February 2009

Facebook to sell user data to market research firms

Facebook intends to offer the information it holds on 150 million users to firms wanting to do market research.  Continue Reading

Smartphones to cushion downturn for handset makers, says Juniper

Sales of smartphones will reach 300 million by 2013, helping to cushion the downturn in the mobile handset market, says Juniper Research.

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WFHers ... its the right kind of snow, just the wrong amount

WFHers ... its the right kind of snow, just the wrong amount  Continue Reading

Mini-notebooks bolster fourth quarter PC sales

PC shipments in Western Europe totalled 20.1 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, an increase of 12.1% on the same period in 2007, said analyst Gartner.  Continue Reading

Best Places to Work 2009 shortlist to be announced

The shortlist for Computer Weekly's sixth annual Best Places to Work competition will be announced on Tuesday.  Continue Reading

Holiday Extras hires new IT director

Holiday Extras, the UK provider of travel add-ons, has appointed Nilan Peiris as its new web and IT implementation director.

Peiris has joined from...

Dominos says thin is best with global Microsoft store platform

Domino's Pizza is rolling out a Windows-based thin-client store system across its global network of sites to help improve its operations and cut costs.  Continue Reading

Office 2007 Deployment: Let's Get Visual (Visual Studio 2008 Overview)

After the excitement of the snow this week, we take a break from the logon script to discuss Visual Studio 2008 and how it fits into our Office 2007 plans...  Continue Reading

NAO inquiry into government IT likely

The Times reports today that the National Audit Office is likely to investigate Whitehall's biggest computer projects and contracts after disclosures that their costs had exceeded the announced ...  Continue Reading

Gordon's Digital Industry Initiative # 9 - Sectors

The down-turn and the future up-turn are expressed in vertical terms - progress seems horizontal in concept. However, the government hoping a digital spectrum of services will help us out of the ...  Continue Reading

ING develops cash machine app for Google phone

Dutch Bank ING has launched the first of many mobile applications the bank will develop as demand for mobile banking grows.  Continue Reading

NHS CEO looks to give trusts more choice over IT

The chief executive of the NHS, David Nicholson, says he is exploring ways of giving NHS organisations more power and choice over their IT decisions, while...

The power and complexity of botnets

I had the privilege last week to hear an excellent presentation given by Bob Burls on the subject of Botnets. Bob presents an eye opening view over the power and complexity behind the botnet ...  Continue Reading

Google and Nasa back Singularity University

Google and Nasa are to back a new school led by controversial futurist Ray Kurzweil that will explore a time when computers are more intelligent than people.  Continue Reading

Travel in time and explore the oceans with Google Earth upgrade

The latest version of Google Earth allows users to explore beneath the ocean surface, go back in history, visit Mars and use GPS to plan their own routes.  Continue Reading

BT and Carphone warehouse price wars will benefit millions of small businesses

The competition between BT and Carphone Warehouse to lower the cost of SME broadband will help 4.7 million small businesses survive and prosper during the recession.  Continue Reading

James Crosby appointed chairman of Misys

Sir James Crosby, who produced a report highly critical of the government's plans to introduce ID cards, has been been appointed to chairman-designate of the board of Misys, the banking and health software company.  Continue Reading