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News Techies in these industries collect about £8,000 more than the £35,452 paid to their counterparts working in government, education and health, who are the lowest paid IT professionals. This discrepancy in salary is... [01 Oct 2009]
Bottom falls out of online pants market but e-tail hits £3.8bn
News August's best online performer by sector was health and beauty, which grew by 34.5 per cent year-on-year, followed by accessories (30.5 per cent) and electricals (20.2 per cent). Online shopping continues to be a beacon... [22 Sep 2009]
A world where your every moment is recorded is coming
News In Total Recall, the new book from Microsoft researchers Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell, they obsessively record emails, photos, videos, phone calls, health records, financial transactions, website visits, and everything... [21 Sep 2009]
Four years on, which NHS projects have failed to hit their targets?
News It added that a focus on trying to create a "common solution" between trusts in London and Southern England had led to a "focus on IT at the expense of strong engagement with the customer", in this case, frontline health... [23 Jun 2009]
NHS e-records given six-month deadline
News Department of Health (DoH) director general for informatics Christine Connelly said in a statement: "We will be working closely with the NHS and our current suppliers to improve the pace of delivery. Connelly also gave... [28 Apr 2009]
WiMax speeds Cybermoor's rural broadband
News The speed boost will also open the door to services like e-health and the organisation is now working with the NHS in Cumbria to get a contract in place to start delivering telemedicine. A rural wireless... [19 Mar 2009]
Booze and knickers back on top in Brits' web shopping
News However, sales in most other categories - including apparel, electricals and health and beauty - fell month-on-month with online retail reporting an 11 per cent drop overall. While sales growth is static on the high... [17 Mar 2009]
Netbooks and recession-busting tech headline at CeBit
News Another key theme is e-health, where technology is used to monitor patients at home, to create networks among hospitals or to digitise patient data aimed at cutting soaring health... [02 Mar 2009]
Broadband Britain: 'Forget fibre - let's plug UK's notspots'
News Ofcom's Phillips said that with around 40 per cent of UK households still without broadband, vulnerable groups - such as the elderly and low-income households - are being excluded from the benefits that broadband can bring - from... [26 Jan 2009]
Apple severs relationship with Macworld
News Apple representative Steve Dowling declined to comment on Jobs' health, a prominent topic of discussion this year. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has given his last keynote address at Macworld in San Francisco. [17 Dec 2008]
Oracle gets collaboration buzz with Beehive
News The OpenWorld conference also saw Oracle officially add two industry-specific business units: one will include an insurance business unit, which was recently bolstered by the company's acquisition of Skywire Software, and the other is a... [23 Sep 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News The legislation would mean that hundreds of public bodies licensed under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act - including local councils, health authorities and government agencies - will have access to the... [13 Aug 2008]
'Star Trek' communicators free up doctors' time
News Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has saved the equivalent of 4,000 emergency department staff hours per year with an internal 'Star Trek'-style wireless voice communicator. In a statement, Belfast... [29 Jul 2008]
RFID could disrupt medical devices, say researchers
News Radio frequency ID RFID) technology can interfere with medical equipment, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The study by six Dutch scientists has found electromagnetic interference (EMI)... [25 Jun 2008]
NHS data left lacking encryption
News There is no central monitoring within the NHS to ensure that trusts have carried out encryption, with it being left up to the strategic health authorities to check on compliance. A number of health... [24 Jun 2008]
