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HP, Dell scrape a pass in green report card
News Companies such as Dell and HP were praised for improving recycling efforts over the last year but still have an extremely long way to go according to the annual "report card" of vendor environmental behaviour from the Computer Takeback Campaign...
[May 19, 2004, 17:55]
Government ordered to release secret ID card report
News If the DWP does not appeal the decision it will have 30 days to hand the ID card report over to Oaten. The UK's data protection watchdog has ordered the government to release a controversial secret report detailing the costs, benefits and risks of...
[June 9, 2006, 16:05]
US Report: Smart card lets you transfer money from the Net
News The program requires a portable smart card reader that can be attached to the PC. Users log onto a secure Web banking site using their bank ID and password, then insert the card into the reader. They can then transfer funds onto the card from...
[July 30, 1998, 7:28]
IT department report card
White Papers Keeping your IT department running smoothly means staying on top of each critical area of the operation--from change management to virus protection to licensing issues. This tool will help you measure the effectiveness of each aspect of your IT...
[May 18, 2006, 1:00]
The Balanced Scorecard: A Vision Report Card
White Papers As with most companies, the bottom line has always run the business and has been the indicator of a successful or unsuccessful financial period. Although a plausible gauge, this short-term view hides the long-term issues.
[August 10, 2006, 1:00]
ID card critic trashes government report
News Professor Ian Angell, of the information systems department at the London School of Economics, told ZDNet UK that the report issued to Parliament on Monday was a "political document" that dodged the complexity inherent in such a massive IT project.
[October 10, 2006, 16:10]
US Report: New technology to quadruple Flash card capacity
News This allows 40 TCP-packaged 64M-bit components to be fit on a single PCMCIA card, quadrupling the memory densities of Hitachi's Flash cards, officials said. The technology, called slanted packaging mounting, uses thin Tape Carrier Package Flash...
[May 27, 1998, 15:55]
MPs slam UK ID card proposal
News A cross-party group of MPs published a report on Friday that slams the government's ID card scheme for being "poorly thought through" and warns that decisions surrounding the technology to be used have been "made behind closed doors" without...
[July 30, 2004, 13:15]
'Dongle mania' may threaten Wi-Fi hotspots
News The Infonetics Research Mobility: Broadband, Phones, Subscribers and Services report predicts the mobile-data-card market will be worth $2.9bn (£1.5bn) by 2011, after nearly quadrupling in size between 2007 and 2011.
[March 31, 2008, 8:48]
Spam accounts for 70 percent of emails
News Spam in the form of HTML email is still rampant, while PDF, image and e-card spam is on the decline, a new report finds. While PDF, image and e-card spam has gone down in volume, text and HTML-based attacks "are still very much in the wild", the...
[October 8, 2007, 15:58]
Media blamed for consumer online fears
News According to the report, 64 percent of online customers do not trust Web sites with their credit card details. Online customers identify security of credit card information, which is their primary concern, as a privacy issue.
[August 18, 1999, 10:49]
UK online spending up 50 percent
News UK online shopping revenues increased by 50 percent last year and for the first time, more goods and services will be bought using credit card and debit cards than cash, according to a report published by the Association for Payment Clearing...
[July 8, 2004, 13:35]
US Report: Violent video games under fire
News Along with Senator Herbert Kohl, Lieberman unveiled the results of the annual Video and Computer Game Report Card published by the National Institute on Media and the Family (NIMF). The Video Game Report Card is released every year as computer game...
[December 2, 1998, 18:06]
Fear and confusion handicaps UK e-commerce
News The report, which surveyed 2000 individuals, says consumers believe credit card details are not secure online, and are ignorant of their legal rights. Over half of Internet users asked say handing over their credit card details online is risky.
[August 3, 2000, 13:23]
Stark warning as UK faces cybercrime boom
News A government report on serious criminal threats to the UK has warned of the growing danger from international gangs of online and credit card fraudsters. It also warns of bank accounts being taken over by fraudsters tricking call centre workers, a...
[June 9, 2008, 8:49]
UK falling behind European smart card pack
News According to the report, "the traditional prepaid telephone card (token memory card) has been migrating towards third generation phonecards based on the Eurochip, and TG2 (wired logic cards). The market intelligence specialist also predicted France...
[August 12, 1997, 16:11]
Study: More anti-fraud measures needed
News Credit card and debit card fraud could cost online merchants billions of dollars over the next five years unless they implement the technology to detect it, a new report says. The company later said the intruder did not gain access to any of the...
[January 22, 2001, 8:26]
Buy.com wins financial rescue
News Just days after warning that it was in danger of going out of business, Internet retailer Buy.com announced that it had won the financial support needed to renew its credit card processor agreement. All of us at Buy.com are pleased with the renewal...
[August 24, 2001, 9:23]
China reveals massive smart ID card plan
News The new digital ID card, which uses smart ID technology, will be carried by 960 million Chinese citizens. The embedded microchip in the plastic card stores an individual's personal information, which can be read and checked against databases kept...
[August 13, 2003, 16:05]
VeriSign warns of organised gangs behind Net crime
News The report's findings are based on the data generated by the Internet services company's handling of online registrations, domain look-ups, credit card transactions and corporate network security. Attackers can make money by holding online...
[November 17, 2004, 8:40]
