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31-Mar-09

Big Brother is watching: surveillance box to track drivers is backed

The government is backing a project to install a "communication box" in new cars to track the whereabouts of drivers anywhere in Europe.


30-Mar-09

Free text messages save lives in Malawi

"A simple SMS system is revolutionising medical care in Malawi, where scarce resources and a skeleton hospital staff must serve thousands of people spread over hundred of square miles"

Category: Communications

30-Mar-09

Communications: Major cyber spy network uncovered

"An electronic spy network, based mainly in China, has infiltrated computers from government offices around the world, Canadian researchers say."

Category: Communications

25-Mar-09

Social network sites 'monitored'

The Government has made proposals monitor the traffic on social networking sites, such as Facebook and Bebo, to record details of who everybody is talking to. "The Home Office claims the new database is necessary to allow police...

Category: Communications

24-Mar-09

At risk from the registers?

"Among a proliferation of government databases, the three causing greatest concern over legality, privacy and consent were set up to protect children."

Category: Communications

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