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RSS bodyThe Body Shop tests ecommerce waters
News Cosmetics retailer, The Body Shop, is forming a partnership with Softbank Venture Capitalist, the US subsidiary of Japan's Softbank, to develop its ecommerce strategy. The company does not sell products over the Net at... [27 Apr 2000]
Police to test bomb-detecting body-scanners
News A new smaller device has now been developed by QinetiQ that is designed to inspect individuals or groups of people with the image showing the surface of the body and objects under the clothing. The government and police... [22 Jul 2005]
Police gets to grips with body cameras
Case Study Police in Staffordshire are trialling video technology to capture and store footage officers have gathered on the beat using cameras worn on the body. The trial is funded from the £3m that the Home Office has set aside... [12 Mar 2008]
GP body favours Linux over Microsoft
News Doctors' body the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has chosen Linux over Microsoft for a bulk email and web initiative because of better performance and cost results. The RCGP is the main academic... [23 May 2003]
We need UN body to combat cyber crime, says MP
News Speaking at the Webroot Spyware Summit in London on Thursday, Palmer said a UN body could, for example, put pressure on ISPs to exclude servers that host criminal websites. He said: "The UN needs to have a... [24 Oct 2005]
Outsourcing body backs Jyra
News NAO, an independent UK trade body, believes more and more companies are moving towards end user-focused SLAs. The Network Outsourcing Association (NOA) has given its endorsement to Jyra's, Service Management... [08 Jul 1999]
Telecoms body may disappear
News The only representative organisation for UK telecoms professionals is set to lose its status as an independent body. The Communications Management Association (CMA) will, pending approval by its members, be swallowed by... [22 Jun 2007]
UK needs cyber-crime reporting body
News The UK needs a reporting body to deal with e-crime occurrences, according to a group of senior IT chiefs. Roberts said there is not even a body that can bring together organisations that are under threat... [19 Jul 2007]
Public awards body offers IT bonus marks
News The UK government's public awards body, Charter Mark, has for the first time incorporated the use of new technology into its awards criteria. Applicants for the 1999 round of awards will need to show how they are using... [05 Feb 1999]
BodyQoS: Adaptive and Radio-Agnostic QoS for Body Sensor Networks
White Paper As wireless devices and sensors are increasingly deployed on people, researchers have begun to focus on wireless body-area networks. Applications of wireless body sensor networks include healthcare,... [11 Sep 2008]
Toumaz Drives Digital Medicine Revolution With Intelligent, Low-Cost, Patient-Centric Body Monitoring
White Paper Toumaz wanted to develop zero-administration wireless device for intelligent, non-intrusive body monitoring that helps patients manage their chronic diseases and detect adverse events earlier and develop a highly... [31 Jan 2009]
Police IT body to be scrapped in government reform
News A separate public sector body is also being proposed to act as a custodian for the police information databases, such as the Police National Computer, in recognition of the explosion of information held nationally on... [24 Jun 2005]
Nokia suffers standards body rejection
News Nokia's GPRS service faces a further delay as the industry's standards body says no to its requests to have the standards of the service changed. An article in the September issue of the industry newsletter Nonvoice News... [12 Sep 2001]
BCS signs up to e-Skills body
News The British Computer Society has joined a body that promotes the development of e-skills in Europe. The British Computer Society (BCS) announced this week that it had joined the e-Skills Industry Leadership Board... [29 May 2008]
Apropos smells success at The Body Shop
News The Body Shop Canada has signed up Apropos to provide retail management software and systems in all 120 outlets in Canada. The environmentally friendly beauty product chain will deploy Apropos' full retail software... [05 Oct 1999]
