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IT spending in UK financial services sector to be biggest in Europe
The UK will be the biggest European market for IT spending in the banking and insurance sectors this year, with growth also outstripping the US.10 Apr 2006
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Nortel plans product cull
Nortel Networks is planning to pull out of a number of networking markets in a strategy it hopes will see its to return to profitability.10 Apr 2006
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OFT puts off US acquisition of nCipher
A US encryption systems company has abandoned its attempt to buy a UK company in the same field, after the Competition Commission was brought in to investigate the deal.10 Apr 2006
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IBM unveils data encryption solution for chips
IBM has developed a new microprocessor encryption technology to protect users’ data.10 Apr 2006
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PayPal rolls-out mobile payment service
PayPal has announced a mobile payments system for its North American customers, which uses text messaging.10 Apr 2006
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Colgate outsources procurement to IBM
Colgate-Palmolive has signed a seven-year outsourcing contract with IBM for procurement and accounts payable services, to save an estimated $30m (£17.5m) by 2008.10 Apr 2006
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HSBC and First Direct adopt new mobile banking platform
HSBC and on-line banking arm First Direct are to be the first UK banks to offer customers the MoniLink mobile banking platform.10 Apr 2006
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Broadband price war looms
A broadband pricing war could be on the cards, following the expected plan by Carphone Warehouse to offer a free broadband service to customers who sign up for its Talk Talk voice landline service.10 Apr 2006
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UK needs training tax breaks to avert skills shortage, warns Imis
Published last week, the Imis skills trend report concluded that the shortfall threatens to derail major IT projects, as government departments vie with the private sector for a limited pool of ski...10 Apr 2006
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Scottish fire service adopts Firelink comms system
The Scottish fire and rescue services are to follow the rest of the UK and take up the Firelink communications network from O2 Airwave.07 Apr 2006
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Police raid UK's biggest counterfeit DVD factory
Police have raided a DVD burning factory in east London, the biggest ever discovered in the UK.07 Apr 2006
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Internet Explorer hit by new phishing flaw
Another serious security hole has been unearthed in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, which could lead to users being tricked into thinking fake phishing sites are genuine.07 Apr 2006
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Government completes roll-out of court information system
The Xhibit court hearing information system is now being used at all 99 Crown courts across England and Wales.07 Apr 2006
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Cisco patches telco networking kit to tackle DoS attacks
Cisco Systems has been forced to issue security fixes in some of the optical networking systems it sells to service providers and telecommunications companies.07 Apr 2006
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All citizens can now buy a .eu domain
All European Union citizens can now buy an internet domain bearing the .eu suffix.07 Apr 2006
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Vodafone restructures to cut costs and focus on new markets
Vodafone is restructuring its operations to try and address changing market and customer trends.07 Apr 2006
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Microsoft set to patch critical IE bug
Microsoft is to issue five security patches for Windows and the Office productivity suite next Tuesday (11 April), including a critical fix for the widely publicised CreateTextRange vulnerability i...07 Apr 2006
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BCS launches IT law course
The British Computer Society has launched the Information Systems Examinations Board’s (ISEB) Foundation Certificate in IT Law to help computer professionals deal with contract, compliance and othe...07 Apr 2006
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CSC to cut 1,200 jobs in the UK
IT services company CSC is planning to cut 1,200 jobs from its 10,000 strong UK operations after putting itself up for sale last week.07 Apr 2006
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Skills shortage is on the way warns IMIS
The government must offer training tax breaks to IT professionals and employers, if the UK is to avoid a year 2000 style skills shortage by 2012, an influential industry body warned last week.07 Apr 2006
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