September 2003

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Probation Service IT comes under fire again

  IT systems at the Probation Service have been criticised by government inspectors for the second time in three years, but the...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Windows delay: users told to check licences

  Organisations that have taken up Microsoft's Software Assurance subscription licensing should re-evaluate their position after...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  C++ and Corba are at the heart of Europe's first lunar space mission

  A £400,000 software package will determine the success or failure of Europe's first mission to the moon.  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Re-engineer your mainframe applications to get a better deal on IBM zSeries charges

  IBM mainframe users could make substantial savings on computing costs thanks to new a new pricing structure that comes into...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  NCC acquisition gives users a powerful voice

  The National Computing Centre said its acquisition of top-level user organisation CIO-Connect last week was a major step towards...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  VeriSign agrees to pay back domain ploy cash

  Internet infrastructure and domain name provider VeriSign has agreed to stop using a controversial practice that misled customers...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Web analytics boosts ad revenue for Fox

  Broadcaster Fox Kids Europe has significantly boosted advertising revenue across its online operation since rolling out new web...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  MSN chatroom ban puts ISPs under pressure

  Internet service providers said this week they were facing unwarranted pressure from child protection groups to close down their...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Most councils believe e-deadline will be met

  Councils are becoming increasingly confident that they will meet the 2005 e-government target, according to research by the...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Socitm event to focus on multi-agency work

  Professional development and the demands of the government's green paper to protect vulnerable children will be key issues at...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Firms accuse McAfee of failing to warn them of coding error in anti-virus update

  Anti-virus company McAfee came under fire this week after a programming error in its downloadable anti-virus software brought...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Get HP’s SCO promise in writing

  Lawyers have urged Hewlett-Packard’s Linux customers to make the supplier’s offer to indemnify them against any legal action by...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Nationwide set for data mining gains as CRM plan nears fruition

  Building society Nationwide expects to complete by the end of this year a roll-out of a replacement customer relationship...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Spoof hits Lloyds TSB

  Lloyds TSB became the latest in a long line of companies to be hit by an e-mail spoofing scam last week when a random selection...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Safeway’s IT merger on

  Safeway’s IT department is ready to merge with Morrisons, whose takeover bid was given the green light by trade and industry...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Sun strikes deals to keep Java on PCs

  Sun Microsystems has signed a series of deals with hardware manufacturers in a bid to prevent Java being dropped from PCs.  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Microsoft tells big firms to check for fake software

  Large businesses were urged to check the authenticity of their Microsoft packages this week after a software supplier was forced...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Trusts and GPs set to help fund NHS plan

  Hospitals and GP organisation will have to pay for delivery of substantial parts of the Department of Health’s national programme...  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Motorola builds security into network chips

  Motorola is building security engines into processors made for network gear in homes and small and medium-sized businesses.  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  US youth arrested for Blaster variant

  A second US youth has been arrested in relation to the Blaster worm that infected computers worldwide last month.  Continue Reading