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5 March, 2011 by Staff

MPs: Met Office needs more powerful supercomputer

...MPs are calling for the Met Office to get a dramatically more powerful supercomputer, so it can offer... Read more

21 February, 2012 by Jack Clark

Met Police eyes facial-recognition tech

...rebuild relationships with the public, according to the new commissioner of the Met. Bernard Hogan-Howe said that proven technology could be used to stop... Read more

29 September, 2011 by Staff

Met Office, Land Registry join BIS

...step towards the establishment of a Public Data Corporation. Ordnance Survey, the Met Office and Land Registry all became the responsibility of BIS on Monday... Read more

19 July, 2011 by Mark Say

Metropolitan Police trials GeoTime tracking software

...being trialled by the Metropolitan Police that collates suspects' digital moves. The Met is trialling software called GeoTime that collates suspects' digital actions. Photo credit... Read more

12 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

Met police requests to TfL for passenger data hit 22,000

...requests this year so far.TfL could not provide a breakdown of Met requests for Oyster card data alone. However, a Met spokesman said the... Read more

10 February, 2012 by Sade Laja

Report: Met Police uses fake network to intercept calls

...a newspaper report. The Guardian article, published on Sunday, says that the Met Police bought the technology, which acts like a fake mobile phone tower... Read more

1 November, 2011 by Marguerite Reardon

Met Office gets NOAA space weather upgrade

...The Met Office will get better warnings of potentially disruptive solar activity thanks to... Read more

21 October, 2011 by Jack Clark

Teenager arrested over Anonymous and LulzSec attacks

...and LulzSec activists. A teenager in London has been arrested by the Met Police in connection with cyberattacks carried out by Anonymous and LulzSec. Image... Read more

20 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

FBI call hacked by suspected Anonymous activists

...by the FBI as authentic. It lists addresses for officers from the Met's Police Central eCrime Unit (PCeU), the FBI, the Irish Garda and... Read more

3 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Police and BT target cable thieves

...earthing strips recovered by police during Operation Ferrous in December. Photo credit: Met Police The Waste and Metal Theft Task Force, announced by the Metropolitan... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Police unit claims £140m success in e-crime crackdown

...six months by targeting online criminals, according to newly released figures. The Met's Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), is an 85-strong team... Read more

5 October, 2011 by Steve Ranger

Police say Twitter and BBM gave riot 'intelligence'

...Tim Godwin told the Home Affairs Committee on Tuesday that while the Met did mull over getting social networks temporarily closed down during the riots... Read more

17 August, 2011 by Jo Best

Digital services research gets £7m boost

...partners including BBC Research & Development, BT and the University of Strathclyde. The Met Office- and IBM-led Open Platform initiative has received money to help... Read more

22 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Police set to launch three £30m e-crime hubs

The regional hubs in Yorkshire, the Humber, and the north-west and east Midlands will work alongside the Metropolitan Police's e-crime unit on investigations into cybercrime Read more

9 February, 2012 by Sade Laja

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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