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Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack
News This is a mitigating factor for websites that a user has not added to the Internet Explorer Trusted sites zone, according to Bill Sisk, security response communications manager for Microsoft. Microsoft issued a security advisory on Monday warning... [08 Jul 2008]
Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News Some of these communications are not copied to the required single point of contact (Spoc), which leads to the Spoc being unaware when the first set of discs are sent out. The NAO begins its first discrete external audit of the Child Benefit... [26 Jun 2008]
Experian launches biometric voice ID checks
News According to VoiceVault head of business development John Colgan, because of its military background, the technology is capable of working at the lowest levels of communications link quality and needs significantly fewer keywords or phrases to be... [23 Jun 2008]
Network Rail on track with IP
News Network Rail has awarded BT a £30m, three-year contract to upgrade its communications infrastructure. It's hoped the new infrastructure will make company communications more reliable and contribute to ongoing cost-cutting efforts. [10 Jun 2008]
Asus laptops get instant-on appeal
News It comes with the Skype communications client and a rebadged version of the Firefox browser. Asus is to embed a lightweight, instant-on operating system into several of its new laptop models. Dubbed "Express Gate", the operating system is a rebadge... [02 Jun 2008]
Cisco revamps mobility strategy
News Acknowledging that the word "seamless" has been somewhat overused by communications vendors, Pelham admitted that flawless handing-off between networks and connectivity types was a "tough problem to solve". [29 May 2008]
Admit to security breaches, companies told
News ENISA has also launched a three-year programme it says will "mitigate the risk of a digital 9/11" by improving the resilience of public electronic communications in Europe. Over the past year ENISA has also compiled a study on a European... [27 May 2008]
Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News A spokeswoman for the Home Office described how the draft Communications Data Bill could broaden the scope of records demanded under the EU directive. She said: "We are looking at the wider provision, there are a huge number of communications that... [20 May 2008]
Europe, India net gets cast under the sea
News Verizon Communications's business unit said yesterday it would help build an undersea cable connecting Europe, India and the Middle East in order to expand its global network and support internet traffic. [07 May 2008]
BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software
News Customers will be able to integrate the CRM applications with existing communications and data systems, meaning implementation is quicker. NetSuite software provides a single system for a variety of purposes such as enterprise resource planning... [22 Apr 2008]
White Stuff settles on secure EPOS network
News The Prologic system, based around its Unify product was basic and unable to support White Stuff in a number of other projects, but the Unify system will be retained by White Stuff for EFT communications from its head office. [02 Apr 2008]
BT wins £62m outsourcing deal from KPMG Europe
News BT will be responsible for KPMG's wide area network and local area network refresh and management, deployment of Cisco IP telephony, integration with an existing Microsoft Office Communications Server platform, video and audio conferencing. [31 Mar 2008]
Get flexible, keep staff - it works for the OFT
News The organisation uses the GSi Remote Worker Service from Cable & Wireless to ensure it complies with the Communications Electronics Security Group (the information assurance arm of GCHQ) rules on secure remote connectivity to government networks. [18 Mar 2008]
Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide
News The UN's comms agency, the International Telecommunications Union, is touting the importance of satellite technology in bridging the world's communications divide - as it can offer high-capacity transmission capabilities over wide areas, and... [06 Mar 2008]
Satellite comms to bridge digital divide?
News The UN agency for information and communications issues is looking to the heavens to bridge the digital divide. He said: "I would invite you to join ITU in connecting the unconnected by 2012 and to work together with us to ensure that the role and... [28 Feb 2008]
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