February 2009
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Send e-mails from the grave
A website has been set up that allows people to send messages to friends and family when they're dead. Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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World's biggest computer built for US nuclear department
The US government is building a supercomputer for its nuclear department that will be the most powerful computer in the world. Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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SMEs urged to sign up for government contracts via website
The government is urging small businesses to sign up for public sector contracts through its supply2.gov.uk website. Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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IBM offers redundant staff jobs overseas
IBM workers in the US and Canada who have recently been made redundant are being offered jobs in lower-wage locations such as India, China, Brazil and Eastern...
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February 04, 2009
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Pay rates for interim managers soar despite market decline
Pay rates were still rising in December for IT staff in interim management positions, despite the market shrinking 11%.
IT interim managers can now...
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February 04, 2009
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SAP boosts ERP with Business Suite 7
SAP has unveiled a major update to its flagship enterprise resource planning (ERP) software with the release of the SAP Business Suite 7 in New York today. Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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Mobile computing users willing to pay for acceptable Wi-Fi
Mobile computing expect widely available Wi-Fi services and express a keen willingness to pay for them Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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Mobile computing manufacturers need to add Wan
Embedding wan into ultra portables may addresses the frustration of spotty coverage of Wi-Fi Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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Netbooks and MIDs ‘secondary’ mobile computing devices
Ultra portable devices gaining popularity if not yet credibility from businesses Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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Office 2007 Deployment: The Main Script Part 3
We return to the KIX logon script for the Office 2007 rollout to explain more on what we are doing... Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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Garbage protection, muck spreading or data governance?
Whatever the underlying reality, the current mistrust of public sector data governance makes it highly likely that these clauses will fail in the Lords and set back the cause of secure sharing ... Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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Third of senior staff at top firms fall for game honey trap
Senior staff at a third of top UK companies have fallen for an online game honey trap to test their security awareness.
In a campaign targeting 14,000...
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February 04, 2009
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Mozilla updates Firefox as it gains ground
Mozilla has released an update of Firefox that fixes six bugs as it continues to gain share of the internet browser market. Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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(ISC)2 publishes security resource guide online
Information security certification body (ISC)2 has published an onlineresource guide for security professionals. Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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Competition Commission blocks Project Kangaroo
The Competition Commission has blocked the online joint TV venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4. Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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Kaspersky files image-based spam busting patent
Kaspersky Lab has patented a statistics-based method for detecting image-based spam that is used to bypass traditional text-based filters Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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Average UK data breach costs firms £1.7m
The average UK data breach in business costs £1.7m, according to privacy and information management research firm Ponemon Institute.
In an annual report...
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February 04, 2009
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Legal firm reduces risk with enterprise search
UK legal firm Mills & Reeve is reducing risk by equipping more than 800 users in six offices with an enterprise search to ensure quick access to the information they need. Continue Reading
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February 04, 2009
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Satyam could be auctioned off electronically
Satyam could bring all of its potential buyers together electronically using video conferencing to ensure the most visible process possible as the...
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February 04, 2009
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Facebook celebrates fifth birthday
Facebook is today celebrating it fifth birthday, but the more hard nosed may be asking where the money is.
The social networking site now has 150 million...
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