Ailsa Beaton, CIO at the Metropolitan Police, the top IT job in the police service, is to leave her post in mid-2013 after 12 years in the role. Further reading Analysis: Police forces investigate new ICT strategies Met Police system ...
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The BBC is partnering with University College London(UCL)in a four-year research and development(R&D)programme to investigate the future of digital content. Over the next four years,the partnership between the BBC and UCL will focus on a ...
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The Board of Billabong International Limited(Billabong)announces that it has received notice from Mr.Paul Naude that he intends to stand aside temporarily from his current roles as a Director of Billabong and President of the America s in ...
Computerworld - Email is at the center of the scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus, one of the country's most decorated generals. The incident, which has shined a spotlight on cyber harassment, online privacy and digital ...
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Skype has disabled the account password reset option on its website following reports that the feature can be abused to hijack Skype accounts if the attackers know the email addresses associated with them. Instructions on how to exploit ...
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A 16-year-old security researcher from India plans to present a malware application for Windows Phone 8 at the upcoming MalCon security conference in New Delhi,India,on Nov.24. According to a brief description of the presentation on the ...
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The Philippine Heart Centre, one of the country's most prestigious hospitals, makes history as the first medical institution in Asia - and only the second in the world - to use the Philips HealWell lighting system. This innovation from ...
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The councils of Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire have awarded BT a multi-million pound contract to roll out superfast broadband. The two local authorities formed a partnership when applying for government funding for the project, which ...
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As a light source, LEDs are revolutionary in many ways, offering great promise for energy efficiency, while expanding the possibilities of luminaire and lighting design. Consider form factor, flexibility of configuration, color and ...
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Only 6%of UK citizens think the government has made a clear and compelling argument for the Draft Data Communications Bill,a survey has revealed. In contrast,71%of more than 1,800 adults polled said they do not trust that the data will be ...
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Glass panels that have fallen from the walls of two luxury estates have been diagnosed with "glass cancer", which is caused by an impurity common in tempered glass and which can be prevented only by stringent quality control. Expansion of ...
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The 2011 security breach at Dutch certificate authority(CA)DigiNotar resulted in an extensive compromise and was facilitated in part by shortcomings in the company's network segmentation and firewall configuration,according to Fox-IT,the ...
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The U.S.Department of Labor has filed an action to enforce a subpoena issued to Los Angeles-based apparel retailer Forever 21 seeking documents related to the company's apparel contractors and manufacturers. A recent investigation by the ...
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Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) calls on Bratex management and buyers Fruit of the Loom and Viania to resolve a dispute in the factory, which has been ongoing for more than two years. Sri Lankan supplier Bratex has yet to come to an agreement ...
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Only around 13% of organisations are aware that printers and multi-function devices represent a threat to information security, Xerox has claimed. "Many organisations do not even realise that these devices are connected to the internet," ...
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