August 2008
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Thales bags £18m deal for national ID card scheme
French defence systems engineering firm Thales has won the first contract for the UK's National Identity Scheme. Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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Online SMEs confused over responsibility for fraud
Small online businesses not responsible for fraud? A massive 99% of small online businesses believe they are not responsible for fraud on their websites. Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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Aug'08
Datasynapse to develop VMWare management console
Application service management software provider DataSynapse is integrating its FabricServer management tool with VMware VirtualCenter.
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August 01, 2008
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Software quality suffers during economic downturn
Businesses could face prohibitive costs arising from software failures as firms cut staff because of the economic slowdown. In a white... Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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Aug'08
Tesco - every little bit of population control helps...
A woman discovered an unexpected order for a dozen condoms in her online shopping basket at Tesco. Knowing she hadn't ordered them, she suspected her partner of playing away and almost cancelled a ... Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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Photo story: Beijing Olympics IT team applies final touches
The IT team at the Beijing Olympics are finishing last minute preparations Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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Foreign office reports five significant data losses
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) lost the details of 188 people this year, in five separate incidents. Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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Aug'08
Hacker McKinnon looks to Europe to avoid extradition
Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon ... Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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British sports people lie back and smell the profits
With the Olympics, and the inevitable litany of British failures, approaching, Downtime felt it worth easing the pain with a pre-emptive celebration of our national character.The good news comes ... Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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Aug'08
Rival to the Google throne proves to be the nuts
New search engine Cuil claims its name means "knowledge" in Irish, saying on its website, "Cuil is an old Irish word for knowledge. For knowledge, ask Cuil." But a search of the word in an online ... Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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Aug'08
If you like sundials, perhaps we can interest you in...
Optional extras and gizmos are an important part of the sales pitch for any PC salesman, and that seems have been true from the very beginning. Even the world's first computer - a calculator made ... Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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Council seeks to untangle IBM's tongue-twisters
You do not need to have mastered C++, or speak fluent HTML to know that most IT speak sounds like gibberish to the uninitiated.Somerset County Council has rather distastefully highlighted this fact ... Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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Aug'08
Ofcom to investigate alleged BT price squeeze
Ofcom is to investigate complaints from network resellers Thus and Gamma Telecom that BT is trying to squeeze them out of the wholesale market in end-to-end voice calls. Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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Aug'08
Alfresco creates open-source SharePoint
Alfresco has developed the first open-source enterprise content management (ECM) suite that is compatible with Microsoft SharePoint. Continue Reading
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August 01, 2008
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Internet crime? Global justice?
This week we feature two stories that show how ICT intersects with national legal systems to produce very novel scenarios of crime and punishment.
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August 01, 2008
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A good backup horror story can make you a better backup administrator
Broad IT skill sets are fine. But to truly be an exceptional backup administrator, one must have survived a nightmarish backup experience. Continue Reading