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How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News When you think of gambling, smoky casinos populated by tough guys chewing cigars and nursing their whiskey probably come to mind. According to bwin CTO Thomas Kiessling, the development of tech - and the social side of... [23 Oct 2009]
New CTO provides Devine inspiration for Yell
News Previously, Devine has worked within the gambling industry. Most recently, he provided tech consultancy to Bwin, one of the largest listed online gambling companies globally, and before that, he held the... [11 Aug 2009]
Betfair CTO bets on new tech architecture
News Betfair's new CTO is embarking on a radical overhaul of the gambling giant's development processes to allow the company to pounce on new international business opportunities faster. Tony McAlister joined the peer-to-peer... [10 Jul 2009]
Webwise re-Phormed with 'discovery engine'
News The Phorm system also ignores sensitive data about web pages, including adult content, gambling and medical content. Behavioural ad-serving company Phorm has announced a 'recommendation engine', which is designed to... [03 Jun 2009]
2011 will spawn 150 million mobile bankers
News As well as banking money, millions of people will also be gambling it using their mobiles. While the credit crunch might mean fewer of us have money to play with, more of us than ever will be looking it after it on our... [15 Jan 2009]
Edward Wray
AS Profile Back in 1998 former JP Morgan trader Edward Wray teamed up with software programmer and professional card player Andrew 'Bert' Black to create a peer-to-peer gambling site. Betfair launched two years later, bringing... [07 Oct 2008]
Are your systems falling down on resiliency?
Comment Given those facts, why are so many organisations gambling with software systems availability? Few outside the IT department realise just how much effort goes into making sure systems don't fail. If more board members... [12 Aug 2008]
BCS warns over IT degree funding
News The government is gambling with the UK economy by removing funding for graduates who want to retrain in IT, the British Computer Society (BCS) has warned - at a time when the industry is crying out for more skilled... [20 Jun 2008]
Casinos bet on Experian ID verification
News Three UK casino groups have signed up to an age ID verification service from Experian to comply with gambling regulations. The move is in line with gambling law which came into force last year, which... [11 Jun 2008]
Android laid bare, dressing for success, grown up social networking...
News Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet As ever, security scares abounded with revelations that cash machines could be easily hacked and a warning from a gambling website about an... [27 Mar 2008]
UK Plc calls for national police e-crime force
News Also swelling the fast-growing ranks of supporters are a former chief security advisor to the White House and IT bosses from two industries heavily targeted by online criminals, financial services and gambling. [14 Mar 2008]
Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet
News A major UK gambling business has warned that all commercial websites are at risk from a new type of unstoppable and undetectable botnet denial of service attack. Gala Coral ecommerce's gambling sites... [06 Mar 2008]
Second Life tackles virtual nuisances
News Last summer Linden Lab stepped up security checks and banned gambling and unregulated banks from its digital borders. But the decision to ban gambling in Second Life was taken because it was putting... [12 Feb 2008]
Cyber-extortion on the rise - but targets the 'fringe'
News Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that cyber-extortion is on the rise, but gave the caveat that it mainly affects "fringe" industries, such as online gambling, rather than critical national infrastructure... [24 Jan 2008]
Second Life clamps down on virtual banks
News Back in July last year, online gambling was also banned from Second Life. Virtual world Second Life is banning unregulated banks from operating within its borders in order to protect its users' investments. [10 Jan 2008]
