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RSS commonsUniversity of Florida Rejuvenates Library With Infusion of Dell Technology
White Paper The university wanted technology to play an integral role in the new building so a concept team developed a plan for an Info Commons area. University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries began as separate book collections from five founding... [02 Jul 2008]
Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News Liberal Democrat Lady Miller won support of the House of Lords for the proposed amendment to make reckless data loss a criminal offence, but this was changed to a civil offence when the criminal justice bill was approved by the House of Commons on... [12 May 2008]
House of Lords backs data loss law change
News The amendment must be sanctioned by the House of Commons before it can become part of the bill. Losing personal data took a step closer to becoming a criminal offence after the House of Lords backed a change in the law. [28 Apr 2008]
PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News Gordon Brown presented the government's National Security Strategy to the House of Commons yesterday, outlining plans designed to improve the UK's response to terrorist and criminal threats, among others. [20 Mar 2008]
Information Commons: Concept of Disclosing Public Information in an Era of Personal Privacy and Information Protection
White Paper That is, one should embrace the concept of "Information Commons. This paper introduces the concept of Information Commons and the technologies for realizing it, focusing on the significant social impact these technologies would have in the applied... [14 Feb 2008]
Photos of the month - January 2008
Photo Picture credit: Creative Commons licence A video was played showing Gates asking various celebrities for a job. His encounter with rock band U2's Bono didn't see him recruited. Check out what Gates had to say in his speech. [30 Jan 2008]
Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool?
Photo Photo credit: Creative Commons licence Photo credit: Creative Commons licence But could this new machine one day figure in the pantheon of Apple's greatest creations? Seb Janacek sifts out his favourite Apple products from more than 30 years of... [24 Jan 2008]
Taxpayer stung by £2.25m HMRC apology
News Financial secretary to the Treasury, Jane Kennedy, revealed the cost in written answers to the House of Commons. The seven figure bill provoked outrage from the Taxpayer's Alliance who attacked the HMRC for losing the two CDs after it posted them... [17 Jan 2008]
A Project Management Primer or "A Guide on How to Make Projects Work"
White Paper You don't have to be a genius to deliver a project on time, nor do you have to be steeped in a mystical project management methodology to be a project manager. This straightforward guide covers key principles and successfully planning and... [06 Jan 2008]
Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws
News MPs have called for the reckless loss of computer data and personal information to be made a crime but IT industry leaders and legal experts have urged the government to avoid knee-jerk legislation. But the parliamentary justice select committee's... [03 Jan 2008]
NHS completes Pacs digital x-ray project
News Some pilots of the summary care record have now started but a recent report by the House of Commons Health Select Committee found the scope, capability and timetable for the more detailed local record to be "vague and inconsistent". [27 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.11.07
Round-Up Perhaps acting Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable, who mentioned the rather scary figure in the Commons, should have kept that little tidbit to himself. Life is full of little ironies and it's the teeny tiny ones that truly delight the Round-Up. [30 Nov 2007]
Lost Revenue CDs 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'
News Liberal Democrat acting leader Vince Cable, speaking in the House of Commons, said a single stolen identity is worth £60 on the black market. The two lost HM Revenue & Customs CDs containing the personal and financial details of 25 million people... [29 Nov 2007]
Minister calls for ID cards review
News Speaking at a joint House of Commons and House of Lords select committee on human rights, the data protection minister Michael Wills admitted he was not informed about the HMRC data breach before Alistair Darling's public statement last week. [27 Nov 2007]
Gordon Brown orders data security spot checks
News During Prime Minister's questions in the House of Commons yesterday, he said: "We will give the Information Commissioner the power to spot check departments, to do everything in his power and our power to secure the protection of data. [22 Nov 2007]
