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UN agency says kids forced online earlier due to COVID-19

Paul Hill — Tue, 05 May 2020 21:32:01 +0000

The UN ITU has warned that children are being forced online by COVID-19 at an earlier age than their parents anticipated. It said that this leaves children vulnerable to harassment and bullying. Read more...

GCHQ open sources 'Gaffer' in possible community relations bid

Paul Hill — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 03:58:01 +0000

GCHQ has released one of its projects on Github in a bid to improve community relations and entice developers into getting involved with the agency and possibly joining it. Read more...

Herschel and Planck ready for dual launch

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:08:28 +0000

The European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory and Planck space telescope have successfully completed their tests in Europe, and will be flown to the space port in Kourou, French Guiana this week, ready for their... Read more...

United Nations agency gives boost to WiMax

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:28:02 +0000

The United Nations telecommunications agency in Geneva gave the upstart technology called WiMax a vote of approval, providing a sizable victory for Intel and something of a defeat for competing technologies from Qualcomm and Ericsson.... Read more...

Swedish Agency Develops Underwater Wireless Technology

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:48:02 +0000

The Swedish Defense Research Agency, FOI, employs 800 full time research scientists to develop innovations in technology and research as well as defense and security. FOI has developed an underwater wireless technology that has been... Read more...

SOE announces online action game The Agency for PC and PS3

Todd Tanner — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:18:31 +0000

Sony Online Entertainment, (SOE) a global leader in the online gaming industry, announced it is developing The Agency™, a fast-paced online action shooter filled with espionage, intrigue and betrayal. The Agency is being developed at... Read more...

Danish consumer agency finds design flaw in Apple iBook

Fri, 04 May 2007 18:30:25 +0000

After receiving complaints from iBook owners that their machines would no longer start up, the Danish Consumer Complaints Board conducted a detailed study of four complaints received between April and November 2006, including a microscopic... Read more...

European Space Agency to test Satellite Radio

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:38:25 +0000

Conventional satellite radio, such as services offered by XM and Sirius, uses new satellites and networks of ground-based transmitters. This new European system, which has been in development for three years, uses existing communications satellites... Read more...

UK Government agency tells schools to shun Vista

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:11:08 +0000

In a surprise criticism of Microsoft, the government's schools computer agency, has warned that deploying Vista carries too much risk and that its benefits are unclear. Becta, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, said... Read more...

News agency AFP files lawsuit against Google

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:59:37 +0000

The French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has filed a lawsuit in the District Court of the US District of Columbia against the search engine operator Google. The object of the agency's lawsuit is to... Read more...

Security Maven Calls for Internet 'Disease Control' Agency

Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:02:49 +0000

The dominance of Windows in the marketplace continues to represent a threat to the safety and security of the Internet and is a problem that must be addressed at the highest levels of government, a... Read more...

French gov't agency sues Chi Mei over LCD patents

Wed, 31 Dec 2003 02:43:54 +0000

French government agency for atomic energy has filed a patent lawsuit over flat-screen displays against Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. , Taiwan's second-largest maker of computer display screens, according to court documents made public Tuesday. ... Read more...

Calif. scraps agency at heart of Oracle flap

Fri, 05 Jul 2002 20:14:18 +0000

In the wake of a bungled state contract with Oracle, California officials on Wednesday effectively shut down the agency that negotiated the controversial software deal and ran an expensive state Web site. ... Read more...

Traditional Travel Agency Battles Back

Sat, 04 May 2002 12:12:58 +0000

Corporate Travel Planners, a travel agency in San Antonio, is fighting back against the airline-company squeeze. Travel agencies are in a tough spot. Airlines have cut out the standard commissions that once generated... Read more...

UK Gov agency threatens to dump 500,000 Windows desktops

Sun, 25 Nov 2001 05:45:24 +0000

The UK government's confusing relationship with Microsoft seems to be taking a turn of the worse. In recent weeks we've seen the Ministry of Defence and the National Health Service strike deals which will allegedly... Read more...