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News According to the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), an extra board member has been appointed to the scheme as the government prepares for the first 50,000 ID cards to be distributed to non-European Economic Area... [18 Nov 2008]
Sepa adoption 'could take five years'
News According to reports, the European Central Bank's (ECB) executive board member Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell said a deadline should be set for implementing Sepa and switching off legacy payment systems. Gareth Lodge, regional... [18 Nov 2008]
Europe gets OLPC's Give One Get One $100 laptops
News Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the OLPC project, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Wednesday that version two of Give One, Get One (G1G1) will enable European users to participate in the scheme. [13 Nov 2008]
'Lack of trust' stop top cops' data swaps
News European Union member states aren't trusting each other when it comes to sharing data - leaving police forces in the dark about international crime, the House of Lords European Union committee has found. [12 Nov 2008]
VMware gets into mobile virtualisation game
News Asked whether MVP would offer something different from the abstraction already provided by mobile Java, VMware's European product director Fredrik Sjostedt told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK that MVP would require... [11 Nov 2008]
Virtual strip scanners move closer for EU airports
News A workshop on aviation security and the use of full body scanners, which reveal a negative-like image of a person's body, was hosted by the European Commission last week. A key issue discussed at the meeting by the... [10 Nov 2008]
Doctors' orders: More telemedicine
News EU citizens could soon be consulting their doctor over broadband, after the European Union passed a resolution backing telemedicine. Under a Communication backed by the EU this week, member states will seek to boost... [07 Nov 2008]
Multimillion pound boost for privacy watchdog
News He also welcomed the European Commission's review of the directive. The UK privacy watchdog is set to get a multimillion-pound boost to fund sweeping new data protection powers. Information Commissioner Richard Thomas... [29 Oct 2008]
Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News It comes as the EU presents a blueprint for how European countries can strengthen national communications networks. The report from the European Network and Information Security Agency recommends prompt... [29 Oct 2008]
EU privacy law shake-up to force data breach confessions
News European data protection supervisor Peter Hustinx said there is growing pressure within the European Parliament to create a data breach notification law as part of a shake-up of privacy law. And speaking... [28 Oct 2008]
Coming soon: 60 million connected machines
News Tobias Ryberg, senior analyst at Berg Insight, said in a statement: "The total number of mobile network connections used by machines now equal that of a medium-sized European country. Connected machines are on the rise... [27 Oct 2008]
No e-voting for 2009 elections, pledges gov't
News The government do not plan to introduce e-voting for the 2009 European or local elections," he said. As the US gets ready to head to the polls, the UK government is making its own electoral plans - plans that won't... [24 Oct 2008]
'Virtual strip search' scanners slammed by EU
News Airport full-body scanners that show people's private parts are a virtual strip search, European Union lawmakers said Thursday, calling for detailed study of the technology before it is used. The non-binding resolution... [24 Oct 2008]
Illegal content fight gets €55m cash boost
News The fight against illegal online content is set to get a massive cash injection following a vote yesterday in the European Parliament. Some 48 per cent of the scheme's €55m budget is scheduled to go to public awareness;... [23 Oct 2008]
UK lines up £1bn in outsourcing despite downturn
News Dr Keshab Panda, head of Satyam's European business, told silicon.com the deals are helping to counter a slowdown in the financial sector, where businesses are deferring starting work on outsourcing agreements. [20 Oct 2008]
