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Interpol hits web drug sellers in nine countries
News The internet provides an easy channel because there are no national control mechanisms. Authorities in nine countries have raided businesses suspected of supplying medicines illegally over the internet in an... [13 Nov 2008]
'Lack of trust' stop top cops' data swaps
News The EIS - which should be a repository for information on serious crime - meanwhile, continues to attract little interest among national police forces. In addition, the UK is unable to use the EIS due to... [12 Nov 2008]
The 10 projects at the heart of NHS IT
News It's the world's largest health IT project, its projected cost has doubled in its lifetime to £12.7bn, and parts of it are running four years late: welcome to the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The deployment of the... [10 Nov 2008]
Row over high street biometrics
News It is clearly important, and part of the work we are doing and the plans we have in place, to ensure the secure, controlled transfer of any biometrics," Smith told silicon.com sister publication ZDNet UK. [10 Nov 2008]
ID scheme treads the high street for fingerprints
News Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will invite high-street businesses today to tender to be biometrics enrolment centres for the National Identity Scheme, which the government will use to issue ID cards. The Home Office wants... [06 Nov 2008]
MPs demand more cash for e-crime battle
News MPs have called for more money to fund a new e-crime unit and end the image the UK is a "soft touch" on cybercrime. Criticism over the PCeU's funding is misguided, according to Home Office minister Alan Campbell, as the... [05 Nov 2008]
UK Plc feels abandoned to cyber crime onslaught
News Tif says the survey of 54 of the UK's major corporate IT users casts doubt on whether the newly announced Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), will have the resources to be effective in light of its £7m funding over the... [03 Nov 2008]
BT Global Services head resigns
News Besides commercial customers, many of which use BT for their telephone and communications requirements, Global Services also handles a lot of business with the UK government and runs large parts of the IT involved in the... [03 Nov 2008]
Women in IT 'a fifth worse off than men'
News The majority of female IT workers still believe their wages don't match up to those of male colleagues - despite almost four decades of the UK Equal Pay Act. Meanwhile the gender pay gap in IT remains worse than the... [30 Oct 2008]
Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News Sustained cyber espionage attacks are being waged on companies that play a key role in the UK national infrastructure, a UK cyber defence chief has warned. That was the warning from Mark... [29 Oct 2008]
Google working on browser patch for Android flaw
News According to the weekend article, a researcher and former US National Security Agency computer-security specialist, Charles Miller, told Google about the flaw last week. A Google spokesperson told silicon.com sister site... [28 Oct 2008]
London Olympics fibre hub 'template for UK broadband'
News The Olympic Park network and its links to 94 venues across the UK could become the template for a high-speed national network, according to Guy Nicholson, the London Borough of Hackney councillor leading... [23 Oct 2008]
Mobile biometric scanners for all UK police
News Midas will deliver a fully national biometric solution for the UK police. Handheld fingerprint readers will be rolled out to police across the UK from 2010 as part of the Project Midas... [22 Oct 2008]
Has tech got the power to punch through the crunch?
News For the inside track on management and business visit BNET.co.uk, your go-to place for management. BNET.co.uk After the bust, it was one of the few times tech unemployment was higher than the... [21 Oct 2008]
ID cards on driving licences - 'law can't stop us'
News A Home Office minister has mooted turning UK driving licences into ID cards, sparking accusations the national biometric database will be forced in by the back door. Under the Identity Card Act 2006 the... [21 Oct 2008]
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