November 2010
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November 04, 2010
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News Corp hit by MySpace decline
The MySpace social networking site has dented the financial performance of its parent company News Corp.
In the company's Q1 financials, News Corp...
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November 04, 2010
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North-South divide in IT professional pay widens
IT professionals in the South East earn up to 20% more than their counterparts in the North, according to recruitment agency CV Screen. Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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Nov'10
Best Buy launches transactional website
Eletricals retailer Best Buy has launched a transactional website in a bid to expand its reach and sell to consumers across the UK.
The US company,...
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November 04, 2010
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Citigroup creates 440 IT jobs in Northern Ireland
Citigroup is creating 440 IT jobs at in a technology and operations centre in Belfast over the next five years.
The IT jobs are part of the banking...
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November 04, 2010
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Microsoft warns of zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer
Microsoft has issued a security advisory warning of a zero-day vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser versions 6, 7 and 8 that could allow remote code execution. Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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Top ten IT strategies for SMEs, number six: BI
Business intelligence enables companies to analyse data, such as sales revenue, by breaking it down by products or departments and provides historical, current, and predictive views of business ... Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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Bristol Council's open source plans hit by further setback
Bristol City Council's efforts to implement an open source IT strategy have hit a further obstacle, one that raises questions about the feasibility of the... Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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Nov'10
Agile is a skill in demand
Contractors with Agile software development methodology skills are currently in demand according to figures from CWJobs.co.uk and businesses will soon be looking for permanent staff with these ... Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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Is IT offshoring inevitable to meet government cuts?
Large-scale offshoring of IT and business processes is seen by many as the way government departments can cut costs, but the ineffective procurement of the past could mean there is an alternative. Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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Nov'10
Ah grasshopper, turn to the Agile Samurai developer!
A new book uses the Samurai theme to explain Agile software application development Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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Nov'10
CIO Interview: Kevin O'Connor, Paddy Power
Technology plans are moving full steam ahead at Paddy Power, with a new chief information officer recruited to oversee the IT underpinning the bookmaker's exponential growth. Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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Public sector IT jobs start to feel the spending cuts
Public sector IT job advertisements have fallen by 36% in the third quarter of this year compared to the first three months as contract roles are decimated.
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November 04, 2010
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Vodafone offers businesses smartphone security
Vodafone has partnered with mobile security specialist Good Technology to enable businesses to manage corporate data on Android, Windows, iPhone and Nokia...
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November 04, 2010
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Nov'10
East London to become new Silicon Valley?
Prime minister David Cameron is to unveil a new technology centre in London's East End today.
Google and Facebook are said to be investing in the East...
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November 04, 2010
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Nov'10
One in eight malware attacks are via a USB device, study shows
A growing number of malware attacks are using plug-in USB devices, according to researchers at security firm Avast Software. Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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Europe tests cyber defences in first regional attack simulation
Europe's cyber security experts are testing their responses today in the first ever pan-European cyber-attack simulation exercise. Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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Nov'10
Stormy Peters leaves GNOME, breezes into Mozilla
Technology analyst and renowned free and open source software (FOSS) advocate Stormy Peters has left her post at the GNOME Foundation to join Mozilla. Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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Nov'10
HP dodges Oracle's court call for chief Leo Apotheker in SAP case
Hewlett-Packard has refused a subpoena for new chief executive Leo Apotheker to testify in Oracle's case over IP theft by an SAP subsidiary while he was CEO at SAP. Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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2011 set to be IT services M&A frenzy
A couple of things this week have prompted me to write a post about the possibility of a rush of mergers and acquisitions in the ICT services space next year. First I received a press release from ... Continue Reading
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November 04, 2010
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Nov'10
Email attachment viruses: Old tricks meet new sophisticated malware
Recent research reveals that, while email attachment viruses may be using old techniques, the malware they contain is vastly more sophisticated. Continue Reading