2006 in news
RSS 2006 in newsLocal authorities lack transformation skills
News Many local governments are well under way implementing initiatives under the Transformation Agenda outlined in the Varney Review published in 2006, but the majority feel they lack the in-house skills to deliver that... [30 Jul 2008]
Flexible working: Gov't 'must do better'
News The government may be pushing employers to embrace more flexible and greener ways of working for their staff but new figures show Whitehall itself lagging some way behind the rest of the country. The number of civil service staff able to... [30 Jul 2008]
Amazon unveils online-payments service
News Amazon.com unveiled on Tuesday a new online-payment service it will offer to other online merchants - a move that puts it in direct competition with eBay's PayPal and Google's Google checkout. The Seattle-based company describes it... [30 Jul 2008]
Start-ups try to cut slice of Google pie
News Google wouldn't be Google without its ownership of the estimated $10.4bn annual search advertising market. But other ad-technology hopefuls are still angling for ways to take a few dollars off the top for themselves - just like Microsoft... [30 Jul 2008]
BT's Ribbit buy to take on Android?
News BT has bought internet-telephony company Ribbit, in a move that will bring the communications giant up against competitors ranging from Skype to Google's Android platform. In the deal, announced on Tuesday, BT has agreed to pay $105m in... [30 Jul 2008]
Charity 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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [02 Jul 2008]
