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RSS north in newsAre sat-navs causing havoc on the roads?
News In the survey 10 per cent of drivers said their sat-nav had caused them to make a dangerous, late or illegal turn and reader Richard Davies from North Yorkshire said: "I have never heard anything like it in my life.these same 10 per cent would... [24 Jul 2008]
Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News The wireless Patmos network - due to launch this summer - has been jointly developed by MIT Media Lab and Nortel Solutions Interoperability Laboratory in North Carolina. Tourists and locals on the Greek Island of Patmos will soon be able to enjoy... [24 Jul 2008]
Health trust abandons NHS care record upgrade
News The RUH provides acute treatment and care for a catchment population of around 500,000 people in Bath, and the surrounding towns and villages in north east Somerset and western Wiltshire. A health trust serving more than 500,000 people said it has... [22 Jul 2008]
Home servers latest trend to sweep market?
News But Forrester Research projects the US market will grow to more than 4.5 million households by 2012, while the Diffusion Group predicts it surging to as high as 21.5 million in all of North America by 2015. [21 Jul 2008]
NFC payments to reach tipping point in three years?
News The analyst forecasts the gross transaction value of relatively low value purchases - such as refreshments, tickets and food - made via NFC will exceed $75bn globally by 2013, with the lion's share of contactless business being done in the Far... [18 Jul 2008]
Google's search share continues to creep up
News Google crossed the 60 per cent share threshold in July 2006, analyst Matt Tatham said, slid back the one month in August 2006, but has been north of 60 per cent ever since September 2006. Google's steadily increasing search share neared 70 per cent... [16 Jul 2008]
UK trails in open source race
News European businesses appear to be less concerned about the security of open source than those in North America, with just 45 per cent of Europeans saying they were concerned about security, compared to 71 per cent across the Atlantic. [14 Jul 2008]
Mobile payments to hit $300bn by 2013
News He said in a statement: "Merchants in North America and Western Europe are just starting to realise the potential of a mobile web presence as a fourth channel to market. The annual gross transaction value of payments made via mobile phones to buy... [01 Jul 2008]
SAS becomes sun worshipper
News Business intelligence software company SAS is to build a solar electric power farm at its headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. Under North Carolina's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard, by 2021, utility companies in North... [26 Jun 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News Eighty per cent of respondents said European operators will face greater demand for mobile broadband services over the next two years than operators in North America. But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, warns industry analyst... [20 Jun 2008]
Ultra fat pipes to squeeze through Dundee's sewers
News But now internet lovers in the North have a reason to celebrate too. Dundee has been selected as the first Scottish 'Fibrecity' - meaning 100Mbps-plus broadband connectivity will be speeding out of fibre-optic-stuffed sewers and into every home... [18 Jun 2008]
NHS head defends major IT delays
News Six years into the national NHS IT programme (NPfIT) the Lorenzo care records systems have still not gone live anywhere in the country, leaving health trusts in the North, Midlands and the East to rely on interim systems while they wait for... [18 Jun 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News North Wales police has also launched Datris, a public-private partnership, to provide computer forensics to the public and police forces. It will start by helping clear North Wales police's backlog of computer analysis work. [13 Jun 2008]
Broadband pace lagging in the countryside
News Fastest after London are: the North East (3.6Mbps), the North West (3.4Mbps) and the East Midlands (3.3Mbps) - suggesting there is a rural vs urban split based on ADSL speed. A broadband speed report by UK fat pipe watcher and advice website... [04 Jun 2008]
Microsoft gets touchy-feely in Windows 7
News During a joint interview that kicked off the Wall Street Journal's three-day D: All Things Digital conference, an annual gathering of the computer industry elite taking place north of San Diego, Ballmer said touchscreen controls is one example of... [28 May 2008]
