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Blocked: BBC plan to share iPlayer with rivals
News The BBC Trust, the body that oversees the BBC, announced yesterday it thought the scheme "was not the best way to share the BBC iPlayer or to deliver increased public value to licence fee payers". The BBC Trust has... [21 Oct 2009]
Online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News Banking industry body Financial Fraud Action UK warned that online fraud is becoming increasingly sophisticated, with fraudsters targeting customers using malware and phishing scams. Online banking fraud jumped by 55 per... [07 Oct 2009]
The iPod tie: For the executive that has everything?
News An extra fabric loop keeps wires, including headphone wires, out of sight and close to the body, "leaving hands free to pick up a daily coffee or answer that all-important call," the shirt maker said. [18 Sep 2009]
Faster Payments: All your web banking are belong to us
News In the second quarter of this year, 70 per cent of all web and phone banking transactions were made using Faster Payments, according to new figures from payments industry body the UK Payments Administration. [17 Sep 2009]
Online banking: Which bank is the most secure?
News According to payments industry body Apacs, online banking fraud is on the rise reaching £52.5m last year - more than double 2007's £22.6m figure. Not all online banks' security was created equal, according to new research. [28 Aug 2009]
E-crime victims confused on where to go for help
News E-crime victims in the UK are confused as to where they should report such crimes. According to a report by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), the UK lacks a central reporting point for online crime, leaving victims "often... [28 Aug 2009]
Future of the NHS: Medical records online could transform healthcare
News The amount of healthcare information available online will only increase as society becomes tech savvy, according to Frances Blunden, senior policy manager with the NHS Confederation, the membership body for the National... [21 Aug 2009]
£50,000: The cost of unlicensed software for four businesses
News Software industry body the Business Software Alliance (BSA) took action against the four companies who were unable to produce licences for all the software installed on their PCs. Four manufacturing companies have... [18 Aug 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News But at the moment the strength of regulatory oversight for a public sector body is stronger than within the private sector. The Conservative Party has today revealed its plans to reform what it calls Labour's "shambolic"... [10 Aug 2009]
Mahindra Satyam's new CEO on the road ahead for the outsourcing giant
News In its Satyam incarnation, the company provided services to 185 Fortune 500 companies, including helping to provide a common technology platform to food giant Nestle and striking a deal with football's international governing... [10 Aug 2009]
IT unemployment hits five-year high
News Unemployment in the IT and telecoms industry has hit a five-year high, new research from industry skills body e-skills has found. The economy may be showing its first green shoots but the IT industry doesn't seem to be... [06 Aug 2009]
Offshoring: Is resistance weakening at Whitehall?
News But Sureyya Cansoy, head of public sector programmes for UK IT trade body Intellect, cautioned there are still many obstacles to offshoring government IT work. After years of resistance to offshoring, the need to slash... [03 Aug 2009]
Microsoft: Gesture recognition office 'not that far away'
News His talk followed entertainment chief Robbie Bach demoing the gaming potential of Natal, playing a breakout-like game called Riccochet, where one uses their body to push, block, and kick balls at various bricks. [31 Jul 2009]
Google's latest Donut batch missing multitouch
News It follows in the footsteps of 'Cupcake', which was merged with the main body of code in April. Google has released the latest version of code for the 'Donut' branch of its Android mobile operating system, without the... [28 Jul 2009]
Teachers get £5.6m to swot up on how to use tech
News The Open University - which launched the programme yesterday alongside IT skills sector body e-skills UK - will also make its virtual learning environment available for teachers to use distance learning.e-skills UK added... [21 Jul 2009]
