March 2012
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Security Think Tank: How to prepare for EU data protection rules (part 3)
If your CIO has little board input or budget responsibilities, now is the time to make these changes – to empower the CIO with budget responsibility and board influence Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Telehealth could save NHS £1.2bn
The NHS could save £1.2bn over five years by encouraging three million patients with long-term conditions to use telehealth technology. Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Smartcards for transport to be rolled out nationally
The government is working with industry to roll out smartcard ticketing similar to London’s Oyster card across England and Wales. Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Vince Cable put a cap in my ass
The trend to make business applications easier to use through what is known as Gamification could have the side effect of public services being delivered at gunpoint..Applying for a government loan ... Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
IBM debuts prototype terabit optical chip “Holey Optochip”
IBM pushes data transfer rates to one trillion bits of information per second with a prototype terabit optical chip it calls “Holey Optochip” Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Could new breed of Indian IT suppliers sneak under the radar again
I met Ashok Soota today. He was at the top of the Indian IT industry way before it famous. While Soota was the president of Wipro in the 80s and to late 90s, some of the senior executives of the ... Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
UK views on data protection will go to Brussels, says Lord McNally
Government negotiators will take UK views to negotiations over the proposed EU data protection regulatory framework, says justice minister Lord McNally Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Hotel group upgrades IT for London 2012 Olympics
Hotel group Guoman and Thistle has upgraded a contract to transform its IT in time for the London 2012 Olympics Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Amazon pushes DynamoDB into Europe
Amazon is offering its DynamoDB NoSQL database service, in Europe to provide businesses with a scalable database system in the cloud. Amazon says DynamoDB in the EU-West region, complies with ... Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
How the New iPad was developed
An sms conversation between two Apple execs, Tom and Stephen, was recorded and can now be exclusively unveiled right here on Downtime detailing how the New iPad was put together. Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Local authorities save £675,000 with real-time data-sharing
Councils in Gloucestershire and West Oxfordshire are to share real-time data through a fibre optic network in a move expected to save £675,000 a year Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Buckinghamshire County Council cuts ICT support time by 50%
Buckinghamshire County Council has implemented a self-service desk management system in a move it expects will cut ICT call support by 50% Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
We are in the post PC-is-the-only-option era, but that's not quite as catchy for Apple marketing
Are we, as Apple would have us believe, in the "post-PC era"? I'm not so sure. The phrase has become something of a tech meme lately and Apple has understandably embraced it, claiming at the wholly ... Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Are we born entrepreneurs or conditioned into becoming them?
The title entrepreneur has become synonymous with words such as passion, anti-establishment and creativity - personal traits that can sometimes be misinterpreted as hot-headedness, ruthlessness and ... Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Councils meet first superfast broadband deadline
All but two local authorities have met government deadlines to submit plans to roll out superfast broadband Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
BBC Worldwide launches product master data management to boost revenue
BBC Worldwide has started a master data management programme focused on products. The first step was to define product as anything licensed or sold. Communicating with the business was crucial. Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Hackers attack Panda Labs website in LulzSec revenge attack
Hackers have attacked the website of security firm Panda Labs in retaliation at the arrests of seven hacktivist suspects, including LulzSec leader Hector Xavier Monsegur Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
Oooooooh, would you like me to lap dance for you?
At this year's CeBIT expo in Hannover, Germany, British robot-designer/artist Giles Walker showcased his pole-dancing robots.Yes, you read that right. Pole-dancing robots. Alan Partridge would be ... Continue Reading
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March 08, 2012
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Mar'12
PC sales to grow 4.4% in 2012
The day after Apple hailed the advent of the "post-PC era" in launching the new iPad, Gartner forecasts the PC market will grow 4.4% in 2012 Continue Reading
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March 07, 2012
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Mar'12
No, it isn't the iPad 3, or the iPad HD, it's just the New iPad.
Tonight Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced us to the latest instalment of the iPad family, simply referring to it as the "New iPad."So, what exactly is new about it?Well, it pretty much looks identical ... Continue Reading