May 2013

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Beware: WordPress alert

  Although WordPress is considered a mature platform, regular updates address serious security vulnerabilities that may be used by an attacker targeting a WordPress site.  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide to asset management

  IT departments need information on what assets they have, where they are, who is using them, the services they support, what they cost and how they are configured. They must also be able to ascertain whether the business is compliant, the value the ...  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide to mobile device management

  The trend for consumerisation and employees using their own devices for work comes as concerns over data security mount. In this 11-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly examines how to formulate a strategic policy for mobile device management (MDM) ...  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Could mobile manufacturing be heading back to Europe?

  Motorola's announcement of a new plant in the US suggests the West could make a comeback when it comes to mobile manufacturing  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Cambridge Academies to save 70% in licensing cost with new datacentre strategy

  A datacentre upgrade and use of a unified communication and management system across all its schools will help the Trust yield savings  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Tips for moving for moving from the Army to the business world

  I may be the UK managing director and RVP Northern Europe of a successful technology company now, but the route I took to get here is far from traditional.  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Pull out and keep our guide to UK gov IT failures

  The UK Major Projects Authority made in a pigeon-step for the cause of transparency and accountability with the publication of its traffic-light ratings of government projects last week.You had to ...  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Sweating your datacentre’s IT assets - is it a good idea?

  Amid economic uncertainties, businesses want to get more from existing IT assets. But does it make sense from an IT point of view?  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  O2 said plans seen by Telegraph are not firm but one scenario and it has rejected mass offshoring

  I blogged earlier about a report about planned job cuts at O2 on Telegraph.co.uk. O2 have responded and claim the Telegraph article is incorrect as it presents what it has seen in a leaked document ...  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  US military Plan X aims to make cyber war easy

  Top US military technologists have been working on a programme aimed at making cyber war relatively easy for the past year, it has emerged  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Badger, badger, badger, badger... Broadband! Broadband!

  Badger (Photo credit: Tatterdemalion!)Brian May has been fighting against badger culls across the UK and making us fall in love with the furry creatures, but techies beware; they are after your ...  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  O2 ends Wi-Fi partnership with BT

  O2 has cut ties with BT’s Openzone Wi-Fi service, meaning customers with have 4,200 fewer connections to choose from as of 1 July, 2013  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Documents reveal that O2 outsourcing will lead to thousands of redundancies

  O2's decision to outsource the management and digitization of its customer services to Capita will result in more job cuts than originally revealed. According to an article on Telegraph.co.uk, ...  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Movie FX shop adds Avere NAS acceleration to BlueArc scale-out NAS

  Video effects specialist Image Engine adds Avere NAS acceleration to provide high-performance cache while retaining BlueArc clustered NAS arrays as bulk storage  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Microsoft's Windows 8.1 update fails to deliver

  Microsoft’s stab at pacifying users has back-fired, as it readies Windows 8.1, which will be available at its Build developer conference next month  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Google sets seven-day deadline for zero-day disclosure

  Google has set third-party suppliers a seven-day deadline for disclosing vulnerabilities in software to help users protect themselves from attack  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Wireless charging: The story so far...

  Rupert Goodwins looks into the technology behind wireless charging and whether it is good enough yet for wider adoption  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Most employees use personal devices to store business documents

  Over 90% of enterprise workers use personal devices to store, share and access work documents  Continue Reading

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  BT to drop Yahoo email after hacking complaints

  BT is to replace Yahoo Mail with its own email service for its six million broadband customers after complaints about hijacked accounts  Continue Reading

• May 30, 2013 30 May'13

  Finally, the gadget we've all been waiting for... iSPOON

  This is what every gadget-loving foodie needs in their kitchen - an iSpoon.Remember the last time you were using the Jamie Oliver app on your iPad and confused your stylus with your wooden spoon, ...  Continue Reading