society
RSS societyCovert surveillance must be reserved for serious crimes, says government
News Speaking on Monday at the Royal Society of Arts, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said: "[the public] will not accept such powers being used to spy on people who put their rubbish out on the wrong day, or let their dogs foul... [05 Nov 2009]
Make haste with the analogue-digital switch, urges EC
News Viviane Reding, information society and media commissioner for the EC, said she wants EU countries to have made the move by 2012. The European Commission has called for EU members to speed their switchover to digital... [30 Oct 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Apparently so, according to David Wall, professor of criminal justice and information society at the University of Leeds. Scareware is bad for your PC and your pocket - but the fake security warning messages popping up... [19 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Linking up with Barack Obama?
Comment We have seen industry and society transformed by technology with government generally out on a limb at the back of the pack. If politicians start to use online social networking in the same way as the rest of... [05 Oct 2009]
Building Society Eliminates Potential Risk to Business Continuity With Dell Virtualization Solution
White Paper To protect business continuity and sensitive data, Chelsea Building Society needed to migrate legacy software onto a robust hardware platform. This infrastructure had to integrate with an existing Storage Area Network... [02 Oct 2009]
Spanish Building Society Reduces Energy Consumption on Desktops by 80 Per Cent With Dell
White Paper To maintain its leading position, Spanish building society La Caja de Canarias wanted to improve performance, management effectiveness, and energy efficiency across the desktop estate. Through Dell services, La Caja... [02 Oct 2009]
A Vision for the Modern Grid
White Paper A modernized grid is a necessary enabler for a successful society in the future. Given the vision, one can create the alignment necessary to inspire passion, investment, and progress toward an advanced US grid for the... [02 Oct 2009]
Developing Sustainable Designs for Enduring Value
White Paper Every product designed, leaves an indelible imprint on the social, economic and environmental fabric of the society. Sustainable Designs are achievable for higher efficiency, lower cost and greater reliability. [02 Oct 2009]
Duncan Watts
AS Profile As both pioneer and evangelist for network theory, Watts has helped to change our conceptions of society, according to one panellist. Columbia University sociology professor Duncan Watts is also principal research... [29 Sep 2009]
Evan Williams
AS Profile Yet another dubbed it "a truly disruptive technology", adding it "could impact and change many areas of business, society, politics, economics etc". It's been a spectacular year for Twitter, the microblogging site that... [29 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News Speaking at a British Computer Society (BCS) panel debate this morning, Timms said: "The levy on telephone lines - 50p a month… will be in the finance bill which I'm also responsible for at the Treasury and my aim is... [23 Sep 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News A panel assembled by the British Computer Society (BCS) were asked to consider whether IT could lead the UK out of recession. More must be done to convince grey-haired business leaders to embrace web 2.0 developments, a... [23 Sep 2009]
Chartered IT Professional qualification gets a revamp
News The British Computer Society is changing the way it assesses the Chartered IT Professional certifications. As of Wednesday, CITP applicants will be able to choose to specialise in areas such as project management. [22 Sep 2009]
Trend Micro Boosts Subscription Renewals 8.4% With Extended Validation SSL Certificates
White Paper With its vision of providing "A world where it is absolutely safe to exchange digital information," Trend Micro provides a range of antivirus and other network security products to protect society from unpredictable... [19 Sep 2009]
Dynamic Infrastructure Helping Build a Smarter PlanetDelivering Superior Business and IT Services with Agility and Speed
White Paper IBM has developed a strategy for a dynamic infrastructure that will help organizations address higher service expectations, rising cost pressures and new risks and threats, while also laying a foundation for breakthrough productivity,... [17 Sep 2009]
