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The tech behind the Beijing 2008 Olympics
News Other parts of GMS include the transportation system, the sports entries and qualifications system, medical encounters system and staffing information system. Getting the technology behind the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games up and running has been more... [08 May 2008]
IBM tools to curb data centres' power-hungry appetite?
News Many of the countries added to the certificate programme are in emerging markets in Asia and the Middle East, where IBM has been generating double-digit percentage revenue growth from building technology infrastructure in telecoms, transportation... [01 May 2008]
US plane security turns on batteries
News New rules from the US Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) that took effect in the US on 1 January ban travellers from carrying loose lithium batteries in checked baggage. Recently, the National Transportation Safety Board could not... [04 Jan 2008]
Are UK data laws fit for purpose?
News Mike Roberts, IT director for independent Harley Street hospital the London Clinic, said: "The use of encryption for the transmission and transportation of information should be tightened up. The UK's data protection laws have been branded 'unfit... [23 Nov 2007]
Chiltern Railways extends mobile barcode ticket trial
News The scanners have been supplied by Cubic Transportation Systems, which also provided the technology used by TransSys for Transport for London's Oyster Card. Chiltern Railways is to extend the use of SMS mobile phone ticketing for passengers... [13 Apr 2007]
RFID: Brussels may yet reach for red tape
News Gerald Santucci, head of the European Commission unit whose domain includes RFID issues, said he feared rushing to place restrictions on industries hoping to use the technology would choke its potentially valuable application in healthcare... [03 Apr 2007]
Vista off-limits, say two US gov agencies
News Windows Vista has been banned by the US Department of Transportation (DoT) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Nist). The agencies have cited fear of compatibility problems as one of the reasons not to allow their tens of... [14 Mar 2007]
Fake airline boarding pass website shut down
News A spokeswoman for the FBI's Indianapolis office confirmed agents had searched Soghoian's home as part of a joint investigation with the US Transportation Security Administration. A website that let anyone with an internet connection and a printer... [31 Oct 2006]
Ikea furnishes customers with online shopping
News The retailer is already testing its IT platform and payment modules and building its transportation network to support online sales, the paper said. If the thought of spending the weekend fighting your way around Ikea fills you with horror, then... [10 Oct 2006]
Are you covered on software licensing?
News Fast said in June it won a $550,000 payment from a US-based chemical transportation organisation which had under-reported the software licensing needs of its UK subsidiaries. Lazy execs in the UK could be causing problems for their US bosses if... [19 Sep 2006]
ID theft fears for over 100,000 Floridians
News A US Department of Transportation laptop with personal information on 133,000 Florida residents has been stolen, exposing the data to identity fraud. The databases were being used in an investigation into the use of fraudulent information to obtain... [14 Aug 2006]
IBM splurges $740m on asset management firm
News MRO has customers in the manufacturing, utility and transportation industries that use the company's so-called asset management tools for keeping tabs on physical assets such as trucks and refineries. [03 Aug 2006]
Mobile phone use irks public transport passengers
News Mobile phone use is the most annoying part of using public transportation, beating out late trains, smelly passengers and having to stand during a journey. Twenty-eight per cent of silicon.com readers named somebody speaking loudly on their mobile... [21 Jul 2006]
US ill-prepared for "cyber Katrina"
News Without proper planning, myriad industries - from healthcare to transportation to financial services - could face devastation if a natural disaster, terrorist or hacker succeeds in disrupting net access, they charged. [26 Jun 2006]
IBM offers bird flu planning service
News Possible disruptions from a pandemic include sick employees and breakdowns in basic infrastructure, such as transportation and government services. IBM is introducing a service which seeks to answer a question that few would like to ask: are we... [06 Jun 2006]
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