on earth? sorry). Location-based services - or LBS, to the initiated - help you find out where you are or where something...
[02 Jan 2002]
Cheat Sheet WAP is open and something of a global standard. Q. We're talking mobile internet, right? A. Well, kind of.i-mode is a proprietary mobile data service owned by Japan's NTT DoCoMo. The network operator has signed up 31.1 million i-mode users in Japan...
[08 Nov 2001]
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