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Number of 85-Year-Olds in the UK Will Increase by a Third by 2020 : The researchers say that while "the oldest old" (individuals aged 80 or 85 years and over) are the fastest growing sector of the world's population, detailed data about the health ...
24 Dec 2009 15:33

17 Dec 2009 15:05

UK consumers enjoy 'advanced' digital communications : The UK is one of the world's most advanced countries in terms of digital communications, an Ofcom report says. The telecoms regulator said people in the UK watched more TV and sent more texts than people in many other countries, but had slower broadband. ...

UK IT market to stage 2010 recovery : The UK IT market is set to stage a recovery in 2010 with the outsourcing sector leading the way. Skip related content According to the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO), the overall UK IT, telecoms and consumer electronics sector will inch up 0.5 per cent next year to 135.7bn (£122bn) after falling 2.4 per cent ...
10 Dec 2009 15:13

16 Nov 2009 15:01

UK Windows 7 sales lag behind Europe : Early sales of Windows 7 in the UK have been significantly slower than on the continent, distribution data from Context reveals. Skip related content The news came as Gartner figures revealed the UK is now the only top-three European economy whose PC market has yet to return to growth. ...

Antipsychotic Drugs for Dementia To Be Curbed in U.K. : British patients with dementia too often get dangerous antipsychotic drugs, causing as many as 1,800 deaths and 1,620 strokes a year, a report commissioned by the U.K. Department of Health found. ...
12 Nov 2009 15:39

Britain uses genetic tests for asylum-seekers, drawing heat from scientists, rights groups : LONDON - Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from ...
05 Nov 2009 15:11

22 Oct 2009 15:26

Over half of UK firms to move to Windows 7 within a year, says survey : New research from Forrester suggests over half of UK businesses plan to move to Windows 7 over the next 12 months. Skip related content The survey, Enterprise And SMB Hardware Survey, North America and Europe, Q3 2009, polled 655 decision makers from North America and Europe about their Windows 7 adoption strategy. ...

Miniscule crystals could be used to store data : Boffins have achieved a computing breakthrough that could allow one terabyte of data to be stored in the space taken up by a sugar cube. The development has come about through research at the University of Edinburgh whose scientists have used low-energy lasering to form gel-based salt crystals that could pave the way for small optical ...
21 Oct 2009 15:39

UK ready and willing for biometric fingerprinting : The increasing threat of ID theft has persuaded worried Brits that biometric technology such as fingerprint and iris recognition is the way forward. More than half (56 per cent) of Britons are now willing to give their biometric data to retailers and financial institutions to prove their identity, according to new research from Unisys. ...
21 Oct 2009 08:29

19 Oct 2009 14:10

U.S., Britain say global climate deal possible : LONDON (Reuters) – The world can still agree a deal in December to curb greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for a warmer world, co-chairs of a meeting of major polluters in London -- Britain and the ...

EC urges UK and Europe to do more about spam : The European Commission has urged EU countries to do more to tackle spam and secure online privacy. The EC recognised countries like the UK had made efforts to fight the war against spam, but claimed that there was a need for clearer enforcement rules, better international cooperation and new ...
16 Oct 2009 10:59

UK needs to be more open to open source : During a discussion in Whitehall, industry experts concluded that the government needs to embrace open source more. The UK is laging behind Europe and the US when it comes to the adoption of open source in government. ...
02 Oct 2009 10:19

Conficker remains trouble as infections go unreported : The Conficker Working Group is now working with the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit, but even that's not enough staff to tackle the problem. The Conficker incidents publicised in Britain are just the “tip of the iceberg”, according to the head of the Conficker Working Group. ...
19 Sep 2009 10:20

Universities receive £6 million boost to nanoplasmonic research : Machines that make use of light to handle large amounts of data could soon be commonplace thanks to a multi-million pound funding boost for Imperial College London and Queen’s University in Belfast. ...
06 Sep 2009 19:30

£1 million cost for council after Conficker infection : A shutdown of Ealing Council’s network was likely to have been the work of an infected memory stick - and forces a network-wide OS upgrade - to Windows XP. A user on Ealing Council’s computer network may end up costing it around £1 million after introducing the Conficker virus through a USB port. ...
06 Sep 2009 10:39

Social scientists needed for tech roles of the future : Social scientists will be required in the future to fill new technology jobs, according to a report released today by analyst firm Gartner. The increase in technology adoption in both the home and workplace will create the need for people to help others move into this space and understand how to use it to their advantage. The Gartner ...
29 Aug 2009 19:29

Met Office supercomputer tops polluting list : The Met Office’s celebrated supercomputer, which has a major function of predicting climate change, has been identified as one of the worst culprits for pollution in the UK. The £30 million IBM machine produces 12,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year. ...
29 Aug 2009 08:22

Camden encrypts all of its laptops : The London Borough of Camden has encrypted its 1,400 laptops to protect them against the threat of possible theft and subsequent data losses. Another reason for the project - which started in January 2008 - was to prepare for Government Connect Secure Extranet (GCSX), a private Wide-Area Network (WAN) for secure interaction between local authorities and ...
22 Aug 2009 15:20

New Digital Britain minister to replace Carter : Current Treasury minister Stephen Timms will become communications minister in order to keep the Digital Britain proposals on track, according to a report. The Guardian said that Timms, financial secretary to the Treasury and MP for East Ham, would work across the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), as well as the Treasury. ...
05 Aug 2009 17:29

University of Southampton unveils £3 million supercomputer : The University of Southampton has spent £3 million on what is believed to be one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers in a bid to beef up its ability to handle complex computations ...
05 Aug 2009 09:20

Government given Twitter guide : The government looks set to ramp up its Twitter use thanks to a ‘dummies’ guide that lays out how to get the most out of the micro-blogging site. How to use hashtags and shorten links, in addition to what Twitter actually is, are just a few of the gems on offer in the guide, created by Neil Williams, head of corporate digital channels at the Department for ...
28 Jul 2009 13:29

Green intentions must become fact, not fiction : Plans need to be turned into practice when it comes to green IT, according to a senior HP executive. There are many drivers of green IT, but talking is no longer enough, claimed Ian Brooks, head of HP’s innovation and sustainable computing division, in an interview with IT PRO yesterday. ...
28 Jul 2009 09:59

Government loses £24 million by scrapping IT project : The government has written off a £24.4 million IT project after contractor delays – but refuses to name the trouble-causing supplier. Cabinet Office Minister Tessa Jowell told parliament that the second phase of the SCOPE programme was cancelled in July 2008. SCOPE was designed to tie together 10 Government departments and ...
21 Jul 2009 12:19

British internet users watched 4.7 billion web videos in April alone : UK web users watched 4.7 billion clips and videos in the month of April alone, according to a report from ComScore. According to ComScore's latest study, the total number of videos viewed in the UK in April 2009 has grown by 47 per cent against the same time last year. ...
07 Jul 2009 16:49

07 Jul 2009 11:20

RIM Doubles Applications to 2,000, Taking on Apple (Update3) : Research In Motion Ltd. doubled the programs available online for its BlackBerry phones and will open its Web store to more customers abroad, striving to lure users away from rival models ...

Agito bring deskphone qualities to Blackberry : Agito is releasing an enterprise level router to cut mobile phone costs and provide added functionality for BlackBerry users. Agito today unveiled the RoamAnywhere router, which lets business BlackBerry users control their smartphones like a desk phone. ...
22 Jun 2009 12:19

Government looks to publish all its data : The Cabinet Office has asked for advice on how to set up a website to make it easier for the public to find and view Government data. The UK Government may be bringing all its published data together onto one site, following in the footsteps of the US. ...
08 Jun 2009 12:19

UK businesses wasting £300m powering idle PCs : A new report published today claims that British businesses are wasting £300m a year powering idle computers. However, the survey of more than 6,000 UK, German and US adults, most of whom use PCs to do their jobs, found that the UK actually emerged ahead in terms of environmentally friendly PC power management. ...
26 Mar 2009 12:19

EDS to manage Aviva data centers in England : British insurance giant Aviva and Hewlett Packard announced on Monday the signing of a one-billion-dollar (700 million pound) agreement for HP company EDS to manage two data centers in England. ...
03 Mar 2009 09:40

26 Dec 2008 10:49

Rainforest fungus makes diesel : Colorized environmental scanning electron microscope photo of Gliocladium roseum, an endophtic fungus that produces myco-diesel hydrocarbons. (Photo courtesy of Gary Strobel.) (PhysOrg.com) -- A unique fungus that makes diesel compounds has been discovered living in trees in the rainforest, according to a paper published in the November issue of Microbiology. The fungus is potentially a ...

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