August 2009 News
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Redbridge deploys video to prosecute drivers
Redbridge is the sixth London borough to adopt enhanced digital video recording (DVR) technology to capture and prosecute traffic offences.
The borough...
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International growth rescues Deutsche Telekom results
Deutsche Telekom's second quarter results showed a turnaround from a disasterous first quarter thanks to growth overseas.
The telco's...
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Twitter down after DOS attack
Twitter is down after a denial of service attack. The site has so far been down for a couple of hours, and the company has confirmed on its status blog that it is currently defending against a DOS ...06 Aug 2009
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HP staff face a hurricane of cuts to pay and benefits
HP staff, who already face significant voluntary pay cuts as part of the firm's cost-cutting plan, face further involuntarily cuts to many more of their benefits.06 Aug 2009
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Virgin Media in recovery as it returns to profit
Virgin Media's prospects for a secondary listing on the London Stock...
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Apple patches Mac OS X against 'poison images'
Apple has released a security update for its Mac OS X operating system which fixes 18 vulnerabilities...
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Murdoch pushes forward with plans for paid-for news
Rupert Murdoch has ...
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Red Hat reveals top five Linux applications of 2009
Here are five of the best Linux business applications of 2009, as voted...06 Aug 2009
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UK national ID card cloned in 12 minutes
The prospective national ID card was broken and cloned in 12 minutes, the Daily Mail revealed this morning.06 Aug 2009
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ITV makes £150m loss on Friends Reunited sale
ITV has made a £150m loss on Friends...
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Alleged Windows 7 bug raises prospect of delays
An alleged bug in the final version of Microsoft's latest operating system released to PC makers has raised the prospect that the Windows 7 release may be delayed.06 Aug 2009
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Cisco's sales plummet but cash reserves grow
Cisco's sales sagged almost a fifth as profits plummeted in the fourth quarter, dragging down the world's leading communications equipment maker's full...
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Google to shake up online video with On2 acquisition
Google has announced a $106.5m deal to acquire loss-making video compression firm On2.06 Aug 2009
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Microsoft to take on hundreds of Yahoo staff
Microsoft is to take on at least 400 Yahoo employees as part of the landmark search partnership deal announced by the two firms last week.06 Aug 2009
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Twitter accused of patent infringements by TechRadium
Notification systems firm TechRadium has filed a lawsuit in a US district court against Twitter for allegedly infringing three patents.06 Aug 2009
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Dynamic business world needs intelligent LAN switches, says report
Because of a growing 'virtualization' of corporate employees, a Yankee Group researcher says access control needs to be enforced continuously rather than just once at the network gateway.06 Aug 2009
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Hyper-V vs. VMware: Which costs more?
VMware and Microsoft tout their virtualisation technologies as more cost-effective than that of the competition. But industry observers say an ROI comparison isn't that simple..06 Aug 2009
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Online retailers could face criminal charges
Internet retailers are risking committing a criminal offence which could leave a company and its officers facing fines, lawyers have warned.
IT...
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US Marines are social networking outcasts
The US Marines have banned staff from using social media sites including Twitter.05 Aug 2009
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Sony's 2TB memory stick holds 2 million photos
Sony has finished the specifications of a memory stick that will have a maximum storage capacity of 2TB.05 Aug 2009
