Handheld fingerprint readers will be rolled out to police across the UK from 2010 as part of the Project Midas scheme, allowing officers to perform on-the-spot ID checks without having to take suspects back to the station.
The UK Home Secretary has stressed the need for even greater snooping powers for government, even as the country is planning a massive interception database of all communications.
IT services firm ASG Group has acquired ASX-listed Oracle database firm AD-B Group for $3 million, claiming it gives the company an in-road to lucrative defence contracts.
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on Wednesday unveiled its first ever hardware product a storage server with embedded software designed to work with the company's databases and be used in a grid. The Exadata programmable storage server aims to put database intelligence next to each drive.
Oracle unveiled a new open enterprise software application on Monday in the US, designed to improve the way users collaborate and communicate on projects.
Hackers have broken into BusinessWeek's online site and set up an attack scenario in which visitors to a section of the site could have their own computers compromised and their data stolen, a security researcher said on Monday in the US.
Late last week Trend Micro released its Internet Security 2009 and Internet Security Pro 2009 products, touting enhanced performance, features and better end-user education.
What if your desktop security application could detect and remove a new threat that was only minutes old? That's the impetus behind McAfee's Artemis technology, announced yesterday.
Since the launch of Apple's App Store, a steady stream of business-oriented applications have become available for iPhone users.
Search giant Google has confirmed it will shortly unveil a new web browser dubbed 'Chrome' and based on code from the Webkit project.
Did a computer intrusion at a Best Western hotel in Germany open the door for a hacker to steal the records of eight million customers and pull off "the greatest cyber-heist in world history," as a Scottish newspaper put it?
Queensland Rail has gone to market for a new SAP-based freight management system for its commercial freight business, which it expects to double in volume by 2011.
The nation's number two airline Virgin Blue has revealed it will shortly outsource the management of its key Oracle E-Business applications following a major upgrade of the systems.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) today said it would shortly go to market for technology suppliers for a $115 million IT core systems refresh project that had been in limbo since the federal election in November last year.
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