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Self-checkout systems in UK supermarkets are being targeted by hi-tech criminals with stolen credit card details. A BBC investigation has unearthed a plan hatching online to loot US bank accounts via the checkout systems.

Self-checkout systems in UK supermarkets are being targeted by hi-tech criminals with stolen credit card details. A BBC investigation has unearthed a plan hatching online to loot US bank accounts via the checkout systems.

""Parents are often in the dark, so who is talking to kids about what they do?" she told the BBC News website. "

Good BBC podcast on internet addiction look down the list.

ACKLING GLOBAL CENSORSHIP Last week tech companies and human rights groups launched guidelines designed to tackle censorship. Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft have all been heavily criticised for their business strategy in countries such as China. All have signed up to the new Global Network Initiative which aims to promote privacy and freedom of speech on the internet.

ACKLING GLOBAL CENSORSHIP Last week tech companies and human rights groups launched guidelines designed to tackle censorship. Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft have all been heavily criticised for their business strategy in countries such as China. All have signed up to the new Global Network Initiative which aims to promote privacy and freedom of speech on the internet.

This article is about HSBC's pplans to keep outsorucing clerical jobs in diferent countries. This has many owrkers upset because they feel this is eliminating their jobs and putting caps on their wages. THe social and ethical issues involved are Equality of Access and Policies and Standards. There are impacts on the Bank as well. There is the economic impact, they are saving alot of money for setting up call centers they save about $20,000 - $30,000 per job it moved into the call center. There is a psycological impact the bank has to deal with and that is of their unhappy workeres in their base country. Finally there is a global impact, with more call centers the bank may be able to gain new customers in those countries. THe relevant stakeholders besides the banks are, the workers of HSBC bank, customers of the bank, politicians and media, other countries where centers are set up. This includes, India, China, Malaysia, Phillipines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. The primary IT System are the call centers. This involves the use of WANs and LANs. There are also vairous ways in which call centers can be set up. They can use cloud computing or even be created virtually through the development of software as a service. The employee would only have to susbscirbe to a software that would allow them to work in the center, this makes it easier to receive updates as well.

Patients are still given paper prescriptions but these contain a unique barcode.

Patients are still given paper prescriptions but these contain a unique barcode.

Not a news article, per se, but starts to show the uses of mobiles in health industry in rural areas

Very old article: I wonder what is going on now. It's hoped that from this start in Bangalore, telemedicine will grow and grow - a spectacular way of overcoming distance and time in tackling severe medical problems.

Very old article: I wonder what is going on now. It's hoped that from this start in Bangalore, telemedicine will grow and grow - a spectacular way of overcoming distance and time in tackling severe medical problems.

Very old article: I wonder what is going on now. It's hoped that from this start in Bangalore, telemedicine will grow and grow - a spectacular way of overcoming distance and time in tackling severe medical problems.

The Open Medical Record System (OpenMRS) is providing countries, such as South Africa, with an online patient medical record system.

This article is about the need for OpenMRS in developing countries such as South Africa. This is necessary because it will help improve how people are treated. By knowing about someone's medical history, it can help decrease the spread of diseases such as HIV and Aids.

The issue is that there is a lack of open medical record systems in developing countries. Because of this diseases are being spread when they can easily be prevented. The thing that people were doing that gave rise to this issue is that in some countries, diseases were being spread at a faster rate then in others because of lack of background medical information. the impact that this has on people is that people in developing countries are spreading diseases at a faster rate. So diseases such as HIV and Aids are spreading in developing countries such as South Africa because of lack of medical background. The stakeholders are patients. The IT system is open medical record system. The area of impact is health. The social and ethical issue is equality of access. By having a medical record of everyone, people will be able to be treated equally because the doctor's will have their whole medical history.

A system of electronic mapping which allows many different types of data to be layered onto a single image is being used to improve healthcare across Rwanda. The digital maps, called Geographic Information Systems (GIS), are designed to compile information from numerous databases and use it to both track and predict outbreaks of disease.

A system of electronic mapping which allows many different types of data to be layered onto a single image is being used to improve healthcare across Rwanda. The digital maps, called Geographic Information Systems (GIS), are designed to compile information from numerous databases and use it to both track and predict outbreaks of disease.

A system of electronic mapping has been developed that allows different types of data to be layered onto a single image. It is being used to improve the health care in Rwanda. These digital maps are called Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The database is compiled of information from different doctors working on cases of malaria. This brings up the issues of reliability and integrity. The information in the database needs to be reliable enough for the doctors to use in treating patients with malaria. It affects both doctors and patients, but the patients are being affected the most because they are the ones being treated. If the information is inaccurate, the patients may be placed in dangerous situations.

A mobile phone based health application has helped to investigate and contain a polio outbreak that threatened thousands in East Africa.

A mobile phone based health application has helped to investigate and contain a polio outbreak that threatened thousands in East Africa.

The popularity of mobile phones in South Africa is helping to tackle HIV and Aids in the nation.

The popularity of mobile phones in South Africa is helping to tackle HIV and Aids in the nation.

Three foundations have announced their intention to join in a "mobile health" effort to use mobile technology to provide better healthcare worldwide.

Three foundations have announced their intention to join in a "mobile health" effort to use mobile technology to provide better healthcare worldwide.

A mobile phone-based health project is helping the Peruvian military to keep disease at bay.

A mobile phone-based health project is helping the Peruvian military to keep disease at bay.

Very old article: "In the past if we wanted a second opinion on a patient's condition the only option would be to bring the relevant expert to Lanarkshire or transfer the child to a different hospital. "This not only leads to delays in diagnosis, but can be stressful for the baby involved and the family who are visiting them.

"In the past if we wanted a second opinion on a patient's condition the only option would be to bring the relevant expert to Lanarkshire or transfer the child to a different hospital. "This not only leads to delays in diagnosis, but can be stressful for the baby involved and the family who are visiting them.

Very old article. What's the latest? Asthma suffers could soon benefit from a system which allows them to keep check their condition via mobile phone.

Very old article. What's the latest? Asthma suffers could soon benefit from a system which allows them to keep check their condition via mobile phone.

Very old article. What are the upadates?

Very old article. What are the upadates?