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News London, specifically the south east of the capital, saw the most card-not-present fraud over the past six months, with Romford and Manchester close behind at third and fifth in the top 10. The UK's top card fraud hotspots have been revealed in a... [24 Jul 2008]
Health trust abandons NHS care record upgrade
News The Trust said it terminated the implementation because it had lost confidence in the delivery of the system following Fujitsu's exit as the provider delivering the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the south of England.silicon.com Public Sector [22 Jul 2008]
PCs and mobiles combine at LG
News LG is to merge its PC and mobile-phone divisions, the South Korean manufacturer announced at the end of last week. According to a statement from the company, the transfer of its PC division into the mobile division will "enhance LG Mobile... [16 Jul 2008]
Skype calls on ex-Motorola exec
News And in a previous role at the company, he was in charge of Motorola's South Asia region where he was able to build a business with the highest margins for Motorola, according to Skype. Internet calling provider Skype said yesterday that it has... [02 Jul 2008]
Hardware defies economic gloom
News According to Jump, the emerging markets hold the key to growth for many IT companies, with the key markets being Mexico, South Korea, South Africa, Indonesia, Central and East Africa. Forecasts of economic gloom do not apply to the hardware market... [02 Jul 2008]
Gov't slams Fujitsu's "core contract" NHS IT failings
News Bradshaw said talks had been going on since last summer with the vendor responsible for delivering the electronic care records system in the south of England. Fujitsu Service's £896m NHS IT contract was terminated because of its inability to... [26 Jun 2008]
Open source group fights OOXML standard
News OOXML won enough votes to be accepted as an ISO standard but that process has now been stalled after four countries - Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela - appealed against the decision, claiming a flawed balloting process. [23 Jun 2008]
NHS head defends major IT delays
News The Lorenzo system has been deployed for testing at trusts in Bradford, Morecambe Bay and south Birmingham, where it is expected to go live during the summer. The head of the NHS has defended delays that have kept a key system from going live in... [18 Jun 2008]
'Chip and Bin' dumped by council
News But the government has said the failure of the scheme in South Norfolk does not threaten the future of similar projects elsewhere in the country. South Norfolk walked away from the scheme, started in Autumn 2002, citing "unreliable" and... [17 Jun 2008]
Fujitsu to pay back NHS £67m
News The figure emerged during a Public Accounts Committee hearing into NPfIT, where there was disagreement between the NHS and Fujitsu over the reason for the collapse of its contract to deliver the care records systems in the south of England. [17 Jun 2008]
Mobile market booming: But there's room for all
News FM radio chips are also readily integrated because of their low cost, and are popular in emerging countries such as India and those in South America, he said. As mobiles get more sophisticated, they will continue to be used for more purposes but... [06 Jun 2008]
Paper-free train tickets on track
News South West Trains will start running a smart ticketing system from February next year, followed by CrossCountry trains and London Midland, Intercity and East Midlands Trains in 2010. Travellers will be able to get paperless rail tickets from the... [04 Jun 2008]
Broadband pace lagging in the countryside
News Next most sluggish is Wales (2.6Mbps), then the South West (2.9Mbps) and Scotland (2.9Mbps), according to the data. A broadband speed report by UK fat pipe watcher and advice website thinkbroadband claims the countryside still lags some way behind... [04 Jun 2008]
Fujitsu ditches £896m NHS IT contract
News Negotiations between NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) and Fujitsu broke down over how much it would cost to alter the systems it has been deploying in the south of England. The Cerner Millennium care record system deployed by Fujitsu recently went... [29 May 2008]
UK workers urged to avoid office for the day
News The highest proportion of home workers is in the South West with 15.7 per cent, followed by Eastern England with 14.4 per cent. National Work from Home day is here again this Thursday 15 May and silicon.com is aiming to repeat the success of last... [14 May 2008]
