July 2009
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July 02, 2009
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Jul'09
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
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July 02, 2009
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Jul'09
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...
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July 02, 2009
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Jul'09
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
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July 02, 2009
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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
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July 02, 2009
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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
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July 01, 2009
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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
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July 01, 2009
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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
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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
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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
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July 01, 2009
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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
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July 01, 2009
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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
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July 01, 2009
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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
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July 01, 2009
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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
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July 01, 2009
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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
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July 01, 2009
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Jul'09
Remote Working: Your Office Anywhere
Remote Working: Your Office Anywhere Continue Reading
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July 01, 2009
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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
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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
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July 01, 2009
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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
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July 01, 2009
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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
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July 01, 2009
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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