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Geographic database opens doors to private sector

News Local authorities update their data locally and add it to the NLPG at least once a month, while some are using electronic feeds to update data in real-time as new planning applications are approved or buildings are demolished.

Tags: local authorities, database

[30 Apr 2008]

Harrods makes a tech-savvy exhibition of itself

News Harrods is looking at using other technology such as Bluetooth broadcasting, RSS and Twitter feeds, social networking and SMS alerts depending on the campaign and target audience. Harrods is using cutting-edge mobile technology to promote a new...

Tags: barcode, camera, qr, mobile

[25 Apr 2008]

Banking slowdown will bite IT spending

News CBI chief economics adviser, Ian McCafferty, said in a statement: "We can expect further tough times in the financial sector and as this feeds through into the wider economy, it will inevitably be felt through slower growth this year and next.

Tags: insurance, banks, it spending

[31 Mar 2008]

Vodafone boosts apprenticeship scheme

News The apprenticeship scheme feeds into Vodafone's social investment strategy. Mobile giant Vodafone has committed to boosting its involvement in an apprenticeship scheme to help young people gain qualifications while learning on the job.

Tags: jobs, skills, vodafone, programme

[25 Feb 2008]

BBC gets savvy with web 2.0 kids

News There will also be RSS feeds from various magazines and a friends book - a contacts list displaying the avatars of friends. The BBC is launching an online community for six to 13-year-old viewers of its CBBC children's channel, to allow them to...

Tags: bbc, children, content, web 2.0

[29 Jan 2008]

Web 2.0 portals open doors for businesses

News These apps could include Googlemail, various news feeds, YouTube and weather reports, to name but a few. Businesses must look at how they can use online portals to get the most out of established and emerging web 2.0 services.

Tags: portal, gartner, mash-ups, google

[09 Nov 2007]

Facebook users get voice updates

News Facebook and other social networking addicts can now post updates to their walls or Twitter feeds with voice calls through their mobile phones. The voice calls are converted into text using technology from SpinVox.

Tags: spinvox, social networking, facebook

[25 Oct 2007]

Beware web 2.0 security risks, companies warned

News Feiman said issues to consider are how to protect internal users and the business from malicious code, RSS feeds and information leakage through blogging, for example. The use of web 2.0 technology in business is creating significant security risks...

Tags: blogging, intellectual property, gartner, security

[14 Aug 2007]

Bonds platform takes algorithmic step

News European electronic bonds trading platform EuroMTS has struck a deal with Fixnetix which will see the telecoms company deliver fixed-income data direct to its customers. The trading platform deals in Eurobenchmark bonds from governments, including...

Tags: financial, euro, trading

[16 Jul 2007]

FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring

News The spokesman added Sabre II is intended to flag up issues that arise and actually tap into live financial market news feeds to alert the FSA of any unusual or significant business developments that could trigger trading activity.

Tags: monitoring, upgrade, detica, fsa

[20 Jun 2007]

Google revs up RSS ads with FeedBurner buy

News Now it can put ads in the more than 430,000 RSS feeds FeedBurner has and it can expand its AdSense website publisher network with the FeedBurner publishers, Wojcicki said. She said: "If you are a Google advertiser, now you can advertise on feeds...

Tags: ads, feedburner, rss, google

[04 Jun 2007]

RBS dishes out chip and PIN readers

News The chip and PIN terminal then uses this information to generate a unique 'response code' which the customer then feeds into the online banking system to authorise the transaction. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is dishing out chip and PIN...

Tags: chip and pin

[03 May 2007]

Microsoft tech tapped by mobile web start-up

News s Flickr, ZenZui is using publicly available feeds to create a custom tile. A start-up called ZenZui is leaning on Microsoft's research labs to try to find a better way to view web content on mobile devices.

Tags: zenzui , microsoft

[28 Mar 2007]

3 does Slingbox TV deal

News The Slingbox is an increasingly popular set-top box that redirects cable and satellite feeds from a person's home to his or her laptop. Sling Media has announced its first deal with a mobile phone carrier to offer subscribers access to home...

Tags: slingbox, 3, mobile tv

[17 Nov 2006]

What's the oldest piece of kit in your IT department?

News We still have modems that are around 15 years old bringing in low-speed data feeds. 'Antique' pieces of tech hardware are still going strong in many IT departments, with almost a third of respondents to a silicon.com poll admitting to having kit...

Tags: kit, hardware

[16 Nov 2006]

Intel offers software for blog-loving SMEs

News These are small software companies that provide applications for blogs, RSS feeds, wikis and social networking. Intel has announced a collaboration software suite that it will offer to small and medium-size businesses via its resellers.

Tags: spikesource, wikis, blogs, sme

[08 Nov 2006]

Done and dusted: GNER wi-fi trains rollout

News The downlink backhaul — the basic connection which then feeds into the onboard wi-fi network — relies on a roof-mounted satellite connection and a 3G/GPRS uplink is provided via a mobile phone antenna, although spectrum was recently made available...

Tags: gner, train wi-fi, wi-fi, trains

[27 Oct 2006]

Cisco shopping for mobile software start-up?

News Cisco's Unified Communications software suite, announced earlier this year, ties Cisco's Call Manager, an IP PBX that routes phone calls over an IP infrastructure, with a presence server, which collects status and availability data from users...

Tags: orative, cisco

[26 Oct 2006]

IE 7 ready for download

News It has added support for web standards, RSS web feeds and tabbed browsing. Some 18 months after Bill Gates pledged to revamp Internet Explorer, Microsoft is ready with the final version of Internet Explorer 7.

Tags: ie 7, firefox, microsoft

[19 Oct 2006]

Reuters charges on with IT cost-cutting drive

News The wider vision is to build an infrastructure that supports products with open standards and interfaces that allow Reuters' financial services customers to more easily connect into various data feeds.

Tags: david lister, reuters

[13 Oct 2006]

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