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Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News Thomas said: "Before major new databases are launched careful consideration must be given to the impact on individuals' liberties and on society as a whole. The UK's privacy tsar has made a plea to the government not to rush through a centralised... [15 Jul 2008]
Distributed Intrusion Detection for Computer Systems Using Communicating Agents
White Paper Intrusion detection for computer systems is a key problem of today's Internet connected society. Almost all government agencies, businesses, schools, and most homes use the Internet, and many of their service providers use the Windows NT operating... [10 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News The CMA, which is part of the British Computer Society (BCS), attacked the government for failing to follow through on its promises regarding NGA. David Harrington, the CMA's director of regulatory affairs, said: "The gap between government... [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News Comparatively sluggish fat pipes are damaging UK Plc, according to comms industry organisation, the Communications Management Association (CMA) - part of the British Computer Society. The CMA has called on the government to create a national... [04 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News Society depends on the information infrastructure; the ability to steal information and deny access is a serious threat. Terrorists are increasingly using technology to achieve their aims, according to the government. [04 Jul 2008]
Woolly risk analysis is hastening a housing crash
Comment The Nationwide Building Society reported that UK house prices have recorded their largest monthly fall since 1991 and have fallen by 2.5 per cent during May. Borrowers have moved from a mortgage feast to a famine so bad that the government has... [03 Jul 2008]
The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
White Paper Securing cyberspace is a difficult strategic challenge that requires coordinated and focused effort from our entire society? the federal government, state and local governments, the private sector, and the American people. [03 Jul 2008]
Nationwide hands network reins to BT
News Nationwide Building Society has signed a seven-year £160m deal with BT to outsource the management of its networked IT services. BT will also provide improved remote access for the building society's staff who work away from the office. [30 Jun 2008]
Revealed: What students think of tech work
News Mike Rodd, director of industry body the British Computer Society (BCS) Learned Society, which is driving an outreach campaign to schools to improve IT's image, said in a statement: "Greater exposure of young people to the merits of a job in the... [23 Jun 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 recruits. [20 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gets down to business, caught on camera, ID cards…
Comment ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk This present government may well implement ID cards in a small scale way over the next two years, ever presuming that they can get the technology right in the time scale that they have set themselves. [12 Jun 2008]
Prisoners to gain IT skills
News The skills minister said in a statement: "The academy is a demonstration of the power of partnerships coming together to benefit employers, transform offenders' lives and make society safer by reducing reoffending. [11 Jun 2008]
Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
News Earlier this year, the European Commission's information society and media commissioner, Viviane Reding, called for "a credible but also doable price reduction by the whole industry on a voluntary basis before 1 July" - or threatened to introduce... [11 Jun 2008]
ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk
News The national ID card database must not be used to turn the UK into a surveillance society, MPs have warned. The report, A Surveillance Society, cautions against the £4.4bn biometric card scheme and associated National Identity Register being used... [09 Jun 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment In other words this is about society, not mere geography. Simply put the poorest members of society can't afford broadband because it is still a luxury. And with many government and financial services increasingly being delivered online it's... [23 May 2008]
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