Regulation

NASA To Offer Innovation Advice To NHS

Space experts will join speakers including dot-com innovator Martha Lane Fox at an upcoming health service conference

15 years ago

US To Fingerprint Visitors On Departure And Arrival

Non-US citizens will now have to give digital fingerprints on exit as well as entry

15 years ago

Obama Declares IT A Strategic Asset

In a speech today, U.S. President Barack Obama pledged to treat the country's digital infrastructure as a strategic asset and…

15 years ago

Netbooks Are Not a Business Solution

Machines that are underpowered and hamper your employees' productivity are not going to catch on anytime soon.

15 years ago

Microsoft Allies Rally Against EU

An industry body partly funded by Microsoft has come to its defence

15 years ago

US Department Loses 20 Percent Of Computers

The report also finds that many PCs are not encrypted, and the disposal process for computers is not uniform

15 years ago

Server Virtualisation – Some Real Cost Savings

Server virtualisation promises to save space, costs and energy, but two UK local authorities have discovered there's more to achieving…

15 years ago

Ofcom Proposes To Lend Radio Spectrum For Olympics

the Ministry of Defence will have to hand over to the make way for the press pack for the duration

15 years ago

NEC EA261WM: A Display With Green Ambitions

Including a carbon meter and a lower power eco-mode  could help raise awareness of power usage in the office

15 years ago

Romania Issues €100 Million To Microsoft Without Bids

Contracts are drafted to exclude any alternatives and hand the money over to Redmond, say local activists

15 years ago

IBM Offers Government Stimulus Kit On Credit

Why wait for government cash for green projects when you get the technology right now and pay later, says IBM

15 years ago

IT Consultant Extends Green Olympics Contract

Atos Origin has made much of its commitment to provide sustainable IT for the Olympics - a contract it will…

15 years ago

NHS Takes Action Over Data Security

The information commissioner has criticised the NHS over its data protection efforts while some patients could choose to delete electronic…

15 years ago

Blades, Storage Arrays To Get Efficiency Rating

Now that the first-tier specification for energy-efficient enterprise servers is completed, the US EPA is turning its focus to larger…

15 years ago

Emulex Boss Rebuffs Broadcom Offer

Emulex president and chief executive Jim McCluney in a letter to stockholders calls Broadcom's offer inadequate

15 years ago

In The Euro Election, Vote For Free Software!

The open source movement wants to see government contracts open to proper competitive tendering. Let's see how that issue plays…

15 years ago

Carbon Reporting Model To Meet Future UK Laws

With the UK government about to impose mandatory carbon accounting, PwC has produced a reporting model which it says will…

15 years ago

Scotland Gets Europe’s Largest Wind Farm, and Smart Power Training

Engineers will take smart grids across Scotland thanks to a government backed Energy Academy

15 years ago

NHS Trust Leads Way With E-Patient Records Project

While the  £12.7 billion NHS upgrade scheme has yet to deliver,  one NHS Trust has gone ahead with its own…

15 years ago

US Airforce Denies GPS Failure Reports

A US government report predicted that as old satellites begin to fail over the next few years, GPS coverage could…

15 years ago

Free Software To Become A Euro Election Issue

Free software pact gives supporters something better to vote on than disgust over MP's expenses

16 years ago

Red Hat Sues Switzerland Over Microsoft Monopoly

£8 million a year to Microsoft, with no public bidding. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, say open…

16 years ago

Local Government Sets Green Computing Example

Local government is stealing a march on central government in its use of virtualisation to harness cost savings and power…

16 years ago

Microsoft Turns Down EC Antitrust Meeting

Microsoft has declined the European Commission's offer to hold a hearing on antitrust matters concerning its browser bundling

16 years ago

UK Government To Force IT Training At Suppliers

If you want government money, you'll have to show your IT  training plan, says skills secretary John Denham

16 years ago

Young People See Good Prospects In IT

IT is beginning to be accepted as a "career of choice" with good prospects by young people but the older…

16 years ago

Fault Tolerance (Re)Discovered

Fault tolerant virtualisation technologies can be hardware or software based but they don't necessarily offer the same level of protection…

16 years ago

UK Snubs Support For Home of WWII Enigma

Government refuses to upgrade wartime code-breaking site Bletchley Park - which had a visit from actor and techno-phile Stephen Fry

16 years ago

EC Quizzes Google Over Street View Privacy

The European Commission has been debating the effectiveness of the protection of personal data in services such as Google Street…

16 years ago