May 2009 News
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Millions of Britons download illegally, research reveals
Illegal file sharing by millions of people in the UK is inflicting huge economic losses, according to a report...29 May 2009
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SMEs should invest in IT to boost business
IT can help smaller businesses to gain new customers to ride through the recession, according to the latest research. A survey of 1,000 SMEs for Salesforce.com,...29 May 2009
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Pensions Trust reports loss of charity workers details
The Pensions Trust has reported loss of personal information on...29 May 2009
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Mobile computing drives flexible working boom
Huge shift in working practices driven by affordable mobile business technology29 May 2009
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Video: Google unveils next Wave of online communications
Google has given developers a preview of a communications technology called Google Wave that promises to replace e-mail.29 May 2009
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How to delete your summary e-health record
NHS Connecting for Health has confirmed that patients can have their centrally-held health records deleted on the BT-run data "spine". But it's not easy....29 May 2009
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Server sales dip to 12-year low
The first quarter saw a number of records broken in the global server market - but for all the wrong reasons. Customers across all geographies shelved...29 May 2009
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Dell: worst of recession is not over
Dell is not yet ready to proclaim that the worst of the recession is over, but its CEO has given a glimmer of hope by predicting that a "powerful" corporate...29 May 2009
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Barack Obama outlines US cyber security plan
US President Barack Obama is due to unveil the findings of a major cyber security review ordered shortly after he took office.29 May 2009
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HP announces another 5,700 job cuts
HP has confirmed that it will reduce its workforce by 5,700 across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) over the next two years.29 May 2009
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No big bang, just a Bing as Microsoft unveils new search engine
Microsoft has officially unveiled its enhanced search service, dubbed "Bing", but concedes it is unlikely...29 May 2009
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Public Accounts Committee despairs over endless cycle of IT failures
Edward Leigh, the chairman of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, reads regular reports by the National Audit Office on government IT failures....29 May 2009
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Greenpeace: IT industry must do more on climate change
Greenpeace has challenged the IT industry to do more to cut greenhouse gases. The charity has launched...29 May 2009
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Ofcom to borrow public sector spectrum for Olympics
Ofcom will borrow...29 May 2009
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HSBC completes UK fraud defences
HSBC has completed the roll-out of a bank card fraud...28 May 2009
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Live Q&A with Intel: Advice for SMEs on running successful IT operations
Live and interactive web TV show on Friday 29th May with Steve Shakespeare, Intel's EMEA Business Solutions Director is aimed at offering SMEs key advice for running IT operations successfully.28 May 2009
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Banco Santander IT is critical to rebrand
Banco Santander's migration of systems inherited with its UK acquisitions to its core banking platform will pay dividends when it rebrands its UK operations...28 May 2009
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Mobile platforms: spoilt for choice, but are they enterprise ready?
Choosing an enterprise-class mobile platform is becoming increasingly difficult as the line between consumer devices and business devices blurs. IT...28 May 2009
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Digital public services in 2020 – a high-level debate
A technology workshop, which is part of a "major inquiry" into how public services could and should look in 2020 took place in central London this week...28 May 2009
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IT leaders oppose large-scale outsourcing
Two senior IT leaders have spoken out, separately, against the large-scale outsourcing of IT, in favour of the greater control by internal technologists. One...28 May 2009
