• Interestingly for the European market, Linux is the No. 1 operating system used for Web sites, according to the statistics he cited.

    CNN: IBM will 'wait and see' on desktop Linux

  • The committee also criticised the ticketing system used for the London Olympics, which saw the public unable to buy a large proportion of tickets for major events.

    BBC: MPs warn on London 2012 volunteering legacy

  • Under the new regional list system used for the Euro-elections, a party's haul of seats depends on its overall share of the vote rather than on whether it came first in a particular constituency.

    ECONOMIST: The victor spurned

  • Earlier this week, at the Goldman Sachs tech conference in San Francisco, Microsoft CFO Peter Klein was asked (yet again) about the potential launch of a version of Office for iOS, the operating system used for the Apple iPad and iPhone.

    FORBES: Microsoft: Office On iOS Could Offer $2.5B In Revenue

  • But this system is used for automatic payments such as direct debits and wages.

    BBC: 'No floods' of switching savers

  • The same balloting system was used for Mr Davis's re-election last year, with no complaints from anyone.

    ECONOMIST: Californian politics

  • Because of how quickly the homogeneous pipeline can be installed, TOHL is ideal for disaster relief, but the system can be used for longer-term scenarios, such as setting up refuge camps.

    FORBES: Startup Aims To Install Pipelines With Helicopters...Seriously!

  • It found that benefits for asylum seekers had not been uprated since 2011, and highlighted problems with the cashless system used to provide for failed asylum seekers who have not been deported.

    BBC: Week ahead

  • The second accusation, that the Echelon surveillance system is now used for commercial gain, is particularly controversial and harder to prove.

    ECONOMIST: Those perfidious Anglo spies

  • Paul Hawkins invented a system that is used for key decisions in tennis and the ball-tracking device will be tried out at Reading's academy.

    BBC: Premier League in Hawk-Eye trials

  • The video review system is being used for the first time in Melbourne and Kruykov and the Russian team had no complaints with the decision.

    BBC: World Gymnastics highlights

  • For Alliance Stephen Farry said that the binary system used to monitor the religious makeup for equality purposes was no longer fit for purpose.

    BBC: Public Sector Recruitment

  • The Nielsen rating system, used to charge for ads and to determine which shows live and die, will be under pressure.

    FORBES: Winners & Losers In Google TV

  • It's always nice to see an old tech stage a comeback and this time it's happening around the coasts of Europe, with nine low-frequency radio transmitters substituting for GPS' satellite-based system. eLoran's radiowave-based system is stronger than satellite signals and less jammable, based on the Loran system that was previously used for shipping navigation by both the British and US navy over 50 years ago.

    ENGADGET

  • The system can be used to look for drugs as well as explosives.

    ECONOMIST: Airport screening technology

  • The Conservative leader has previously spoken in favour of open primaries - based on the system used in some US states for selecting party candidates.

    BBC: Tories to stage 'open primary'

  • It owns Android, the most-used mobile operating system for smartphones, and it is also preparing to sell Google Glass, a wearable device for people's faces that it hopes will transform computing.

    WSJ: Google to Fund, Develop Wireless Networks in Emerging Markets

  • The GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) standard is used throughout Europe, making it a much less fragmented market for mobile communications than the U.S., and mobile phone penetration is particularly high in Northern Europe.

    CNN: Handheld use to soar in Europe

  • The data hub will be used as the verification system for ObamaCare's complex subsidy formula.

    WSJ: Review & Outlook: Your Next IRS Political Audit

  • "They'll begin by putting names in the FBI's National Crime Information data base system, the most widely used tool for finding suspects, " explained one source.

    CNN: U.S. officials: Deportable aliens from Mideast targeted

  • Originally diagnosed as mechanical failures in the cars, the problems stopped as soon as all the passwords for the WebTeckPlus system used by the firm were reset.

    FORBES: Bad Password Management Will Stop You in Your Tracks

  • The new payments system was used in 2004-05 for both elective and emergency admissions to foundation hospitals, a select group that have won more freedom to run their affairs.

    ECONOMIST: National Health Service

  • Kelly Reid is the seventh ranked athlete under the controversial system used to rank Northern Ireland contenders for the games but Turnbull would move into that position if he bettered 3:41.60.

    BBC: SPORT | Athletics | Turnbull's Belfast race cancelled

  • By instituting a policy that would eliminate used games for the system entirely, that could be enough to send a lot of people over the edge and into the arms of their competitors for good.

    FORBES: Why Microsoft Cannot Kill Used Games on the Next Xbox

  • The reserve fund will be used only for reforming the system by cutting costs and trying to deal with the 46 million Americans without health insurance.

    CNN: Obama unveils budget blueprint

  • There's obviously a huge increase in lawsuits, including frivolous ones that take money out of a health care system that could otherwise be used to care for patients.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The English Football Association is a well-known advocate of goal-line technology, although Tuesday's announcement has come too late for either system to be used in this season's FA Cup.

    CNN: FIFA awards goal-line technology licenses

  • The reserve fund will essentially be a piggy bank to be used only for reforming the system by cutting costs and trying to deal with the 46 million Americans without health insurance.

    CNN: Obama seeks tax hike, higher Medicare payments

  • The Army's C-RAM (Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar) system, for example, which is used to protect American bases in Afghanistan, can fire on its own, using its six-barrel gun to blow up incoming mortars.

    WSJ: Could We Trust Killer Robots?

  • The system could, for example, be used to explore the binding between Helicobacter proteins and those in the stomach cells that it attacks, in order to find targets for new drugs to block ulceration.

    ECONOMIST: Genomics

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