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Scottish gov't plans personal data cull
News The Scottish government has proposed that the state cuts down on the volume of personal information it holds. A spokesperson for the government said the proposals would not lead to any statutory measures, but that there has been wide buy-in from...
[September 3, 2009, 16:29]
Scottish schools get help with StarOffice
News The Scottish Executive has signalled a possible move away from Microsoft Office with the signing on Thursday of a deal that will enable it to manage licences for Sun's StarOffice7 suite of office applications.
[May 6, 2004, 18:35]
Scottish IT skills grant launched
News The Scottish Executive has announced it is to give every Scottish adult £100 towards brushing up their tech skills. The Executive already offers the country's low earners up to £200 each to help them learn new work-related skills.
[August 1, 2005, 12:20]
Scottish minister urges end to ID cards
News The Scottish government has reiterated its opposition to Whitehall's plan for national identity cards. Minister for community safety Fergus Ewing has written to the new UK home secretary Alan Johnson asking for the scheme to be cancelled.
[June 30, 2009, 12:23]
Scottish hoteliers jam mobiles
Talkback I am really surprised to read that Scottish businessmen are actually using new technology. I find this article very hard to believe. Regards, Max.
[September 3, 2003, 17:38]
Scottish Power to launch online bill payments
Talkback How do I get to register for on line bills with scottish power please? rongager@btinternet.com
[May 5, 2004, 15:44]
Scottish Power to launch online bill payments
News Scottish Power is to join with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in an Internet joint venture offering a range of financial, utility and maintenance services in one package. Thus is majority-owned by Scottish Power.
[January 12, 2000, 14:59]
Scottish hackers declare war on Wales
News A group of Scottish hackers who cracked Scotland's official government Web site Wednesday declared war on the people of Wales for stealing 5000 Scottish sheep. The "Hardcore Highland Haxxors" also made a more serious political statement by...
[September 9, 1999, 16:05]
Scottish Executive shuns e-services
News The Scottish Executive is reluctant to provide online services for recording births deaths and marriages, according to its latest consultation paper on e-registration. Scotland's registrar general recognises that registration by telephone, fax or...
[January 10, 2005, 16:55]
Scottish law firm hit by malicious email hoax
News A Scottish law firm is counting the cost of a damaging hoax email that someone has sent to thousands of addresses, purporting to be from a prominent partner at the firm who promises to be a "ruthless bastard" and "screw the opposition" on behalf...
[March 7, 2003, 15:56]
Scottish Ambulance Service loses encrypted 999 disc
News The Scottish Ambulance Service has lost a disc containing the encrypted 999 call details of almost one million people. The Scottish Ambulance Service insisted there was little danger that people's 999 details could be exposed, as the disc had been...
[June 24, 2008, 15:07]
Scottish council pays up for Microsoft licence breach
News A Scottish council has been compelled to pay the British Software Alliance (BSA) an undisclosed sum of money after 470 illegal copies of Microsoft Office 97 were discovered within its offices. It was agreed on 10 January, in an out-of-court...
[January 11, 2002, 17:01]
Scottish gov't forms data privacy group
News The Scottish government has set up a group of privacy and security experts to scrutinise how local government services handle personal data. The group will develop a draft set of guiding principles for Scottish public bodies in an effort to protect...
[September 10, 2008, 14:08]
Scottish Telecom is real Demon suitor
News The company, owned by Scottish Power, already runs Scotland Online, an ISP and content provider with a £10-a-month online service. Neither Demon nor Scottish Telecom would comment at the time of writing.
[April 3, 1998, 16:35]
Scottish cyberbabe takes on the Spice Girls
News She also impressed Scottish secretary John Reid in November 2000. Ananova creator Digital Animations' Glaswegian virtual pop star TMmy will release her video and MP3 single at the end of May. The company hopes lucrative advertising can be attracted...
[March 28, 2001, 14:55]
Project Sunrise Brings a New Dawn for Scottish Life
White Papers Leading UK life assurance and pensions firm Scottish Life relies totally on its policy and pensions administration systems, which were hosted on an ageing UNISYS mainframe platform. It had become one of the largest applications in the world to be...
[July 5, 2006, 0:00]
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) Improves Meterline Service With Avaya Interactive Response and Sabio Voice Self-Service Deployment
White Papers Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) is one of the largest utility providers in the United Kingdom, with operations throughout England, Scotland and Wales. The challenge was to increase number of customers using SSE's Meterline self-service...
[April 28, 2007, 1:00]
Telcos bring broadband to Scottish isles
Talkback This is great news for the Scottish Isles, and I wish them well. However, we live less than 20 miles from Birmingham (the UK’s second biggest City) where there is no prospect of us ever getting broadband.
[October 7, 2003, 12:03]
FBI nets Scottish Web paedophile
News A Scottish university lecturer faces a 15-year jail sentence after an FBI sting operation caught him travelling to America to have sex with a boy he met over the Internet. Dr David Steinheimer, 38, used sexually explicit emails and pornographic...
[March 12, 2001, 11:19]
Rural Scottish broadband gets £3.4m investment
Blog The Commission concluded that the aid is well-targeted to achieve this objective and contains adequate safeguards to ensure that Scottish citizens will enjoy the benefits of a competitive broadband market," sez the press release.
[May 2, 2008, 11:41]
