May 2009

Millions of Britons download illegally, research reveals

Illegal file sharing by millions of people in the UK is inflicting huge economic losses, according to a report published today.  Continue Reading

SMEs should invest in IT to boost business

IT can help smaller businesses to gain new customers to ride through the recession, according to the latest research.

A survey of 1,000 SMEs for Salesforce.com,...

Pensions Trust reports loss of charity workers details

The Pensions Trust has reported loss of personal information on up to 109,000 charity workers  Continue Reading

Never the twain sums’ digits’ values shall meet

Tom Marlow will receive £20 for this highly original contribution. Try more puzzlers >>  Continue Reading

How to delete your summary care record

Article on Computer Weekly's homepage Thank you to Dr Neil Bhatia who suggested the questions I put to NHS Connecting for Health. He has further questions: "What happens if a patient presents to ...  Continue Reading

Mobile computing drives flexible working boom

Huge shift in working practices driven by affordable mobile business technology  Continue Reading

Video: Google unveils next Wave of online communications

Google has given developers a preview of a communications technology called Google Wave that promises to replace e-mail.  Continue Reading

How to delete your summary e-health record

NHS Connecting for Health has confirmed that patients can have their centrally-held health records deleted on the BT-run data "spine". But it's not easy....

Server sales dip to 12-year low

The first quarter saw a number of records broken in the global server market - but for all the wrong reasons.

Customers across all geographies shelved...

Dell: worst of recession is not over

Dell is not yet ready to proclaim that the worst of the recession is over, but its CEO has given a glimmer of hope by predicting that a "powerful" corporate...

Barack Obama outlines US cyber security plan

US President Barack Obama is due to unveil the findings of a major cyber security review ordered shortly after he took office.  Continue Reading

HP announces another 5,700 job cuts

HP has confirmed that it will reduce its workforce by 5,700 across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) over the next two years.  Continue Reading

Video: Microsoft Zune HD hands-on

Following my last post on the Zune HD, the boys at Gizmodo have followed up with a hands-on video that shows just how impressive this little gadget is! Have a look.  Continue Reading

Not a big thing, just Bing without any Yahoo

Microsoft has finally unveiled it's enhanced search service, but no big announcement about a deal with Yahoo as widely expected. Rather disappointing really, as is the name, "Bing"... We will have ...  Continue Reading

High level round-table on public sector IT in 2020

A technology workshop, which is part of a "major inquiry" into how public services could and should look in 2020 took place in central London this week under the auspices of the RSA. Whether the ...  Continue Reading

What went wrong with £234m C-Nomis IT project

When civil servants defend the failure of an IT-related project they usually say that the problems are in the past and all is well now. Last week Edward Leigh, chairman of the House of Commons' ...  Continue Reading

No big bang, just a Bing as Microsoft unveils new search engine

Microsoft has officially unveiled its enhanced search service, dubbed "Bing", but concedes it is unlikely to make any significant gains on rivals Google and Yahoo in the short term.  Continue Reading