December 2006 News
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Slide up the programming career ladder with Python
Hot skills Multi-purpose language is quick and easy to learn31 Dec 2006
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Raft of conferences planned for 2007
Increased IT industry confidence, and a desire to get close to the senior IT user community has brought a burgeoning number of events, seminars, exhibitions, roundtables and conferences for 2007.30 Dec 2006
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Looking back at information security in 2006
In this special edition of Security Wire Weekly, senior news writer Bill Brenner reviews his top interviews of 2006.26 Dec 2006
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Top 10 storage stories of 2006
SAN and NAS converged and shook up the industry, iSCSI went mission-critical, users conquered tiered storage and more.25 Dec 2006
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Weekly compilation of storage news:IBM, Seagate plan to rethink hard drives and memory
IBM and Seagate separately announce research projects into futuristic storage hardware; Morgan Stanley charged again over email; Dell CFO resigns; Xyratex acquires Ario IP.21 Dec 2006
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Microsoft investigates Windows Vista flaw
Local users could gain elevated system privileges and run malicious commands by exploiting an error within the Windows server library. Vista is among the OS versions affected.21 Dec 2006
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Skype Trojan: Much ado about nothing?
This week in Security Blog Log: A Trojan horse has captured headlines by targeting Skype users. But some believe the threat is being blown out of proportion.21 Dec 2006
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Top 10 storage acquisitions of 2006
Industry consolidation was fast and furious this year. We rank the deals by quality, not quantity.20 Dec 2006
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Nokia and G&D offer retailers mobile commerce systems
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Nokia have established a global joint venture that offers banks, transport companies and other retailers mobile commerce technology.20 Dec 2006
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Smartphones get smarter
Information Builders is the first major supplier to bring business intelligence (BI) power to mobile workers.20 Dec 2006
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Applix scores big with 64-bit BI
Direct home-shopping firm N Brown aims to close up potential gaps between its marketing and finance information with a budgeting and planning solution from Applix.20 Dec 2006
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Data mining fails in terrorist fight
A major study lambasts the US government’s reliance on data mining to detect terrorists as “a waste of resources”.20 Dec 2006
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HP buys Knightsbridge
Hewlett-Packard has expanded its business intelligence (BI) reach with a deal to buy Knightsbridge Systems for an undisclosed sum.20 Dec 2006
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LogiXML takes on the BI big boys
LogiXML has beaten off the BI heavyweights to secure top place in a supplier comparison study of features and benefits by QC Technology Decisions.20 Dec 2006
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Your shout: Biometric ID cards, Vista and women in IT
Computer Weekly readers' give their views on this week's news20 Dec 2006
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Cisco, Citrix pair for application-based click-to-call
Cisco and Citrix team up to bring click-to-call to applications.20 Dec 2006
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Online users prefer to book holidays online
Research shows that 55% of internet users now directly book their holidays online, with only 7% using high street travel agents to research holidays and book them.20 Dec 2006
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Schneider to step down as Dell CFO
Jim Schneider, Dell's chief financial officer, is leaving the company.20 Dec 2006
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Morgan Stanley charged over ‘lost’ e-mails
Morgan Stanley has been charged by the US National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) with falsely claiming that millions of e-mails it possessed had been lost in the 11 September terrorist a...20 Dec 2006
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Skandia UK signs up HCL for five-year IT outsourcing deal
Skandia UK has signed a five-year £105m IT outsourcing contract with HCL Technologies.20 Dec 2006
