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Mobile industry calls for RFID payment push

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

The GSM Association has called on manufacturers to build technology for contactless payments into their handsets by the middle of next year The GSM Association has called on phone manufacturers to build RFID technology into handsets from mid-2009, in a bid to kick start the mobile-payment industry. …
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Cyberattacks target UK national infrastructure

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Companies that play a key role in the Britain’s national infrastructure are facing sustained cyber-espionage attacks, says a UK cyber-defense chief. Sustained cyber-espionage attacks are being waged on companies that play a key role in the Britain’s national infrastructure, a UK cyber-defense chief has warned….
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Large Hadron Collider powers up

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

The world’s largest machine will switch on for the biggest scientific experiment of the 21st century on Wednesday morning. Early Wednesday morning, scientists at Cern turned on the Large Hadron Collider for the first time. Within one hour, a particle beam had been successfully circulated through the machine. …
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UK warned of China, India software threat

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Key UK industry figures believe Britain should forget any hopes of matching China and India in the low-cost end of the software market, and instead carve out a high-end niche. UK software sales are on course to lag almost $60 billion behind China this year, fuelling high-level calls for…
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