April 2006 News
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Intel job cuts loom
Intel is planning redundancies in response to falling profits and market share.28 Apr 2006
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Government saves £45m on Oracle deal
The government has renegotiated its bulk software licensing deal with Oracle to save the public sector £45m.28 Apr 2006
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Police National Computer no help in tracing missing ex-cons
Police cannot trace more than 20 of the 80 most dangerous foreign prisoners freed in the UK without facing deportation because their details are not on the Police National Computer.28 Apr 2006
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Morgan Stanley cancels MasterCards following US theft
Morgan Stanley customers in the UK are the latest to be affected by the theft of personal details of around 2,000 MasterCard credit cardholders.28 Apr 2006
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MOT system breakdown sends garages back to paper
The UK’s £230m MOT system suffered technical problems this week, disrupting the work of garages around the country.28 Apr 2006
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Telcos invest heavily in triple-play
Telecoms service providers around the world are putting around 40% of their capital expenditure into setting up and providing “triple-play” services to customers.28 Apr 2006
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BSA doubles bounty for informants
Anti-piracy group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) is offering a £20,000 reward to anyone who informs on employers using illegal or unlicensed software.28 Apr 2006
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Nokia forced to stump up £150m in patent dispute
Nokia has finally paid out £150m and settled its patent dispute with InterDigital over unpaid licence fees for 2G and 2.5G mobile phone technologies.28 Apr 2006
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Avocent acquires LanDesk management software
Avocent is buying LanDesk Software for $416m (£244m) to expand its management software offering to companies.28 Apr 2006
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BT gets its hands on Dabs.com
BT has acquired online IT retailer Dabs.com to expand its service offering to SMEs.28 Apr 2006
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JDA to acquire Manugistics
JDA Software is to acquire rival Manugistics for around $211m (£124m) in cash to create a $390m-turnover-a-year supply-chain software company.27 Apr 2006
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Smart mobile devices slip back in Europe
Shipments of smart mobile devices fell by 10% in western Europe in the first quarter of this year.27 Apr 2006
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BBC considers website adverts for foreigners
The BBC is asking visitors to its international homepage and news websites how they would view advertising on the sites.27 Apr 2006
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Researchers discover digital camera "fingerprints"
Researchers have developed a technology that can link digital photos with the digital camera they were taken with.27 Apr 2006
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Hitachi issues fix for JP1 vulnerability
Hitachi has admitted that its JP1 network and server management system could be vulnerable to denial of service attacks.27 Apr 2006
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Government pilots new NHS security system
The government is to test secure data sharing systems at hospitals in the North East.27 Apr 2006
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GNER accelerates Wi-Fi roll-out for passengers
Train operator GNER is to offer Wi-Fi access on all its trains by this August after experiencing strong demand for the service.27 Apr 2006
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Microsoft buys up asset-tracking firm
Microsoft is expanding its management software product line with the acquisition of Canadian asset-tracking company AssetMetrix.27 Apr 2006
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Podcast plays out security drama
Network security firm Arbor Networks is producing a podcast drama series aimed at getting business and IT professionals to take security seriously.27 Apr 2006
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Mastercard admits theft of cardholder details
MasterCard has admitted that a security breach last week allowed fraudsters to steal credit cardholders’ details.27 Apr 2006
