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Notts police turns to tech for better crime handling
News The system is also being used by West Mercia Police along with other UK emergency service organisations such as Merseyside Fire Service. Nottinghamshire Police is trialling new incident... [19 Sep 2008]
iPhone 2.0 - the rumours and the reality
News Other sure-fire tweaks on the way for iPhone 2.0 are firmware updates Apple announced back in March when it said it would be licensing Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol. G is absolutely critical to give that extra... [05 Jun 2008]
Admit to security breaches, companies told
News Certs, dubbed 'digital fire brigades', help countries combat distributed denial of service attacks and spam generated by hijacked botnet computers. The EU's online security body is calling for laws to... [27 May 2008]
Geographic database opens doors to private sector
News The NLPG has been used by public sector organisations - such as the police, fire service and county council - for the past four years but is now available for private sector groups to subscribe to. A... [30 Apr 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News Smith will also set out plans to issue ID cards to people working in airports and other high security risk areas from next year - a plan that has come under fire from trade unions. I is for Identity and Passport... [06 Mar 2008]
Defra IT - blowing budgets and showing up late
News It follows several recent government IT blunders such as the scaling back of the National Offender Management Service, which is £500m over budget, and the revelation that a new fire control IT system was... [07 Feb 2008]
Gov't IT spending to face scrutiny
News The spokesman said the review has not been triggered by the government's lamentable track record on delivering IT systems on budget and on time - such as the £70m overspend for the national fire control centre system or... [01 Feb 2008]
Government reveals snooping figures
News Hundreds of UK public bodies are authorised to intercept individuals' communications, including the Ambulance Service and Fire Authorities, the British Transport Police, HM Revenue & Customs, Secret... [30 Jan 2008]
Spiralling costs derail £500m offender-tracking system
News It follows the revelation this week from a parliamentary committee that an IT system to underpin nine new fire control centres is expected to be £70m over budget. Ambitious plans by the National Offender Management... [09 Jan 2008]
Fire service IT project delayed and £70m over budget
News A separate Firelink project to replace the telecommunications network for the fire service across the UK with a digital network, and fit new radio systems to 3,000 fire and rescue... [07 Jan 2008]
Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux
News What we can say for sure is that the BBC Trust is utterly promising to hold feet to the fire on this one. The Open Source Consortium (OSC) has welcomed the BBC's move to make its iPlayer online on-demand TV... [17 Dec 2007]
Fire services share Dream finance software
News Essex Fire Authority (FA) is to use the financial systems of another Fire and Rescue service as part of a shared services agreement. Essex FA's finance director, Mike Clayton, told... [04 Dec 2007]
Police close in on NZ botnet ringleader
News The New Zealand suspect, who goes by the name of 'Akill', came under fire after an information-sharing exercise between the New Zealand police, the US Secret Service and the FBI. The sweep is part of the... [03 Dec 2007]
Scottish fire brigade captures bonfire night on film
News For the Strathclyde Fire and Rescue (SFR) service, bonfire night is its busiest time. North Lanarkshire Council put its IP CCTV network at the disposal of the local fire services for... [06 Nov 2007]
telent wins £25m firefighters' comms contract
News Technology services company telent has won an eight-year, £25m comms contract with EADS Defence & Security to support England's Fire and Rescue Service. Earlier this year, EADS Defence & Security won the... [10 Oct 2007]
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