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RSS details in newsMicrosoft Windows set to retire?
News Microsoft Windows' future appears to lie in the cloud, with details emerging about a possible new web-based operating system from Redmond, called 'Midori'. The system is forecast to be a cloud computing service, making... [05 Aug 2008]
Police map out crime online
News There will also be details about what's being done by local policing teams to tackle crime. People will soon be able to see how well their local police forces are tackling crime with the help of online crime maps. [29 Jul 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News The things are designed to spit out your details, which could now be harvested by equipment easily available on the internet and used by criminals to produce thousands of apparently valid passports. A van carrying about... [29 Jul 2008]
Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News The details of 45,000 people, including criminal records and banking and court information have been lost or compromised in the past year by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The biggest breach saw about 27,000 people... [25 Jul 2008]
Windows 7 on track, says Microsoft
News Microsoft has released few details on the product, largely assuring customers that it would be making big architectural changes and that it will have a new multi-touch user interface. In the closing Q and A session, CEO... [25 Jul 2008]
UK officials going snoop crazy
News Police and security services made the majority of the requests for billing information and other details but 1,707 of them came from local councils. Officials made more than 500,000 requests to snoop on private phone and... [23 Jul 2008]
PAYE system not ready for rollout
News The system to bring individual PAYE details together on one network had been due to go live in October this year but no new date has been set for its launch. The launch of a computer system to handle all PAYE tax claims... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Barnaby Davis, director of electronic banking at Barclays, said last year that the arrangement was intended to limit the damage that could be caused by someone using stolen bank details. The UK's third-largest bank said... [18 Jul 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News The Poynter Review recently highlighted systematic data handling failures in the HM Revenue & Customs that led to it losing the personal details of 25 million people. The UK's privacy watchdog could get new powers to... [17 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News Echoing concerns in the report, Thomas said in a statement: "There needs to be the fullest public debate about the justification for, and implications of, a specially created database - potentially accessible to a wide range of law... [15 Jul 2008]
Users' privacy wins in YouTube vs Viacom
News YouTube will be allowed to mask important user information from records it must turn over to Viacom, Google said in a blog post yesterday. Google said in a statement: "Viacom and the other litigants have backed off their demand for... [15 Jul 2008]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News The Data Sharing Review found that measures were needed to restore public trust in the way Whitehall handles information in the wake of high profiled data breaches, such as HM Revenue & Customs losing 25 million people's personal data... [11 Jul 2008]
Privacy concerns over Google Street View
News However, according to Davies, the search giant has refused to divulge details of the technology on proprietorial grounds. Nevertheless, this should not prevent publication of a more expansive overview of the system and... [09 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News The regulator has written to comms industry leaders inviting them to commit with it to help spur the rollout of NGNs across the UK and said it will aim to publish details of the regulatory framework in September. [04 Jul 2008]
Probe into loss of 21,000 hospital patient details
News A hospital trust has lost an unencrypted laptop containing details of thousands of patients. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will investigate whether Colchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust... [30 Jun 2008]
