July 2009

July 02, 2009 02 Jul'09
UPDATE: Samsung removes links to business hard drives from its Australian website

Samsung Australia has removed links to information about its hard disks from its home page, but still cannot confirm which disk it officially sells and supports in Australia. Continue Reading
July 02, 2009 02 Jul'09
HDS hits EMC, HDS gets hit, NetApp hits HP, Dr Who spruiks Prime

Just another week in the storage blogosphere as all the main vendors get stuck into each other. We therefore lighten things up with video of vintage Tom Baker ads for Prime Computer. Continue Reading
July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
CSPs spell out problems with Big Brother proposals

Communications services providers face huge technical and liability problems in complying with proposals to upgrade the UK's capacity to eavesdrop on the internet, a parliamentary committee heard this morning. Continue Reading

July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
Child DNA database grows - but not in Scotland

The number of children held on the English and Welsh DNA database has grown by 20,000 in a year, while Scotland's database continues to hold only a small...
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July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
Airbus crash: interim statement tomorrow

French authorities will tomorrow [2 July 2009] give an interim statement on their investigation into the loss of an Air France Airbus off Brazil on 1...
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July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
Video: Palm sells 300,000 iPhone killers in June

Palm sold more than 300,000 Palm Pre handsets in June, the company announced today. This compares to one million new... Continue Reading
July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
How do you stop a gorilla urinating in the IT department?

The best thing that can happen to a CIO is forthe IT budget to be cut completely. This would mean they would have to compete for funds in a meritocracy. CFOs,... Continue Reading
July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
The Lows and Lows of Internet Access

Apologies to any readers for the extended absence - lots of travelling, little in the way of Internet access other than WiFi hotspots that won't let you pay, neighbours of friends with annoyingly ... Continue Reading
July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
Adobe closes offices for week to save cash

Adobe has shut its US offices this week to save money on operations. But the moveis not that unusual, according to an Adobe blogger. The company planned... Continue Reading
July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
British Airways shelves ERP project as recession bites

British Airways has shelved plans to roll-out a company-wide ERP system because it doesn't want to spend cash in the face of a recession. Continue Reading

July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
Juniper stops researcher revealing ATM vulnerability

A security researcher has been prevented from disclosing security flaws in cashpoint machines at the Blackhat security conference . Continue Reading
July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
Remote Working: Your Office Anywhere

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July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
Airlines slash spending on IT

Airline investment in IT is set to reach a new low this year as airlines cope with huge financial losses, according to the 2009 Airline IT Trends Survey,...
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July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
Firefox 3.5, the fastest yet, says Mozilla

The latest version of Mozilla's Firefox web browser includes features to allow increasingly powerful web applications. Continue Reading
July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
Save our Sounds

Ian (nice to have you back) White's blog First Loser reminded me of a technology piece on the BBC's Digital Planet "Save our Sounds" about everyday noises that are becoming extinct. For example, a ... Continue Reading
July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
ID Cards: Communications Genius in Action

I'd like to offer my congratulations to the Communications team at the Identity and Passport Service for successfully pulling off one of the most audacious and downright clever pieces of media ... Continue Reading
July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
ID databases go ahead, despite u-turn on ID cards

ID cards will no longer be compulsory, but anyone applying for a British passport will added to the national identity card database, the government disclosed yesterday. Continue Reading
July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
Lloyds cuts thousands more jobs but halts offshoring

The Lloyds Banking Group is cutting an extra 2,100 jobs. The cuts will be in the bank's operations and wholesale banking operations and... Continue Reading
July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
Flesh out the skeleton with the number seven

The first thing to realise is that the four-digit number to be divided cannot possibly start with 2 or higher. Continue Reading
July 01, 2009 01 Jul'09
Apple iPhone 3G S sold out in UK

Apple's new iPhone 3GS is sold out, according to O2, the phone's exclusive carrier in the UK. Continue Reading