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IT legislation and regulation
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July 21, 2005
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Jul'05
Sarbox draining corporate security budgets
Corporate investment to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley data security legislation has come at the expense of dealing with other security threats, according to the Information Security Forum (ISF).
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July 12, 2005
12
Jul'05
Sarbox challenge drains security budgets
International corporate spending on compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley data security legislation has come at the expense of dealing with other security threats, according to the Information Security Forum.
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June 05, 2005
05
Jun'05
Compliance shouldn't be a primary security driver
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April 19, 2005
19
Apr'05
LogicaCMG on Met payroll
The Metropolitan Police Authority has selected LogicaCMG to provide a £31m fully-managed payroll and pension administration...
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April 14, 2005
14
Apr'05
Spike ** LogicaCMG to manage Met payroll
The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has selected LogicaCMG to provide a £31m fully-managed payroll and pension administration...
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April 12, 2005
12
Apr'05
Met Police gets LogicaCMG on payroll
The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has selected LogicaCMG to provide a £31m fully-managed payroll and pension administration...
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March 14, 2005
14
Mar'05
HIPAA causes data security problems for small businesses
If your local dentist isn't complying with HIPAA's security rules, he's not alone. Experts say most doctors' offices aren't getting it.
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March 14, 2005
14
Mar'05
HIPAA security rules apply to firms with healthcare plans
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June 01, 2004
01
Jun'04
Report finds computer system likely culprit in Chinook crash
A former air commodore - one of the highest ranks in the RAF - has questioned the airworthiness of the Chinook Mk2 helicopter...
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June 01, 2004
01
Jun'04
Chinook 10 years on
This week sees the 10th anniversary of the Chinook ZD576's crash, as former top military officers cast doubt on the finding that...
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May 28, 2004
28
May'04
Ex-RAF chief says no to blame on Chinook
A former RAF air commodore has questioned the integrity of systems and the airworthiness of the type of Chinook helicopter which...
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March 17, 2004
17
Mar'04
Best practices for enabling and maintaining compliance
As part of our Storage Decisions conference preview series, Shaun Mahoney, senior storage engineer for Citigroup, Randy Wilson, assistant vice president of IT at Essex Investment Management Company and Enterprise Storage Group's Peter Gerr discussed...
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November 11, 2003
11
Nov'03
MPs slam Libra as one of UK's worst PFI deals ever
Costs more than double and Whitehall shoulders risk on magistrates IT.
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July 28, 2003
28
Jul'03
Court blocks former ICL solicitor's Pathway claim
Fujitsu has won a court ruling to stop a former solicitor for the company pursuing allegations about the government's disastrous...
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February 05, 2003
05
Feb'03
NHS £5bn IT procurement finally begins
The Department of Health (DoH) has launched the formal procurement process for its £5bn restructuring of NHS IT.
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June 20, 2002
20
Jun'02
MoD's Chinook tactics spark a constitutional row
Chinook: The MoD's actions over the crash of Chinook ZD576 could have legal ramifications
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March 20, 2002
20
Mar'02
MPs from all parties unite in fight to clear Chinook pilots
This week the Tories led an unprecedented all-party move to get the Government to clear the names of the pilots blamed for the...
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January 31, 2002
31
Jan'02
Lords prepare to release Chinook verdict report
The House of Lords will publish a report next Tuesday on whether pilot negligence or a possible technical malfunction was the...
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November 08, 2001
08
Nov'01
RAF Chinook pilots could be vindicated
Details of an RAF Board of Inquiry report into the crash of a Chinook helicopter on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 were revealed for...
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October 25, 2001
25
Oct'01
Chinook pilots feared onboard software
RAF pilots refused to fly the Chinook Mk2 helicopter for even short journeys before the fatal Mull of Kintyre crash due to...
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September 27, 2001
27
Sep'01
Chinook hearing begins
A new inquiry into the crash of a Chinook helicopter on the Mull of Kintyre in June 1994 is due to begin this week in the House...
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September 21, 2001
21
Sep'01
Now Via sues Intel to block sales of Pentium 4
Via Technologies is seeking to stop sales of the Pentium 4 family of microprocessors through a lawsuit filed on 10 September...
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September 10, 2001
10
Sep'01
Via ups the Intel ante
Via Technologies has hit back in its war with Intel by issuing the chip giant with lawsuits relating to patent infringement, fair...
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September 10, 2001
10
Sep'01
Intel sues Via over P4 chipsets
In a move that has been anticipated for months, Intel has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Via Technologies in the US....
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August 23, 2001
23
Aug'01
Rambus faces second fraud case
A lawsuit has been filed against Rambus in the US, less than four months after the company was found guilty of fraud and fined...
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August 13, 2001
13
Aug'01
Rambus cleared of standards-setting charge
A US district court has set aside a jury verdict against Rambus, clearing the memory chip designer of allegations that it set...
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May 03, 2001
03
May'01
Lords vote to undertake limited Chinook enquiry
The House of Lords, in an historic step, has voted to hold an independent inquiry into the RAF's verdict of gross negligence...
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May 01, 2001
01
May'01
Lords call for Chinook crash inquiry
Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher was one of 132 peers who voted for a new inquiry over the fatal crash of Chinook ZD576 on...
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March 22, 2001
22
Mar'01
Fraud Squad investigates Hackney benefit systems
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March 11, 2001
11
Mar'01
Government's Gateway guidelines delay NHS IT contract
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March 07, 2001
07
Mar'01
Digital scent idea granted patent
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December 04, 2000
04
Dec'00
Sema troubles deepen
IT services company Sema yesterday postponed an analysts briefing into its disastrous performance and ordered an internal inquiry into share dealing by a... -
November 30, 2000
30
Nov'00
Mull of Kintyre MPs call on Blair to end Chinook deadlock
Mull of Kintyre Group of MPs calls on the prime minister to clear the pilots of blame for the 1994 Chinook crash
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November 29, 2000
29
Nov'00
Chinook tragedy demands reform
The Public Accounts Committee report into the Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash vindicates Computer Weekly's three-year campaign for justice. It... -
November 29, 2000
29
Nov'00
MPs boost Chinook fight
At first glance, today's report by MPs of the PublicAccounts Committee (PAC) tells the story of flawed engine control software on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter
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November 22, 2000
22
Nov'00
Caught red handed by latest police IT
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November 15, 2000
15
Nov'00
Did MoD deceive RAF inquiry?
New information shows that the Ministry of Defence withheld information from an air chief marshal about software flaws that could...
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November 01, 2000
01
Nov'00
Blair criticised for failure to meet Chinook campaigners
Tony CollinsThe prime minister was criticised in the House of Commons this week for not meeting a delegation of senior MPs and peers over the...
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October 25, 2000
25
Oct'00
MPs fight on for independent Chinook inquiry
As peers and MPs rally to the cause for a new independent inquiry, former defence minister Malcolm Rifkind is among those to criticise the reasons for the... -
July 19, 2000
19
Jul'00
Blair steps into Chinook battle
Tony CollinsThe Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will personally look into the circumstances of the crash of a Chinook helicopter on the Mull of...
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June 28, 2000
28
Jun'00
Bell champions 'mass of new evidence' on Chinook crash
Tony CollinsIndependent MP Martin Bell has told the House of Commons that a mass of new evidence has emerged over the possible causes of...
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June 21, 2000
21
Jun'00
Air chief marshall attacks Chinook evidence
Tony CollinsAir Chief Marshal Sir William Wratten has criticised evidence suggesting that the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash could have...
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June 14, 2000
14
Jun'00
Scotland backs Chinook crash report
The Scottish Executive has found that Computer Weekly uncovered new evidence over the reliability of the Fadec (Full Authority Digital Engine Control)...