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News It says that ministers have yet to make any decision on whether a central database will be included in the draft bill. But the Home Office insists that any database would not keep the contents of emails and web traffic - only information on who's...
[20 May 2008]
News The National Audit Office has published a report on the progress of the Care Records Service that underpins the Connecting for Health programme, which found the software development on the Lorenzo database and associated applications that supports...
[16 May 2008]
News A national geographical electronic database is now available for commercial use after all 376 English and Welsh local authorities signed up to supply data. The National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) was initiated in 1999 to centralise all...
[30 Apr 2008]
News This relies on a centralised passenger name record database, a system joining up Virgin Atlantic's cargo system and their revenue management program and a touchscreen information system, which allows passengers rapid entry into the Upper Class...
[29 Apr 2008]
News Vipin Samar, VP of database security at Oracle, said: "You see a whole range of people through which your security is being compromised - not just hackers. Employees are still one of the biggest threats to corporate IT security both through...
[10 Apr 2008]
News Google is offering web developers a slice of its own infrastructure by announcing the preview release of the Google App Engine platform, which provides access to the same database building blocks used by the search giant.
[09 Apr 2008]
News HMRC admitted its Paye systems had difficulty coping with people who had more than job and said it would move its processing from its 12 regional databases onto one single national database during 2008-09.
[02 Apr 2008]
News Yoe, who was director of technology, information and facilities, has been at Apacs for more than 17 years and headed up a number of important projects including consolidating a database of the organisation's 10,000-odd contacts and implementing an...
[28 Mar 2008]
News D is for Database Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised privacy concerns about the system.silicon.com's...
[26 Mar 2008]
News The head of Britain's ID cards project and national identity database has defended the government's revised ID card plans in the face of allegations of a u-turn after the project was scaled back. We would cancel this database.
[10 Mar 2008]
News The system speeds up the process by checking a visa applicant's ID and biometrics against a database held in the UK. Biometric technology has slashed the time taken to process visas for people coming to the UK, the government has said.
[05 Mar 2008]
News People who have left education in the last three years have strong confidence in their IT skills but the organisations they work for are not always making the most of this skill-set, according to database software company FileMaker which...
[03 Mar 2008]
News HSBC customers were denied access to their bank accounts at the weekend after an upgrade to a telephone banking system caused a fault in its database. The spokesman said: "The way customers access the bank - using the ATM, telephone and internet...
[25 Feb 2008]
News D is for Database The biometric data would be stored on documents or cards, not on a central database, making the information faster to process and reducing the security risk. A is for Accuracy B is for Behavioural biometric
[21 Feb 2008]
News D is for Database Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals for a shake-up of EU border controls. Under plans to strengthen checks at European borders laid out by the European Commission...
[14 Feb 2008]
News Chips are far easier for machines to read as they do not need to be in line of sight of scanners, are not prone to being crumpled and smudged and doesn't need to be checked against a central database.
[13 Feb 2008]
News D is for Database Biometric passenger checks have landed at Heathrow that will allow domestic travellers to access more shops and restaurants.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know...
[08 Feb 2008]
News The one bright spot is the customer land database, which is expected to be £129,400 under budget. Major IT projects at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are millions over budget and years late, it has been revealed.
[07 Feb 2008]
News The poll found the majority support creating a separate database about every child in the UK, creating a central identity register and collecting personal travel details on everyone coming in and out of the UK.
[06 Feb 2008]
News President of Indian IT industry group Nasscom, Som Mittal, said the association plans to open a further six cyber labs to provide technology training for police in places such as Calcutta and Delhi, and 220,000 tech employees have already signed...
[06 Feb 2008]
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