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Schools fight knife crime with anonymous SMS
Mobile users will be able to report crimes without fear of retribution thanks to an anonymous SMS text service provided by Crimestoppers.
Robocops a reality by 2084?
A researcher has said robotic policemen will hit the streets within the next 75 years.
New e-crime unit finally gets funding
Home Office and Met Police have gathered £7 million to launch a new Met police e-crime unit.
Online crime mapping endorsed by PM
The Prime Minister has endorsed proposals to produce online maps showing monthly crime rates as part of the government’s attempt to make the...
London crime map goes live
The beta of the Met Police crime map mashup has gone live, and Southwark doesn’t look good.
Home Office announces interactive crime maps for every neighbourhood
New online maps will let people check and compare crime month-by-month in their area.
UK DNA database biggest in world
Some four million people have a DNA sample on a national policing database, after the biggest jump in samples yet.
IT PRO Podcast: More confidential data goes missing
This week we discuss the loss of 370,000 HSBC insurance customer records in the post, EMC's purchase of consumer storage maker Iomega, HP's Eee PC...
Analysis: Cotton Traders hack a warning for business
The cyber-crime attack on Cotton Traders' website shows that companies need to do more to protect their data – and be better prepared for a data...
Week in Review: Can the Government handle data security?
Data security becomes a top level Government matter, as Labour and the Conservatives argue over ID cards and the best way to tackle cyber crime.
Identity theft problem needs a 'tsar' to tackle it, say MPs
Growing problems with identity-based crime need a dedicated resource to combat identity theft.
Criminal threat to data centres
Cyber crime gangs target data centres as hacker economy looks set to grow to £4 billion this year.
Week in Review: The Microsoft-Yahoo saga goes on...
Yahoo looks at its options, EMC spreads it wings, and there is another serious data loss incident. Also, HP enters the budget laptop market,...
Cyber crime "better organised" in 2007
Security firm warns that next year will see cyber criminals better organised with more collaboration with hackers
Public Sector Roundup: Spine a success?
The NHS electronic database Spine has solid takeup, Dorset's high-tech crime unit gets secure, and a Welsh hospital gets an IT makeover.
Public Sector Roundup: Digital radios for Glasgow's Subway
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport updates its rail comms, Barnsley goes green and Humberside Police invests in crime-fighting IT.
Government wants to store all text, email and browsing data
The information will be used by police for crime fighting, but also other government bodies such as health authorities and the Post Office.
Week in Review: 'Superhacker’ to face US justice
McKinnon finally faces the music in the US, new competition for Google, Nokia looks to the future, the government fights crime, and more on the new...
SOCA reveals threat of organised e-crime gangs
New report details how adaptable and well-organised the current breed of online criminal have turned out to be.
Portsmouth uses crime-detecting CCTV
An intelligent CCTV system, designed to predict crimes before they happen, has been installed for the first time in a UK city.
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