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‘Web 2.0′ has become the one millionth word to be ‘accepted’ into the English language.
That’s according to the Global Language Monitor, a company which sifts the web for neologisms in search of formal recognition. Once a word has been used 25,000 times, it gets the stamp of approval.
French visitors to Disneyland Paris will be able to access venue information by using their phones to snap 2D barcodes.
The so-called Flashcodes – a French take on QR codes, which are big in Japan – will push visitors to a mobile portal containing a range of Disney info such as discount coupons, show times, videos and games.
The UK government has awarded the contract for creating the next generation of British passports to secure-document specialist DeLeRue.
The Identity and Passport Service on Thursday announced the £400m contract for the passports, which will be available to UK citizens from October 2010. The passports will feature new designs and improved security, including the ability to carry fingerprint biometrics.
Business intelligence has enjoyed a boom despite the less than healthy state of the global economy.
According to analyst house Gartner worldwide revenue for technology related to business intelligence, analytics applications and performance management grew by 22 per cent in 2008.
Despite a £75m government plan to roll out 25,000 mobile devices to police forces nationwide by 2010, the majority of forces remain unable to take full advantage of mobile tech.
According to Jan Berry, the Home Office-appointed independent advocate for reducing police bureaucracy, handheld deployments are failing to live up to expectations.
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