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whitepaper The institute implemented Oracle Financials, unifying data from 62 branch offices and delivering data reliability and eliminated discrepancies in pensioner data due to Oracle E-Business Suite. INP, Chile's Social Security Administration Institute...
[07 Mar 2006]
whitepaper If a book or a toy ordered over the internet fails to arrive it may be inconvenient but if an old age pensioner fails to receive his/her monthly payment it may cause real hardship. Government executives are well aware of the potential of eGovernment.
[30 Aug 2005]
News Pensioner groups are very active. Pensioners, priests and doctors are among thousands of people who have signed a pledge to resist the introduction of ID cards in the UK despite the threat of heavy fines and imprisonment.
[04 Jul 2005]
News Why should a pensioner have to pay £100 - the equivalent of the winter fuel allowance - for an ID cards scheme that may raise more questions than it answers? silicon.com is today launching its 'ID Cards on Trial' campaign, which aims to exert...
[06 Jun 2005]
Cheat Sheet Some unscrupulous criminals had cut off a poor pensioner's finger? Biometrics? Go on, explain what it is then. Think fingerprints, think iris scanning - as the name suggests, it relates to specific biological features which can be measured...
[20 Apr 2004]
News UK pensioner wins £10m on Netherlands State Lottery.turns out it's genuine Microsoft receives harshest possible EU penalty Apple calls Microsoft penalty 'too harsh' Record industry admits bad music not Kazaa to blame for sales slump
[24 Dec 2003]
News A Boston pensioner, accused of offering hardcore rap songs for download through the Kazaa service, was dropped from the lawsuit lists after it emerged she actually used a Macintosh computer, which did not support Kazaa.
[20 Oct 2003]
Round-Up Boston pensioner Sarah Ward was accused of downloading music from the back-catalogue of US Gangsta rapper Busta Rhymes.not normally known for his geriatric appeal. The Round-Up is now off to vibe with Boston pensioner Sarah Ward about Uzis, clips...
[26 Sep 2003]
News The trade association confirmed Wednesday that it had withdrawn its suit against Boston-area pensioner Sarah Ward, who claimed that she could not possibly have been involved in the file-swapping incident attributed to her.
[25 Sep 2003]
Comment The strange case of Derek Bond - the hapless British pensioner wrongly detained in a South African police cell under suspicion of being a 'most wanted' US con-artist - has brought the concept of ID theft to a wide audience.
[26 Feb 2003]
News A Czech pensioner has been arrested and charged with the murder of a Nigerian diplomat after being left out of pocket by the notorious Nigerian money scam. The 72-year old man fell for the email scam, which invites recipients to hand over bank...
[20 Feb 2003]
News The court papers filed as part of the divorce proceedings also reveal that as a pensioner he receives $1,500 in social security. Jack Welch, the much-vaunted former chief exec of General Electric, manages to spend around $365,000 - that's £235,000...
[01 Nov 2002]
News Pensioner groups in California already oppose permitting people to ride Segways or similar devices on pavements. California's local governments will be allowed to regulate electric personal mobility devices, such as the Segway Human Transporter...
[03 Oct 2002]
News A UK pensioner is still stuck in US prison after refusing to remove slanderous statements from his website which referred to a retirement home that threw him out on the streets. Paul Trummel, a 70-year-old man who moved from the UK to the US in...
[07 Jun 2002]
Comment And on the face of it, the chancellor has gone some way to address the demands of the IT industry. When silicon.com spoke to influential high-tech industry figures before the budget, they highlighted ecommerce tax breaks, the scrapping and...
[08 Mar 2001]
Comment The vendors, based in Ireland, told Holmes that it was cut from Charles and Diana's wedding cake and was given to a Royal British Legion pensioner as part of the marriage celebrations. It means there's still three weeks or so to go before silly...
[31 Aug 2000]
Comment One 81 year old Chelsea Pensioner has a fool-proof way to deal with potential ATM problems. Perhaps the most level-headed advice came from the 81 year old Chelsea Pensioner. Huge celebrations or complete disaster?
[12 Dec 1999]
News One pensioner, who retired in March this year, commented: "I had twelve weeks on a level which was too low, and another 12 weeks on something else. The pensioner commented: "It seems that installing these new computer systems makes it harder for...
[10 Aug 1999]
News But when told the government was planning to have consultative sessions on the practical use of IT for services, one pensioner said: "They're not going to ask me are they? UK Cabinet 'enforcer', Jack Cunningham, has announced plans to use...
[17 Mar 1999]
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