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Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Wireless from A to Z Even if you can put a cost on jet lag, it is even hard to put a value on decision making, which gets a boost, reckons Modruson. Factor in up to £5,000 bandwidth costs per site per month, and you can see how having a hard-and... [30 Jun 2008]
NHS data left lacking encryption
News The revelation came as it emerged that records of 894,629 calls made to the Scottish Ambulance Service had gone missing, after a portable hard drive being transported by courier went astray. Security from A to Z [24 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study Broadband from A to Z A project to tackle digital exclusion in socially deprived regions of Merseyside has brought free plug-and-play internet access to hundreds of homes with children of school age. The project is aiming to give digitally excluded... [17 Jun 2008]
Linux-based laptop latest OLPC rival?
News According to Elonex, the Linux-based laptop will boast a three-hour battery life, wi-fi, a flash-based hard drive, a "hard-wearing case" and a "wireless music server", and will weigh less than one kilogram. [19 Feb 2008]
Gov't IT spending to face scrutiny
News Security from A-Z… Biometrics from A-Z… Broadband from A-Z… Wireless from A-Z… Green IT from A-Z… The IT element might be considered as part of the review of these projects as it is hard to do any sort of major project without there being a fairly... [01 Feb 2008]
Outsourcing 'increases IT costs'
News Wireless from A-Z… Security from A-Z… Biometrics from A-Z… Broadband from A-Z… As a generalisation it would be hard to save money - and maintain excellent service - in a well-run service. Green IT from A-Z… [31 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast
Comment Other innovations include a wider trackpad with a slew of new interface innovations and the offer of an optional solid-state replacement to the ubiquitous hard drive. Wireless from A to Z Can I really manage without a CD/DVD drive? [28 Jan 2008]
2008: The year of mobile handset evolution?
News With the glamorous promise of Google's Android and the glitz of Apple's iPhone, 2007 may seem like a hard year to beat in mobile terms - but 2008 looks set to be a battleground year for mobile handsets. [03 Jan 2008]
Millions of L-driver details "gone missing"
News In a speech to Parliament yesterday, transport minister Ruth Kelly said the details had been lost by a third-party contractor, Pearson Driving Assessments Ltd, in May of this year.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics [18 Dec 2007]
Top 10 weird data disasters
News Melting point: During an experiment, a scientist spilt acid on an external hard drive and burnt away his important data. Ooooops: A scientist was fed up with his hard drive squeaking, so drilled a hole through the casing and poured in oil - which... [05 Dec 2007]
Ten things not to do with your data
News Another customer decided his broken hard drive could be packaged and sent to the company in a pair of dirty socks. One customer left a banana on top of his hard drive, which then rotted and seeped through into the device. [16 Nov 2006]
The A-Z of ebusiness (T-U)
News Files which are stored or transmitted through the internet (eg onto a user's PC to speed their experience of using a website) but which, unless permanently saved to a disk or hard disk drive, will be lost. [01 Jan 2002]
