September 2007

• September 11, 2007 11 Sep'07

  Skype warns of chat worm infecting users

  Skype has warned its voice over IP users of an instant messaging worm that is infecting users' Windows-based PCs.  Continue Reading

• September 11, 2007 11 Sep'07

  CRM market up 14% to £3.7bn

  World customer relationship management (CRM) software revenue is forecast to exceed £3.7bn in 2007, up 14% on 2006, said analyst Gartner.  Continue Reading

• September 11, 2007 11 Sep'07

  Property firm moves from tape to online data backup service

  Commercial property developer Stanhope has dispensed with outmoded tape back-ups in favour of an automated online back-up service from managed service provider hSo.  Continue Reading

• September 11, 2007 11 Sep'07

  PREM hotel group offers free Wi-Fi

  The PREM hotel group is offering guests free Wi-Fi services via the free-hotspot.com platform.  Continue Reading

• September 11, 2007 11 Sep'07

  Seattle man arrested for peer-to-peer identity theft

  A Seattle man has been arrested for allegedly using peer-to-peer networks for targeting wealthy web users to conduct identity theft, according to a report in The Seattle Times.  Continue Reading

• September 11, 2007 11 Sep'07

  Openoffice.org gets market boost from IBM

  IBM has joined the Openoffice.org development community to give the open source productivity software a boost in the marketplace.  Continue Reading

• September 11, 2007 11 Sep'07

  On the anniversary of 9/11, experts spot gaps in continuity plans

  Six years on from the September 11 terrorist attacks, UK businesses are not doing enough to prepare staff to work with IT systems in a disaster, the Business Continuity Institute has warned.  Continue Reading

• September 11, 2007 11 Sep'07

  Health Committee cannot agree unanimous report on key aspects of NHS National Programme for IT

  The Health Committee of the House of Commons is to publish a report on aspects of the NHS's £12.4bn National Programme for IT [NPfIT] without the contents of the document being agreed by all of the ...  Continue Reading

• September 11, 2007 11 Sep'07

  SSL/Computer Weekly IT salary survey: finance boom drives IT job growth

  The second quarter of 2007 was the best for IT job-seekers for several years, with double-digit growth in the full-time and freelance jobs markets. The number of permanent advertised jobs was up 13% on the same period in 2006, and there were 18% ...  Continue Reading

• September 11, 2007 11 Sep'07

  Technology spending 2008: SOA, virtualization still hot

  IT spending for 2008 is expected to increase slightly over 2007, according to early expert predictions.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  UK eBay users targeted in Trojan botnet attack

  Hackers are targeting UK eBay users in a concerted Trojanbotnet attack.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Spanair migrates to Linux

  Spanair, one of the largest airlines in Spain, is optimising its performance and cutting costs with Linux infrastructure systems.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  GPS creates new £345m advertising market

  More than 40,000,000 people will be using their mobile phones to look up maps and routes by 2012, creating a search-based advertising market worth £354m, says market researcher Berg Insight.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  DPM’s diary: 11 September

  The latest from Bogcaster Council  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Bollywood comes to a PC and iPod near you

  Bollywood distributor Opus Media is to make new and classic South Asian movies available for download and on-demand viewing using a new media streaming service.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Contactless payments to be rolled out within a year in UK

  Contactless payments will be a reality across the UK within a year following an initial roll-out of the technology in London.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  European Parliament calls for improved consumer protection for software use

  The software industry has welcomed European Parliament calls to improve consumer protection for software use.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Datacentre inefficiency a major problem at enterprises

  Datacentre inefficiency is still a major problem in many enterprises, despite the availability of standard technologies to ease problems.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Glasgow City Council saves £20m with e-procurement project

  Glasgow City Council saved £20m in less than two years in what it claims is one of the UK's biggest public sector e-procurement projects.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  VoIP services for SMBs

  VoIP is quickly becoming a mainstream technology, and SMBs need to keep up with larger companies, even if it's on a smaller scale. Check out the latest news, tips and other resources related to VoIP.  Continue Reading