elements in news
RSS elements in newsGoogle calls for help in flagging up the bad guys
News This helps decide if a user can still make use of the site while avoiding its bad elements. According to the Google security blog, the search giant already knows about hundreds of thousands of "bad" websites but is hoping its users will add to the... [04 Dec 2007]
How Topshop.com survives the Kate Moss effect
News Because the site is built on a modular architecture, he can swap out the standard elements that the site was built with for more advanced versions. When Topshop launched the Kate Moss range earlier this year, its website traffic leapt from its... [22 Nov 2007]
'Sentinels' to help fight climate battle?
News The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security project (GMES) will eventually consist of five satellites - or 'sentinels' - which will monitor different climate elements. A European project to monitor the continent's climate from space could... [12 Nov 2007]
Data breaches misunderstood by gov't, say Lords
News The government response states: "We are.clearly not so convinced as the committee that [a data-breach notification law] would immediately lead to an improvement in performance by business in regard to protecting personal information, and we do not... [01 Nov 2007]
Scottish council boosts network
News The council previously used an SDH-based star architecture network supplied by NTL but the first elements of that contract began to run out in 2005. East Renfrewshire unitary council has awarded NTL: Telewest Business a £5m contract to supply a... [18 Oct 2007]
£1.5bn farm subsidy chaos: "Inept" planning blamed
News The latest cost of the project to implement the SPS is £122m - £46.5m more than estimated, with further increases likely for elements such as the software to extract management information from the system. [06 Sep 2007]
BT pumps millions into customer service system
News Thomson said: "Really we want to bring [the two elements] together. BT is to roll out an upgraded system for its online customer service after signing a multimillion dollar contract with CRM software company, RightNow. [22 Aug 2007]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News Each organisation self-funded their elements of the trial including time, materials and equipment. Fingerprint and iris scans were used for screening more than 3,000 passengers who volunteered to take part in the trial on Cathay Pacific and... [20 Jun 2007]
China's virtual plans are out of this world
News Ri Pierce-Grove, analyst at Datamonitor, told silicon.com: "Entropia's initial impression is of an interesting hybrid, with gaming elements integrated more strongly into its social experience. Sweden-based Entropia Universe has been chosen to... [06 Jun 2007]
UK pay-as-you-drive fuelled by local plan
News The government has now put out two notices in the Official Journal of the European Union inviting interested companies to bid to be part of framework agreements to run different elements of a road-pricing 'demonstrations' project - local pilots of... [23 May 2007]
CIO Essentials: Stolen laptops, PC-killing phones and RFID
News When the wi-fi network is upgraded from basic coverage to include the location elements, the number of access points can go up considerably. Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top... [15 May 2007]
'Patent violation': Microsoft moans about open source
News In an interview with Fortune, Microsoft top lawyer Brad Smith alleges the Linux kernel violates 42 Redmond patents, while its user interface and other design elements infringe on a further 65. Microsoft claims free and open source software violates... [14 May 2007]
Sun's Solaris to get that Linux feeling?
News Sun wants to embrace some Linux elements so "we make Solaris a better Linux than Linux", Murdock said, quoting Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen whose latest start-up, Ning, uses Solaris. It's a tricky balance to adopt elements of Linux while... [10 May 2007]
MiFID: The unanswered questions
News The new European investment banking regulations have prompted firms to race to put the necessary technology and processes in place in time - but some elements of the regulations, such as best execution, remain unclear. [08 May 2007]
Has the Supreme Court killed off patent trolls?
News In a hotly anticipated decision that could make it easier to challenge patents of questionable quality, the justices called for loosening the current approach set by the US' dedicated patent appeals court for deciding when a combination of... [01 May 2007]
