Manchester Police Boss Sacked For Downloading Porn
News John Williamson, 35, was dismissed from his job as deputy director of press and public affairs with Greater Manchester Police, after 7,000 pornographic images were found saved on the hard drive of his work computer in the force's headquarters.
[March 8, 2001, 14:02]
Open Source Projects 'need More Customer Focus'
News Alan Williamson, an open source evangelist at IT services company SpikeSource, said that one reason open source projects fail is that some developers do not think about the features that customers will need.
[June 2, 2005, 12:40]
UK Lab Researches Worm-throttling
News Matt Williamson, the researcher spearheading the research, has released a paper on "virus throttling". No human interaction with a computer could cause such a high connection rate, so Williamson and his team are working out how to best choke off...
[December 11, 2002, 11:04]
Photos: Mobile WiMax In Action
News Pictured here alongside Nortel's director of wireless for Europe, Gerry Collins (left), is Sasha Williamson, the founder and chief executive of Urban Wimax. According to Urban Wimax's Sasha Williamson, mobile WiMax and 3G will be able to co-exist...
[July 30, 2007, 18:35]
HP Camera Simplifies Emailing Photos
News The email process eliminates having to deal with attachments, which can frustrate some customers, said Holly Williamson, HP's program manager for Instant Share. There's been a lot of attention on making it easier to send photos," Williamson said.
[May 2, 2002, 9:22]
Survey: Tech Execs Retrenching
News Beyond cost cutting, there is no generally accepted strategy for how to succeed in the current environment," said Billie Williamson, the head of Ernst & Young's division that caters to technology companies.
[December 5, 2002, 13:43]
Security Experts Give Charities A Hand
News Several ISSA members have already pledged their support to the scheme, including ex-president of ISSA John Austin, who started Scotland Yard's Computer Crime Unit; Fred Piper, who runs the masters programme at Royal Holloway, University of London...
[September 22, 2004, 17:50]
Nurses First To Use Intel Tablet PC
News This low-tech approach can lead to transcription errors by fatigued nurses and potentially serious medical problems for patients, said Ann Williamson, nursing director at UCSF. This also allows nurses to spend more time with patients, because they...
[February 21, 2007, 15:08]
Scottish Law Firm Hit By Malicious Email Hoax
News Scott Williamson, Blackadder partner with responsibility for IT, told silicon.com: "This is clearly an attempt to discredit our reputation. Williamson said he doubts the culprit will be caught and added: "What's scary is how this was so easy to do.
[March 7, 2003, 15:56]
Sun Vs MS: Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
News C# is all you really need," said Rick Williamson, chief executive of FarPoint Technologies, a Windows component developer based in Morrisville, North Carolina. Williamson went so far as to say that he considers C# to be the most stable part of...
[December 11, 2000, 12:51]
Rescue Robots Help Showcase Aussie Innovation
News Darrell Williamson, the chief executive officer of Smart Internet, claims immersive audio communication delivers enhancements not only to network game players but possibly to other applications where a large number of users in a distributed...
[October 7, 2004, 10:35]
Westminster Businesses Get WiMax Broadband
News We forecast that we'll be up to 50 percent cheaper than the comparable fixed-lined service," Sasha Williamson, chief executive of That shouldn't be too hard for the telecoms industry to achieve today," said Williamson.
[March 21, 2006, 13:55]
Skype To Offer Free Texts
News Messenger and MSN Messenger only allow the sending of SMS, according to Marcus Williamson, managing director of Connectotel, which is providing Skype with the SMS service. A free feature that lets users send short text messages to mobile phones...
[February 25, 2005, 16:05]
Nationwide Fined £1m Over Laptop Theft
News We have extensive security procedures in place, but in this isolated incident our systems of control were found wanting," said Nationwide's chief executive, Philip Williamson, in a statement. UK building society Nationwide has been fined almost £1m...
[February 14, 2007, 12:28]
Photos: Intel Aids Medics With Tablet PC
News UCSF nursing director Ann Williamson shows off the COW (computer on wheels), the current method for digitally recording patient data. Intel chief executive Paul Otellini addresses reporters at a San Francisco launch event on Tuesday for Motion...
[February 21, 2007, 15:28]
MPs Start Review Of Computer Misuse Act
News David Williamson, UK head of operations at security services firm Ubizen, agreed that the CMA needs to be combined with other laws, but he also wants users to be better educated: "If you combine technology with legislation and education, then you...
[April 29, 2004, 14:35]
