Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - The release covers 2007 results from the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) for UK emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) and ammonia. A time series is also presented, alongside the EU National Emission Ceilings Directive and other European targets.

TheEuropean Commission has confirmed that on 21 October 2008 Commission officials carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of several smart card chips producers in several Member States. These chips are used for the production of smart cards, such as telephone SIM cards, bank cards and identity cards.

Fortify Software, an application vulnerability specialist, has warned companies with even the remotest connections to the Middle East to be on guard against a malware or similar cyber-attack as a result of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

Kent County Council, one of the UK’s largest, most diverse councils has successfully implemented Hornbill’s Supportworks ITSM (IT Service Management) software. The solution is used by 150 ICT operations staff to support 10,000 council staff located in over 500 different buildings around the county.

Sun Microsystems is the latest company to join the British Computer Society's (BCS) group membership scheme.

Cardiff Community Housing Association (CCHA) has chosen the HR Unity range from Carval Computing to manage its HR, and training processes and to introduce browser based, self service data access for all staff.

The European Commissionn has informed the Finnish telecoms regulator, Viestintävirasto or FICORA (Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority), of its serious doubts over the compatibility with EU law of its draft regulatory measures on the Finnish wholesale broadband access market.

Whilst sub-zero temperatures are forecast for the remainder of this week, gritters throughout the country are working to keep the UK’s road network clear of snow and ice to protect motorists and limit disruption during peak traffic periods.

Finjan., a supplier of secure web gateway products, says that a video news item just published, which shows how easy it now is to manufacture cloned debit and credit cards, confirms the findings of the company's Q2 2008 trends report.

Charles Leadbeater, one of the world’s most influential creative thinkers and author of the book “We-Think: mass innovation, not mass production” is to give the keynote speech at Ordnance Survey’s 2009 Terra future conference.