February 2006
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February 03, 2006
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Feb'06
Drag and drop web sites a step closer as giants support Ajax
Web pages and applications that allow the user to drag and drop information, folders and documents, just like a desktop, came a step closer last week as IBM and others backed an open source development project. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
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Feb'06
Top tips for virtualisation
A guide to making the transition to a new way of working without huge time and financial implications. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
02
Feb'06
Sun and Imation announce storage alliance
Sun Microsystems and Imation have announced a Strategic Agreement related to current and future storage products. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
02
Feb'06
EMC sets out storage and virtualisation range
Storage giant EMC has unveiled a broad range of storage and virtualisation solutions. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
02
Feb'06
Xen state of IT virtualisation
XenSource is pressing ahead with its programme to offer a commercial IT virtualisation infrastructure solution. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
02
Feb'06
Itanium cited as offering success for servers
A new IDC study has found that technologies such as Linux and Itanium will gain in popularity in the business critical solutions arena. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
02
Feb'06
AUP – Acceptable Use Policy or Acute Underlying Problems?
The subject of monitoring in the workplace continues to attract press and public interest. It was back in 2000 when the lewd email sent to a City lawyer by his girlfriend was first forwarded to 6 colleagues and then circulated Worldwide in a matter ... Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
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Feb'06
General Motors to award $15bn in IT outsourcing contracts
General Motors is signing deals to outsource up to $15bn (£8.8bn) of IT work, as it reduces its reliance on outsourcer EDS. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
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Feb'06
Novell demonstrates Linux Desktop 10
Novell has demonstrated the next version of Novell Linux Desktop 10, with a host of new consumer and business features. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
02
Feb'06
London law firm spreads the risk in £4.5m networking deal
London law firm Allen & Overy has signed a £4.5m deal with Fibernet to provide managed data connectivity and disaster recovery facilities. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
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Feb'06
US newspapers send out confidential credit card details by accident
Two US newspapers have mistakenly sent out the credit card details of their subscribers as part of their newspaper distribution system. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
02
Feb'06
Salesforce.com refuses compensation to customers for outage
Salesforce.com has refused to offer any compensation to most of its customers for the latest outage suffered by its hosted customer relationship management system. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
02
Feb'06
New IE7 browser is buggy
The first bugs have been found in the preview version of Internet Explorer 7, one day after it was released to the public. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
02
Feb'06
Kama Sutra virus set to strike on 3 February
A worm is likely to cause some problems on3 February, though security researchers hope that by stressing the risks in advance, businesses may be able to avoid serious disruption. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
02
Feb'06
VoIP labelled ‘botnet’ threat
A Cambridge University professor has warned that Voice over IP applications could be used to cloak networks of zombies and launch denial of service (DoS) attacks. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
02
Feb'06
Oracle faces more security questions
Analyst firm Gartner has warned that Oracle’s databases are in danger of losing their reputation for security, and has advised systems administrators to do more to protect their systems. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
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Feb'06
Companies fall down on mobile security
A report by mobile phone operator Orange, together with Quocirca, has found that companies are doing a poor job of securing workers' handheld devices. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
02
Feb'06
Government gets tough on computer crime
The government has proposed sharply increasing penalties for computer crime, taking the maximum penalty for unauthorised modification of a computer from five to 10 years. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
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Feb'06
US government against Blackberry network closure
The US Department of Justice has urged a federal judge not to close down the US Blackberry portable e-mail service as a result of an ongoing patent dispute, until it can be demonstrated that the service will remain available to government users. Continue Reading
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February 02, 2006
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Feb'06
US government charges 19 copyright hackers
The US government has brought charges against 19 members of an international group of hackers, who are said to have been involved in a “massive” copyright theft. Continue Reading