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NHS data left lacking encryption
News I is for IM NHS trusts will not have completed encrypting patients' personal data held on their computers until later this year. A number of health trusts are expected to be months late meeting a target to encrypt all... [24 Jun 2008]
BT gets chatty with business customers
News BT is using instant messaging (IM) technology to allow its business customers to contact its customer service team. The company has started to use RightNow's Chat application so customer service staff can quickly respond... [23 Jun 2008]
Tech-savvy recruited for organised crime
News I is for IM As organised criminals move from more traditional crimes, such as armed robbery, towards e-crime, there is evidence that they are targeting university students, graduates and the tech savvy for recruitment,... [23 Jun 2008]
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News I is for IM Secretary for local government Hazel Blears has had a computer stolen from her constituency offices in Salford. The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the Cabinet minister's constituency... [18 Jun 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News I is for IM The government has said it is engaged in tackling ongoing state-sponsored cyber attacks on UK national infrastructure. Security minister Lord West told the House of Lords that the UK continues to be targeted... [16 Jun 2008]
PC security warning for banking online
News I is for IM Victims of online banking fraud who repeatedly fail to take appropriate security measures could be left out of pocket, the industry has warned. The online banking section of the latest Banking Code from the... [16 Jun 2008]
Cotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News I is for IM Thousands of credit card details have been stolen after high street retailer Cotton Traders' website was hacked. Hackers breached the company website in January and stole encrypted customer details. [11 Jun 2008]
Google looks to the cloud to woo business
News IM, search, VoIP, all have foundations in the consumer world. Rishi Chandra, product manager for Google Enterprise, speaking at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in the US, said: "The next 10 years of innovations are going... [11 Jun 2008]
Google trusts users with the Gmail testing reins
News Email Addict blocks the screen for 15 minutes and makes you 'invisible' on Google Mail IM to encourage people to take a screen break. Google has launched a version of its Labs development programme for Google Mail,... [09 Jun 2008]
ANPR "ring of steel" watches over Manchester
News I is for IM Manchester is now protected by a "ring of steel" - a network of surveillance cameras that will log almost every car entering the city centre. The network of 15 automatic number plate recognition (ANPR)... [05 Jun 2008]
National Work from Home Day: A blessing or a curse?
News We have had a couple of IM conferences but communication within the team is very disjointed. In terms of filing stories and communicating with the rest of the team, we use IM and email a lot anyway so it... [16 May 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News I is for IM Security vendor Symantec has warned that the Storm worm, the malware which contributes to the Storm botnet, is continuing to evolve and now has two further possible avenues of attack. A number of nascent... [07 May 2008]
Facebook top of Vodafone's mobile web
News Vodafone said it has seen growth in consumers' appetite for email, IM and social networking via mobile broadband, along with the likes of Google search and user-generated video site YouTube. The social networking craze... [01 May 2008]
Public trust eroded: Data breaches to blame
News I is for IM The British Computing Society has criticised the government, claiming its high-profile data breaches have eroded public trust. On Tuesday the BCS published the results of a survey of members of the public. [30 Apr 2008]
Global security spend to hit $10.5bn
News I is for IM Global security software revenue is expected to reach $10.5bn worldwide this year, an 11.2 per cent increase over 2007, and will exceed $13.1bn in 2012, according to research firm Gartner. [28 Apr 2008]
