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Met police in web 2.0 crime map mash up
News The site has been developed by the Met Police Service in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Mayor of London - and is part of a Home Office initiative to get more people involved with their local police and enable the public... [18 Aug 2008]
More businesses turning to VoIP?
News The number of worldwide residential and small office/home office VoIP subscribers grew 60 per cent between 2006 and 2007, hitting 75 million, the report adds, with the largest gains in North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). [14 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News Home Office proposals for phone, email and internet records - including VoIP - to be kept for 12 months are expected to cost taxpayers up to £68m to set up and £39m per year to run. But a spokeswoman for the Home Office admitted the proposals would... [13 Aug 2008]
Gov't battles EU to use passenger data
News The Home Office claims that the names and travel plans it collects are crucial to control cross-border movements.silicon.com Retail & Leisure The Home Office says that e-Borders information on 50 million passengers movements has already led to 25... [08 Aug 2008]
Gov't spends £18m on comms surveillance
News The figures were not recorded in Hansard, but were confirmed to be correct by the Home Office yesterday. A Home Office spokesperson on Wednesday declined to specify which ISPs and telcos had received the grants but said it was a "mixture" of... [07 Aug 2008]
Calls to delete profiles from DNA database
News Its findings also implied that database should be taken away from the police and the Home Office and run by an independent body. A Home Office spokesman said it welcomed the inquiry's findings but would not commit to changing samples held in the... [30 Jul 2008]
Flexible working: Gov't 'must do better'
News The figures, which exclude the Home Office, show much work is still needed for the government to realise its ambition for more civil service staff to be able to use mobile devices to access email remotely or from home, as set out in its Greening... [30 Jul 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News While the Home Office claims that "high tech checks" render the blank ePassports useless, privacy experts say they could be used to fool everyday ID checks, for limited travel abroad or be fitted with cloned chips. [29 Jul 2008]
Flight booking checks into mobiles
News Mobile is the PC of the future, improved speed and falling costs for downloading data makes searching and booking flights a viable, quick and convenient option, breaking the tie with the office or home PC. [23 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News Gartner said the increase in use of cloud-based office software, such as Google Apps or salesforce.com, means online security services will be necessary to protect mobile IT users accessing business data and services outside the corporate network. [17 Jul 2008]
Defra to ditch desktops and PDAs
News I will feel this very much myself because at the moment I have a fixed PC in the office, a laptop I use at home and a BlackBerry, and in the new world I will be able to have one item, which is a laptop which I shall carry. [16 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News A database of all calls, emails and internet traffic, to be stored by the Home Office for at least 12 months, is thought to be included under proposals for "modifying procedures for acquiring communications data" in the draft Communications Data... [15 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News H is for Home Office Site forums so far have raised fears about data security and governments abusing the information despite the glowing assessment of the scheme offered by home secretary Jacqui Smith as she launched the site on Wednesday. [09 Jul 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News Home Office suggestions that the National Fraud Reporting Centre will have a national e-crime investigation arm were welcomed by the committee but it criticised the time it was taking to establish a countywide cyber crime unit. [08 Jul 2008]
Intel's Atom cracks into PC World
News Fennell said netbooks - a term initially promoted by Intel to identify low-cost, low-performance, ultraportable laptops, and epitomised by the Asus Eee - are "far more convenient [than laptops] when on the move and provide a full range of viewing... [08 Jul 2008]
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