MoD to be quizzed over lost data

"The information watchdog is to grill the Ministry of Defence over its data protection policies after it lost the personal details of 600,000 people. Defence Secretary Des Brown will also speak in the Commons next week about the latest loss of personal data, which went...

JDSU introduces special edition of managed wireless service to China

"The Beijing Olympics will take place in 37 venues across seven cities and attendance is expected to total more than half a million, including 500,000 visitors, 10,708 athletes, 70,000 volunteers, 17,600 press and 4,000 staff. Mobile communications activity among these...

Middlesex ranked second

In a new re-assessment of teaching quality in all English universities, Middlesex is ranked second highest in the country. The Times Higher Education Supplement (17 November 2006) reports on how the scores for each university, as marked by the Quality Assurance Agency, have...

The Absent minded professor

Steven Levitt (freakonomics) recounts this humorous 'first-day of class' anecdote..."As I stood in front of the room looking over my notes as the last few students filed into class, one of the students approached me and pulled me aside, looking quite serious. Usually this...