online services
RSS online servicesHackney Council in £1.9m IT overhaul
News Online services allow citizens to put in maintenance requests and enquire about rent balances. Hackney homes head of ICT services Trish Haill said in a statement: "Rather than update existing systems we wanted to start afresh, implementing the... [15 Aug 2008]
Minority Report: 10 top iPhone 2.0 apps
Photo Enter a search term and the app checks files on your device as well as online. Both applications do much the same thing: they calculate your current location and serve up directory services, showing you the local pubs, taxis, restaurants and ATMs. [15 Aug 2008]
Brits spending record time online
News The telecoms regulator has released its fifth annual communications market report, which shows people in the UK are spending more time than ever consuming a variety of comms and media services. Faster fat pipes are down to BT continuing to roll out... [14 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News As of last September telecoms providers must keep all text and phone call records between six months and two years under an EU directive, and this is to be rolled out to include all online traffic by 2009 at the latest. [13 Aug 2008]
UK spam mountain just got bigger
News We have developed significant security processes to protect against this type of threat, including sending more than two million card reader devices to our customers with the specific purpose of protecting them from online fraud such as phishing. [12 Aug 2008]
Consumers reluctant to give financial details online
News But the amount of people who actually did so, when asked later on in the survey was around 90 per cent, the online content provider claimed.silicon.com Financial Services Most consumers are still reluctant to enter their personal financial details... [12 Aug 2008]
Web 2.0, cloud computing 'to transform business'
News Web 2.0 technologies may make you roll your eyes dismissively right now but the likes of software-as-a-service (SaaS), mash-ups and online services will have a change-inducing impact on business within the next two years, despite currently... [11 Aug 2008]
Semantic web breaking out of the lab
News In the long term, Davies says semantic web tech could be applied to service oriented architecture and used to search for online services in the cloud. Semantic web - a concept championed by 'father of the web' Tim Berners-Lee - is the development... [11 Aug 2008]
Welsh Assembly signs e-procurement contract
News Two hundred buyers for the government have been trained to procure goods and services online for central and local government, the NHS, emergency services and Higher and Further Education within Wales. [06 Aug 2008]
LiMo adds browser-based UI kit to arsenal
News Rauste told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk last Tuesday that the browser-based UI approach would be attractive to operators, as it makes it easier and quicker for them to put their own services, such as online music stores or location-based... [05 Aug 2008]
Switch from oil to silicon
Comment The sale of physical goods online has soared, from browse-able items such as books to costly white goods and perishable food. Although many SMEs are already using ecommerce to sell online, they should now go further and look at other aspects of... [31 Jul 2008]
Dell to launch iPod killer?
News It would connect to online music services via a wi-fi internet connection, and Dell would likely price the model at less than $100, according to the Journal. Instead of simply selling a piece of hardware tied to someone else's music service, as it... [31 Jul 2008]
Kwik Fit Insurance drives up website performance
News It is now using Tealeaf's software to collect a record of nine million customer sessions per month in order to help improve the online experience of visitors to its website.silicon.com Financial Services [28 Jul 2008]
ISPs join file sharing crackdown
News ISPs are obliged to work with the music industry and rights' holders to bring about a "significant reduction" in illegal file sharing through education and by developing legal online services. UK internet service providers have joined forces with... [24 Jul 2008]
Charity Commission saves a bundle with online returns
News The Commission, which acts as a regulator and registrar for charities in England and Wales, was tasked with increasing the take up of online services in the sector in 2006. The Charity Commission has revealed an online service to handle the... [24 Jul 2008]
