June 2010

Cleveland police signs £175m shared services deal

Cleveland Police Authority has become the first customer of Steria's shared services offering that is targeted at UK police forces.  Continue Reading

Could Whitehall reshuffle lead to one massive government back office?

The government has decided to move the responsibility for IT procurement from a department that is in charge of spending money to one that is in charge of making cuts.The Office of Goverment ...  Continue Reading

Treasury loses government IT procurement to Cabinet Office

Responsibility for buying IT in government has moved from the Treasury to the Cabinet Office as the government embarks on its massive cost-cutting strategy. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and the public sector procurement agency, Buying ...  Continue Reading

Niue builds a network

The Pacific nation of Niue is upgrading its national broadband network, but asks would-be suppliers to keep their proposals under two megabytes as the island only has satellite internet access.  Continue Reading

NHS patient records scheme 'not achieving benefits'

A government-commissioned report into a key element of the NHS IT programme is expected to be highly critical of the Summary Care Records project, Computer Weekly has learned.  Continue Reading

Transport for London opens data to app developers

Transport for London has opened up its website to software developers to allow them to build mashups using its transport information.  Continue Reading

AVG launches free security software for Mac OS

AVG has added security software for Apple's Mac operating system to its range of products for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Unix-based FreeBSD.

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Online fraud costs UK businesses £400k each, says report

Online fraud cost UK businesses an average of £400,000 last year, a report reveals. The 2010 edition of the UK Online Fraud Report, commissioned by CyberSource, shows that merchants expect to lose 1.8% of online revenues to payment fraud, but 48% ...  Continue Reading

ICO concerned about ongoing NHS data breaches

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found two more NHS organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act.  Continue Reading

Business Link Northwest set to encrypt all data

Business Link Northwest has rolled out full disc encryption and media encryption systems to secure confidential data on all its office and mobile computers.  Continue Reading

HP snaps up fast-booting Linux OS specialist Phoenix

HP has bought fast boot operating system specialist Phoenix Technologies to boost its mobile device technology offering.  Continue Reading

New retail banks face IT complexity

Market entrants are having to create complex systems to compete for UK retail bank customers. One of the highest-profile new ventures in the sector is Tesco Bank. Its parent posted an upbeat interim management statement today and said ongoing IT ...  Continue Reading

Apple Mac Mini gets an HDMI Upgrade

Forget about the iPhone 4, some new Apple hardware worth getting excited about has been announced today - a brand new Mac Mini. A disclaimer first: I'm a Mac Mini fan through and through. I have an ...  Continue Reading

Twitter wobbly after failed upgrade

The Twitter service continued to be patchy hours after the firm said it would be down last night due to a failed upgrade.  Continue Reading

Wimbledon braces for the sound of a million angry hornets

The difference in atmosphere between the the World Cup in South Africa and the much more sedate annual tennis tournament in Wimbledon couldn't be greater, but that could all be about to change. ...  Continue Reading

AT&T sues Goatse for stealing e-mail addresses

US carrier AT&T plans to prosecute a group known as Goatse Security for stealing more than 100,000 e-mail addresses of Apple iPad users from its corporate servers.  Continue Reading

iPhone 4 triggers record trade-ins

Apple's announcement of the iPhone 4 has triggered a frenzy of trade-ins of older iPhones, according to US reports  Continue Reading