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News Three teams in Cornwall, Kent and Newham are looking at how to make the best use of technology from various manufacturers with the help of £12m in funding. The elderly and sufferers of long-term illness could soon benefit from technology designed... [23 May 2007]
Exclusive: How safe is your laptop?
News Devon and Cornwall saw a 45 per cent increase (from 276 stolen laptops to 401). Devon & Cornwall (up 45%) The results displayed are: Devon & Cornwall (+45%) ; Bedfordshire (+35%) ; Lothian & Borders (+31.50%) ; Leicestershire (+21%) ; Greater... [08 May 2007]
BT VoIP plays doctors and nurses
News The system has also been deployed in the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and at hospitals in Minnesota. Doctors and nurses in the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are ditching the traditional phone and pager for a voice over IP... [23 Feb 2007]
Stories of the month: December 2006
News You can read more here about how technology issues from chip and PIN to MiFID changed the world of financial services throughout the year, and check out silicon.com's giant photo stories of the year article which saw intrepid reporters roaming... [27 Dec 2006]
Handsfree communicators speed up hospital work
News Star Trek-style communicators are being used to help hospital staff work smarter at an NHS trust in Cornwall. The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in Truro is using handsfree BT Managed Vocera VoIP communicators (see below for a photo of the... [16 Nov 2006]
Goodbye Goonhilly: Satellite service to be shuttered
News BT has revealed plans to move its satellite communications business away from Goonhilly in Cornwall. The site is the largest satellite Earth station in the world, with 61 dishes. But a BT spokesman said it was no longer "commercially viable" for... [14 Sep 2006]
Cornwall - the new Seattle?
News Cornwall could be the new Seattle if it sets out the right IT strategy, claim local tech businesses. Cornwall Enterprise's actnow broadband partnership has set out its vision for the future of IT in Cornwall - with the aim of making the holiday... [14 Sep 2006]
Private eye made to pay £1,200 over data abuse
News The Devon and Cornwall Constabulary initially investigated the offences, which occurred in 2003, and later passed the case on to the ICO as a data protection offence. A private detective has been made to pay £1,200 in costs and given a one-year... [13 Jan 2006]
Wanadoo and PlusNet go for high-speed LLU broadband
News PlusNet has also revealed its plans for super high-speed broadband, with the ISP planning to offer LLU customers speeds of up to 24Mbps from December, while customers in areas of Cornwall, Greater London, Northern Ireland, South Glamorgan and... [17 Oct 2005]
BT to trial broadband Max next month
News The selected trial exchanges will be located in Cornwall, Greater London, Northern Ireland, South Glamorgan and Strathclyde. BT had set a launch date of November for the trials of its 8Mbps ADSL broadband Max service, with a full rollout expected... [14 Oct 2005]
Freedom of Information: How good is your council?
News The top seven, which met all the criteria for FOI requests, were Cornwall County, Corporation of London, Dartford Borough Council, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London Borough of Lambeth, Nottinghamshire County Council and Thurrock... [22 Feb 2005]
Cornwall: The next high-tech hub?
News Cornwall is the UK county most likely to become a technology business centre because it's so attractive to entrepreneurs, according to new research. A key challenge for entrepreneurs in a rural area such as Cornwall is finding qualified staff. [26 Aug 2004]
BT to launch first wireless broadband service
News Northern Ireland was one of four areas to host BT wireless broadband trials, along with Scotland, Wales and Cornwall - trials in the latter two are still running and being used to investigate other technologies. [03 Aug 2004]
Shot in the arm for UK healthcare SMEs
News Cornwall Pure Business is looking for healthcare innovation - and to encourage it, the organisation is calling for young companies from across the country with new ideas on improving health to come forward. [16 Jul 2004]
BT trials long-range broadband tech in Scotland
News A BT spokesman said that the results of two trials of radio broadband, in Cornwall and Scotland, would not be released until July. BT is going to the Highlands to test its new long-range broadband technology - and it's looking for 200 volunteers. [18 Jun 2004]
