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All Desktop Computing News - February 2006

UK grid tackles climate change assessment

News
Author: Arif Mohamed
Date: 28 February 2006

Oxford University, the Met Office and several other universities have developed a huge grid computer for the BBC to predict climate change up to 2080.

Salaries and prospects: Consultants sitting pretty

News
Date: 14 February 2006

Systems consultants are in the money with big pay rises contrasting with steady growth elsewhere. Nicholas Enticknap analyses the latest SSL/ Computer Weekly salary survey to discover the roles, skills and areas that offer the richest pickings

IT 'not to blame' for Kinnect flop

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Author: Christian Annesley
Date: 07 February 2006

Lloyd's of London should not blame technology for the failure of its electronic trading platform, according to law firm Barlow Lyde and Gilbert. The exchange pulled the plug on the £70m Kinnect system last week.

News in brief

News
Date: 07 February 2006

Brief takes on the week's news

Itanium cited as offering success for servers

News
Date: 02 February 2006

A new IDC study has found that technologies such as Linux and Itanium will gain in popularity in the business critical solutions arena.

Google continues sales and profits growth

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 01 February 2006

Google has continued its sales and profits growth by reporting an 86% increase in sales for the fourth quarter ended 31 December, but the shares fell as the search engine giant missed analyst’s expectations.