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ID-cards scheme will 'drown' in mismatches
News The government was badly advised by its internal scientists in the Home Office when it took the decision to base the biometric system on fingerprints instead of iris patterns," said Daugman. The Home Office rejected allegations that the scheme...
[September 29, 2008, 8:16]
Sun and Oracle take on Exchange
News Oracle and Sun Microsystems on Tuesday launched their latest broadside against Microsoft's hegemony in office software for small and medium-sized businesses, in the form of an Oracle collaboration suite running on relatively low-cost Sun hardware.
[May 20, 2003, 13:51]
Microsoft Enterprise IM to get Web access
News Dubbed Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access, the software aims to help provide customers with an additional option for accessing the software giant's corporate IM system. The company plans to introduce the latest desktop version of Communicator...
[June 22, 2005, 9:05]
Medical Technology Provider Makes Product More Affordable With New Database Solution
White Papers After testing various database systems, GE Healthcare decided to create Centricity Physician Office 2006, in which both EMR and practice management functions rely on the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system and SQL Server 2005, both part...
[February 23, 2007, 0:00]
Microsoft remakes its .NET pitch
News Microsoft showed a sneak peek of a "technical preview" alpha release of its next version of Office for Windows, known to beta testers as Office 10. In a full day of presentations to securities analysts, company executives offered statistics and war...
[July 28, 2000, 11:11]
Adobe locks down documents
News But the Information Rights Management tools built into Office 2003 require organisations be running both Windows Server 2003, Microsoft's latest server operating system, and Windows Rights Management Services security tools.
[February 18, 2004, 9:20]
Fast-track visas: UK contractors hail 'victory'
News The decision by the Home Office to remove IT jobs from the 'skills shortage' list means such abuse of the system will now be outlawed. The scheme was originally brought in by the Home Office to plug a perceived skills gap in the country by making...
[August 30, 2002, 8:51]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday brings six critical updates
News Three critical vulnerabilities also lie in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, which could allow an attacker to completely control a system. Security Bulletin MS08-044 gives details of five critical vulnerabilities in Office filters that could allow...
[August 13, 2008, 12:31]
Office XP: enterprise features review
Reviews With smart installation, Office XP will also upgrade only those elements that are already on the target system, using the language settings present. System administrators who have suffered at the hands of VBA mail attachment viruses will be...
[May 30, 2001, 0:00]
Land Registry dismisses ID-theft danger
News If we receive evidence of a security risk, the Land Registry, in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office, will of course investigate. In 2003 the Home Office set up the Identity Fraud Steering Committee to work with...
[August 15, 2007, 17:07]
Government demands Office competition in schools
News Becta has not yet been able to identify any realistic justification for the early adoption of Office 2007 across the educational ICT estate," it wrote in a report which evaluated both Office 2007 and Vista, Microsoft's latest operating system.
[January 16, 2007, 9:42]
Gibson: Is McKinnon still here?
Blog Comment Misconduct by the US Attorney General's office or the FBI or misconduct performed on behalf of the US Attorney General's office by UK subjects can get the case tossed because the evidence gained from that misconduct is tainted.
[November 3, 2008, 8:44]
Home Office agency buys biometric security
News The Home Office's Security Industry Authority (SIA) has announced a deal with ISL Biometrics to install biometric technology for network access. Biometric authentication systems have been installed to give remote workers and office staff access to...
[April 16, 2004, 8:35]
Software on the cheap review
Reviews In such a case you're unlikely to have the installation CDs and key codes for the expensive products you already own; and since you don't want to have to buy all your applications again, what you want is to assemble a system on a replacement...
[May 29, 2003, 11:32]
Type and travel: Web-based word processors review
Reviews Or if you're curious about Microsoft's next steps, you can test-drive a Web-based, Internet Explorer-only beta version of the entire Microsoft Office 2007 system at office.microsoft.com. Zoho Office beta offers even more tools to make spreadsheets...
[November 28, 2006, 11:01]
Riddle & Wimbish Does More With Less Effort by Using Windows Small Business Server 2003
White Papers By using Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access, staff members can access e-mail remotely, and Remote Web Workplace enables them to access files more quickly and securely whenever they are out of the office.
[October 11, 2006, 0:00]
Taridium Case Study: Pharm-Olam International
White Papers As such, POI has added staff and offices in strategic locations to meet the needs of its clients by placing the researchers geographically close to the study sites - either in a physical office or home office environment.
[May 16, 2009, 1:17]
Blair sets pace for wired administration
News A spokesman at the Cabinet Office told ZDNet that the government was in talks with British Interactive Broadcasting to see what public information could be made available over the system. An Oracle funded pilot with Lewisham Council demonstrated...
[July 9, 1997, 10:55]
That is the question
Talkback Bear in mind that this "link and moral blackmail" trick is not of my doing but the Home Office. Carefully examine Home Office denials, the wording is careful not to deny the above, just that the NIR *itself* won't have this info.
[July 22, 2008, 9:22]
Parallels plugs USB links into virtual desktops
News Virtualisation-software provider Parallels is partnering with Silex Technology, a device-connection specialist, to give customers the ability to link office devices to virtualised networks via USB ports.
[September 4, 2008, 15:47]
