September 2009

World’s oldest computer comes back to life

The historic Harwell computer, later known as the WITCH computer, comes out of storage this week to travel to The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC)...

Puffins get GPS devices

News that Puffins will be fitted with tiny GPS systems to help conservationists monitor their populations is worrying downtime. Recent reports that drivers have had accidents because they are over ...  Continue Reading

CIOs cut costs with no plan to innovate out of recession

Many CIOs in France, Germany and UK are cutting IT costs without a long-term view of how to help the business innovate...  Continue Reading

Businesses face more software audits

Businesses are facing more software audits as software suppliers turn the screws on those companies that are failing to pay for the correct licences.

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Japanese are barking

A Japanese company has invented a gadget that can translate a dog's bark into human words. Apparently the Bowlingual Voice device will go on sale for £129 in Japan from next month. We can't wait ...  Continue Reading

HP and Cisco bury hatchet on virtualised datacentre comms

Hewlett-Packard and Cisco have compromised on proposed competing standards for managing communications in virtualised datacentres.

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Microsoft and Intel tout Windows 7 performance

Microsoft and Intel say Windows 7 will offer better processor performance and battery life than its predecessor Windows Vista.

The claim was...

BT to resell Google, Yahoo and Bing adwords

BT this morning launched an internet marketing service for small and medium enterprises that promises to make the best of search and pay per click on...

UK to regain access to YouTube music videos

Google is to re-open UK access to music videos on YouTube after reaching an agreement with the Performing Rights Society (PRS).  Continue Reading

Labour rejects review of Chinook crash

Defence Secretary, Bob Ainsworth, has ruled out ordering a new inquiry into the controversial Chinook crash, which left all 29 people on board dead, including...  Continue Reading

Millions of UK surfers vulnerable to internet fraud, survey reveals

More than 1.7 million UK internet users may be in danger of internet fraud because they use the same password for every online application and service they use, research has revealed.  Continue Reading

Nanoprinting could spell end to expensive printing

Borrowing an idea from nature could lead to technology capable of producing full-colour prints in a fraction of a second, according to South Korean engineers.  Continue Reading

UK users say data sprawl and compliance drive need for email archiving

Users at the Storage Decisions UK Email and File Archiving Seminar say growing email data volumes and compliance standards are driving their adoption of email archiving.  Continue Reading

The challenge of the patch management process

Patch management is no longer a little administrative chore that you fit in around more important work; it has become one of the most pressing and difficult challenges facing security professionals, thanks to an increasing number of enterprise ...  Continue Reading

Tiering evolves as new technologies, services, add new tiers

Cloud storage and solid state disks are changing the way business thinks about storage tiering.  Continue Reading

Tories commit to Chinook crash review

The Tories have made it party policy to appoint a senior judge to review a finding of gross negligence against the two deceased pilots of a Chinook Mk2 helicopter which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in June 1994.  Continue Reading

IBM pushes desktops into the cloud

Desktop PCs are expensive. They need upgrading every few years and require constant patching and IT management to ensure they remain secure and function...