January 2006
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January 25, 2006
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Security gets all professional
Leading companies such as Royal Bank of Scotland, BT and HBOS are lending their support for the newly minted Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP). Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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IT wallets shrink again
European IT budgets will grow just 1.6% this year, compared to 2.9% last year, suggests a report by Forrester Research.the analyst. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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Radio tagging out of tune on ROI
Some 12% of manufacturing, retail/wholesale and logistics companies in western Europe are reviewing radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, according to a survey by IDC. Another 5% are already piloting it. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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Colleges failing University challenge
Almost half of UK technology graduates surveyed by IT recruitment specialist FDM say their degree course failed to arm them with the right commercial skills. In fact, 41% of the graduates thought it would have been better to skip university ... Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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Outsourcing big fish nibbled by minnows
“The increasing level and diversity of competition, coupled with a trend towards selective or single process outsourcing all mean that providers cannot rest on their laurels,” says Duncan Aitchison, managing director of TPI. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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Microsoft slow to comply with US anti-trust agreement
Microsoft is failing to meet its obligations under the anti-trust agreement it made with the US government, according to documents filed by federal and state prosecuters. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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CA almost doubles profits
CA almost doubled its third quarter net profit, as the new management team continues to make structural changes to the group. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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Vodafone gets Dell to build in high-speed mobile data
Vodafone has signed a deal with Dell to provide built-in, high-speed mobile data access in its laptops, for users subscribing to itss new High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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Google to block human rights content in China
Google has lined up with the other major internet search engines and is helping the Chinese government to censor the search material available to internet users in China. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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Sun makes £131m quarterly loss
Sun Microsystems raised sales 17% in the last quarter but still returned a $223m (£131m) loss. This is compared to a slender $4m net profit in the same quarter a year ago. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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Who's bad? Malware spreaders tackled
Technology companies and other organisations have formed a coalition to try and take on firms that spread spyware and adware. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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Lexmark to make 700 redundant at Scottish factory
Printer manufacturer Lexmark is closing its printer cartridge factory in Scotland with the loss of 700 hundred jobs. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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IBM makes UIMA open-source
IBM has made its Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) open-source, to encourage independent software developers to create a range of enterprise text analytics applications. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
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UK IT managers under-used and ignored
More than half of UK IT managers in medium-sized businesses are under-used, according to a survey carried out on behalf of LSI Business Solutions. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
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Symbian mobiles targeted by three Trojans
Three new malicious Trojans aimed at mobile phones running the Symbian operating system have been released into the wild. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
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Microsoft gets more time to comply with EU server ruling
Microsoft has been given until 15 February by the European Commission to comply with one part of the EC’s March 2004 anti-trust ruling against the software giant. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
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Jan'06
Google personalises the news
Google has enhanced its news site with reader personalisation features. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
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Harrods develops SOA to provide a single view of customer details
Harrods is developing a service oriented architecture to create a single view of customer information that is currently held in different formats on different databases. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
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Wal-Mart tests RFID data integration system
Retailer Wal-Mart is testing a system to integrate data taken from radio frequency identification tags with automated electronic data interchange information. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
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Data security failings
Businesses across Europe are failing to secure their critical business data, despite its importance to the business, a survey of 150 IT directors has revealed. Continue Reading