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News US technology giant Qualcomm has bought part of the UK radio spectrum for £8m. The company said it intends to use the 40MHz stretch of the L-Band spectrum to bring a range of wireless technologies to the UK.
[16 May 2008]
News Nick Heath In honour of National Work from Home Day, the silicon.com team stayed out of the office to find out just how easy it is to do your job remotely. Overall, everyone was glad not to have to commute in to work.
[16 May 2008]
News The police body tasked with fighting e-crime in the UK has revealed some of its cyber crimefighting successes - but e-crime still appears a low priority. The Serious Organised Crime Agency's (Soca) 2007 to 2008 report details work by the agency...
[15 May 2008]
News Sat-navs that warn drivers not to speed or can even slow the car automatically could be as little as a year away. Drivers in London would be first in line for the technology that pairs sat-nav GPS with a digital map of the capital and its speed...
[15 May 2008]
News Barclays is increasingly confident in its use of business process outsourcing (BPO) which it says has improved time to market and is now looking to increase the complexity of the services it offshores.
[15 May 2008]
News The NHS has pledged to halt the further roll out of its electronic patient record system while it takes stock of criticisms in a report. A report evaluating the trial rollout of the Summary Care Record (SCR) system highlighted concerns that the...
[14 May 2008]
News The UK will lose its base of highly skilled technology workers unless training and education is overhauled, industry leaders have warned. It must tackle a slump in technology teaching and employer training to avoid being forced to buy in top level...
[14 May 2008]
News UK software sales are on course to lag almost $60bn behind China this year fuelling high-level calls for Britain to abandon the low-cost end of market. Revenues in the Chinese software product and services sector are forecast to reach $140bn by...
[14 May 2008]
News HP has completed a $13.9bn deal to create one of the world's largest service providers by buying EDS. The buyout will see HP challenge rival IBM at the top of the global outsourcing market and is highly unlikely to be scuppered by regulatory...
[13 May 2008]
News Most UK companies are losing data every month a survey has found. The majority of UK businesses, 79 per cent, are losing data at least once per month, according to the survey of 250 senior IT staff at businesses larger than 1,000 staff.
[12 May 2008]
News Global outsourcing has moved past corporate penny pinching according to industry experts. Instead the key is to treat outsourcers as an arm of the business, with customers expecting suppliers to have intimate knowledge of their workings and to get...
[12 May 2008]
News Anyone who recklessly loses personal data will face a "substantial" fine after the government created a new civil offence. In a victory for data loss law campaigners, MPs backed the amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act to make it...
[12 May 2008]
News It seems fitting that after the Met Office helped open the eyes of the world to global warming it is at the forefront of efforts to prevent it. Since moving to its headquarters in Exeter the weather forecaster has embraced the green ethos...
[09 May 2008]
News Government IT is undergoing a major shift as Whitehall attempts to revolutionise its approach to green computing. Two government departments - Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the Highways Agency showcased their environmental credentials...
[09 May 2008]
News The government is to lead the way in Green IT by launching a national strategy to cut computer-related carbon emissions. Government CIO John Suffolk announced the Green IT Strategy, saying it would be scrutinised by ministers over the next eight...
[08 May 2008]
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to protect 20,000 laptops using encryption software. Machines used by the army, navy and RAF will be given password-protected encryption using BeCrypt Disk Protect Baseline solution.
[08 May 2008]
News A lie detector test that has slashed benefit fraud by more than £330,000 is being rolled out in the UK. The Voice Risk Analyser (VRA) system will be piloted by another 15 councils following its success in seven areas of the country.
[07 May 2008]
News India will gain about eight million outsourcing jobs over the next decade as the industry booms in smaller cities, according to official forecasts. Minor cities in India will snap up about two million of these jobs, according to a report of India's...
[06 May 2008]
News Some silicon.com readers are juggling up to 20 different passwords in order to access their office applications, according to the results of our latest poll. The majority of respondents, 61 per cent, have more than five passwords for accessing...
[06 May 2008]
News Nick Mayes, senior consultant at PAC, said in a statement: "Phasing out the tax breaks will not cause the Indian suppliers to up sticks and make wholesale moves elsewhere. India's fears that other countries are undercutting its dominance of the...
[06 May 2008]
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