greater manchester
Wireless broadband to be cellular feast
News WiMax has made modest progress in the UK, with three commercial networks up and running in parts of Manchester, Milton Keynes and Warwick, and a greater number of business networks. Telecoms analyst Analysys Mason predicts there will be a total of... [05 Aug 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News The Foreign Office has launched an urgent inquiry into the theft and Greater Manchester Police has launched a criminal investigation. A van carrying about 3,000 blank ePassports and visas was hijacked on route to RAF Northolt, near London. [29 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News The ICO's annual report also revealed it had issued nine enforcement notices for data protection breaches this year to bodies including Carphone Warehouse and Greater Manchester Police, and had carried out 11 prosecutions. [15 Jul 2008]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News New forces coming on to the programme are Avon and Somerset Police, City of London Police, Derbyshire Constabulary, Durham Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police, Kent Police, Leicester Constabulary, Merseyside Police, Surrey Police and Thames... [11 Jun 2008]
Manchester on the road to high tech transport
News Lord Peter Smith, leader of the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, said in a statement: "This will provide a level of investment not seen before outside of London, and will transform our public transport system into one capable of... [10 Jun 2008]
ANPR "ring of steel" watches over Manchester
News The plate number, car colour and entry time of an estimated 600,000 cars per day are being kept by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) for five years. Manchester is now protected by a "ring of steel" - a network of surveillance cameras that will log... [05 Jun 2008]
Police Facebook presence strikes privacy chord
News Last week, Greater Manchester Police became the first UK police force to establish a presence on Facebook. Greater Manchester Police established an application called GMP Updates on Facebook, providing users with crime news, appeals and missing... [22 Apr 2008]
Home Office laptop and disc up for grabs on eBay
News A Home Office spokesperson said: "We understand that encrypted IT equipment has been handed to Greater Manchester Police. The laptop had been bought on the auction site then taken to an IT company near Manchester for repairs. [29 Feb 2008]
Power shortages squeeze London's data centres
News He said modern telecommunication equipment means alternative locations such as Birmingham, the Isle of Man or Manchester could more easily offer high performance at a cheaper price than London counterparts. [27 Feb 2008]
Glasgow: Crackdown on software piracy hotspot
News Further regional crackdowns are planned across the UK, with Manchester the next stop early this year. Glasgow was targeted after the BSA received more reports of software piracy within businesses there than any other city across the UK, outside... [07 Feb 2008]
Voice Over an OFDM Based Wireless LAN
White Paper It is argued that traditional "voice over IP" (VoIP) approaches are inefficient for wireless LANs in terms of system overheads, and that more recent proposals, such as the "5- UP" protocol, offer greater promise with the co-existence of OFDM, for... [14 Jan 2008]
Fall in drivers flouting mobile phone ban
News Police forces issuing the most fixed penalty notices for driving with a mobile phone were Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Metropolitan Police and Thames Valley. The punishment for being caught driving while using a mobile doubled from £30 to a £60... [04 Dec 2007]
Why New Media Is Dead - Manchester
White Paper Is it often said to be a form of media that includes some aspect of interactivity for its audience, to a greater or lesser degree. New media is a term that describes media which can only be viewed or used with the aid of computer processing power. [06 Oct 2007]
London gets free wi-fi network
News It is understood that a free network will be launched in August in Manchester city centre, in direct competition with a paid-for network built by BT. Dan Toomey, chief executive of free-hotspot.com, said: "This really marks the arrival of free wi... [16 Jul 2007]
In brief: Apple goes to Hollywood, 'Tubing', Finns freed by Iran
News A recent PS3 shoot 'em up sees some action take place against a backdrop which is very similar to the real life Manchester Cathedral. All of which points to a greater need to safeguard end user devices. [11 Jun 2007]
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