March 2009

Home working will ease G20 disruption, says Continuity Forum

Organisations have been urged to make sure they have strong electronic communication links in place, as London faces potential disruption from protests during...

Voice messaging helps Severn Trent recover £3m in unpaid bills

Severn Trent has recovered £3m in unpaid bills in the last six months through the use of voice messaging technology. The water utility firm used software...  Continue Reading

Sun Microsystems lays off 1,500 staff

Sun has confirmed job cuts affecting 1,500 employees today. In a statement, the company said reductions were made across all levels, including vice-presidents and directors.  Continue Reading

City IT is not an easy target for G20 protesters

Large financial services companies in London are well prepared for any disruptions stemming from anti-capitalist demonstrations at the G20 meeting tomorrow.

London's...

Honda create mind-controlled robot, oh the possibilites!

The video below shows a man controlling Honda's Asimo robot using just his thoughts in what is called the world's first Brain Machine Interface (BMI) technology.  Continue Reading

Computer crime jumps 33% in US

Computer crime has risen 33% in the past year, according to figures from the US-based Internet Crime Complaint Centre.  Continue Reading

First look: Skype on iPhone

Skype has released an iPhone application and SearchNetworking ANZ took it through its paces – with mixed results.  Continue Reading

Precise move to improve storage tier

Storage enhancement solution to align with dynamic whereby IT departments need to do more with less resource  Continue Reading

Microsoft kills Encarta - So many memories

Memories of Encarta will be just that as Microsoft ends Encarta.  Continue Reading

UK small business not up to speed on security, survey reveals

IT security is a priority for less than a quarter (23%) of UK businesses with fewer than 250 employees, a survey has revealed.  Continue Reading

Meeting your company's targets - a one-sentence Sir Humphrey guide

MPs on the House of Commons' Defence Committee have been trying to work out whether the Ministry of Defence has met its targets for 2007/8. And they're not quite sure. The secret of the MoD's ...  Continue Reading

Sybase takes Office to iPhone in mobility drive

New release to offer improvements in business process mobilisation, enterprise admin, security and TCO  Continue Reading

Blogger claims to dupe The Sun with fake Google Street View story

A blogger claims to have duped journalists into reporting a fake story about a woman who used Google Street View to find out her husband was cheating on her.  Continue Reading

What's the Buzz about Beehive

Just looked at a demo of Oracle's Beehive that provides an integrated set of collaboration services built on a single, scalable, open, and enterprise-class collaboration platform. Beehive allows ...  Continue Reading

Government data losers should incur criminal charges

Public tolerance of government data leaks appears to be running out with the vast majority of people now believing those responsible should face criminal...  Continue Reading

Intel Xeon tackles climate change

Intel has revamped its Xeon server processor family with a family of chips designed to tackle the environmental impact of datacentre computing.

The...

LTE to revolutionise mobile broadband

Recession will not hinder LTE-based mobile broadband which could offer up to 100 Mbps  Continue Reading