2006 in news
RSS 2006 in newsCharity Commission saves a bundle with online returns
News The Charity Commission has revealed an online service to handle the submission of annual returns from 169,000 charities is saving the body £425,000 per year. The Commission, which acts as a regulator and registrar for charities in England and Wales... [24 Jul 2008]
PAYE system not ready for rollout
News The launch of a computer system to handle all PAYE tax claims has been suspended because of fears it will not be able to cope. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) postponed the PAYE system because of uncertainty over whether it was ready to oversee the... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Barclays claims to have reduced online fraud to zero among users of its two-factor authentication system, PINsentry. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card reader, made by Amsterdam-based Gemalto, to more than... [18 Jul 2008]
Google's search share continues to creep up
News Google's steadily increasing search share neared 70 per cent in June in the United States, according to new figures released yesterday by Hitwise. Its share increased from 68.29 per cent in May to 69.17 per cent in June, the analyst firm said. [16 Jul 2008]
Berners-Lee and friends promote web science study
News The study of web science is being promoted by a group of top academics to lay the foundations for the future development of the world wide web. The Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) is being led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee - widely regarded as one... [14 Jul 2008]
Super scanners at UK airports
News High tech security scanners that can slash queues are now in place at the UK's seven major airports. Explosives, guns, liquids and knives are easier for security staff to spot using about 200 dual-imaging cabin luggage scanners. [09 Jul 2008]
London data centres hit by credit crunch
News London's data centre sector has suffered a downturn, with no corporates taking up space in the capital this year. Businesses chose London for just four per cent of the data centre space taken up across Europe in the first quarter of this year... [04 Jul 2008]
Biometrics to fast track 'trusted' travellers
News Biometric technology is to be used to speed up travel between the UK and the US. Fingerprint, iris and facial recognition technology will be used to speed up frequent travellers' journeys through immigration control, as part of a UK-US agreement... [03 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News European mobile operators should brace themselves for enforced price cuts for SMS roaming, predicts an analyst. Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, for the mobile industry to voluntarily reduce... [02 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has scaled back plans to upgrade its electronic passport system. Millions had been spent on the Electronic Passport Application (EPA2) project upgrade. The total write-down of EPA2 assets since the project... [02 Jul 2008]
Microsoft unveils licensing plan for business
News Microsoft has said it is adding a new licensing option, this one dubbed Select Plus and targeted largely at medium-sized companies. The programme's two main attractions are the fact it is not tied to a specific term and it makes it easier for... [01 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News Three separate investigations have looked into HM Revenue & Custom's loss of 25 million people's personal details on 18 October last year. These were a management and process review by chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Kieran Poynter, a review of... [26 Jun 2008]
Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News Timeline of the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data losses The loss of 25 million records from HMRC's Child Benefit Computer System was declared "deplorable" and "entirely avoidable" in two reports into the data blunder released this week. [26 Jun 2008]
In his own words: Bill Gates' best quotes
News As the world's most famous tech boss, Bill Gates has been quoted more times than you can shake a stick at - but there have been some particularly insightful, bold and wide of the mark comments that stand out. [26 Jun 2008]
RFID could disrupt medical devices, say researchers
News Radio frequency ID RFID) technology can interfere with medical equipment, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The study by six Dutch scientists has found electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by... [25 Jun 2008]
