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Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear

News Outside healthcare, the report points to many future applications of wireless tech in the transport sector, including road-to-vehicle and car-to-car comms technology to alert drivers to traffic jams to help reduce congestion; intelligent transport...

Tags: e-health, ofcom, wireless

[08 May 2008]

Microsoft - halted Vista, XP updates resumed

News It also halted automatic updates to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 because of a similar issue. The software maker said it is releasing XP Service Pack 3 for web downloads, and resuming automatic updates to Vista Service Pack 1, after developing a...

Tags: windows, microsoft, xp, vista

[07 May 2008]

Mobile M2M connections on the up

News Europe is well on the way to introducing the eCall automatic emergency call system and several Latin American countries are considering mandatory tracking devices on all new cars to combat epidemic vehicle crime.

Tags: ecall, telematics, m2m

[06 May 2008]

Glitch delays Windows XP SP3 release

News Microsoft started pushing out Vista SP1 last week via Automatic Updates. Microsoft has said it is delaying the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a newly uncovered glitch. The software maker said there is a "compatibility issue...

Tags: xp, sp3, windows, microsoft

[30 Apr 2008]

Windows XP SP3 a go this month?

News Anyone who has not installed the service pack will be forced to do so on 10 June by automatic update, according to the roadmap. The third and final service pack for Windows XP could be available by the end of April, according to a leaked Microsoft...

Tags: vista, microsoft, sp3

[16 Apr 2008]

Microsoft fixes SP1 'repeating reboot' bug

News Microsoft is resuming automatic distribution of a Vista Service Pack 1 prerequisite update that previously sent some users of the operating system into an endless reboot cycle during installation. The problematic update - Servicing Stack Update...

Tags: microsoft, sp1, vista

[08 Apr 2008]

Windows Vista SP1 finally a go

News According to Microsoft, the service pack will be pushed out via automatic updates to all Vista users next month. The first service pack for Windows Vista has been released. Vista Service Pack 1 went onto Microsoft's Download Center website on...

Tags: vista, microsoft, sp1, operating system

[19 Mar 2008]

BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole

News Hackers have been exploiting the loophole to download content stripped of its digital rights management (DRM) restrictions, which include the automatic deletion of downloaded programmes after 30 days.

Tags: iplayer, drm, online, content

[13 Mar 2008]

Killer robots terror warning

News Terrorist robots and autonomous military machines wielding automatic weapons could soon be a reality, claims Professor Noel Sharkey. Forget the cuddly C3P0 and R2D2 - the robots of the future may well share the murderous instincts of the Daleks...

Tags: terrorism, military, robots, international

[28 Feb 2008]

Biometrics the future for flying bliss?

News In future "trusted" travellers will instead simply pass through an automatic gate that will instantly verify their identity and security risk. Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security.

Tags: biometrics, travel, airport, automated

[21 Feb 2008]

Microsoft backtracks on Vista SP1 update

News Immediately after receiving reports of this error, we made the decision to temporarily suspend automatic distribution of the update to avoid further customer impact while we investigate possible causes.

Tags: microsoft, sp1, vista, installation

[21 Feb 2008]

London calls time on gas-guzzling vehicles with ANPR

News London's Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) is using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology to limit the number of high emissions vehicles entering the city. The zone is designed to reduce the level of harmful diesel emissions produced by...

Tags: cctv, dvla, tfl, anpr

[14 Feb 2008]

Northern Ireland police brings IT under one roof

News The various elements will be managed by around 100 Fujitsu Services staff and will also cover the fixed line telephony, wide area and local area networks, hosting and automatic number plate recognition camera technology.

Tags: police, support, savings, fujitsu services

[06 Feb 2008]

London Stock Exchange injects competition into post-trade costs

News The service is targeted at high-volumes of short-term trades and will especially suit algorithmic trading, a method of automatic trading at high speed at set parameters. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) plans to introduce a post-trade router to open...

Tags: lse, crest, settlement, router

[04 Feb 2008]

Microsoft issues Office 2007 SP1

News At some later date, Microsoft said it will make the service pack available through automatic update. Microsoft has issued the first service pack (SP) update to Office 2007, approximately one year after the product first became available to businesses.

Tags: microsoft, sp1, office, cnet news

[12 Dec 2007]

Woolworths boosts ecommerce functionality

News Mixed merchandise retailer Woolworths has built on its use of product reviews on its website with the development of an automatic recommendation engine. Batty is hoping that Woolworths' automatic product recommendations will be more effective than...

Tags: retail, video, online, automatic

[06 Dec 2007]

Hack forces Fasthosts to change user passwords

News Fasthosts subsequently implemented automatic password change to every customer which did not change their control panel and FTP passwords. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: hack, fasthosts, data breach, panel

[03 Dec 2007]

Tech leads to crunch time for uninsured drivers

News Record numbers of uninsured vehicles are being seized and crushed thanks to automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology, research reveals. The use of ANPR has led to more than 100,000 uninsured vehicles in the UK being seized this year by...

Tags: insurance, anpr, police, numbers

[14 Nov 2007]

IBM snaffles Congestion Charge contract

News One of the projects TfL is considering is the use of 'tag and beacon' technology to make payments automatic when a commuter's car enters the Congestion Charge zone. Transport For London (TfL) has awarded a contract to IBM to manage the systems that...

Tags: stokholm, capita, ibm, london

[26 Oct 2007]

Airlines see passenger self-service take off

News New apps that could make the life of passengers easier include automatic notification services, which are currently offered by 48 per cent of airlines with 91 per cent expecting to within the next two years.

Tags: customer, online, ip, sita

[19 Oct 2007]

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