July 2010

Apple iPhone jailbreaking is 'okay under EU law'

Jailbreaking Apple iPhones to bypass code aimed at limiting the applications and carriers owners can use is unlikely to violate EU copyright laws, say legal experts.  Continue Reading

Case Study: How to lower IT support for non-core systems

IT departments often spend a significant amount of time looking after non-core IT equipment. Is there a better way? Jenny Williams investigates how to reduce the time spent on maintaining meeting-room technology.  Continue Reading

How can this man not get a job in IT if the economy is recovering?

I blogged earlier about a reader, who is a very experienced IT professional, struggling to find work. Not only that, he is struggling to get interviews. Just so you can understand why this makes an ...  Continue Reading

Free apps cost £1,200

Have iPhone will download free apps. What could be simpler or more alluring? But it could also be extremely costly, as teenager Ben Kitching found out. He popped his SIM into a second-hand iPhone ...  Continue Reading

Facebook joke's on the joker

Branding his now former friend Raymond Bryce as a paedophile on Facebook seemed like a good joke to Jeremiah Barber, but the joke was finally on him. Bryce took legal action and the court also ...  Continue Reading

How can IT leaders handle disruptive technologies?

Earlier this week, I attended an event hosted by blue-chip user group The Corporate IT Forum (Tif) around the opportunities and challenges around the adoption of disruptive technologies, so here ...  Continue Reading

Cyberchallenge aims to lure in new talent

The UK has launched a national cybersecurity challenge to attract new talent to the information security industry, but is a series of competitions going to do the trick?  Continue Reading

Online sales outstripping retailer web technology

Outdated technology is affecting retailers' websites, according to analyst Ovum.  Continue Reading

Civil servants on the payroll with no work to do is an outsourcing challenge

Comments by Francis Maude about how civil servants actually have no job but are too expensive to make redundant depict a major hurdle that the IT outsourcing industry. The government must overcome ...  Continue Reading

Virgin Media posts record sales for second quarter 2010

Telecoms firm has reported record growth for the second quarter, with sales increasing 7.1% between April and June this year  Continue Reading

PeerIndex launches as authority ranking platform

The first platform for recognising authority on the web, PeerIndex has launched, attempting to rank web users according to their authority on different subjects rather than the number of contacts they have.  Continue Reading

Department of Energy spends £300,000 to boost Google ranking

The Department of Energy and Climate Change spent more than £300,000 on artificially boosting its Google rankings in the last financial year, according to...

Cost-cutting boosts BT's profits

Despite falling revenue, BT saw its profits climb to £375m for the first three months to 30 June, up 38 % compared to the same period last year.

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Trinity Mirror cuts costs and boosts profits with IT

Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has used technology-led methods to help it cut costs and make the business more efficient.  Continue Reading

Businesses have cut too deep and are too disorganised to recruit effectively

One of the readers of this blog has told me about the current challenge finding work despite companies requiring staff again I asked him why a man with his CV, which is very impressive, could ...  Continue Reading

London Stock Exchange CTO Robin Paine leaves

Robin Paine is leaving the role of CTO at the London Stock Exchange after five years in the post.  Continue Reading

Novell's cloud-based applications library: free membership now open

Novell's new SUSE Gallery is an application showcase for Linux-based software appliances and cloud-based applications where downloads are free.  Continue Reading