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RSS spokeswomanContactless payments speeds up coffee drinkers
News There has been no evidence of fraudulent transactions during the contactless trial, according to a Coffee Republic spokeswoman. Coffee chain Coffee Republic is rolling out contactless payment technology after a trial of Barclaycard Business's... [23 Jul 2008]
Health trust abandons NHS care record upgrade
News A spokeswoman for RUH said: "Following the termination of the contract between the NHS and Fujitsu, and subsequent meetings between the trust, Fujitsu, Cerner and Connecting for Health, the assessment of the RUH trust board was that it did not... [22 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News An Ofcom spokeswoman told silicon.com: "There may well be certain rules that apply to the copper world that they may feel need to be relaxed but those are all things that need to be worked out. The plans aim to give 10 million UK homes fibre access... [15 Jul 2008]
Exclusive: Barclays to offshore 1,800 UK tech jobs
News A spokeswoman for Barclays said: "Barclays ambition is to become one of a handful of universal banks leading the global financial services industry, helping our customers and clients throughout the world to achieve their goals. [14 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone launch: Tech trouble for O2
News Despite the countrywide slowdown, an O2 spokeswoman said the operator was still able to process all its customers within the target 20-minute timeframe. As of midday, the spokeswoman said O2 had sold out of 16GB iPhones in its Oxford Street store... [11 Jul 2008]
Super scanners at UK airports
News A spokeswoman for BAA said: "An enhancement of security areas forms part of BAA's £6.2bn capital investment programme over the next five years. High tech security scanners that can slash queues are now in place at the UK's seven major airports. [09 Jul 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News But a spokeswoman for the UK payments industry body Apacs said the committee had no figures to back up assertions banks were not passing online frauds to the police. Banks are failing to pass on information about online fraud to police, according... [08 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone up for grabs online - or is it?
News A Carphone Warehouse spokeswoman said there had been "an issue" with its website wrongly stating all 3G iPhone models are out of stock. Meanwhile O2's site currently reports the operator is out of stock of iPhones, yet an O2 spokeswoman said she... [07 Jul 2008]
Foreign Office tech overspend leads to project trimming
News A spokeswoman for the FCO explained the overspend: "FTN is the FCO's telecommunications network.m was the estimate in 2000, in the intervening eight years the FCO has deployed many new applications creating a significant additional demand for... [07 Jul 2008]
Sainsbury's to pay out £300k for online outage
News A spokeswoman for Sainsbury's said: "Our home delivery website is now up and running as normal. Sainsbury's will pay up to £300,000 in compensation for its food shopping website being offline for two days. [20 Jun 2008]
Holograms on handsets by 2010
News A spokeswoman for Infosys said: "Holographic handsets have the capability of enriching the user experience, with an actual 3D experience and higher quality images. Holographic mobile handsets capable of projecting, capturing and sending 3D images... [19 Jun 2008]
Glitch takes Sainsbury's shopping offline
News A Sainsbury's spokeswoman said: "Our team are working extremely hard to identify the problem and ensure that the site is fully operational again. Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has taken its groceries website offline after it developed a fault with... [18 Jun 2008]
'Chip and Bin' dumped by council
News A spokeswoman for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that it was South Norfolk's decision to adopt the microchip approach and that no decision would be made nationally on the effectiveness of such technology until next... [17 Jun 2008]
PC security warning for banking online
News A spokeswoman for UK payment association, Apacs, told silicon.com: "It's advice. The spokeswoman said: "The code doesn't place any obligation on the customer, it's there to set out what the obligations are on the banks. [16 Jun 2008]
Cotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News A spokeswoman for Cotton Traders said: "Cotton Traders have recently upgraded all security on their website which has been validated by leading industry experts. Hackers breached the company website in January and stole encrypted customer details. [11 Jun 2008]
