prevent in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.08.08
Round-Up He warned the robots would have to be constrained to prevent them from inadvertently using excessive force due to their "super strength" and "inability to feel pain". 'A fool and his money are easily parted' was always a good idiom, even before Al... [15 Aug 2008]
Legal Eye: Trademark landmark
Comment Under the Trademark Directive, trademark owners have exclusive rights to prevent others from using a mark that is identical or confusingly similar to their own. A major European ruling involving mobile operators O2 and 3 has big implications for... [16 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: Service level disagreements
Comment These indicators will prevent the agreement being just about some obscure statistic that does not tie in to the ability to improve service. Service level agreements are great at perpetuating mediocrity and blocking excellence. [07 Jul 2008]
Are rogue traders an inevitable evil?
Comment One example was the mandating of segregation of duties to prevent individuals from trading and settling their own transactions. The act attempted to prevent a rerun of financial scandals such as Enron and WorldCom by imposing thorough checks and... [15 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.04.08
Round-Up Rosedale, appearing in both physical and avatar form, outlined some of the steps the company takes to discourage and prevent illegal activity. You're not always taken entirely seriously when you have wings, antlers and don't exist. [04 Apr 2008]
How to detect data leaks
Comment Companies need to decide what can be connected to the network and prevent unauthorised devices to connect. Yet most firms don't know how sensitive data is getting out, let alone how to stop it. Tools exist to shore up those vulnerabilities, says... [19 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... data guardians, not so "killer" mobile apps, Vista on sale…
Comment OK, 37 people is more than one person - but just how are 37 people going to monitor hundreds if not thousands of people if the HMRC does not have the technology to prevent people copying data on to CDs, or at least flag it up if somebody is... [06 Mar 2008]
The Naked CIO: Identity crisis
Comment Yet sharing it so frequently must also contribute to the problem of identity theft - the very thing it is designed to prevent. Like most IT directors, the Naked CIO is extremely careful with other people's data. [25 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tax crash, mobile driving, eBay feedback, Vista woes…
Comment Why can't motor manufacturers install a device inside the car or cab of a lorry, to prevent a signal from a mobile being received or sent? Mr Offield - nice idea but how are you going to get one installed in every vehicle currently on the road... [07 Feb 2008]
Data encryption brought into focus by HMRC
Comment Data encryption will not prevent these physical losses, but will, of course, mean that this data is not accessible. The issue of data encryption has been brought into sharp focus recently with the HMRC data loss fiasco. [21 Dec 2007]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader The national electronic medical record system will also need to provide access to around 300,000 NHS staff - but there are surely no security procedures in the world to prevent rogue workers with access doing bad things? [22 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... cashless concerns, battle of the OSes, iPhone fans...
Comment I still for the life of me see how identity card will prevent terrorist form carring out the evil activities, after all most of the population of Britian have driving liecences but it does not stop them from either speeding or parking on the... [15 Nov 2007]
The Brampton Factor: Chinese whispers
Comment But anecdotal evidence suggests that the number of items shipped with faults that either prevent them working at all, or result in early failures, has increased sharply. From cheap laptops to budget routers, China's low-cost products have helped... [25 Oct 2007]
Luis von Ahn
AS Profile It is used to prevent bots setting up large accounts to send spam - and these days around 60 million Captchas are solved by humans around the world every day. Described as a "real guy to watch" by one of the panel, Luis Von Ahn is one of the people... [12 Oct 2007]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile Google has also created a filtering service to prevent copyrighted material being uploaded. It's been another big year for Eric Schmidt, who maintains his position in the top 3 Agenda Setters, as the global rise and expansion of Google marches... [12 Oct 2007]
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