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Starting early

There is no doubt that the shortage of women in IT is partly due to a lack of girls interested in pursuing scientific and technological routes. And it doesn’t look like the situation is improving eith...

04 Jul 2008
Women in Technology
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Loss of Reputation can cost more than loss of fraud

The adoption of contactless cards is another step towards a cashless society. The convenience factor comes at a price though and according to this study, it's the fear of fraud - but is this fear unfo...

04 Jul 2008
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Survival of the fittest?

We all love the seemingly pointless surveys / statements / research we so often read about. The latest one says that women are more likely to survive the current downturn than men. Why? The sweeping g...

02 Jul 2008
Women in Technology
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UK is top destination for 419 scams

The United Kingdom is the most targetted country for 419 scams - those pesky emails which offer millions of pounds after a few minor up-front arrangement fees. Almost a quarter of all Nigerian 419 sca...

02 Jul 2008
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Asia beckons

It's great to see, in what others see as a fairly dry world, that asset servicing is heading up the agenda not just in the west, but also in the east. SWIFT is hosting two half day conferences for cu...

01 Jul 2008
SWIFT Matters
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Customer compulsory anti-virus firewalls pointless?

The issue of customers being held liable for their losses if they don't have the latest antivirus and personal firewall installed is ridiculous when we see bank's sites with major security flaws that ...

01 Jul 2008
Online Banking
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Telcos and banks delivering ubiquitous mobile transactions?

Is this fitting in with the GSMA - Western Union alliance? The telco's will get into bed with anyone for a slice of those transactions. I wonder if we'll see some trust between telco's come out of th...

01 Jul 2008
Innovation in Financial Services
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Calling all female technologists

Do you or any women you know work in technology within financial services? Have you, or they, made a significant contribution to the business? womenintechnology.co.uk is once again sponsoring the &quo...

30 Jun 2008
Women in Technology
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Sleeping on the job...

Today is National Siesta Day in the UK, which aims to encourage company bosses to allow staff to have an afternoon power nap. On his Web site Noel Kingsley, founder of Siesta Awareness and organiser...

25 Jun 2008
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Facebook down!

Clearly all those people signing up for the Visa thing have brought Facebook to its knees. At the time of writing when I try the site I get an Apache error message or a "document contains no data...

25 Jun 2008
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Tech Giants to Save Us

I was wondering if I can have as many ID cards as I want - who is paying for them? Do I need a reader? Blah Blah Blah... Internet Mark2- the only 'marks' it gets are the fools dumb enough to buy in t...

24 Jun 2008
Information Security
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A Blink Through My Futurist Goggles

I've always thought that Moore's Law was really just an early illusion like the flat earth theory was for early explorers and that computers would soon make the jump to something significantly beyond ...

23 Jun 2008
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