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PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News In his speech, the prime minister also said CPNI will begin to provide a higher level of protection to UK organisations that oversee essential systems and services, such as telecommunications and the water supply. [20 Mar 2008]
Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News Mike Buck, architecture manager, Yorkshire Water Local police forces do not have the resources or expertise to deal with growing cyber crime and online fraud threats facing businesses today. That's the unanimous verdict of UK tech chiefs on silicon... [18 Mar 2008]
SMS gets Oxfordshire residents out of deep water
News Oxfordshire County Council is rolling out a mobile text alert system to warn residents across the county if their homes are at risk from flood water following heavy rain. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [26 Feb 2008]
Five mobile trends to watch in 2008
News He said: "I think that's one of the things we'll see more of: attempts to squeeze costs out of the operation and move closer to an efficient utility - like water or gas - which can make lots of money obviously you do that by doing larges volumes... [09 Jan 2008]
Encryption not the key to data security
News Mike Buck, architecture manager, Yorkshire Water Encryption has been back in the spotlight following the HM Revenue & Customs data breach that led to two CDs containing unencrypted records of 25 million people on the child benefit database getting... [07 Dec 2007]
One Laptop Per Child gets a boost from Peru
News Ivan Krstić, the director of security architecture for the OLPC project, said Uruguayan water and mobile phone utility companies have allowed the organisation to plant wireless access points on existing towers to facilitate the laptop's use. [03 Dec 2007]
HMRC data blunder to sink ID cards?
News A reader from London wrote: "A good thing to come out of this is that the ID card is dead in the water. The news two CDs containing the confidential personal details of 25 million child benefit recipients have been lost by HM Revenue & Customs... [22 Nov 2007]
Wi-fi piggybacking is OK, say silicon.com readers
News He added: "If I stick a tap outside my gate with a sign on it saying 'Drinking Water' I wouldn't expect the police to arrest anyone drinking from it. With many homes failing to adequately secure their wireless networks, computer users in the... [19 Nov 2007]
Fox or hedgehog - which type of techie are you?
News But O'Neill emphasised this doesn't mean technical knowledge and skills are any less important: "The challenge for us is not to throw out the geek with the bath-water. The skills needed for tech jobs are now much broader and more business focused... [16 Oct 2007]
Cisco says Scotland is the place for data centres
News Thomson believes that two benefits of Scotland are the relative stability of the weather and renewable energy sources, including an abundance of water and wind-power generation facilities. Cisco is urging businesses to choose Scotland when they... [26 Sep 2007]
Can Redmond rivals storm the Office stronghold?
News Michael Silver, an analyst at Gartner, said referring to two recent Microsoft setbacks: "I think there's some blood in the water between Microsoft not getting its Open XML [Office document formats] fast-track standards approval and the European... [19 Sep 2007]
Businesses cool on software as a service
News SaaS is also not being used in any significant way at Yorkshire Water. Mike Buck, architecture manager at Yorkshire Water, said: "We'll use it where we can see benefits and for minority applications but we aren't planning to do anything major with... [18 Sep 2007]
Counterterrorism gets $200m tech backing from EU
News The grants will cover 44 research projects, including the development of automatic surveillance systems for water distribution systems. The European Commission will commit $212.16m to research on counterterrorism technologies. [13 Sep 2007]
UK floods hit IT departments
News Some company buildings are water-logged, he explained, while others have had to abandon workplaces because of associated power failures and one company cannot use their building because the water supplies have been contaminated. [24 Jul 2007]
De Beers ventures into selling diamonds online
News Diamond jewellery giant De Beers has put its toe in the water of transactional online retailing for the first time. The retailer already has sites geared for its Japanese, UK and US markets but these points of presence did not allow viewers to... [19 Jun 2007]
