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RSS error in newsGlitches hit Downing Street website launch
News Users trying to access number10.gov.uk received a '404 Page Not Found' error page when trying to access some parts of the site during the day. The revamped version of the Prime Minister's website has suffered a number of glitches following its... [13 Aug 2008]
Travelex deal opens GobalPay to Coda
News He told silicon.com that the system is able to bring the error rate from a traditional average of 36 per cent down to 0.01 per cent. Travelex Global Business Payments (TGBP) has struck a deal with financial systems specialist Coda to offer... [05 Aug 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News The £4.4bn National Identity Scheme's (NIS) preference for relying on fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics exposes the system to error, according to the independent Biometrics Assurance Group (BAG). [20 Jun 2008]
IT swallows a quarter of NHS cash budget
News The public spending lobby group the Taxpayer's Alliance described the hike as "staggering" and accused the NHS of dealing with "error after error" in the system by trying "to buy their way out of trouble using taxpayers' money". [09 Jun 2008]
Broadband speed: ISPs accept 'code of practice'
News The initial list of 32 ISPs did not include Be Broadband - a purveyor of very high speed broadband - but this surprising omission was an admin error on Ofcom's part. The error has now been rectified. Telecoms watchdog Ofcom has published a... [05 Jun 2008]
Yahoo! vs Icahn: War of words
News and that it relied on allegations from an error-filled lawsuit. Yahoo! said on Wednesday that deal talks are ongoing with Microsoft as the company resisted an attack by billionaire critic Carl Icahn, who called its recent actions "deceitful". [05 Jun 2008]
HMRC tax credit system: Lost "almost £10bn"
News The Her Majesty's Revenue & Custom's (HMRC) system to give a tax break to families has lost £9.91bn in fraud, error and overpayments to date.silicon.com Financial Services The tax credit computer system, designed by EDS and now run by Capgemini... [22 May 2008]
National Work from Home Day: A blessing or a curse?
News Despite two hassle-free experiences of home working my attempt to log into silicon.com's network today was greeted by an error message. In honour of National Work from Home Day, the silicon.com team stayed out of the office to find out just how... [16 May 2008]
Whitbread serves up £1m saving on card payments
News The system should remove opportunities for manual error along the payments chain and deliver quicker payments to customers. Hospitality group Whitbread has deployed an end-to-end card payment system that is expected to save it £1m per year in... [07 May 2008]
BT Yahoo! Mail suffers email update glitch
News Users have been receiving a 553 error message when trying to send emails from Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird and Mac Mail. Several thousand BT Yahoo! Mail customers have been unable to send email from their accounts following a Yahoo! [31 Mar 2008]
Scientists track bees with RFID
News Dr Nigel Raine, co-investigator on the project, said: "Previously we would use number plates to identify bees but it is error prone and would need someone sitting near each flower to visually identify each bee, limiting us to a very simple... [28 Feb 2008]
Why did tech ground Heathrow baggage?
News The error happened early on Tuesday this week and led to two sorting systems at Terminal 4 going down until Thursday. The exact cause of the technical fault that caused two days of luggage chaos at Heathrow remains unknown. [21 Feb 2008]
Microsoft backtracks on Vista SP1 update
News Immediately after receiving reports of this error, we made the decision to temporarily suspend automatic distribution of the update to avoid further customer impact while we investigate possible causes. [21 Feb 2008]
Location-based services set to boom
News He added: "Being able to know with certainty that the error is no greater than 100 metres makes it a lot easier to anticipate what the user's situation is and what kind of service you can provide. Is 2008 the year mobile location-based services... [11 Feb 2008]
Jaeger invests in data mining to cut stock loss
News The other 70 per cent came from internal theft, process error and supplier error. Classic fashion retailer Jaeger is about to start a data-mining project as part of a £120,000 effort to curb the loss of stock from crime or waste - known in the... [06 Feb 2008]
