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RSS identify in newsSecurity experts identify first Win2000-only virus
News A computer virus aimed solely at Windows 2000 (Win2000) has been unearthed by Finnish security company, F-Secure Corporation. The virus is called Win2k.Inta or Win2000.Install, and does not function under older Windows operating systems (OS). [13 Jan 2000]
Sun to bring Java ID to PCs
News Sun Microsystems' Java Card technology, which is used to identify millions of mobile phone users, is expected to come to PCs as well, a Sun executive has said. Wouldn't it be interesting if you could use the SIM card in your phone in your PC to... [16 Feb 2004]
Police to test number plate ID chips
News Police forces are preparing to trial car number plates fitted with chips to make it easier to identify vehicles. From November the police will start using automatic number plate recognition technology to identify and prosecute drivers without... [30 Sep 2005]
Oxford targets 'generation-Asbo' with tech
News Oxford City Council is to start using software to identify crime hotspots and target anti-social behaviour. According to a council spokeswoman, the intelligence gathered will enable police to effectively identify potential lines of enquiry or... [16 Oct 2006]
Terrorist or traveller? Software will decide
News The airline industry could reduce the threat of terrorist attack by employing data mining techniques to identify potential suspects. We can build on years of historical data to identify patterns. HNC Software, a specialist in fraud detection, is... [04 Oct 2001]
Online pharmacies prescribed 'green cross' logo
News The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) will roll out its internet pharmacy logo in 2008 to identify accredited online pharmacies. The green cross logo was piloted last year and is designed to help the public identify whether a... [22 Aug 2007]
Intuitive tech listens to and blocks illegal music
News Technology that can listen to and identify songs, blocking peer-to-peer trading, is generating interest among US legislators A new political battle is brewing over net music swapping, focusing on a company that claims to be able to automatically... [04 Mar 2004]
Gordon Brown backs £1.5m 'knowledge economy' research
News A three-year, £1.5m project backed by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown hopes to identify how countries can use the 'knowledge economy' to spearhead economic growth and competitiveness. This exciting and important project will identify the... [02 May 2006]
CIA checks out chatrooms
News The CIA is quietly funding federal research into surveillance of internet chatrooms as part of an effort to identify possible terrorists, newly released documents reveal. In the paper, Yener and Krishnamoorthy predicted their work "could aid [the... [25 Nov 2004]
Bird flu database gets fast-tracked
News The government is setting up a central poultry database to help identify any outbreaks of bird flu. This database would be another safeguard to help identify an outbreak but, more importantly, limit its spread. [21 Oct 2005]
Retail deal keeps an intelligent eye on shopping trends
News Major UK retailers have teamed up with business intelligence company SAS to better identify consumer buying patterns. The Jigsaw Consortium is a joint venture between Unilever, Kimberly-Clark and Cadbury Trebor Bassett and it already pours over the... [02 Jul 2001]
Google has data-retention change of heart
News Google is changing its data retention practices to make it harder to identify the specific computers used in searches. The company said: "Logs anonymisation does not guarantee that the government will not be able to identify a specific computer or... [15 Mar 2007]
Hitachi in the dark as Tokyo exchange grinds to a halt
News Electronics giant Hitachi is struggling to identify the source of a computer failure that has brought down the Tokyo Stock Exchange's trading system six times in the last week. Masao Takebayashi, spokesman for Hitachi Europe, said they had not yet... [02 Dec 1998]
Rangers FC targets long-distance fans with technology
News Rangers football club is using analytics technology to identify pockets of the club's fans that fall outside the catchment area of its existing stores. Using software from Identex, which partners with the leading CRM vendors, the Ibrox club... [22 Aug 2003]
Healthcare RFID to track blood
News The Klinikum Saarbruecken in Germany, which launched a landmark RFID pilot last year to identify patients, is now adding the track-and-trace chips to its blood supplies. When scanned, the bracelet can identify the patient and help provide details... [20 Feb 2006]
