July 2009

How to stop rogue DHCP server malware

Rogue DHCP server malware adds a new twist to an old idea ... but not so new that you cannot fight back, as explained in this story.  Continue Reading

Air France Airbus crash: system pitot sensors a factor

Defective sensors which fed information on air speed to onboard systems were one possible factor in the loss of an Air France Airbus A330-200 on 1 June 2009.  Continue Reading

Oracle defends delay of OFM 11g

Oracle has defended the timing of the release of the latest version of its Oracle Fusion Middleware product, saying it is bang on the target.

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LinkedIn saved Microsoft £60,000 on recruitment fees

LinkedIn's business value was highlighted when Microsoft asked a member of its IT recruitment staff to put together a team to reverse-engineer viruses.  Continue Reading

Austrade stages "virtual" trade mission

The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) has used videoconferencing to stage a virtual trade mission for wine exporters.  Continue Reading

Oracle will not rent commodity cloud space

Oracle has ruled out following Amazon's strategy of renting out commodity space on hardware farms as part of its cloud computing strategy.  Continue Reading

Workers lack mobile phone etiquette, says survey

Companies may have to train staff on phone etiquette as mobile phones continue to infiltrate business life.  Continue Reading

BT Broadband will give businesses broadband on demand

BT's £1.5bn roll-out of "superfast" broadband will soon allow businesses to buy network capacity on-demand for as little as 24 hours at a time. The...  Continue Reading

Companies fail to test disaster recovery plans

Only 35% of companies test their disaster recovery plans at least once a year, research by security company, Symantec reveals.  Continue Reading

The fight is on

Over the last six months I have become more and more interested in how political web 2.0 polemics will play in the run up to our general election next May(?). Political and politicised blogging has ...  Continue Reading

Business outsourcing is on life support, bosses told

Commoditised outsourcing is no...  Continue Reading

Oracle Fusion 11g will 'simplify enterprise computing', says president

Oracle's latest Fusion Middleware 11g is a key part of Oracle's strategy to help organisation solve complex integration problems, says Oracle president Charles Phillips.  Continue Reading

Charles Phillips unveils Oracle's next-generation software

Oracle president Charles Phillips is in London today for the launch of Oracle Fusion Middleware...  Continue Reading

IT industry's broken promises on toxic chemicals in products

HP, Dell and Lenovo have been criticised for breaking promises to remove hazardous chemicals from their products.  Continue Reading

Iranian democracy expires with a Tweet

A particular area of concern should be the role of the dominant search engines and social networks. Are they (and the pay-per-click advertising industry) more, or less, trustwothy that the ...  Continue Reading

Dell customers get 19-inch LCD monitors for under £10

Dell is being made to honour sales to thousands of people that bought 19-inch LCD monitors for under £10 in Taiwan after it advertised them at the wrong...

Working the Web

While Gordon Brown's "Digital Britain Report" came and went with little fanfare, I discovered an interesting US statistic relevant to how important the web is to the US economy. "The Internet ...  Continue Reading