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Up to 30,000 New Mobile Devices to Be Distributed Could End up as "Costly Paperweights"
Mar 7, 2013Up to 30,000 new mobile devices to be distributed to Metropolitan Police officers could end up as "costly paperweights", an expert panel has claimed. Last week, the London Assembly's Budget and Performance Committee revealed that it would ...
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MPS Needs to Stop Buying The "Shiny Newest Technology"
Mar 6, 2013The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) needs to stop buying the "shiny newest technology" in order to make IT savings in the next few years, an expert panel has claimed. Last week, the London Assembly's Budget and Performance Committee ...
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MPS to Build a Computer System to Analyse Photo and Video Evidence
Dec 31, 2012Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officials are planning to build a computer system to analyse photo and video evidence gathered by members of the public using mobile phones. The project was inspired by systems used by broadcasters to ...
Tags: Metropolitan Police Service, computer system, mobile phone
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The UK PCeU Has Arrested Three People in Connection to Using Ransomware
Dec 24, 2012The UK Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has arrested three people in connection to using ransomware, which security experts say poses a threat to businesses as well as consumers. Ransomware is malicious software that is inadvertently ...
Tags: Ransomware, software, computer, blackmailers
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Beaton to Leave MPS in Mid 2013, Having Worked as Director of Information for 12 Years
Dec 24, 2012Ailsa Beaton, director of information at the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), has stepped down. Beaton is to leave the MPS in mid 2013, having worked as director of information for 12 years. No details are yet available as to ...
Tags: Ailsa Beaton, MPS, director, mobile technologies
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Gary Mckinnon Will Not Face Charges in The UK
Dec 21, 2012British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not face charges here in the UK, the director of public prosecutions has confirmed. McKinnon, who is still wanted for trial in the US, had his extradition halted by home secretary Theresa May ...
Tags: computer hacker, computer, Gary McKinnon, government computers
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GWP Secures a Place in The Ministry of Defence Framework Agreement
Dec 14, 2012GWP Group, a protective packaging firm for defence products, has secured a place in the Ministry of Defence Framework Agreement (FATS/4) for packaging products' technical support. As a result of the inclusion, customers would be able to ...
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This Move Comes as The Met's Director of Information,Is Due to Step Down Next Year
Dec 10, 2012The Metropolitan Police Service's IT director talks to Computer Weekly about the Olympian challenges facing IT transformation at the Met now the London 2012 Games are over. Steve Whatson(pictured),director of ICT for the Olympics and ...
Tags: Metropolitan Police, ICT, Steve Whatson, cloud-based