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British Red Cross Keeps Employees and Volunteers Connected With Leading-Edge Intranet
White Papers In 2002, the British Red Cross - part of the network of International Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations - recognized that it was not effectively sharing information with its 1,500 employees. After examining the technical objectives and...
[February 9, 2008, 0:17]
British Gas switches on email billing
News The first British Gas email bills hit customers' inboxes on Wednesday after almost 100,000 people signed up to receive e-bills instead of regular paper bills. British Gas said the move will cut down on paper and postage costs and will also give...
[October 29, 2003, 16:45]
A Year Ago: British charities missing the online buck
News The British Red Cross, in charge of the international rescue operation , currently has no facilities for donations over its Web site, even though it has been inundated with telephone donations. Howard Lake, fundraising-consultant and editor of...
[August 21, 2000, 7:00]
A Year Ago: British businesses advised to avoid Linux
News A British security consultant has drawn fierce criticism from Linux experts after advising companies the open source operating system is not secure enough for commercial use. British Linux developer Jason Clifford attacked Dormer's presentation as...
[November 4, 2000, 6:00]
British Library lends itself to intellectual-property wisdom
Leader In the search for sanity in digital rights management, he suggests that the British Library leads the inquiry and report back to government. The British Library itself is built on the 200-year-old Library of the British Museum, with its principle...
[March 15, 2006, 14:35]
British Library lists rare books on Amazon
News The British Library has opened up its extensive bibliographic records to the Internet, adding millions of records to Amazon.co.uk's books listings. However, a book can only be sold through Amazon's site if a catalogue entry for it already exists...
[November 24, 2003, 17:00]
British businesses advised to avoid Linux
News A British security consultant has drawn fierce criticism from Linux experts after advising companies the open source operating system is not secure enough for commercial use. British Linux developer Jason Clifford attacked Dormer's presentation as...
[November 4, 1999, 15:34]
2003: British business brimming with confidence
News The survey also shows British bosses were top of those thinking their economic situation had improved over the past year. Business leaders in the UK are the most optimistic in Europe, however, out of a cross-section of European captains of industry...
[December 2, 2002, 15:08]
British Library plans to archive whole UK Web
Talkback I think its absolutely appalling that the British Library can ride roughshod over peoples copyright in such a fashion - by basically altering the law to allow them to do what they want with other people's web content.
[June 24, 2004, 16:46]
British Museum puts collection online
News Go to the British Museum website and you may notice a small change. While there is nothing new about a museum trying to supplement its income by selling related merchandise to online visitors, what is different about the British Museum's site is...
[February 15, 2008, 15:37]
British Gas takes on BT in telecoms market
News The UK's dominant gas supplier, British Gas, takes on BT Monday as it offers a cut-price telephone service to compete with the telco. In a bold first step, British Gas claims users will save up to 33 percent on local calls, 50 percent on national...
[September 4, 2000, 10:19]
A Year Ago: British parents see Internet's corrupting influence
News The survey -- conducted on behalf of computer security firm Symantec -- finds that on average half the time British children spend online is without parental supervision. Despite the lack of monitoring, parents claim to be concerned about what...
[June 7, 2001, 6:28]
British Olympic Association Replaces Infrastructure Ahead of London Olympics
White Papers The British Olympic Association (BOA) needed to replace its Novell-centric operating system in the run up to the next Olympics and the London 2012 Olympic Games that follows. The BOA was unable to benefit from modern messaging services with its...
[November 10, 2006, 0:00]
Phantom Menace: British actors - what about the technology?
News The Phantom Menace may feature an almost entirely British cast, but its computer-generated actors and crew are very much all-American. Is the absence of British computer artists a reflection of their ability or is it the same old story of a British...
[July 9, 1999, 16:36]
British publisher sues Amazon.com
News The owner of a small British publishing company has filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com, claiming that the online bookseller caused damage to his business by advertising his books without permission and also incorrectly showing them to be out of...
[December 22, 1999, 10:40]
British Gas trials home-energy management
News UK start-up AlertMe.com on Monday announced an agreement to test a service that will allow British Gas New Energy consumers to control their home-heating systems from the web or a mobile phone. The British Gas trial, which is expected to be...
[July 21, 2009, 11:44]
British Library calls for digital copyright action
News The British Library has called for a "serious updating" of current copyright law to "unambiguously" include digital content, and take technological advances into account. Unless there is a serious updating of copyright law to recognise the changing...
[September 25, 2006, 13:50]
British Gas, Grey Cell deal hikes GSM's profile
News The biggest UK wireless connectivity contract ever has been landed by network connectivity expert Grey Cell Systems which will supply British Gas Service field engineers with 6,000 GSM data cards to connect to the control centre.
[December 4, 1996, 16:27]
British Charities missing the online buck
News The British Red Cross, in charge of the international rescue operation , currently has no facilities for donations over its Web site, even though it has been inundated with telephone donations. Howard Lake, fundraising-consultant and editor of...
[August 20, 1999, 11:30]
British ISPs forced to reveal customers' personal data
News Trade association The British Phonographic Association (BPI) which last week vowed to bring 28 illegal music uploaders to justice, has secured a High Court action to force the internet service providers to come up with the identities of the...
[October 15, 2004, 12:25]
