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'No lost memory sticks' shocker for gov't dept
News In response to written questions this week by Holmes, the Department of Transport reported 14 memory sticks, 21 laptops, 10 desktops, one hard drive and 15 mobiles lost or stolen between 2003 and 2008 and the Department for... [18 Nov 2008]
Interpol hits web drug sellers in nine countries
News The raids on Wednesday mark the first time that such action has been taken on an international scale, an Interpol spokeswoman said. In many countries, the abuse and trafficking of prescription drugs now equals or exceeds... [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]
Stormy markets freeze C&W demerger
News It also increased guidance for the remaining International unit to at least $910m. John Pluthero will continue as executive chairman of Europe, Asia and US but will step down as executive chairman of the... [10 Nov 2008]
ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News Director of Privacy International Simon Davies welcomed the removal of the Nirno, following concerns it could be cross referenced across multiple transactions - such as proof of age purchases or opening a bank account -... [07 Nov 2008]
Oasis forms ODF support committee
News Oasis has been overseeing the development of ODF, which is an open-source, XML-based international standard document format for use in office-productivity software such as word processing and spreadsheet applications. [05 Nov 2008]
UK Plc feels abandoned to cyber crime onslaught
News It will be supported by the National Fraud Reporting Centre, which will offer a single contact centre for the reporting of all fraud - including online, the National Fraud Strategic Authority and the Soca, which will continue to pursue... [03 Nov 2008]
£1.5bn savings plan turns Lloyds' merger eye on IT
News In wholesale and international banking, where Lloyds TSB-HBOS is gunning for £430m in annual savings, cost saving measures will include "integrating the processing capabilities and information technology platforms". [03 Nov 2008]
ID cards on driving licences - 'law can't stop us'
News Simon Davies, director of human rights group Privacy International, said: "It will bring almost the entire population into the scheme. Speaking today at the Biometrics Conference 2008, identity minister Meg Hillier said... [21 Oct 2008]
How global computing grid could save the world
News Foster says countries could follow the joined-up approach of the LHC Grid - which draws on a range of grids including the EC-funded Enabling Grids for E-sciencE (Egee) and the Open Science Grid in the US - to build national grids that... [20 Oct 2008]
Cyber crime ring stung by police raid
News The arrests of people involved in the DarkMarket forum have followed a two-year, international police operation in Germany, Turkey, the UK and the US. In the last two weeks, almost 60 people have been arrested for... [17 Oct 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News It is made up of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association, and it provides a vital source of financial and technical assistance to... [13 Oct 2008]
Security makes a quantum leap
News The network was unveiled as part of an international conference on quantum cryptography in Vienna and will operate for several weeks until Siemens takes back its network. The network is the result of more than four years... [10 Oct 2008]
YouTube adds click-to-buy links on videos
News But Google said this is just the beginning of a much larger project that is likely to expand to include many more content partners and serve an international audience. Google, which owns the video-sharing site YouTube,... [09 Oct 2008]
BlackBerry Storms the touchscreen market
News This means the phone switches automatically between CDMA and GSM networks to offer seamless international roaming - all while keeping the same phone number. On Tuesday night, RIM officially introduced the first... [08 Oct 2008]
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