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May 26, 2006 26 May'06
Stanford spin-off unveils virtualisation vision

A spin-off from Stanford University's Computer Science Department, moka5, has entered the desktop virtualisation business.
May 25, 2006 25 May'06
Registration starts for .mobi domain names

The sale of .mobi web domains has started to allow companies to build web pages that easily work on mobile devices, including phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs).
May 24, 2006 24 May'06
HP and IBM to ship new Xeon-based servers

HP and IBM are launching servers based on Intel's latest dual-core Xeon processors.
May 23, 2006 23 May'06
Downtime: digging deep as Revenue gets down to brass tax

Downtime’s story about one of the team’s £1.60 tax bill – for which HM Revenue & Customs demanded immediate payment, let’s not forget – has sparked a flurry of e-mails from readers pointing out that for the taxman this represents big money.

May 23, 2006 23 May'06
Sleep out to help homeless children

The annual Byte Night charity sleep-out will take place on 22 September at London’s Victoria Tower Gardens on the Embankment next to the House of Lords.
May 23, 2006 23 May'06
Annual charity ball aims to beat last year's total

A Night in Atlantis is the theme of this year’s Intellect ICT Charity Ball, which takes place on 27 June in the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company in London.
May 23, 2006 23 May'06
The big question: Do you think the web will be the primary channel for business within five years?

The Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question to top IT professionals to get their take on a current talking point.
May 23, 2006 23 May'06
Your shout: convergence costs, shared services, IT value

Computer Weekly readers' give their views on the week's news
May 22, 2006 22 May'06
Samsung pioneers lighter fuel phones

Samsung has joined with specialist firm MTI MicroFuel Cells to develop mobile phones and devices powered by fuel cell technology – an alternative to traditional rechargeable batteries.
May 22, 2006 22 May'06
Microsoft offers pay-as-you-go PCs

Microsoft has launched a “pay-as-you-go” PC aimed at consumers in emerging markets, who will be able to buy computer time through pre-payment cards or a monthly subscription.

May 19, 2006 19 May'06
IT turns professional with skills initiative launch

An IT skills initiative hellbent on improving the professional mettle of the industry and putting a business shine on IT skills has been launched
May 19, 2006 19 May'06
Microsoft spells out Vista requirements

As expected, Microsoft has this week spelt out what system requirements are needed to take full advantage of the new features in its forthcoming Vista operating system.
May 19, 2006 19 May'06
Dell to ship enterprise servers with AMD chips

Dell has announced that it will use Opteron processors from AMD in its high-end servers by the end of the year.
May 18, 2006 18 May'06
IBM's Domino to fully integrate with Blackberry system

IBM and RIM are tightening integration between Big Blue’s Lotus Domino e-mail server and RIM’s Blackberry mobile push-e-mail system.
May 18, 2006 18 May'06
Microsoft to reveal Vista system requirements

Microsoft is today expected to spell out what system requirements are needed to take full advantage of the new features in its forthcoming Vista operating system.
May 17, 2006 17 May'06
AMD launches dual core laptop chip

AMD is to supply dual-core chips for laptop PCs with the appearance of its Turion 64 X2 processors.
May 17, 2006 17 May'06
BT names Wi-Fi cities

BT named the first six of 12 cities where it will roll out metropolitan-wide wireless networks.
May 16, 2006 16 May'06
AMD launches energy efficient chips

Chip manufacturer AMD has launched a range of energy efficient processors to allow manufacturers to produce smaller desktop machines that consume less power.
May 16, 2006 16 May'06
IT staff are top of the league for stress

People who work in IT have the highest level of stress, suffering more than those in medicine, engineering and education, a survey has found.
May 16, 2006 16 May'06
Need for NHS IT audit raised in parliament

A campaign by 23 experts in computer-related science for an independent audit of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is gathering strength after it was raised in the House of Commons.
May 11, 2006 11 May'06
Top companies wasting £61m a year on PC power

The UK's top 200 listed companies are wasting more than £61m in electricity a year by not maximising the energy efficiency of their desktop computers.
May 10, 2006 10 May'06
New HP laptops major on design

HP has launched a range of new laptops with the emphasis on style rather than configuration to drum up extra sales.
May 09, 2006 09 May'06
Silicon Graphics goes belly up, files for Chapter 11

Silicon Graphics has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after continuing to lose money.
May 09, 2006 09 May'06
Price cuts produce Dell profits warning

Dell has issued a profits warning as it prepares to post its results for the first three months of the year.
May 09, 2006 09 May'06
APC gets ready for shift to blades

American Power Conversion (APC), a global provider of end-to-end infrastructure availability systems, has launched a programme to help enterprises plan and implement high density applications such as blade servers.
May 09, 2006 09 May'06
Business critical network monitoring simplified

Mutiny has announced the release of Mutiny 3.5, the latest version of its critical services monitor.
May 09, 2006 09 May'06
SMBs in Blackberry focus

Research In Motion (RIM) has launched a version of the Blackberry Enterprise Server Express aimed directly at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), branch offices and companies new to Blackberry.
May 09, 2006 09 May'06
MPs back call for technical review of NHS programme

MPs of the main political parties have expressed concerns over the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) and have joined leading computer scientists in calling for an independent review of the scheme.
May 09, 2006 09 May'06
Doubts raised over Vista PC security tool

Questions have been raised about the viability of a new PC hardware component aimed at boosting the security of Windows Vista.
May 08, 2006 08 May'06
News in brief

Short takes on this week's news
May 08, 2006 08 May'06
Wells Fargo loses customer data

US bank Wells Fargo has said a computer containing confidential data about mortgage customers has gone missing and may have been stolen, triggering the latest identity theft scare in corporate America.
May 08, 2006 08 May'06
Beatles lose latest Apple trademark dispute

The Beatles have lost their court battle against Apple Computer over its iTunes music download service.
May 08, 2006 08 May'06
ForeScout joins TCG

Network access control and intrusion prevention solutions provider joins Trusted Computing Group (TCG).
May 03, 2006 03 May'06
Tories to investigate government IT fiascos

The Conservative Party is setting up a working group to examine how the Labour government has deployed and managed major IT projects.
May 02, 2006 02 May'06
New Origami device unfolds

Samsung launched its Windows-based Origami mini-tablet device in the US yesterday.
May 02, 2006 02 May'06
Mac OS as vulnerable to hackers as Windows

A big increase in the number of flaws being discovered in the Mac OS X suggests that the operating system may be as prone to malicious attacks as Windows-based systems, says the SANS Institute.
May 02, 2006 02 May'06
Debate praises UK E-Science Programme as grid computing speeds up research

The UK’s E-Science Programme has been hailed a success by leading researchers at a BCS Thought Leadership Debate. But they warned that momentum must be maintained to reap the long-term benefits.
May 02, 2006 02 May'06
Meltdown warning over HP battery packs

Hewlett-Packard is to recall more than 15,000 laptop batteries worldwide because a fault makes them a fire hazard.
April 28, 2006 28 Apr'06
Police National Computer no help in tracing missing ex-cons

Police cannot trace more than 20 of the 80 most dangerous foreign prisoners freed in the UK without facing deportation because their details are not on the Police National Computer.
April 27, 2006 27 Apr'06
Smart mobile devices slip back in Europe

Shipments of smart mobile devices fell by 10% in western Europe in the first quarter of this year.
April 25, 2006 25 Apr'06
Your shout: NHS IT, NPfIT, patient services

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April 25, 2006 25 Apr'06
Operations delayed after care records roll-out

The chief executive of the first NHS trust in Southern England to go live with a key part of the health service's £6.2bn IT-based modernisation has warned that problems with the deployment have created a backlog of work that means patient care may ...
April 24, 2006 24 Apr'06
SSRG conference to offer advice on managing supplier relationships

How to deal effectively with strategic supplier relationships will be the subject of a conference on 11 May at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
April 24, 2006 24 Apr'06
Grant aids expansion of IT volunteer programme

IT volunteering organisation IT4Communities is expanding its operations after receiving a grant from the Home Office.
April 24, 2006 24 Apr'06
“Paint-on” laser could open door to faster chips

Researchers at Canada’s University of Toronto have developed a “paint-on” laser that could be used in future to connect microprocessors on a computer chip.
April 24, 2006 24 Apr'06
De Montfort launches BSc degree in health informatics

De Montfort University has introduced a health informatics degree to help meet the need for IT expertise in the health service.
April 21, 2006 21 Apr'06
Battery fault prompts HP laptops recall

Hewlett-Packard is to recall more than 15,000 laptops worldwide because a fault makes them a fire hazard.
April 21, 2006 21 Apr'06
HP release simplifies Linux blade-server management

Hewlett-Packard has launched a software package designed to simplify the management of Linux on blade servers.
April 21, 2006 21 Apr'06
IT giants collaborate over datacentre energy consumption

Industry giants IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and AMD have joined forces to launch an environmental project aimed at reducing energy consumption at computer datacentres.
April 20, 2006 20 Apr'06
Sun announces fastest Opteron-based 64-bit servers

In its new Sun Firex64 (x86, 64-bit) servers and Sun Ultra Workstation range, Sun Microsystems believes it has the newest, highest-performing single-core AMD Opteron range of servers.
April 20, 2006 20 Apr'06
Security worries puts off corporate mobile investment

According to a Symantec-sponsored Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey, more than 60% of IT directors are delaying mobile initiatives over security fears.
April 19, 2006 19 Apr'06
No business case for item-level RFID tags unless done by suppliers, Tesco trial finds

Tesco has dropped plans to introduce item-level radio frequency identification tagging following a pilot scheme. It will focus instead on pallet-level tagging.
April 19, 2006 19 Apr'06
New VoIP system brings down NASA network

A new voice over IP telephone system at US space agency NASA crashed last week, bringing down IT network and phone connections for several hours.
April 18, 2006 18 Apr'06
Academics welcome NHS briefing but stand firm on need for audit

Richard Granger, director general of NHS IT, has written to some of the UK's top computer science academics inviting them to a briefing on the £6.2bn NHS national programme for IT (NPfIT).
April 18, 2006 18 Apr'06
Firms fear lack of e-crime action after police merger

Businesses and security professionals have warned that the merger of the UK's National High-Tech Crime Unit into a new FBI-style organisation could leave a large gap in the policing of technology-related crime.
April 18, 2006 18 Apr'06
Desktop IT will need upgrading for Windows Vista, warns Gartner

About half of the business PCs in use will be able to run the full features of Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista operating system, analyst firm Gartner has warned.
April 18, 2006 18 Apr'06
US military to add voice interface to engineers' mobile IT

The US military is adding a speech interface to a system it uses to provide technical and economic data for its engineers and operations managers.
April 18, 2006 18 Apr'06
IT bodies push professionalism

UK IT bodies and trade associations are to consult their members on ways to raise levels of professionalism in the industry.
April 18, 2006 18 Apr'06
Your shout: Service oriented architecture; NHS complexity; RFID

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April 17, 2006 17 Apr'06
Annual sleep-out heads for Thames Embankment

Victoria Tower Gardens next to the House of Lords is the venue for this year's Byte Night charity sleep-out by senior IT professionals.
April 13, 2006 13 Apr'06
AMD moves back into profit on big sales jump

AMD saw sales jump 70% and the company return to profitability in the first quarter of the year.
April 13, 2006 13 Apr'06
First Origami mobile device to ship next month

Samsung Electronics is planning to sell the first Microsoft-driven Origami mobile device worldwide next month.
April 13, 2006 13 Apr'06
British hacker of US military to learn extradition fate next month

A British hacker will find out next month whether he will be extradited to the US for breaking into NASA and US military systems.
April 12, 2006 12 Apr'06
ISS offers intrusion prevention support for Linux servers

Internet Security Systems (ISS) has announced Linux support for its Proventia Server Intrusion Prevention System product line, to serve a burgeoning Linux server market.
April 12, 2006 12 Apr'06
AMD completes Opteron single-core roadmap

AMD has launched the latest versions of its single-core 64-bit Opteron processors, with both HP and Sun planning to ship new systems containing the chips.
April 11, 2006 11 Apr'06
CSC up for grabs

Business and IT outsourcer Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) has put itself up for sale and announced significant job cuts.
April 11, 2006 11 Apr'06
GM feeling ticked off over gas guzzling ad

Downtime has tried but failed to summon up surprise that General Motors' latest viral marketing wheeze - launching a contest that lets visitors to its website create their own commercial for the gas-guzzling Chevy Tahoe "sports utility vehicle" - ...
April 11, 2006 11 Apr'06
Top UK IT experts call for audit of NHS programme

Leading computer science experts are this week writing to parliament calling for an independent audit of the NHS national programme for IT (NPfIT).
April 10, 2006 10 Apr'06
OFT puts off US acquisition of nCipher

A US encryption systems company has abandoned its attempt to buy a UK company in the same field, after the Competition Commission was brought in to investigate the deal.
April 10, 2006 10 Apr'06
PayPal rolls-out mobile payment service

PayPal has announced a mobile payments system for its North American customers, which uses text messaging.
April 06, 2006 06 Apr'06
eBay bans cash payments in bid to tackle fraud

Leading internet auction site eBay has banned cash transactions from its listings to help combat the growth of scam artists.
April 05, 2006 05 Apr'06
'Mind reader' could help those with autism

Researchers at the MIT Media Lab in the US have developed a device that “reads minds” and alerts wearers to the emotional states of the people they are communicating with.
April 05, 2006 05 Apr'06
Government not trusted with citizen data

Less than a quarter of the population trust the government to protect their identity online, whereas most people trust their banks to do so.
April 05, 2006 05 Apr'06
Firefox reaches one in ten

The open source Firefox browser now has 10% of the browser market, with its growth continuing to be at the expense of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.
April 04, 2006 04 Apr'06
NTL buys Virgin Mobile for £962m

NTL is to buy Virgin Mobile for £962m to enable it to enter the growing mobile entertainment and communications space.
April 04, 2006 04 Apr'06
Steganos enables SMEs to surf anonymously

Security provider Steganos has launched a product that enables users to surf the internet anonymously without installing any software.
April 04, 2006 04 Apr'06
Barclays to increase security with card readers for online customers

Barclays is to offer its banking customers an interoperable card reader by the end of this year or early 2007 as part of efforts to strengthen its online security.
April 04, 2006 04 Apr'06
Faster carbon chips move a step closer

IBM researchers have built the first complete electronic integrated circuit around a single "carbon nanotube" molecule.
April 03, 2006 03 Apr'06
CW writer shortlisted for top business award

Computer Weekly's executive editor Tony Collins has been shortlisted for the title of Best Business Commentator in the Business Journalist of the Year awards, to be held on 27 April in London.
April 03, 2006 03 Apr'06
Government unleashes SOCA on organised computer crime

The government has today launched the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), the UK’s equivalent of the FBI, to tackle organised crime, including sophisticated computer-based fraud and money laundering.
March 30, 2006 30 Mar'06
Microsoft delays next version of Virtual Server 2005

Microsoft has delayed the next version of its Microsoft Virtual Server product until early 2007.
March 30, 2006 30 Mar'06
AMD's legal case against Intel rumbles on

Intel and AMD are to meet in court next month as AMD’s anti-trust case against its larger rival rumbles on.
March 30, 2006 30 Mar'06
Google increases search engine enquiry lead

Google increased its share of the web search market by 6% last month, widening its lead over Yahoo, MSN and others.
March 29, 2006 29 Mar'06
Intel bundles extra hardware with Conroe

Intel is to bundle a number of extra hardware features with its new Conroe processor, to allow users to get the most out of the platform.
March 29, 2006 29 Mar'06
Lenovo unveils notebook for SMBs

Lenovo has introduced its first company-branded dual-core notebook computer designed especially for SMBs.
March 29, 2006 29 Mar'06
SMBs ‘careless’ towards IT security

UK computer users are more reckless in their computer behaviour at work than those in other countries, according to a survey compiled on behalf of IT security specialist Trend Micro.
March 28, 2006 28 Mar'06
Aerospace developments drive demand for specialist contractors

IT contractors specialising in aerospace and defence work have seen their pay soar by 38% over the last 12 months as work begins on mega projects.
March 28, 2006 28 Mar'06
Network news in brief

Short takes on the week's network news
March 28, 2006 28 Mar'06
AIX celebrates 20th anniversary and forges ahead alongside Linux

Hot skills: IBM's proprietary Unix dominates in terms of servers sold
March 27, 2006 27 Mar'06
IT Expenditure Report winners announced

Winners of the Computer Weekly IT Expenditure Report bounty named.
March 27, 2006 27 Mar'06
Japanese heavyweights plan 45-nanometre chip production

Sony, Toshiba and NEC are reportedly planning to jointly produce 45-nanometre microchips from 2010 to increase processing speeds.
March 24, 2006 24 Mar'06
Revenue to invest £340m in online services

HM Revenue and Customs is to invest £340m in its online service infrastructure over the next nine years as it bids to meet the aim of universal electronic delivery of tax returns from businesses by 2012.
March 23, 2006 23 Mar'06
Samsung execs to be jailed for memory price fixing

Three Samsung executives have agreed to plead guilty on charges of conspiring to fix the price of computer memory chips, and now face jail terms.
March 22, 2006 22 Mar'06
Wyse streams PC features to thin clients

Wyse Technology has launched a product designed to provide thin client users with a full-featured desktop PC environment.
March 22, 2006 22 Mar'06
Your Shout: public service IT; tech tallk in the boardroom

Have your say at computerweekly.com
March 21, 2006 21 Mar'06
Datacentres: Cool the costs, users told

IT departments could make substantial savings in electricity costs by paying greater attention to datacentre cooling requirements, according to a report from Forrester Research.
March 21, 2006 21 Mar'06
Computer Weekly tax campaign up for 'Oscar'

Computer Weekly's campaign to reform the culture of IT failure and excessive secrecy at HM Revenue and Customs has been shortlisted for one of the publishing industry's most prestigious accolades.
March 21, 2006 21 Mar'06
New Itanium platform to increase upgrade options for Alpha users

Upgrade options for Hewlett-Packard Alpha chip users are set to increase with the release of HP's latest Itanium-based Unix Integrity server, codenamed Lightning.
March 21, 2006 21 Mar'06
News in brief

Short takes on this week's news
March 21, 2006 21 Mar'06
Hot skills: Java and .net support sees HP-UX used across all vertical markets

HP-UX has features that top-end enterprises look for