GBP5m computer system for GPs condemned

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BT shells out GBP5m to plug new mobile

BT shells out GBP5m to plug new mobile 10/31/2003 10:35 AM
Scotsman Online Oct 31 2003 9:30AM ET

Condemned To Repeat The Past?

Condemned To Repeat The Past? 04/13/2005 06:17 AM
Last week, I mentioned one of the lessons learned from Andy Kessler's newest book, How We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets. I've just finished reading it, and just in time, as well, since you can now check it out for free. While the hard copy version doesn't come out until June, Kessler is releasing the book for free download off his site in e-book form. If you read his previous book, Running Money, you might even recognize a few short passages in the new book. In Running Money, Kessler goes through his own experience figuring out the mental model that guided his investment philosophy in technology -- and part of that included a brief history lesson in the start of the industrial revolution. HWGH is basically an extended version of that history lesson, written in the same light tone -- designed to be the basic, quick history manual that anyone in the tech world (in just about any capacity, from engineer to business to investing) should read. Indeed, we're already seeing startups and companies making business decisions that seem like they're following the same bad footsteps companies took only five years ago. Is it any surprise that some are repeating the mistakes of 200 years ago as well? One of the worst things in the tech and business world these days is that many people can't view trends out past a quarter (or they simply extract one single trend, without recognizing how others impact them). Any intelligent business person needs to recognize how trends play out in the long term, and how they interact with each other. HWGH gives you plenty of trends from the past few centuries to help guide you into that longer term thinking.

Guantanamo condemned two years on

Guantanamo condemned two years on 01/10/2004 10:13 PM
Rights group slams continuing US detention of terror suspects without charge.

US condemned over rights abuses

US condemned over rights abuses 05/26/2004 07:20 AM
The US-led "war on terror" has fuelled a wave of human rights abuses worldwide, Amnesty International says.

Attack on Bradley home condemned

Attack on Bradley home condemned 02/13/2004 03:32 AM
A petrol bomb attack on the home of Policing Board vice-chairman Denis Bradley is condemned as "cowardly".

Kenya corruption claims condemned

Kenya corruption claims condemned 07/15/2004 12:11 AM
Nairobi demands that the British high commissioner substantiate allegations of government corruption.

Organ removal condemned in court

Organ removal condemned in court 01/26/2004 09:10 AM
Removing organs from the dead without consent is "morally objectionable", the High Court hears.

The music industry this week condemned
the launch

The music industry this week condemned
the launch 03/16/2003 03:09 AM
Someone ought to send out an internal email: .. record up to 100 hours of music on one disc .. Music companies fear new 100-hour discs .. launch of two recording systems .. treasure

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Online banking condemned by small
businesses

Online banking condemned by small
businesses 01/28/2004 09:09 AM
Lloyds TSB, BoS are especially pants

CIA Iraq 'Failures' Condemned (Los
Angeles Times)

CIA Iraq 'Failures' Condemned (Los
Angeles Times) 07/10/2004 06:23 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — The United States went to war with Iraq on the basis of flawed intelligence assessments that "either overstated or were not supported by" the underlying evidence on Baghdad's weapons programs, according to a scathing report released by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday.

"Telegraph | News | US tactics condemned
by British officers"

"Telegraph | News | US tactics condemned
by British officers" 04/14/2004 09:03 AM

Telegraph | News | US tactics condemned
by British officers

Telegraph | News | US tactics condemned
by British officers 04/13/2004 07:30 AM
an article published today by Sean Rayment of The Telegraph .. has an interview with a senior British Army officer .. US tactics condemned by British officers .. quoted

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NEW ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IN FLORIDA:
FLAWED... electronic records from first
widespread use of touch-screen voting in
Miami-Dade County have been lost ,,,
records disappeared after two computer
system crashes last year, leaving no
audit trail for t

NEW ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IN FLORIDA:
FLAWED... electronic records from first
widespread use of touch-screen voting in
Miami-Dade County have been lost ,,,
records disappeared after two computer
system crashes last year, leaving no
audit trail for t 07/28/2004 07:38 AM

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A Computer System So Bad It Makes You
Want To Cry

A Computer System So Bad It Makes You
Want To Cry 04/12/2005 04:23 PM
Stories about overbudget, overdue, and underperforming IT development/consulting projects are all too common, especially with the government, but this one merits some attention. It seems that some systems designed by EDS and BT Consulting for the U.K.'s Child Support Agency were so rife with problems that it drove employees to intentionally enter wrong data and, even worse, to tears. The CSA spent US$863 million (only $484 million more than planned) for a broken system that was two years late. And it didn't even come with appropriate training: carefully crafted demo disks were substituted for live system use. Of course, horribly designed and implemented IT systems making users cry is nothing new to government agencies. But all the action is in the U.K. these days. The scale of the EDS/BT boondoggle in particular-- both the financial and emotional toll -- ranks up there with the worst of them.

BIR using new computer system to go
after tax cheats

BIR using new computer system to go
after tax cheats 04/10/2005 12:32 AM
Philippine Star Apr 10 2005 4:59AM GMT

JPJ To Replace Computer System

JPJ To Replace Computer System 06/10/2004 06:33 AM
Bernama Jun 10 2004 10:35AM GMT

NHS £6.2bn computer system probed

NHS £6.2bn computer system probed 08/31/2004 02:40 AM
Government spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, is to investigate a £6.2bn programme to install a computer system at the NHS.

New FBI computer system again delayed

New FBI computer system again delayed 06/26/2004 02:20 PM
Washington Times Jun 26 2004 6:35PM GMT

Our computer system will crash!

Our computer system will crash! 07/04/2004 02:00 PM
Electric New Paper Jul 4 2004 5:48PM GMT

The Computer System That Shutdown An
Airline

The Computer System That Shutdown An
Airline 12/27/2004 02:33 AM
There are plenty of stories going around from this past weekend about the astounding number of flights canceled due to computer and staffing problems. While US Air got plenty of headlines for their staffing issues (baggage handlers calling in sick at record rates leading to planes that were simply filled with excess lost baggage), the more interesting story appears to be Delta's subsidiary Comair. Lots of articles are talking about the 1,100 flights on Christmas day due to their computer system getting knocked out, but there's very little info on the actual cause of the problem. There's just the fact that no one can explain why there was no backup system, and that the computer crash was caused by the system being overwhelmed after weather problems required many flights to be canceled and crew to be reassigned. In other words, a lot of users were trying to figure out how to reassign flight crews to different flights, and all that activity made the system lie down and go to sleep. You would think that anyone building systems this important would have backups in place and build things in a way that would make them unlikely to crash, but this is hardl y the first time things of this nature have happened.

FBI antiterror computer system delayed

FBI antiterror computer system delayed 06/27/2004 07:53 AM

Axiom Computer Algebra System

Axiom Computer Algebra System 01/05/2005 12:05 AM
Axiom 3.0 Beta (January 2005)

Flights Vulnerable to Computer System

Flights Vulnerable to Computer System 08/02/2004 03:26 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Aug 2 2004 8:09PM GMT

Computer System at U.C. San Diego Hacked

Computer System at U.C. San Diego Hacked 05/07/2004 11:29 PM
Guardian Unlimited May 8 2004 4:16AM GMT

KPU launches new computer counting
system

KPU launches new computer counting
system 07/04/2004 05:22 PM
Jakarta Post Jul 4 2004 8:45PM GMT

VA Scraps Fla. Hospital's Computer
System

VA Scraps Fla. Hospital's Computer
System 07/28/2004 01:25 PM
CRM Assist Jul 28 2004 5:11PM GMT

Computer Assembly Management System

Computer Assembly Management System 05/07/2004 05:42 PM
Project Takeover

Panel recommends ban on computer voting
system

Panel recommends ban on computer voting
system 04/22/2004 09:25 PM
SiliconValley.com Apr 23 2004 0:37AM GMT

Wireless computer system to monitor
volcanoes

Wireless computer system to monitor
volcanoes 09/23/2004 07:29 PM
SABC Sep 23 2004 10:39PM GMT

FBI terror-tracking computer system
delayed

FBI terror-tracking computer system
delayed 06/27/2004 08:12 AM
Irish Independent Jun 27 2004 11:41AM GMT

Wireless Management Of A Computer
System: Patented

Wireless Management Of A Computer
System: Patented 09/03/2004 02:40 PM
The patent system is just getting out of control. The latest is that a company named Expand Beyond has paten ted a system for wireless monitoring and management of computer systems. The patent (6,772,169) sounds incredibly broad, covering any systems where someone is using a portable device with a wireless connection to monitor computer systems. Why is this patentable? The big difference here is the "wireless" aspect -- which isn't a new technology. All they're doing is taking something that existed over a wired network before and making it wireless. To say that's "non-obvious" (as a patent must be) is a joke.

Police Computer System Gets $4-Million
Update

Police Computer System Gets $4-Million
Update 11/18/2003 05:55 AM
Los Angeles Times Nov 18 2003 5:16AM ET

Computer System Might Have Reduced
Tsunami Toll

Computer System Might Have Reduced
Tsunami Toll 12/26/2004 08:44 PM
The catastrophic death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced had India and Sri Lanka been part of an international warning system designed to warn coastal communities about potentially deadly waves, scientists say.

IRS computer system shows security lapse

IRS computer system shows security lapse 07/20/2004 02:49 AM
Miami Herald Jul 20 2004 7:23AM GMT

Man arrested for allegedly damaging
computer system

Man arrested for allegedly damaging
computer system 05/28/2004 01:56 AM
Taipei Times Online May 28 2004 6:35AM GMT

Comair cancels all flights after
computer system malfunction

Comair cancels all flights after
computer system malfunction 12/25/2004 05:29 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Dec 25 2004 9:44PM GMT

Comair cancels all flights after
computer system crash

Comair cancels all flights after
computer system crash 12/25/2004 05:29 PM
AP via San Francisco Chronicle Dec 25 2004 8:16PM GMT

New computer system brings work to a
crawl at 2 GSA regions

New computer system brings work to a
crawl at 2 GSA regions 07/21/2004 09:34 PM
Federal Times Jul 22 2004 1:41AM GMT

Unique computer system to help patient
care in America

Unique computer system to help patient
care in America 05/15/2004 08:44 AM
Medical Science News May 15 2004 1:16PM GMT
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