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Events Diary
News 20-21 Intranet Expo '99: Olympia 2, London Bluetooth '99: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London Introduction to Datacommunications, London. E-commerce Forum: Monaco, France e-Business Expo '99, London.
[April 26, 1999, 6:00]
Barclays trials 'wave and pay' debit cards
News Barclaycard, Transport for London (TfL) and Visa have teamed up to put contactless payments and Oyster card functionality together on the capital's plastic. Barclays customers will soon be able to use their cards in the normal chip and PIN manner...
[December 14, 2006, 8:02]
UK cybercrime unit tasked with securing Olympics IT
News The UK's new cybercrime unit has been tasked with protecting the London 2012 Games from hackers and online criminals. The Police Central E-Crime Unit (PCeU) is in talks with Atos Origin and other IT suppliers to the London 2012 Games to secure the...
[January 14, 2009, 10:40]
Coming Soon: Exhibition and Conference dates
News 5: Peapod Seminar, London, 01753-581500 Apple Expo 96, Olympia, London, Emap Computing 0181-390 0203 BASIS Electronic Publishing at Online Information 96, Stand 463/4 Olympia 2, London, Information Dimensions 0171-497 1403
[November 4, 1996, 11:35]
Coming Soon: Exhibition and Conference dates
News Internet World UK Spring Conference, National Hall and Conference Centre, Olympia, London, 01865-388000 Softworld in Sales and Marketing, Wembley, London; Interactive Exhibitions Ltd, Kate Winter 0181-541 5040
[November 11, 1996, 9:26]
Stallman attacks Oyster's 'unethical' use of Linux
News Free-software advocate Richard Stallman has spoken out against the association of open-source software with London's "unethical" Oyster-card system. In an email sent to ZDNet.co.uk on Monday, Stallman criticised the use of open-source software...
[June 9, 2008, 13:13]
Return of Sugar may mean buying for Viglen
News The London-based direct seller said yesterday that Sugar is assuming the post of executive chairman and a source close to the company suggests that will mean heading off on the acquisition trail. Sugar had originally planned to take a back seat at...
[February 12, 1998, 10:30]
Where is the WEEE?
Blog A recent six-month project with recycling consultancy firm London Remade calculated the levels of business-to-business Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) generated in London each year. The final results showed that more than 890,000...
[April 14, 2008, 16:03]
Encryption device offers phone privacy
News Technology that experts believe could eradicate eavesdropping on telephone communications entirely will be unveiled at a London conference on high-tech surveillance Friday. California-based Starium will take the wraps off its much anticipated low...
[September 20, 2000, 10:53]
Computer hardware thefts investigated by police
News Police raided 20 addresses in London Wednesday night, uncovering details of a suspected computer theft ring thought responsible for multi-million pound robberies on major banks across the capital. The dawn raids on London addresses recovered a...
[November 30, 2000, 11:09]
Events diary
News 20 Linux and Open Source Software: Commonwealth Institute, London. European DevWeek '99: Business Design Centre, London. Intranet & Extranet Development : Swallow International Hotel, Earls Court, London
[January 25, 1999, 6:00]
China joins spam talks
News European and Asian policymakers have been meeting in London this week to discuss effective ways for the regions to work together. The DTI's Sahel told silicon.com: "In the past, China has not been present at events such as this for a variety of...
[February 23, 2005, 8:55]
Roaming underground
Blog So London Underground has got around to letting people use mobile phones on the Tube--though of course, it's just a test for now. As a Tube exec pointed out, the bowels of the Underground are one of the few places in London where you can't use a...
[March 15, 2007, 15:14]
Oyster contract in limbo after EDS legal move
News Cubic, a member of the Transys consortium that runs London's Oyster smartcard public transport system, has been legally restrained by EDS, the other major member of the consortium, from taking over the running of the entire Oyster system.
[August 13, 2008, 15:42]
TfL terminates Oyster contract
News Transport for London has terminated its contract with the Transys consortium that provides the Oyster ticketing system for the London Underground, buses and trams. A spokesperson for TfL insisted that the contract has been terminated due to...
[August 8, 2008, 16:53]
Electoral Commission attacks election e-counting
News The Electoral Commission has expressed concerns over the electronic counting of votes in London's recent elections. Among the issues highlighted in a report on the elections for the mayor and the London Assembly are apparent discrepancies between...
[August 4, 2008, 11:32]
NHS designs bug-fighting keyboard
News Researchers at a London teaching hospital have come up with a "clean" keyboard that could help in the fight against hospital bugs, including the one responsible for the deaths of hundreds of patients.
[November 2, 2006, 13:43]
Zingo goes south of expectations
News Zingo, the pioneering taxi-hailing service that uses mobile-phone positioning data to hook up potential passengers with GPS-equipped London taxis, has proved to be less popular than its operators had hoped.
[March 12, 2004, 8:35]
Mobile phones to be tested on Tube
News London Underground has announced that it will launch a trial of subterranean mobile-phone services next year. According to a statement from London Underground (LU), the trial will include platforms at Bank and Waterloo stations, and the tunnels...
[March 15, 2007, 11:58]
Events Diary
News E-commerce Forum: Tower Thistle Hotel, London eBusiness World: Phoenix Civic Plaza, Arizona, US GIS '99: Olympia 2, London. Document and Workflow Management '99: Olympia, London. Linux '99, Olympia, London.
[August 16, 1999, 7:13]
