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RSS detecting in newsPrisons hanging on the mobile phone jamming tech
News As well as the Boss chair, HMP Wandsworth makes use of Boss wands which can be more effective at detecting smuggled items. New technologies have not stopped mobile phones being smuggled into one of the UK's biggest prisons. [12 Nov 2008]
Virtual strip scanners move closer for EU airports
News The trials found that 85 to 90 per cent of passengers accepted the use of the scanners and that they were more effective at detecting concealed items than the metal detectors and hand searches currently used by airport... [10 Nov 2008]
Protecting the Beijing Olympics from hackers
News We were capable of detecting both the aggressive and slower attacks and prioritising them accordingly. Faced with 12 million alerts per day the team at the Games' worldwide IT partner Atos Origin used in-house risk... [30 Oct 2008]
Britain's classic computers: A silicon.com special
News Photos: Missile detecting DEC computer While Bletchley Park may be best known for housing the Enigma code-breaking machine during World War II, the former intelligence facility is still home to numerous tech treasures in... [02 Oct 2008]
Calls to delete profiles from DNA database
News He said in a statement: "The benefits of the National DNA Database lie not only in detecting the guilty but also in eliminating the innocent. About one million people should have their profiles deleted from the National... [30 Jul 2008]
Skin-detecting CCTV keeps an eye on motorists
News A company that has developed a CCTV system which counts people in cars by detecting human skin claims the London Congestion Charge could benefit from the technology. Vehicle Occupancy, a company spun out of research at... [26 Feb 2008]
Computer says 'No' - lie detectors trap benefit cheats
News The Capita VRA system is being trialled by 12 UK councils and works by detecting stress patterns - such as hesitation or changing of answers - in the voice of callers to indicate whether they might be lying. [18 Feb 2008]
Lie detector beats benefit fraud
News A trial of lie-detecting voice recognition technology to combat benefit fraud has saved a council £110,000 - and could lead to a national rollout of the system. The VRA system is already used in the insurance industry... [03 Sep 2007]
Junked: Is this the end of spam and spoof email?
News In the long run, DomainKeys is more promising than existing anti-spam and anti-phishing technologies, which rely on techniques such as assembling a "blacklist" of known fraudsters or detecting such messages by trying to... [23 May 2007]
'Scrap lie detectors for benefit claimants'
News The Department for Work and Pensions last month announced a pilot of lie-detecting tech at Harrow Council, using voice risk analysis on would-be claimants to identify suspicious cases. Benefit claimants should not be... [04 May 2007]
Lie detector tech to snare benefit cheats?
News Benefit cheats could be caught out thanks to the introduction of new lie-detecting tech, according to the government. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) today announced a pilot of the technology by Harrow Council... [05 Apr 2007]
CIO Jury: Viruses still a major security threat
News He said: "The systems for detecting and in some cases pre-empting them have improved massively but the virus technologies have also developed. Computer viruses still pose a major threat to corporate networks despite the... [25 Jan 2007]
Bomb Squad gets £65m robot fleet
News The robots can be equipped with night or day imaging systems, cameras, and weapons for detecting and disrupting explosive devices. The army is spending £65m on a fleet of 80 bomb disposal robots. Known as Cutlass, the... [29 Dec 2006]
Surveillance system eyes up violent behaviour
News The smart surveillance system, developed by boffins at the University of Texas, is capable of automatically detecting violent crimes. Scientists have developed a new type of surveillance that can differentiate between a... [27 Oct 2006]
Data protection law doesn't stop crimefighters
News It said an exemption under section 29 of the DPA allows organisations to give out personal information for the purpose of preventing or detecting crime, or catching and prosecuting a suspect.silicon.com Public Sector [20 Oct 2006]
