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ID cards project adds implementation chief
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... [18 Nov 2008]
'No lost memory sticks' shocker for gov't dept
News While seemingly a week doesn't go past without another government data loss as a result of a mislaid memory stick, one government department has made a shocking revelation: it hasn't lost any... [18 Nov 2008]
Yahoo!'s Yang steps down as CEO
News John Suffolk UK government We are deeply grateful to Jerry for his many contributions as CEO over the past 18 months, and we are pleased that he plans to stay actively involved at Yahoo! shareholder who... [18 Nov 2008]
Lords: 'Do we really need £12bn super comms database?'
News West indicated the government was looking to have a database in place by 2012, saying it would help retain communications data as the public moved to using VoIP for everyday calls. Baroness Miller of... [17 Nov 2008]
Council trio tighten grip on public data
News The NLPG is a dedicated address list set up for local government which contains over 30 million residential and business addresses. Brent data integrity services manager Chris Waterman told silicon.com... [14 Nov 2008]
Prisons hanging on the mobile phone jamming tech
News The IMB says that the number of phones inside London's largest prison has "shot up alarmingly" this year and attributes the rise to a lack of use of the Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) - a chair that checks for... [12 Nov 2008]
'Lack of trust' stop top cops' data swaps
News Information capture is an important part of Europol’s functions, and the government should ensure that automatic data loading from Serious Organised Crime Agency to the Europol Information System is implemented as a... [12 Nov 2008]
Beat bobbies need more cash for smartphones
News In a report into government plans to update policing practices for the modern era, Policing in the 21st Century, the Committee states: "Personal digital assistants can significantly increase the amount... [10 Nov 2008]
The 10 projects at the heart of NHS IT
News Questions have been raised by the Patient Information Advisory Group, a government advisory group, over whether the law supports the retention and processing of identifiable patient data to produce anonymous data... [10 Nov 2008]
ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News And Phil Booth national co-ordinator for ID cards pressure group NO2ID said: "It makes the whole system a nonsense, the government is saying that ultimately the whole national identity scheme will come... [07 Nov 2008]
Microsoft CEO: "Not interested" in Yahoo!
News due to a potential legal battle with the US government. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today said Microsoft was "not interested" in making a new offer for internet company Yahoo! Speaking at a Committee... [07 Nov 2008]
ID scheme treads the high street for fingerprints
News Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will invite high-street businesses today to tender to be biometrics enrolment centres for the National Identity Scheme, which the government will use to issue ID cards.... [06 Nov 2008]
Google pulls plug on Yahoo! ad deal
News David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer said in a blog post Wednesday: "After four months of review, including discussions of various possible changes to the agreement, it's clear that government regulators and some... [05 Nov 2008]
MPs demand more cash for e-crime battle
News In a parliamentary debate on internet fraud today, MPs said the government needs to "look again" at the £7m funding for the Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU). Conservative MP Nigel Evans said: "That... [05 Nov 2008]
Cops enlist HAL in fight against crime
News Looking at how AI techniques can boost digital forensics, the government-funded Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) will examine the potential use of AI in web counter-terrorism surveillance, fighting... [05 Nov 2008]
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