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MEP forum points the way for EU Internet legislation
News It is our job, as technology-sensitive MEPs, to communicate the benefits that these changes can bring to the people making those decisions. Over 50 MEPs are today launching a forum to help the European Commission legislate effectively for the... [21 Feb 2000]
Leader: Military tech trial has lessons for the private sector
Leader As deployments of multinational forces become the standard way of dealing with conflict, Nato has realised it is vital that forces from different member countries can communicate and recognise friend from foe. [20 Oct 2005]
£600m of UK funds promised for offender tracking system
News The money will be spent on a secure email system that will enable different elements of the criminal justice system to communicate with each other, scheduled to be switched on in 2003. Criminal justice is the big IT winner in the government's £93bn... [19 Jul 2002]
Planet99: Online business must have XML standard
News We've had TCP/IP, HTML and now it's XML as a standard in which business information - for things like supply chain management - can use tools to integrate the way applications and company Web sites communicate. [13 Oct 1999]
RFID specialist touts cheaper, smaller tags...
News The new tags for individual products sport smaller antennas and rely on the same processor but use magnetic coupling to communicate. RFID specialist Impinj has devised a way to make it easier for manufacturers and stores to put RFID tags on shirts... [22 Feb 2006]
Black cab drivers opt for O2 XDAs
News The network switch will also mean that cab operators will be able to communicate with their drivers outside the capital. The PDA is making its way out of City boys' pockets and into black cabs, with the announcement that black-cab firm Xeta is... [11 May 2004]
Engineering students get totally meshed up
News With France Telecom's test that functionality will be added to the wireless access points, allowing them to communicate with each other, as well as communicating with users via the Wi-Fi connection. Come September, one engineering school will be... [22 Jun 2005]
The A-Z of ebusiness (T-U)
News It enables a user to control a web server remotely and to communicate with other servers on a network just as if the user was entering the user commands directly onto the server terminal. T-commerce Commerce occurring over the medium of television... [01 Jan 2002]
Bush gives seal of approval to 'flawed' US spam laws
News With Bush's signature, a complex set of rules will take effect to govern how companies may communicate with customers they already know and with people they don't. US anti-spam legislation was given a boost when President Bush signed the 'Can-Spam... [17 Dec 2003]
Scottish council spends £1m on contact centre
News This solution is a fantastic way for us to communicate effectively with residents and build their trust in the fact that their calls are being actioned as a matter of priority. Argyll and Bute Council has given IT services company Steria a £1m... [24 May 2007]
ITU 03 diary - a weekend of two halves
Comment ITU secretary-general Yoshio Itsumi spoke of making sure the whole world can communicate, which at the very least means connecting all villages, wherever they are, to the internet. The ITU Telecom World conference can be a bit stuffy. [13 Oct 2003]
IE patch shuts users out from password-protected sites
News Richard Excoffier, founder of adult entertainment website Toteme, said that the IE update has left many of his customers complaining that they cannot access the site: "We distribute our software via shareware and the registration process uses the... [04 Feb 2004]
Kanbay cuts costs with Alcatel VoIP deal
News A value on the contract has not been disclosed but Kanbay said it is now looking at deploying Alcatel softphones, for its staff to communicate on the road, for example using a laptop connected to the network. [14 May 2003]
Pitney Bowes boosts efficiency with mobile worker app
Case Study So the application really allows the engineer to communicate with our central systems as opposed to communicating with people that can communicate with our central systems. Pitney Bowes has boosted the productivity of its field force engineers with... [08 Apr 2008]
Cops launch 999 text hotline for deaf
News Around 5,000 deaf people who communicate through British Sign Language live on Merseyside. Police on Merseyside have built a text messaging system for 250,000 people with hearing difficulties to log emergencies if they cannot use a phone. [19 Oct 2005]
