October 2009 News
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HMRC renews Aspire deal to save £110m
HM Revenue & Customs will save £110m a year without cutting jobs as a result of a revised Aspire contract...
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China Telecom enter call centre market with UK software
China Telecom's European arm is to resell a UK-developed call centre solution aimed at small and medium enterprises, and a Chinese language version is in...
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Window 7 users struggle to boot up
Windows 7 owners are having problems installing their new operating system, especially over Vista, according to comments on Microsoft's
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Media140: opportunities, challenges and benefits of social media
This week's Media140 conference showcased some companies that are doing interesting things with the technology - even some whose entire business model is starting to rely on it.30 Oct 2009
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Google offers comparison shopping with AdWords
Google has added a feature that lets users compare multiple relevant offers served by its AdWords advertisement engine.30 Oct 2009
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VOA preserves networks' advantage in rates draft
The proposed business rates on optical fibre networks for the next five years preserve the present 11% tax advantage enjoyed by large network operators over smaller ones and new entrants.30 Oct 2009
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Mobile market faces rocky road to growth
Consumers are likely to take advantage of aggressively-promoted new touch-screen mobile smartphones in the run-up to Christmas, analysts say.
If their...
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Twitter phishing attack disguised as BT
BT's customer services' Twitter account has been used to spread a phishing attack.30 Oct 2009
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Web learns to read Chinese, Arabic addresses
Brand owners should be aware of the imminent introduction of non-Latin characters for internet domain names both to protect their brand identities and to...
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North Korea blamed for attacks on US and South Korea
North Korea was responsible for major cyber-attacks on websites in South Korea and the US, according to South Korea's spy chief.30 Oct 2009
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Yahoo is “boring” with “pathetic” profits, says CEO
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said she will increase the company's profitability, which she described as "pathetic" and said the company had "become boring".
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Facebook gets $711m damages in spam case
Facebook has been awarded $711m in damages by a court in California as a result of an anti-spam case against an online marketer.30 Oct 2009
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Secure cloud computing: a contradiction in terms?
Cloud computing implementation is on the rise despite any worries that security professionals may raise about the technology.30 Oct 2009
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Oracle thinks global, but what about UK users?
For most US IT companies bent on expansion overseas, the first port of call is typically the UK where at least the locals speak (almost) the same language as they do in San Francisco. That was the ...29 Oct 2009
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Technology centre to commercialise research
A £40m manufacturing technology centre (MTC) has opened in the Midlands to narrow the gap between scientific discovery and commercial exploitation.29 Oct 2009
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DNA database may contain records of one million innocent people
Over 90,000 innocent people have been added to the DNA database since the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against the practice.29 Oct 2009
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Legal firm encrypts e-mail to secure communications
UK legal firm Browne Jacobson is to encrypt all e-mails to ensure secure communications.29 Oct 2009
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Yahoo and Microsoft ask for more time to finalise partnership deal
Yahoo and Microsoft have extended the deadline to finalise their search...
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Apple App Store hits 100,000 apps
Apple has now approved more than 100,000 applications for sale on its software catalogue App Store.
According to the website Appshopper.com,...
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Google, Motorola and Verizon build Droid to battle iPhone
Google, Motorola and Verizon have joined forces in the US to challenge the Apple iPhone's domination of the smartphone market.
Motorola's...
29 Oct 2009
