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All Desktop Software News - May 2008

Bradford & Bingley deploys Oracle self-service HR platform

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 23 May 2008

Bradford & Bingley has deployed a self-service human resources system from Oracle.

Newham council tests for Vista compatibility

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Author: Cliff Saran
Date: 22 May 2008

Newham Borough Council has tested its core business applications for compatibility with Windows Vista six months in advance of a council-wide rollout across 5,000 desktop PCs.

Users should “beware” of Microsoft ODF support plans

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 22 May 2008

The ODF Alliance has greeted with scepticism Microsoft's announcement of its intention to include support for the Open Document Format in the first half of 2009.

Xerox Research seeks to improve multilingual access

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 22 May 2008

The Xerox Research Centre Europe (XRCE) is co-ordinating a project funded by the European Union that will improve the way multilingual content can be accessed.

Revealed - Government plans to tap phone and internet use

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Author: Cath Jennings
Date: 22 May 2008

The Home Office is considering radical plans to develop a centralised surveillance system to track in real-time every kind of electronic activity undertaken by citizens.

Executives divided over pros and cons of social networking

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Author: Bill Goodwin
Date: 21 May 2008

Should staff be allowed to use social networking sites such as Facebook at work, or should they be banned?

West Midlands council tenants get free web access via electrical power lines

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 21 May 2008

West Midlands residents are to get free or subsidised web access via power lines. Solihull Community...

Icahn attempts to depose Yahoo board over failed Microsoft takeover

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 16 May 2008

Yahoo activist director Carl Icahn is attempting to depose the Yahoo board over its handling of the failed Microsoft takeover attempt.

One Laptop Per Child to offer Windows machines from next month

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 16 May 2008

The One Laptop per Child project will now load Windows onto its cheap XO machines, as an alternative to Linux.

Communications firms forced to log internet use

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Author: Karl Flinders
Date: 16 May 2008

Prime Minister Gordon Brown this week proposed a law that will mean communications companies will have to keep logs of internet usage and make this information available to the police.

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