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RSS disabled in newsOyster outage hits London again
News Oyster cards have not been disabled as a result of the problem. Unlike today's problem, some cards were disabled with around 65,000 travellers having to replace their cards. London's Oyster travel smart card system has failed for the second time in... [25 Jul 2008]
Flexible working still a stigma, say techies
News Currently, only parents with children who are under six or disabled are entitled to request flexible working. Working from home - or when out and about with the help of a featherweight laptop - may seem to capture the spirit of the age but... [25 Jun 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News A trio of studies have painted a damning picture of business security, with online vulnerabilities rising as companies and authorities fail to apply patches, update antivirus software and leave firewalls disabled. [19 Jun 2008]
Whitehall laptop ban hits driving agency performance
News Transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick told Parliament in a written answer: "The agency minimised the impact on its enforcement activities through increased use of encrypted mobile compliance devices, laptops with printing function disabled, and... [04 Apr 2008]
Google Apps hosts one big team talk over the web
News These editions give an administrator control over how the apps are used, allowing for services to be disabled, new services like Gmail to be added, and integration with apps for things like single sign-on. [07 Feb 2008]
NHS admits thousands of smartcards have gone walkies
News A Connecting for Health spokeswoman told silicon.com that as soon as lost cards are reported they are disabled. More than 4,000 NHS smartcards used to access a range of electronic systems and applications have gone missing since they were... [06 Feb 2008]
PM backs flexible working for UK parents
News Currently parents with children under the age of six and those with disabled children under the age of 18, can ask to adopt such practices. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has launched a review to determine how the current right to request flexible... [08 Nov 2007]
Microsoft rolls out Vista patches
News The first update, dealing with various problems with performance and reliability in Vista, fixes a glitch which means that, if User Account Control is disabled on the computer, a user cannot install a network printer successfully. [10 Aug 2007]
Apologetic Virgin hammered by Sky switchers
News She wrote: "Since Virgin Media took over my home phone it is almost not working and it is taking six days for an engineer to come out to fix it even though I am disabled. Virgin Media has responded to the barrage of customer complaints it has... [23 Mar 2007]
Kaspersky attacks Vista security controls
News Windows Vista with UAC disabled will be less secure than XP SP2," said Kaspersky. Security company Kaspersky claims Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC) - the system of user privileges that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights... [19 Mar 2007]
Sunderland scoops £3.5m digital inclusion prize
News Modified mobiles with panic buttons and local tracking to help elderly and disabled people live more independently, were among the technologies tested. A project to help to reduce social exclusion through the use of technology has scooped £3.5m in... [14 Mar 2007]
Security warning over tech support tools
News Additionally, in November 2006, the flawed versions of the ActiveX controls were disabled through LiveUpdate, Symantec said. Multiple flaws in commonly used technical support tools can open Windows PCs to cyber attack, security experts have warned. [27 Feb 2007]
Cisco warns over IP phone flaws
News Cisco said that because of an implementation error, the default user account cannot be disabled, removed or have its password changed. Cisco Systems has issued a warning that some of its IP phones could be compromised, allowing unauthorised... [21 Feb 2007]
'Raise petrol tax instead of new road tax'
News Other readers pointed out disabled drivers were unable to use or even get on most modes of public transport - and doubted whether MPs would happily hop on a bus instead of using their cars. silicon.com readers have asked the government to increase... [16 Feb 2007]
Apple releases key to next-gen wi-fi chip
News At Macworld earlier this month, CEO Steve Jobs revealed certain Macs were shipped with a fast 802.11n chip inside but the chip was disabled until the standard was more complete. Apple has released the software needed to unlock the fast wi-fi chips... [31 Jan 2007]
