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Is offshoring to blame for job losses?
Insight The recession has brought on an offshoring backlash. But an industry watcher argues other factors are harming U.K. IT careers even more.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Virtualization, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), SOA, IT System, economist, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, job loss
U.K. hospital aims to cut operating errors with RFID
News A Birmingham hospital is planning to tag patients with RFID chips to improve safety and ensure the correct operations are carried out on the right patients.
Tags: RFID
PGP Security 10 years old, clears some doubts
News PGP Security clears the smoke regarding OpenPGP Alliance membership, development of the CyberCop Monitor IDS product, all while celebrating its 10th birthday.
Bean counters get connected in crunch fight
News Accountants' roles have shifted from providing bookkeeping to providing business counsel as well. The change has led to a requirement to be contactable anywhere by clients, who need up-to-the-minute advice.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Human resources, Mobile, Smart Phone, Survey, accountant, England, job, U.K., auditing
UK police database: 'A major weapon in crime fight'
News A Logica-headed consortium has been awarded the US$113 million contract to deliver the first phase of the Police National Database.
Tags: Databases, Logica, Database, Michael Bichard, Impact Program, consortium, England, Silicon.com, U.K., information management
Report: Some UK govt databases may be illegal
News A quarter of U.K. government databases could contravene European human-rights laws, according to an independent body of experts.
Tags: Data mining & analysis, Databases, Regulations, DNA, Security, Report, Home Secretary, Government Database, European Court, Database
British tax site goes dark after data security breach
News USB thumb drive with passwords turns up in pub parking lot, prompting government site to shut down to protect sensitive data of 12 million English citizens.
Tags: Security, Data security, Privacy, Atos, USB flash drive, Password, Tax Site, credit card information, payment, England
CERN's big collider now in action
News The first particle beam successfully traverses the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest machine. Still to come: creating mini black holes.
Tags: Networking technology, CERN, Video, grid computing, image search, England, University of Cambridge, photograph, career, U.K.
Google plays geotag with Gmail
News Google Mail users can now let their recipients know where they are when they send e-mail messages.
Tags: E-mail servers, E-mail clients, Google Inc., Access Point, Dell Latitude, Open Source, Wi-Fi access point, public IP address, Web browser plug-in, e-mail
Oracle buys maker of 3D retail software
News The company said it will acquire Advanced Visual Technology, which makes space planning software for retailers.
Tags: Business applications, Acquisitions, Applied Voice & Speech Technology, Sales, 3D, software, allocation, England, retail company, monitoring
Air-traffic-control glitch hits London
News An unspecified computer problem is causing major disruptions to air traffic in the south east of England, with flights delayed or canceled at Gatwick, Heathrow and other airports.
Tags: Flight, Spokesperson, Matt Loney, aircraft, London, Hardware, software, England, Computer Problem, Brussels
IBM to buy Transitive
News The company, whose technology allows code to run on a different OS or architecture than originally intended, is best known for powering Apple's Rosetta.
Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, Linux, Acquisitions, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Intel Corp., Intel Itanium, Manchester, processor
Why Obama can't ignore education tech
News Not only is it a proven way to generate significant economic benefits, the cost would be only a few drops in the bucket of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's stimulus plan.
Tags: Web sites, Personal broadband, Technology, Investment, Workforce, Tool, Education, Broadband, Britain, Internet Connection
Logica wins US$289m long-term contract
News Crown Prosecution Service chooses Logica to build and run a computerised system that will manage criminal cases in England and Wales.
U.K. Web traffic drops as England triumph
News Internet traffic lost out as Britons turned to their televisions to watch England's progress in the World Cup.
