February 2009
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February 26, 2009
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HP supports rival Sun's Solaris operating system
Hewlett-Packard is making Sun's Solaris operating system available on its Proliant PC servers. The server rivals have expanded their partnership... Continue Reading
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February 26, 2009
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NTHNTF: More mythbusing
I'm indebted to William van Zwanenberg, who has provided such a detailed and extensive comment on yesterday's "Nothing to hide, nothing to fear" (NTHNTF) article that is merits a blog entry in its ... Continue Reading
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February 26, 2009
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Is there a secret all-party deal on Digital Britain?
The officials have no obvious escape route from the silo busters. Under a Conservative Government the roles of Lord Carter and Andy Burnham would be merged. Jeremy already has the lead on ... Continue Reading
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February 26, 2009
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Nokia may enter laptop market
Mobile phone maker Nokia may get into the laptop business.
CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told Finnish national broadcaster YLE on Wednesday that the firm...
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February 26, 2009
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More than half of staff steal information when they leave the company
More than half of people take company information with them when they leave an employer, the US-based Ponemon Institute has found.
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February 26, 2009
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Google gives 15-day service credits following Gmail outage
Google is giving 15 days of free service access to subscribers who were affected by its Gmail outage this week. Continue Reading
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February 26, 2009
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Time Management - the modern land enclosure
Home Working is on the agenda again. While telecommuting, ticks all the right boxes re: cost saving and green practice etc., it remains controversial. Employers concerns include worrying if the ... Continue Reading
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February 26, 2009
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Exemplar NPfIT site in US "endangers patients"
Reports in the US say that software glitches have endangered patients at the Veterans' Association. The reports illustrate why e-record systems should be categorised, like some medical equipment, ... Continue Reading
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February 25, 2009
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Debunking a myth: If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear
The idea that an individual can live in a surveillance society with nothing to fear so long as they have nothing to hide may, on the face of it, appear attractive. For those of us who think of ... Continue Reading
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February 25, 2009
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Biometrics and Privacy
I spoke today at a Social Market Foundation event on biometrics. The keynote was Prof James Wayman, who was exceptionally fluent and interesting on the topic, and I was pleasantly surprised to see ... Continue Reading
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February 25, 2009
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City job opportunities increase despite downturn
Job opportunities in the London financial services sector increased in January as usual, but there were less than during the same period last year. Continue Reading
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February 25, 2009
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ID Cards insider: scheme is "largest , most complex and sensitive undertaking in Government"
When they were planning for ID Cards, executives at the Identity and Passport Service thought it a good idea to use the DWP's Oracle-based Customer Information System to store the biometrics part ... Continue Reading
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February 25, 2009
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Recession could produce the new Google, says Microsoft MD
Microsoft's UK managing director, Gordon Frazer, has said the recession could produce the next Google as the lack of jobs forces IT workers to rely on innovation.
"Recessions...
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February 25, 2009
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Publication of ID cards reviews would jeopardise support for the scheme, claims government
Publication of internal reports into the feasibility of the government's ID cards programme would have jeopardised support from government agencies. Continue Reading
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February 25, 2009
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Virgin migrates customers to minimum 10mbps broadband
Virgin Media is upgrading millions of its 2mbps broadband customers to a faster 10mbps (megabits per second) service.
The firm recently increased the...
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February 25, 2009
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UK's poor record on prosecuting hackers revealed
Experts have called for more police resources to fight computer crime, after it emerged that only 299 hackershave been charged under the UK's computer crime law over the past four years. Continue Reading
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February 25, 2009
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Top tips for project managers?
Below is a compilation of project management truisms. Some have been around years; a few are my own concoctions - the result of researching and reporting on countless IT projects and programmes. 1. ... Continue Reading
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February 25, 2009
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Google joins EC war on Microsoft's browser dominance
Google has backed the European Commission's investigation into Microsoft's dominance of the web browser market. Continue Reading
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February 25, 2009
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Microsoft builds atomic cloud
Microsoft Research has started a programme called Cloud Computing Futures, which aims to improve the efficiency of cloud computing. Continue Reading
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February 25, 2009
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Feb'09
John Lewis tops website accessibility league
John Lewis' website offers its customers the best levels of accessibility out of the top UK high street retailers, according to a study released today.
The...
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