August 2005
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
Firelink contract to be awarded, but firefighters turn up the heat
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister said the roll-out of new control centres is expected to begin in 2006 and be completed in 2008. Continue Reading
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
Cisco revamps paswords after website scare
Cisco is issuing new passwords to registered users of its website due to a vulnerability in a search tool that could expose log-in details. Continue Reading
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
CSC signs deal to protect UK staff
The UK arm of Computer Sciences Corporation has signed an agreement with Amicus, the UK's largest private sector union, that promises no compulsory redundancies and commitments to invest in the skills of its UK staff. Continue Reading
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
Awards to recognise women's IT success
An awards scheme to recognise the achievements of women working with IT has been launched by Research In Motion, the company behind the Blackberry personal digital assistant. Continue Reading
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
Building society automates its fraud detection systems
West Bromwich Building Society is using anti-money-laundering software to improve security and meet Financial Services Authority regulations. Continue Reading
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
SSA Global adds human resources supplier Boniva to expanding stable
Hot on the heels of its purchase of Epiphany, SSA Global Technologies has acquired human resources (HR) management software supplier Boniva Software for an undisclosed sum of money. Continue Reading
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
Where are the visionairies?
The IT industry has not seen innovation like the invention of microchips, PCs or the web for years. Where will tomorrow's big ideas come from? Continue Reading
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
Watchdog delays report into NHS IT programme
Public spending watchdog the National Audit Office has delayed publishing a report on its investigation into the national programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT), one of the world's largest computer-related schemes. Continue Reading
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
West Midlands Police rolls out tracking software to help target uninsured vehicles
West Midlands Police will be the first in the UK to use new powers to seize uninsured vehicles after the implementation of a car tracking application. Continue Reading
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
Microsoft to present plan for Linux compatibility
Microsoft will present its strategy for Linux and Windows compatibility to the open source community at this week's LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco. Continue Reading
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
Housing Corporation orders a review of £17m IT modernisation
The Housing Corporation has ordered an external review of its £17m IT modernisation programme, which is running more than a year behind schedule after facing technical problems and slipping deadlines. Continue Reading
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
EDS to develop offender management system
The Home Office has contracted IT services firm EDS to develop technology to manage the UK's offender population, in a contract worth at least £39m. EDS will supply a National Offender Management Information System, designed to provide a single view... Continue Reading
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August 08, 2005
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Aug'05
Balfour Beatty speeds up site health and safety audits with mobile data system
Balfour Beatty's health and safety auditors are processing up to a third more audits since the construction company rolled out a mobile data management system from O2. Continue Reading
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August 07, 2005
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Aug'05
Hackers launch fresh assault on Windows anti-piracy system
Several websites are publicising another way of bypassing Windows' new anti-piracy system, Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA). Continue Reading
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August 07, 2005
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Aug'05
LSE criticises government response to ID card report
The government has made "substantial material errors and misrepresentation of fact" in its response to a London School of Economics report on ID cards, the college has said. Continue Reading
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August 07, 2005
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Aug'05
IBM releases corporate search tool for range of business documents
IBM has released new software to help companies find and analyse their disparate businesses data by searching text within documents, web pages, problem reports, email and other unstructured content sources. Continue Reading
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August 07, 2005
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Aug'05
Sunbelt researchers uncover data collected by ID theft ring
A variant of browser hijacking tool CoolWebSearch (CWS) is behind an ID theft ring that uses spyware to steal confidential information from business and home PCs around the world, according to researchers at Sunbelt Software. Continue Reading
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August 07, 2005
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Aug'05
Netsuite uses Ajax to grease wheels of business software suite
Mid-market enterprise software supplier Netsuite has released a major update to its suite of products with Netsuite version 10.6. It says the update will significantly speed up application and data access for the end user. Continue Reading
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August 07, 2005
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Aug'05
CardSystems must retain security-breach data, rules court
A US court has ordered payment processor CardSystems and its co-defendants to keep all information and evidence relating to a security breach that put 40 million credit card customers at risk of fraud. Continue Reading
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August 07, 2005
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Aug'05
HP to release Linux version of Virus Throttler antivirus tool
Hewlett-Packard plans to start selling Linux versions of its Virus Throttler security technology and Proliant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack later this week. Continue Reading