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Fuzzy logic tech project to help the elderly
News Fuzzy logic uses computational mathematics to reach conclusions based on vague information, replicating human decision making.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Speaking to silicon.com, research fellow at DMU's Centre for Computational Intelligence... [03 Jan 2008]
NHS completes Pacs digital x-ray project
News The government also claims the technology is improving reporting and clinical decision-making and contributing to reduced patient waiting times between referral and the start of treatment. The NHS has completed a project to rollout digital x-ray... [27 Dec 2007]
Windows Vista - why you shouldn't skip it
News But it also said skipping Windows Vista might be the right decision for smaller organisations because they don't have the scale to support multiple OSs on an ongoing basis, making a wholescale 'forklift' migration project more efficient. [07 Dec 2007]
HMRC email rejected filtering of sensitive data
News The NAO has released the details of an email exchange between the junior HMRC manager responsible for sending the CDs containing 25 million child benefit records and the NAO, with a senior HMRC manager copied in on the emails - although both sides... [23 Nov 2007]
HMRC data blunder to sink ID cards?
News Another reader, ex-RAF cryptographer Paul Howard, said the government's delay in making the data loss public underlines the need for the UK to adopt Californian-style data breach legislation "to ensure the loss of personal records are notified... [22 Nov 2007]
Google DoubleClick deal: EU ramps up scrutiny
News In making the decision to push the $3.1bn deal into an extended investigation, the Commission cited concerns about the merger's impact on competition in the online advertising space - and potential subsequent harm to consumers - as the driving issue. [14 Nov 2007]
IBM brains up with $5bn Cognos buy
News Steve Mills, senior vice president and group executive of IBM Software Group, said: "Customers are demanding complete solutions, not piece parts, to enable real-time decision making. IBM has announced it intends to buy business intelligence... [12 Nov 2007]
'Sentinels' to help fight climate battle?
News The project could provide "assured continuity of crucial data sets" that could help understand and predict climate change and inform policy-making in hundreds of years, he added. Professor David Crichton, consultant on insurance and climate change... [12 Nov 2007]
CIOs plan more outsourcing
News As the reasons behind the decision to outsource change, Smith added, there will also be a dramatic change in outsourcing hotspots, with Eastern Europe and Vietnam already making a significant impact on the IT outsourcing map. [12 Nov 2007]
Online shoppers get savvy in run-up to Xmas
News A separate survey has pinpointed a key emerging factor in consumers' online decision-making process. The vast majority (86 per cent) of online consumers suffer some sort of difficulty in making their purchase. [05 Nov 2007]
Lenovo dropping IBM logo two years early
News William Amelio, chief executive of Lenovo, said in a press announcement relating to its quarterly results: "By making substantial progress on all of our critical priorities over the past few quarters, we're now a stronger, healthier company. [05 Nov 2007]
Named: ID cards scheme supplier hopefuls
News He added the IPS will be in constant contact with the eight bidders to outline detailed plans and listen to supplier views before making a decision. Eight companies are in the running as key suppliers for the Identity and Passport Service's (IPS... [22 Oct 2007]
How to survive the first 100 days as CIO
News A really good way in the early days of making contact with people is asking them what the acronyms mean. One of the interesting things for me when I moved from BT to Network Rail was moving from a company where everything was governed by what was... [22 Oct 2007]
Woman hit with $220k bill in file-sharing case
News After the jury returned its verdict on Thomas, he said he had heard from several copyright attorneys who had expressed interest in representing her should she want to appeal the decision. The decision is important in that it sends a message to file... [05 Oct 2007]
Vonage loses bulk of Verizon patent appeal
News But once the appeals court's decision is final, which should happen within two weeks to a month, the injunction barring Vonage from using any technology that infringes on Verizon's patents goes into effect. [27 Sep 2007]
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