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Ofcom paving Bill published
News The paving legislation will allow the government to begin merging media and telecommunications regulation into a single watchdog, although Ofcom will not receive its regulatory powers until the Communications Bill is brought into force.
[July 16, 2001, 13:58]
Paving slabs harness energy of pedestrians
News The flexible paving slabs, invented by Laurence Kembal-Cook, absorb the energy created by pedestrians and turn it into electricity that can be used to power lights, computers, automatic doors, tube station ticket machines, shop frontages and train...
[November 3, 2009, 13:32]
Paving the Road to a PC Refresh
White Papers If you've got aging computers with low memory and lagging speed, your end users' productivity is undoubtedly hampered. Of course, enterprise PC refreshes require significant investments beyond an initial outlay for hardware and software.
[October 5, 2005, 16:37]
Paving the Way to High Availability and Cost Savings With Symantec LiveState Recovery
White Papers When Clyde Companies migrated its IT infrastructure from Novell Netware to Windows, it also replaced Computer Associates ARCserve with Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers software to improve the reliability of backups and restore and...
[August 25, 2009, 10:14]
Mobile phones to get Palladium-style chips
News Industry observers said such technology will be important in paving the way for more advanced mobile device applications. ARM, the UK firm whose technology is a de facto standard for mobile phones and handheld computers, has introduced a hardware...
[May 27, 2003, 14:31]
Mobile WiMax standard ratified
News The IEEEE has approved a new specification for WiMax that includes mobility support, thus paving the way for chipmakers and device manufacturers to start working on new products. The standard, called 802.16e, was finalised two months ago, but it...
[December 9, 2005, 12:30]
I completely disagree
Talkback Some years ago a family friend died as a direct result of a fall caused by a loose paving slab. Apart from the risk I already mentioned - and it is a real risk. This is a pernicious form of theft. You are taking effort from people without their...
[November 5, 2009, 18:33]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix - An Acid Test
Blog Comment It stops much of vista triping up over paving slabs (so to speak). Oh my, yes. If you have a computer with only 1gb of ram on board and you apply readyboost under vista then there is a very noticable difference.
[July 3, 2009, 9:38]
Patients should see records online, NHS experts say
Blog Comment This all smells a bit funny I think the government is trying to pull a fast one hear, by doing it this way they are cutting corners instead of investing in a decent system, they could also be paving the way for more private care schemes, the...
[August 27, 2009, 15:07]
Battle Tanks
Downloads Operation "Cobra" was a complete success paving the way for an all out offensive into Belgium. The year is 1944 and it's the height of World War II. It's a cold bitter October morning in a far off dangerous place.
[May 28, 2006, 8:00]
Leveraging the Value of Imaging in Enterprise Mobility Applications
White Papers But key technology advancements in mobile computing - including high-resolution auto focus color cameras, high speed 3G cellular networks, high resolution displays, highly sensitive GPS and more - are paving the way for a new generation of image...
[August 15, 2009, 1:20]
Tripwire and 21 CFR Part 11: Ensuring Integrity and Trustworthiness of Electronic Clinical Data
White Papers Though electronic submissions are currently optional, the FDA is paving the way, with Part 11, for routine and eventually mandatory submission of clinical trial records electronically. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a set of...
[October 6, 2009, 1:22]
Voice Biometrics as a Natural and Cost-Effective Method of Authentication
White Papers The voice biometric technology developed by CellMax Systems is paving the way for voice's inclusion by international standards organizations as a physical biometric parameter. In the past, voice biometrics took a back seat to other physical...
[April 1, 2009, 4:12]
Sata 3.0 paves way for slimmer notebooks
News A new revision of the Serial ATA interface specification has been published, paving the way for thinner and lighter notebooks and netbooks. As speed becomes critical to today's storage, the Sata Revision 3.0 specification doubles the maximum...
[May 28, 2009, 13:11]
Microsoft launches free robotics software
News Microsoft on Wednesday plans to take the wraps off its first commercial operating system for robots, with hopes of paving the way for a broader robotics industry and taking a central role in its development.
[December 13, 2006, 8:10]
IBM: Let Sun into Web services group
News In an about-face, IBM is paving the way for rival Sun Microsystems to join a key Web services standards organisation, hoping to quell political infighting that could put a damper on the emerging technology.
[May 3, 2002, 11:39]
Worm could be clearing path for DDoS attack
News A new worm that leaves behind two Trojan horse programs has begun spreading over the Internet, and may be paving the way for a crippling distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. The virus -- dubbed WORM_DELODER.A -- has made its way into a...
[March 10, 2003, 8:53]
Bigger Toshiba minidrive may boost iPod capacity
News Toshiba said on Wednesday that it plans to release a 60GB version of its 1.8-inch hard drive, potentially paving the way for higher capacity iPods. The 60GB drive, which was discussed at Taiwan's Computex trade show, is due out in late summer or...
[June 3, 2004, 12:50]
ID cards bill back on the table
News The UK government has reintroduced legislation paving the way for its biometric ID cards. Any ID card project would be one of the largest IT projects initiated by the government, with Home Office estimates putting the cost at around £5.5bn, over 10...
[May 25, 2005, 15:25]
ARM to show Android prototype
News ARM plans to demonstrate prototype phones based on ARM processors and Google's Android operating system, possibly paving the way for the chip designer to join Google's Open Handset Alliance. It won't be the first Android prototype to get a public...
[February 8, 2008, 10:19]
