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Minority Report
Talkback : The Home Office on Thursday said that it considered these groups of foreign nationals a potential crime risk. This is just bigotry ! Housemaids, Colonials and Grannies are being demonised, simply because the HO think the general public won't have...
[February 13, 2009, 16:55]
The human factor will always get you
Blog It led me to thinking about how the Tom Cruise film “Minority Report” can also teach us information security professionals a lesson or two In this Steven Speilberg film, set in the future, criminals are caught before the crimes they commit.
[September 11, 2008, 8:10]
Windows 7? No arm in it
Blog Comment I wouldn't blame Microsoft, I'd blame Minority Report. Apparently we all want screens we wave at. The Nintendo Wii is the UI of the future.
[May 28, 2008, 19:17]
AOL may float cable stake
News AOL Time Warner is considering spinning off a minority stake in its cable division to the public, according to a report on Friday. Such a move would also give AOL a way to pay off AT&T for its 25.5 percent stake in Time Warner Entertainment, a...
[April 28, 2002, 7:31]
Next-gen PlayStation to sense user emotions
News Following generations of consoles will include more complex motion recognition, allowing users to control games via eye movements, gestures and complex finger movements, Harrison said, comparing these controls to the motion-sensor interfaces in...
[December 1, 2003, 13:30]
Dot-coms rely on 'dubious' business information
News The perceived dubious quality of some of the business information on the Web does not carry much weight.with the majority of dot-com and mainstream business information seekers still trusting information on the Web, and only a minority double...
[November 6, 2000, 13:38]
CIOs 'out of the loop', survey finds
News Only a small minority of those CIOs interviewed were measured in a manner that reflects the strategic nature of the role, and both its information and technology components. The role of the CIO seems to be a source of divided opinion and...
[December 1, 2008, 12:57]
UK public embrace IT but shun tech hype
News They are a silent, sizeable minority, and their reaction to change is critical to the diffusion of information and communication technology," claims the iSociety report. The British public is still unimpressed by the hype that often surrounds new...
[July 24, 2002, 15:04]
Government attacked over document shredding
News Most spend only a minority of their time on their senior responsible owner duties — for nearly half (45 percent), the role accounts for less than a fifth of their time. The reference to 'shredding' in OGC's gateway guidance refers partly to...
[June 5, 2007, 17:02]
Telecom downturn weighs heavy on Cisco
News Cisco representatives say the reserve is for minority investments, inventory and accounts receivables, a small percentage of which includes customer's inability to pay their bills. As Cisco increases its share in the important service provider...
[December 19, 2000, 11:17]
E-voting 'risks fraud'
News Another researcher on the 10-member review committee said that the report's authors seem to be in the minority for not supporting at least the experimental stage of Internet voting. The report comes as the US Department of Defense prepares to...
[January 22, 2004, 7:15]
ID card costs rise amid security concerns
News Cards will only be checked against biometric details on the National Identity Register (NIR) in a "minority of cases" according to Home Office documents, prompting accusations it has been relegated to a "flash and go" card.
[November 10, 2008, 8:53]
EU sees potential in e-government
News Only a minority of users are experiencing service improvements through e-government, according to a "snapshot" survey issued by the EU. While e-services such as tax returns, online VAT, social security benefits, car registration and birth and...
[January 17, 2005, 14:25]
Fibre access essential says industry group
News The BSG claims it is "likely that a significant minority of users will see no real improvement in their broadband access speeds" despite the rollout of 21CN, and it warns that "if the UK was to lag significantly behind its international...
[April 16, 2007, 13:18]
Europe defends tech taskforce
News The EC also rejected assertions that the ICT Task-Force membership composition "just represents the interests of the economic minority," as claimed by Benjamin Henrion, a Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure activist on Wednesday.
[July 6, 2006, 12:40]
British Web chat doubles
News The figures show us the scale of the problem that we face -- it's a growing interest and not a minority thing," said Nigel Williams, director of Childnet International. A government-backed Internet Crime Forum (ICF) report released on Tuesday found...
[March 23, 2001, 15:15]
AOL France: Woes due to Web hogs
News America Online is blaming recent service problems in France on the "passion" of its online customers -- in particular a minority of subscribers who are hogging the service, making the most of their 99F (roughly £10) per month for "unlimited" access.
[October 30, 2000, 7:22]
Microsoft unveils 'Milan' surface computer
News The Microsoft tabletop PC, called "Surface", for which Microsoft has created both the hardware and software, offers shades of the technology seen in the sci-fi thriller Minority Report. CNET News.com's Greg Sandoval contributed to this report.
[May 30, 2007, 10:52]
Gestural interfaces for futuristic applications need standards
Blog interfaces a la Tom Cruise in Minority Report. With PDC on the rapidly approaching horizon there is already talk of ‘how to prepare for the development road ahead’ - and discussion around ‘Oslo’, Microsoft’s “family” of technologies for data-driven...
[August 26, 2008, 15:29]
Running the numbers on Vista sales
News It's just not doing well," NPD analyst Chris Swenson said of Vista's performance at retail stores, though he added that most people get their operating system on new PCs, with only a minority of customers purchasing boxed copies.
[September 12, 2007, 8:14]
