December 2004
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December 09, 2004
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Agenda for Change will protect NHS IT managers' pay
IT managers in the NHS should find their pay protected under Agenda for Change, a top-to-bottom reorganisation of salary scales... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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Supplier admits defrauding US schools e-project
US supplier Inter-Tel Technologies has agreed to plead guilty and pay fines totalling $8.7m (£4.5m) on charges of bid rigging and... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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Veritas' India lab to become its largest R&D centre
Veritas Software's research and development (R&D) centre in Pune, India, will soon be the company's largest worldwide, according... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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AT&T to build Treasury network
The US Treasury has signed a deal worth up to $1bn (£520m) with AT&T and its partners to build a secure high-speed network for... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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Disney backs Blu-Ray
Walt Disney and its Buena Vista Home Entertainment division have thrown their support behind the Blu-Ray high-definition DVD... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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PalmSource buys into mobile Linux
PalmSource surprised the mobile supplier community yesterday by announcing it would acquire China MobileSoft to leverage the... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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Siemens sets wireless speed record with OFDM
German electronics manufacturer Siemens has set what it claims to be the fastest-ever wireless connection. Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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Amazon urged to come clean on outage
Amazon.com should consider releasing more details about the outage that affected its website this week for the sake of customer... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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Oracle revises PeopleSoft intentions
At its user conference yesterday, Oracle continued to send out mixed messages about how it will support PeopleSoft products if it... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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Government introduces standard public sector IT contracts
The government has today published new standardised contract terms in an attempt to simplify the tendering process for IT... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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Date set for second Longhorn conference
Microsoft will hold a second Longhorn-themed Professional Developers Conference in September 2005, almost two years after it... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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McNealy: Sun still shines for Oracle
Despite Oracle’s strategic push for Linux- and Intel-based deployments, Sun is still the company's leading platform Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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Oracle admits data centralisation project took five years
Oracle's recently completed consolidation onto a single, global system for enterprise data took five years, Oracle chief... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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Virgin plans mobile joint ventures in China and India
Virgin Group is looking to launch mobile operations in China and India within the next 18 months, through joint venture deals. Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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Wal-Mart's web store crashes
Wal-Mart's online store crashed yesterday, two days after Amazon.com website encountered significant performance problems. Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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IBM warranty costs rising steadily
China's Lenovo Group has revealed growing warranty costs in the PC business it is buying from IBM, raising questions about... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2004
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Dec'04
China's Lenovo to buy IBM's PC business
China's Lenovo Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire IBM's personal computing division. Continue Reading
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December 08, 2004
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The security lingo of 2004
This was the year of botnets, zombie PC armies and phishying online schemes. Continue Reading
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December 08, 2004
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Kicking out dead time
A man of many talents, Gary Turner is a professional kick boxer and guest commentator on Eurosport as well as the proprietor of a... Continue Reading
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December 08, 2004
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Top tips for business broadband
Impenetrable jargon makes the task of selecting the best broadband solution for an SME more difficult than it should be,... Continue Reading