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Artificial Intelligence - alive and kicking
News These include applications such as engine management systems in cars which use elements of AI to react as road conditions change. Although there are elements of AI technology in robots and unmanned drones used by the military in places like... [10 Jul 2008]
Five ways Microsoft could change after Gates
News There are suggestions that elements such as mail, photos and video could be available as an option on Windows 7 meaning customers could buy a version which supports what they want to do, without the loads of extra stuff they won't use or need. [07 Jul 2008]
MoD IT - late and over budget
News Among its recommendations the NAO report says the MoD should force Atlas to bring in additional expertise if large elements of the core software remain undelivered and that the ministry should ensure payments to Atlas continue to reflect what is... [04 Jul 2008]
Virtualisation key to staff-owned devices
News Gartner claimed that an employee-owned-notebook programme needs to contain four key elements: a technology solution to protect the device and the network it's attached to; policies to guide behaviour; third-party maintenance to make sure the... [30 Jun 2008]
Gov't slams Fujitsu's "core contract" NHS IT failings
News Health minister Ben Bradshaw said Fujitsu was unable to fulfil vital elements of its "core contract" to provide part of the £12.7bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Fujitsu Service's £896m NHS IT contract was terminated because of its inability... [26 Jun 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News Exception handling has a large impact not only on the technical elements of the scheme but on business processes. Experts have warned the ID card scheme risks being derailed by mistakes in fingerprint matches. [20 Jun 2008]
Holograms on handsets by 2010
News Infosys' device will be able to both send and receive these 3D images, displaying them using a projector with a laser source and micro holographic optical elements lenses. Holographic mobile handsets capable of projecting, capturing and sending 3D... [19 Jun 2008]
Stock Exchange offers low latency feeds
News The move is in response to a demand for low-latency, super high speed delivery of market data across many elements of the trading community. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has agreed a deal for connectivity service provider Savvis to provide a... [10 Jun 2008]
Cisco revamps mobility strategy
News Brett Galloway, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's wireless and security technology group, said: "Today's business mobility challenges cannot be solved using only traditional wireless LAN solutions when multiple network elements... [29 May 2008]
Google lays out mobile future
News Chang said that Google prefers to avoid developing apps which require elements to be downloaded to the device as this makes the user experience slower and less attractive. The online search giant has been ramping up its mobile applications for... [13 May 2008]
Java - 100 per cent open source by end of this year
News Most of Java has already been opened up, barring a few elements that had been held back because Sun did not own the rights to them. The hold-out elements that made up the remaining four per cent comprised "some encryption libraries, graphics... [28 Apr 2008]
Facebook under attack: The spam and phishing threat
News He said: "January was the month we became noticed by threatening elements. The popular social-networking site Facebook is coming under increased attack by spammers and phishers, the company's security chief has revealed. [23 Apr 2008]
Tech-savvy workers to make IT decisions in future
News By 2012, 80 per cent or more of all commercial software will include elements of open-source technology. Within two years, the brand and model of the enterprise laptop could be decided by the user, not the IT department. [14 Apr 2008]
Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods
News Richard Clayton, FIPR's treasurer, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk yesterday that FIPR's issues with Ripa - such as the "way that police could self-authorise [interception]" - remained, but had nothing to do with the elements of Ripa... [11 Apr 2008]
Insider security risks exposed
News Rushing Rupa is someone under pressure to finish a task to deadline - writing code for example - meaning they may miss out critical elements which could compromise security. Vipin Samar, VP of database security at Oracle, said: "You see a whole... [10 Apr 2008]
