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RIM helps police inquiries into London riots

...anyone who incites violence, whether verbal, on a placard, or via Twitter. – Metropolitan Police Three officers were hit by a car when trying to make... Read more

8 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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

...a detective sergeant and two detective constables — and will work alongside the Metropolitan Police e-crime Unit (PCeU), which was established in October 2008 as... Read more

9 February, 2012 by Sade Laja

Metropolitan police leak victims' email addresses

...The Metropolitan Police Service has apologised to more than a thousand victims of crime... Read more

3 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Police and BT target cable thieves

...The Metropolitan Police has launched a unit to tackle copper cable theft following a... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

PCeU to be rolled into National Crime Agency

...The Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit will be rolled into the National Crime... Read more

15 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Report: Met Police uses fake network to intercept calls

...The Metropolitan Police force is using covert surveillance technology that can shut off mobile... Read more

1 November, 2011 by Marguerite Reardon

Police: We're not watching you on social media

...The Metropolitan Police are not keeping track of activity on social media as much... Read more

7 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

Hartlepool student charged over Anonymous attacks

...has been charged with conspiracy under the Criminal Law Act 1977, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement on Thursday. Gibson was arrested in Cleveland... Read more

25 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Police say Twitter and BBM gave riot 'intelligence'

...using social media if they are plotting violence or crime. However, the Metropolitan Police's acting deputy commissioner Tim Godwin told the Home Affairs Committee... Read more

17 August, 2011 by Jo Best

Essex teenager arrested for hacking and DDoS

...A 19-year-old man has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit following an investigation into network intrusions and... Read more

21 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Metropolitan Police trials GeoTime tracking software

...Privacy campaigners have expressed concern over tracking software being trialled by the Metropolitan Police that collates suspects' digital moves. The Met is trialling software called... Read more

12 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

Anonymous DDoS swoop results in five arrests

...that has targeted corporate sites for attack in defence of Wikileaks. The Metropolitan Police have arrested five young men in connection with DDoS attacks launched... Read more

27 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

London services aim to save £450m

...Authority (GLA) itself, the other organisations covered by the review are the Metropolitan Police, the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, Transport for London (TfL... Read more

12 January, 2011 by Kable

LulzSec suspect Cleary sent back to jail

...While not a core member of LulzSec, Cleary was arrested by the Metropolitan Police mid-last year and released on bail after being charged with... Read more

2 April, 2012 by Michael Lee

Dawn raids net 14 suspects in £1m phishing theft

...West Midlands. More arrests may follow in the coming days, according to Metropolitan Police Central eCrime Unit (PCeU) head Charlie McMurdie. "These were dawn raids... Read more

15 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

2 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

7 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

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

10 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

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....

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@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...

15 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

15 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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