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National Work from Home Day: A blessing or a curse?
News The issues have really just arisen because I seem to have been slightly out of step with my colleagues all day. Overall, everyone was glad not to have to commute in to work. But there is a price to pay and many found that the technology isn't quite... [16 May 2008]
HSBC computer fault denies customers account access
News HSBC apologised to its customers saying the fault had arisen after an upgrade of its telephone banking system. HSBC customers were denied access to their bank accounts at the weekend after an upgrade to a telephone banking system caused a fault in... [25 Feb 2008]
NHS admits thousands of smartcards have gone walkies
News In a statement, Connecting for Health said there is "no evidence that any security breaches have ever arisen from lost or stolen cards". More than 4,000 NHS smartcards used to access a range of electronic systems and applications have gone missing... [06 Feb 2008]
Wikia Search goes live but results are "pretty bad"
News Since its launch yesterday much debate has arisen surrounding its validity, potential to compete against search giants such as Google and Yahoo! An alpha version of the Wikia search engine has been unveiled this week and, despite the hype... [08 Jan 2008]
Data breaches misunderstood by gov't, say Lords
News Erroll said this did not go far enough, as, by the time problems have arisen, is too late - especially given that the information commissioner has to be invited into an organisation that has suffered a security breach. [01 Nov 2007]
E-counting under scrutiny in election shambles
News But it said "serious technical failures have arisen to delay the announcement of results" in various places, adding: "We share the public's concern about the high number of rejected ballot papers. The Electoral Commission is undertaking a full... [04 May 2007]
Watchdog hits back at Jobs' DRM dream
News He wrote: "Much of the concern over DRM systems has arisen in European countries. One of the European regulators slammed in Steve Jobs' open letter on DRM has hit back, rebutting the Apple chief's position that music companies and not hardware... [07 Feb 2007]
'Abandon DRM' shocker: Apple CEO pens open letter
News Jobs wrote: "Much of the concern over DRM systems has arisen in European countries. In a rare open letter from CEO Steve Jobs, Apple has urged record companies to abandon DRM technologies. The letter, posted on Apple's website and entitled... [07 Feb 2007]
Denial of service attackers face 10 years in jail
News Confusion had arisen over whether denial of service attacks were covered in the original CMA in the case of a teenager originally cleared in 2005 of crashing the email server of his former employer by overwhelming it with an 'email bomb... [10 Nov 2006]
Vista to cure ID management headache?
News Layers of bureaucracy have arisen from the lack of efficiencies in today's identity management technologies, according to Cameron. New identity management technology in Windows Vista can bring down enterprise access management barriers, according... [14 Sep 2006]
Security breach strikes student loan site
News No reports of identity theft have arisen, and ACS is monitoring the situation, she added. The US Department of Education (DoE) has disabled the online payment feature for its Federal Student Aid site, following a security breach that could affect... [25 Aug 2006]
Bank data breaches probed by info commissioner
News It said in a statement: "This issue has arisen with banks before and we would expect them to be actively taking steps to protect their customers' information. Several high street banks could be investigated by the government following reports they... [21 Aug 2006]
Mobiles on planes: Pilots speak out on safety fears
News Since we do not observe any serious problems that have arisen as a result, this would indicate that such problems are very rare, if not impossible. A number of professional pilots contacted by silicon.com have said the threat posed to flights by... [02 Aug 2006]
Abbey races to fix online payment flaw
News Abbey said the problem had arisen because its business accounts store a separate list of payments for each authorised user of the account instead of a central list. High street bank Abbey is racing to fix a flaw in its online business banking... [20 Jun 2006]
Open source overhaul: GPLv3 on the way
News The new version is expected to address a host of technology issues that have arisen in the last 15 years, including patent issues and software running on a remote server. A major revamp of the General Public License (GPL) is scheduled for public... [12 Jan 2006]
