Making Computing Safer
November 20, 2007 Posted by Stephen Hilton in : Bristol, Events, Technology, Safety , 2 commentsCyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network in association with British Computer Society Security Forum and The Trusted Computing Project
Conference: 7th December 2007 BCS, 6 Southampton Street, London.
Invitation to:
Enabling trusted access to e-services – Making computing safer for the general public
• Is it possible to meet the needs of the public, SME’s and organisations that do not have access to skills needed to run IT systems securely?
• What are technology suppliers doing to simplify public use of computing?
• Does Linux and Free / Open Source software provide the basis for greater e-Inclusion?
The conference will explore ways in which the general public can be provided with computing that they can trust. Delegates will debate possible solutions based on both proprietary and Free / Open Source software and review the deployment and management of systems that could provide the general public with secure, trusted computing. The outcome will be a working group focusing on this very important issue and one that directly affects the safety and security of the UK’s citizens.
Delegates
There is no fee for this conference but places are limited. Register with kbarnett@QinetiQ.com by Friday 30th November 2007 and advise her of any dietary or accessibility requirements you have.
For further information contact:
Nigel Jones, Director, Cyber Security KTN. Email: NAJONES1@qinetiq.com
Andrea Simmons, BCS, Email: andrea.simmons@bcs.org
£100m Funding for Technology Innovation
November 19, 2007 Posted by Stephen Hilton in : Bristol, Innovation, News, Technology, Funding , add a commentThe Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, John Denham, has announced that the business-led Technology Strategy Board will invest a further £100m in innovation, and invites businesses to submit proposals for collaborative research and development in innovation and new technology.
The competition, which covers eight technology areas and which will be phased over 6 months, is designed to generate innovative proposals in which businesses work together and with research communities on research and technology projects to deliver successful new products and services.
Proposals with potential applications across several business sectors, which build on links between academic and business research and which involve SMEs would be especially welcome.
The eight technology areas for which submissions are invited are
Phase 1, opening 8 November 2007:
* Materials for Energy
* High Value Manufacturing
* Cell Therapy
Phase 2, opening 19 December 2007:
* Low Carbon Energy Technologies
* Advanced Lighting, Lasers and Displays
* Technologies for Health
Phase 3, opening 30 January 2008:
* Gathering Data in Complex Environments
* Creative Industries
Offload: Systems for survival
August 9, 2007 Posted by Clare in : Bristol, Media, Events, Environment, Technology , 1 comment so far
Futurefarmers (US) present their ‘Gardening Superfund Sites’, which looks at the influence of technical or eWaste around the Silicon Valley and across other US site. (more…)
Use Blackle for more energy efficient Googling
July 26, 2007 Posted by Stephen Hilton in : Bristol, Innovation, Environment, Technology , 4 commentsThanks to Helen Goulden from CLG for sending this -
When your screen is white - an empty word page, or the Google page, your computer consumes 74 watts, and when its black it consumes only 59 watts. Mark Ontkush wrote an article about the energy saving that would be achieved if Google had a black screen, taking in account the huge number of page views, according to his calculations, 750 mega watts/hour per year would be saved. In a response to this article Google created a black version of its search engine, called Blackle, with the exact same functions as the white version, but with a lower energy consumption…. it is also helpful for people with visual impairments too
Try it here
