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News She said: "The next challenge is now to bring about a single market for roaming text messages and data services. Figures published by national telecoms regulators this summer have shown that prices for roaming text messages and data services remain... [29 Aug 2008]
Inbox: Data breaches, tech wages, ePassport woes
Comment The management consultancy firm at the centre of the latest government data breach storm has been paid almost £100m over three years for its services by the Home Office and its agencies. The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought... [28 Aug 2008]
Third of UK homes still without web access
News It's a marked difference from the wired world, where sending and receiving emails was the most popular online activity, followed by finding information about goods or services. According to the ONS' 2008 Internet Access report, 65 per cent of homes... [27 Aug 2008]
Edinburgh Council signs multimillion BT deal
News The network will run on the BT Hosted Voice platform providing a virtual private telephone network to all of the council's sites, and will give the council one-rate-for-all calls, whether national, international or mobile, with the exception of... [27 Aug 2008]
Liverpool midwives cull paper with 3G laptops
News The hospital is planning to give 3G-enabled laptops to 75 of its midwives who work remotely, providing services to pregnant patients in their homes in Liverpool. Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust is freeing its community midwives from the... [27 Aug 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News As Philip Wicks, security expert at IT services company Morse, said in a statement: "At the moment there seems to be a culture of letting anyone download anything onto a memory stick. The loss of a USB stick containing unencrypted data on 84,000... [27 Aug 2008]
HP completes EDS acquisition
News HP completed on Tuesday its mega-acquisition of computer services giant EDS. HP has been trying to develop its software and services business over the last few years. The deal, worth about $13.9bn when it was first announced in May, is among the... [27 Aug 2008]
Infosys pays £407m for UK SAP specialist
News The transfer of ownership to Infosys, India's second largest IT services company, is expected to be completed by November 2008. The strategic combination of our groups will accelerate the realisation of our common aspiration to become the most... [26 Aug 2008]
Offshoring sends techies' wages up
News According to employment information company Incomes Data Services (IDS), mid-level technical and support staff are seeing their salaries rocket, while their more senior colleagues' pay packets are stagnating. [26 Aug 2008]
Cash still king as Brits leave cards at home
News According to a survey by insurance services company CPP, 60 per cent of people prefer to take cash on holiday when they go overseas. Even more are worried about fraudulent activity when they travel, with 80 per cent concerned they are vulnerable... [26 Aug 2008]
Prisoner data breach firm paid £100m
News The management consultancy firm at the centre of the latest government data breach storm has been paid almost £100m over three years for its services by the Home Office and its agencies, with individual consultants from the company being charged... [22 Aug 2008]
Alliance & Leicester aims to ditch paper
News The contracts are used by companies to finance the acquisition of assets, such as plant machinery or commercial vehicles.silicon.com Financial Services Get the latest financial services news straight to your inbox. [22 Aug 2008]
Inbox: Snooping bills, spam mountains, boring IT
Comment It should always be remembered that social services and other government and local authorities are able to view this sort of information and when everyone is under suspicion, then all emails that they read are suspicious, regardless of the actual... [21 Aug 2008]
Photos: Inmarsat satellite lifts off
Photo Inmarsat said that once the third I-4 is operational, it will be the only fully funded next-generation network for mobile satellite services. The Proton Breeze M rocket has successfully launched the third Inmarsat-4 (I-4) satellite, which weighs... [20 Aug 2008]
Video: 60-Second Pitch - data security services
Video CIOs' time is precious. Suppliers who pitch technology to them have to get it right first time - or get shown the door.silicon.com's 60-Second Pitch series replicates this experience just for fun - but turns the screw a little tighter. [20 Aug 2008]
