July 2010

Difference Engine completes first phase

The UK tech incubator set up last year to transform technology ideas into businesses has completed its first intake with investments already being made into the companies that have emerged.  Continue Reading

Microsoft licenses security technology from Cryptography Research

Microsoft has entered a licence agreement to use security technology from Cryptography Research to protect against differential power analysis (DPA) attacks.  Continue Reading

HSBC saves $1m in energy costs by turning off computers

HSBC has saved more than $1m in energy costs after rolling out technology that shuts down 300,000 PCs during evenings and weekends.  Continue Reading

Rimini Street expands UK operations

UK businesses are increasingly joining their North American peers in switching to third-party technical support to cut costs of owning big-ticket enterprise software.  Continue Reading

STA Travel signs Azzurri for global wide area network

STA Travel has awarded service provider Azzurri Communications a five-year contract to provide a global wide area network (Wan).  Continue Reading

UK is largest spender on utilities industry IT

The UK spends more on utilities IT than any other Western European country, according to research by IDC Energy Insight.

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Apple tries to restore cherry

Apple is up to its censoring tricks again  Continue Reading

Websites that the government will or has closed

Here is the list of closed and closing sites as at 7 August 2009  Continue Reading

Lunchtime surfers put strain on company bandwidth

Heavy internet usage during lunch hours could be putting too much pressure on companies' bandwidth.  Continue Reading

IT suppliers back coalition government’s IT strategy

The IT industry largely supports the new coalition government's IT strategy - including cost cutting, claims a report by analyst firm TechMarketView.

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Prepare for dip in IT jobs market, warns recruitment specialist

The IT jobs market is heading for a dip following recent unprecedented growth in vacancies in the financial services sector, according to recruitment specialist McGregor Boyall.  Continue Reading

Tech start-up community thrives in Scotland

A high turnout of IT SMEs is expected to attend Scotland's first Startup Weekend in Glasgow next month.  Continue Reading

Google is top malware distributor among search engines, report reveals

Google turns out more than twice as much malware as Bing, Twitter and Yahoo combined, according to the Barracuda Labs 2010 Midyear Security Report.  Continue Reading

Will G-Cloud change or decimate IT profession in public sector?

As the Government cloud computing platform (G-Cloud) comes closer to a reality, IT professionals in the public sector must be considering how it will impact them. But it doesn't have to be doom and ...  Continue Reading

Intel shows silicon laser chip for 50Gbit/s links

Intel has stepped up its interest in using optical fibres for high speed interconnects in processor-based systems.  Continue Reading

UK largely missing from state of the internet reports

The UK barely rates on content distributor Akamai's "state of the internet" report, despite successive governments' pledges to "digitise" Britain.  Continue Reading

Steria profits rise

French IT service provider Steria announced an increase in sales and profits for the first six months of this year compared to the same period a year ago.  Continue Reading