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comdirect and Cronto secure financial transactions with photoTAN
A leading German direct bank defeats Trojans with CrontoSign. Cronto and comdirect bank AG, a leading direct bank in Germany with over 1.7 million customers, have launched photoTAN today, offering a modern, innovative way to protect online trading and banking operations for private investors.
A fairy tale appointment for Jack Zipes
Jack Zipes, the world-renowned children’s literature expert, has joined Anglia Ruskin University as Leverhulme Visiting Professor of Storytelling, Fairy Tales and Fantasy.
Safety drives the digital plant upgrade, says AVEVA
AVEVA has announced its publication of a new business paper – Seeing Through the Fog – describing how recent advances in both 3D laser surveying and Information Management technology combine to enable the capture and use of an accurate digital counterpart of a brownfield plant. It explains how Owner Operators of existing facilities can now take advantage of the kind of ‘digital plant’ information…
Carat delivers cloud computing services to national charity
Carat Computer Systems Ltd, a Cambridge based IT company, is pleased to announce it has beenchosen by Youth at Risk, a national charity that works with disadvantaged young people, to provide a purpose-built hosted ICT infrastructure to run and manage multiple services and applications used by the charity’s office staff and home workers on a daily basis.
Scientists develop simple blood test to track tumour evolution in cancer patients
Cancer Research UK scientists have developed a new way of looking at how tumours evolve in real-time and develop drug resistance by tracking changes in the patients’ blood, described in a study published in Nature.
A museum for the future
The University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology contains far more than a record of the past. Ambitious redevelopment plans will enable enhanced use of its unique collections for research into global issues from climate change to conservation.
Cambridge Index falls 3.8%
In a week that saw more fallers than risers, the Cambridge Index fell 3.8% or 549.9 points to 13,895.5. ARM Holdings fell 4.7% even as it announced its collaboration with Cadence Partners to implement the industry's first Cortex-A57 64-bit processor.
New ink and bespoke coder for electronics sector
Linx Printing Technologies has introduced a new ink to meet the specific coding requirements of the electronics industry. At the same time the company is launching a dedicated version of its market-leading Linx 7900 continuous ink jet printer, the Linx 7900E, to offer electronics manufacturers and suppliers a complete printer and ink solution tailored to the needs of the market.
XJTAG exhibits winning combination at Electronics & Automation 2013
XJTAG, an industry-leading supplier of boundary scan hardware and software solutions, is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at Electronics & Automation 2013 (Utrecht), May 28th-30th, alongside its distributor for Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxemburg, Logic Technology.
The Pepsi Center Arena, Denver Colorado deploys Zinwave DAS Technology
The Pepsi Center Arena, a multipurpose sports venue and concert hall situated in Denver, Colorado, is deploying Zinwave’s distributed antenna system (DAS) to enhance cellular coverage for 4G services using MIMO (multiple-input and Multiple-output) technology. This is in response to a growing demand for immediate access to high speed data services during major tournaments and events.
Zinwave Ltd is named a finalist for Red Herring 100 Europe
Zinwave, a global provider of wideband active Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) for in-building wireless coverage, has been named as a finalist for Red Herring 100 Europe. The award is given to the top 100 private technology companies located in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year. Winners will be announced on the final day of the Red Herring Europe Forum, taking place in…
Jonathan Wainwright promotes free marketing session at Ely ‘Celebration of Business’
This Thursday (April 11th), over 150 organisations will gather in Ely Cathedral at an event organised by the Ely Cathedral Business Group to strengthen the relationship between business and the community.
Network members receive discount for Cambridge technology conference
The UK Device Developers' Conference will be allowing Cambridge Network members a 10% discount on the cost of the half-day technical workshops that will be running at the event on May 16th.
Jactron exhibit memory and solid state storage solutions at UK conference
Specialist distributor of memory and solid-state storage solutions, Jactron has announced that it will be exhibiting its wide range of memory and solid state storage products at the UK Device Developers’ Conference, which takes place on May 14th, 16th and 22nd, 2013.
Abcam licenses novel technology from Columbia University for neurobiological research
Bristol and Cambridge, UK, April 08, 2013 Abcam Plc., a producer and distributor of high quality protein research tools, and Columbia University announced today that they have entered into an exclusive licence agreement for two novel pH-responsive fluorescent false neurotransmitters (FFNs). FFNs are probes which act as optical tracers, allowing imaging of neurotransmitter release from individual…
Click to save the nation’s digital memory
Billions of web pages from millions of websites, as well as public Facebook posts and tweets, will be preserved for time immemorial by Cambridge University Library and five other major libraries.
Investigating child abuse: how interview training really matters
Gathering evidence from children about alleged sex abuse is problematic. Research shows that when interviewers are trained in a protocol that favours open-ended questions more cases lead to charges and more charges lead to prosecution.
Study identifies genetic variants associated with childhood obesity
Researchers have identified four genes newly associated with severe childhood obesity. They also found an increased burden of rare structural variations in severely obese children.
Final chapter to 60-year-old blood group mystery
Researchers have uncovered the gene at the root of a human blood group that has remained a mystery for the past 60 years. They showed that a genetic deletion on this gene is responsible for the lack of this blood group in some people.
MedImmune acquires AlphaCore Pharma
AstraZeneca has announced that MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, has acquired AlphaCore Pharma, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based biotechnology company focused on the development of ACP-501, a recombinant human lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) enzyme
CDP team take part in The Moonwalk London for charity
A team of intrepid staff from Cambridge Design Partnership is signed up to walk the distance of a half marathon through the night in central London – and raise money for Breast Cancer charity Walk the Walk.
CHASE talk: 'Monitoring customer behaviour to aid fraud detection and reduce churn'
By monitoring individual customer behaviour, Featurespace signals possible fraudulent activity and indicates when customers are considering a change of supplier. How is it done? Who needs it? Should we fear it? Does it risk invasion of privacy? How likely is a false conclusion? Come to Monday’s CHASE meeting in Cambridge to find out for yourself!
Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic person looking for a new challenge?
Do you want to help make a difference? CBM UK, an international Christian disability and development organisation, is looking for three new dedicated trustees to join their board.
Speaking of business - new workshops with public speaking coach
Recognising the importance of public speaking as a key communication tool for businesses, Cambridge Business Lounge is proud to announce a new collaboration with public speaking coach Jon Torrens to offer workshops in the heart of Cambridge.
The shaky foundations of renewable energy policy
Deviation of the actual temperature record from projected trends is becoming too great to ignore, says The Scientific Alliance.