Data centre hardware

Police switch to Sprint ii for IT procurement

Police forces in England and Wales are having to switch IT procurement from the Buying Solutions' CITHS framework to the SPRINT ii agreement. Continue Reading

Budget 2011: UK public worried spending cuts will impact data security

A large proportion of the UK public is worried that government spending cuts will have a negative effect on data security, a survey has revealed. Continue Reading

Photos: The Best iPad 2 alternatives - Tablets you should know about

Tired of hearing about why you should buy the iPad 2? Want more choice? Then have a look at our top ten alternatives. Continue Reading

Video gallery: iPhone app helps travellers avoid being Eurotrash

They say there is an app for everything but who would have thought there was one to stop tourists in Europe from offending their hosts. Continue Reading

Windows Phone 7 update delayed

Microsoft is delaying its first major software update to its mobile operating system Windows Phone 7 until the second half of March. Continue Reading

IT fails to curb anti-social behaviour

Information technology failures are a key reason why efforts to stamp out anti-social behaviour have failed for at least a decade.... Continue Reading

Google adds real-time traffic data to Android map app

Google has updated its algorithms to support real-time data for its map application for smartphones running on the Android operating system (OS). Continue Reading

Pictures of the Southampton Azure balloon

Southampton University has successfully recovered a instrumentation launched into the stratosphere using a high altitude balloon. Continue Reading

3UK offers unlimited data service to pay-as-you-go customers

Mobile phone service 3UK is to launch a £15 per month 'all-you-can-eat' data service for pay as you go customers. Continue Reading

Western Digital bids $4.3 billion for Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

Western Digital has tabled a bid of $4.25m (£2.6bn) to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies ending the Japanese HDD vendor's previous preparations for an IPO. Continue Reading

Photos: iPad 2 apps for business

In this photo story we look at the apps that make the iPad 2 a business tablet. Continue Reading

Photos: iPad 2 - Ten things that make it so special

The release of the iPad 2 has taken the world by storm, here we look at ten new features that make it stand out. Continue Reading

Download 180-day free trial for Windows Embedded Compact 7 OS

The latest version of Microsoft's operating system (OS) for embedded devices, Windows Embedded Compact 7 is now available on a 180-day free trial. Continue Reading

Intel finalises £5bn acquisition of McAfee

Intel has confirmed the completion of its $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant McAfee. Continue Reading

Photos: Fire at University of Southampton data recovery

Following a severe fire at one of Southampton University’s buildings, Kroll Ontrack was brought in to help recover as much critical data as possible from the damaged hardware. Continue Reading

UPDATE: Stolen network equipment causes Vodafone UK network outage

The theft of specialist equipment has prevented thousands of users from accessing the Vodafone network. Continue Reading

Photo story: Inside Wikileaks' Bond villain server room

As if the story of Wikileaks' and its enigmatic founder Julian Assange didn't already sound like a spy thriller, these images of the infamous whistleblower's server room reveal a base modelled on a Bond villain's underground lair. Continue Reading

Legacy kit and lack of skills hold back digital video surveillance

A huge legacy investment in analogue equipment and a lack of data integration skills are holding back more widespread adoption of fully digital video surveillance systems, according to research just published. Continue Reading

Photos: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc

Sony Ericsson continue to produce handsets that they hope will rock the smartphone world and the Arc is their top of the range. Is this the best Sony Ericsson yet? Continue Reading

Photos: Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo will run on the new Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating with new features such as the iPhone folders system. Continue Reading

Apple adds digital subscription service to app store

Apple has extended its digital subscription billing service used for Rupert Murdoch's iPad-only newspaper to all magazines, newspapers, videos and music on its application store. Continue Reading

Mobile World Congress in pictures

More than 1,300 companies attracted in excess of 50,000 delegates from 200 countries to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. Continue Reading

Photos: Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro - Business phone

Xperia pro is also the ideal business phone for Android fans coming complete with a set of professional functions such as syncing your email, calendar and contacts in a secure way and the pre-loaded Office Suite Pro lets consumers view and edit office documents directly on the phone. Continue Reading

Photos: Sony Xperia PLAY - The game changer

Sony Ericsson have announced the game changing Xperia PLAY, the latest phone in its Xperia range of Android based smartphones. Continue Reading

Mobile workers practise lax security

More than half of Europeans practise unsafe networking when they work away from the office, according to research by German remote access experts NCP Engineering. Continue Reading

Photos: INQ Cloud Touch unveiled as the Facebook phone

The phones' homescreens provide a visual Facebook feed for clicking through friends' updates, pictures, videos and web pages, with one-touch links to Facebook Chat, Friends, Messages, Wall and Notifications. Continue Reading

Photos: HP unveil TouchPad, Pre 3 and Veer

HP has launched its TouchPad tablet, which will run on the company's own WebOS operating system. At the event in San Francisco the company also unveiled two new smartphones, the HP Veer and HP HP Pre3, both powered by WebOS. Continue Reading

Vodafone rolls out Nexus S smartphone

Vodafone remains tight-lipped over the availability of Samsung's Nexus S smartphone, which is already available at Carphone warehouse. Continue Reading

Photos: To hell and back - Data recovery from a burnt Nikon camera

This Nikon camera was burned in a fire, the information on the SD card was recovered using specialist techniques. Continue Reading

OFT to investigate e-book pricing

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into e-book pricing. Continue Reading

Mobile app stores to grow over 1,000% by 2014

Mobile application store downloads are expected to surge 117% in 2011, growing more than 1,000% by 2014.

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ARM grows profits 47% in Q4 2010

UK-based chip developer, ARM, has reported growth in profits and sales following increased demand for smartphone and tablet licences in the fourth quarter of 2010. Continue Reading

Photos: Sony PSP2 aka NGP

Sony have unveiled the PSP2 which they are calling the NGP (Next Generaton Portable). Continue Reading

SMEs still lack data backup

Many small business lack data recovery plans, despite a recent uptake in cloud adoption, according to a survey. Continue Reading

Can Lenovo become the top UK corporate PC manufacturer?

Can Lenovo continue to grow to take on HP and Dell in the corporate arena? Continue Reading

House of Fraser opens mobile shopping site

House of Fraser has launched a mobile transactional website to widen customers' choice of shopping channels. Continue Reading

Lenovo rumoured to buy NEC

China-based Lenovo group is rumoured to be in talks with NEC to merge. Continue Reading

HTC sales rocket as shipments jump 163% in Q4 of 2010

HTC has posted sales of £2.2bn for the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase of 153% year-on-year. Continue Reading

Rackspace launches system administrator app

Rackspace has launched an app that allows a CIO or system administrator to dial up or take down servers and storage moment by moment. Continue Reading

Record sales of Mac, iPhone and iPad drive Apple's highest revenues

Apple has reported record revenue of $26.74bn and net quarterly profit of $6bn in financial results for its 2011 first quarter ended December 25, 2010. Continue Reading

Photos: Tablets set to kill the iPad - CES 2011

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been hailed as the year of the tablet, with almost 100 tablets expected to be launched during the week. Computer Weekly rounds up the top tablets set to topple Apple’s iPad success. Continue Reading

Photos: The kids are not alright on Google Street View

These pictures from Google Street View show how kids all over the world are fun-loving, funny and above all fearless. Continue Reading

Photos: The weirdest photos on Google Street View

We at Computer Weekly towers love Google Street View, here's a round-up of some of the weirdest pictures from around the world. Continue Reading

Government departments criticised over data sharing mistake

Three government agencies have been criticised over a data sharing mistake that led to the wrongful disclosure of a woman's personal and financial information. Continue Reading

Glasgow 1,000-core FPGA accelerates MPEG video coding

Researchers at Glasgow university have developed a 1,000-core chip, which could lead to significantly faster processing compared to today's multi-core designs....

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Blackberry Playbook hit by development challenges

Research in Motion (RIM) could be late to market with its Blackberry Playbook tablet device after experiencing several development challenges Continue Reading

Update: Who takes the blame for the Lloyds TSB duplicate payment error?

Over 200,000 people were affected by a glitch at Lloyds TSB, when an error with its merchant system duplicated payments on New Year's Eve. Jenny Williams investigates. Continue Reading

CES 2011: Top five tablets

With almost 100 tablets expected to be launched at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, 2011 is set to be the year of the tablet device. Computer Weekly rounds up the latest tablet announcements from CES 2011. Continue Reading

What is Near Field Communication (NFC)?

Near-field communication (NFC) allows data to be exchanged between devices via short-range, high frequency wireless communication technology by combining the interface of a smartcard and reader into a single device. Continue Reading

BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year. Continue Reading

Photos: The most anticipated gadgets of 2011

Last year we saw some amazing gadget developments but next year promises to be even bigger as Google go further into the mobile phone market with the Playstation Phone and also venture into web TV. Continue Reading

Photos: The funniest pictures on Google Street View

If a car goes around the world and takes pictures of everything it sees, it's bound to find some funny stuff going on. Here are some highlights. Continue Reading

Server refresh cycles may get longer

Having seen the evidence, some enterprise IT shops may experiment with holding onto servers for longer than in the past, Gartner analysts said. Continue Reading

See the datacentre of the future

Capgemini has created the first of a new breed of datacentres which mean it will never have to build a datacentre again after completing its Merlin datacentre. Continue Reading

How Intel Atom processors are supporting 1000mph Bloodhound car

Bloodhound, the latest UK attempt to improve the world land speed record, is using Intel technology Continue Reading

Photos: Hardware Hoarders - Your old computers (PART 1)

Last year we invited Computer Weekly readers to send us photos and videos of the oldest IT equipment they've held on to, and to share their excuses for hoarding it. Have a look at some of the entrants. Continue Reading

Photos: F1 - The wind beneath Red Bull's wings

This year see Red Bull Racing enter the Formula One championships with Sebastien Vettel and Mark Webber taking to the grid. We look at what goes into putting the team on the track! Continue Reading

Stocking fillers for geeks for under 20 quid

Check out our list of Christmas gifts for geeks, all for under £20. Continue Reading

Photos: Great geeky gifts between 20 and 100 pounds

It's that time of year and most of you will panic buy before the big day, so we decided to give you some pointers on what to get your geek. Continue Reading

WIN Guess that kit - Smartphones but are you a Smartperson?

Enter our Guess that kit competition to have a chance of winning £50 worth of Amazon vouchers. All you need to do is guess what mobile phone is featured in each of the images in this photo story. Continue Reading

Photos: Award-winning, innovative product design of 2009

The 2009 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) competition winners have just been announced. Continue Reading

Photos and video: X-Teams race for the right to rove on the moon

More than a dozen teams are racing to claim the $30 million Lunar X Prize for landing a robot rover on the moon. Continue Reading

Photos: Cyberdyne Hal robotic exoskeleton to help paralyzed

In Japan disabled and elderly are able to rent a robotic suit to help them become more mobile. Available in a two-leg (for a $2200-per-month rental fee) or one-leg version ($1500/month), the suit reads brain signals and directs leg movement. Continue Reading

Photos: Real robots (not in disguise) walking and working among us

We hear about robots of the future all the time, but what about the robots that are being used now? We look at the top ten robots that are 'living and working' with humans. Continue Reading

Gary McKinnon loses case to avoid extradition, could face 60 years in jail

Hacker Gary McKinnon has failed in his last attempt to avoid extradition to the United States where he could face 60 years in prison. Continue Reading

Apollo 11: The story of the moon landing in video

Television was limited at the time of the launch but these original videos show J F Kennedy announcing his intentions through to the successful press conference. Continue Reading

Photos: The story of Apollo 11

As the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing approaches, we look at how the story unfolded and what the key moments were. Continue Reading

Guess that Apollo 11 kit: Are you a lunar-tic quiz!

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, we have put together a quiz to test your lunar knowledge. Continue Reading

Photos: Ferrari Monza changes shape at high speed

Designer Iman Maghsoudi has come up with an out-of-this-world concept for a futuristic Ferrari Monza. Continue Reading

Photos: Digital Summer gadget show 2009

Last week we got to go to the Digital Summer gadget show 2009. Here are some of the best gadgets that were on show. Continue Reading

Photos: Wacky gadgets from The Gadget Show Live 2009

Missed out on this year's Gadget Show Live? Well, you can relive the experience with our pick of the strangest gadgets on show. Continue Reading

Photos: Star Trek weapons and gadgets - Engage!

With the new Star trek film released, we look at the gadgets and weapons that have captured the imagination for generations. Continue Reading

Photos: X-Men top ten Gadgets and Weapons

With Wolverine set to hit the cinemas in the next couple of weeks, we've decided to take a look at what weapons and gadgets have hit the big screen so far in the X-Men universe. Continue Reading

Photos: Top Ten Gadgets from CeBIT 2009

Gadgets galore at CeBIT this year, here's our top ten. Continue Reading

Photos: The best of CeBIT 2009

Highlights of CeBIT 2009. Continue Reading

Photos: MoD - War, weapons and gadgets

The Ministry of Defence has released pictures of new technology it is developing, or hopes to develop. Continue Reading

Photos: Techfest 2009 - A glimpse into the future

Microsoft researchers from around the world have gathered at company headquarters in Redmond, Washington for TechFest 2009 to show off some of the projects they are working on. Continue Reading

Free mobile computing connectivity with broadband subscription

In a move that is designed to extend the flexibility and adaptability of firms, especially small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), BT has launched a broadband package that also provides a free public Wi-Fi hotspot. Continue Reading

Photos: The evolution of the PC

Computer Weekly celebrates the birthday of one of Britain’s greatest sons, Charles Darwin, with our version of the evolution of the PC Continue Reading

Photos: Renault F1 unveil improved aerodynamics using data centre

Formula 1 team ING Renault F1 has updated its data centre to improve the complex aerodynamic modelling needed to create a winning F1 car for the new season that starts on March 29 in Austrailia. Continue Reading

Photos: Watchmen gadgets and weapons

Can't wait for The Watchmen movie? Neither can we. So we've put together some photos and information to whet your appetite. Continue Reading

Added critical data protection for SMBs

New technology aiming to solve small and medium size businesses’ perennial problems with protecting business critical data Continue Reading

Photos: 3000 year old mummy seen using hi-tech scanner

Scientists have used an advanced scanner to get never-before-seen images of a 3000-year-old mummy. Staff at the University of Chicago combined X-rays with advanced computer processing technology to create the images. Continue Reading

Mobile broadband demand props up crunched WiMAX

Research predicts global recession to cause enterprises to postpone WiMAX adoption but mobile will lead recovery Continue Reading

Photos: Chic geek gifts for the home and office

Check out our selection of chic geek gifts for the home and office this Christmas - stylish tech-themed presents for the IT professional. Continue Reading

Photos: Stuff Live Gadget Show

The Stuff Live Gadget Show Excel London 2008, 31 October to the 2 November. Continue Reading

Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal

Microsoft and Novell are extending their interoperability agreement to tie Windows closer to Novell's SUSE Linux in the enterprise. Continue Reading

Facing up to security perils of outbound traffic

What about the threat from within and, more specifically, the security issues that arise from outbound traffic risks? Continue Reading

intel part 2

This is a replacement for the existing Intel story by JP with the same intro.

Intel unveils predictions for next gen of processors - by John-Paul Kamath

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Adaptec reports losses

Adaptec's revenue was down year over year, as well as sequentially; DataDirect says the InfiniBand business is booming. Continue Reading

NPfIT went ahead after prime minister had 10-minute briefing

A former Whitehall official has revealed that he and his colleagues were given 10 minutes to make the case to the prime minister over what became the world's biggest civil IT-based modernisation programme. Continue Reading

Tackling the backup and recovery challenges of tomorrow

Your data backup and data recovery challenges never stop changing. In this videocast, an EMC executive and a storage analyst discuss the new approaches you'll need to solve tomorrow's backup and recovery challenges. Continue Reading

SNW Preview: Data protection makes a stand

Led by EMC's integration of data deduplication and CDP into its backup software, data protection products are prominent at Storage Networking World. Continue Reading

Data storage hardware quiz

Storage hardware, also known as primary storage, is a critical aspect in running your storage shop. How does your knowledge of storage hardware stack up? Take our quick quiz and find out today! Continue Reading

Learn all about SATA

This handbook offers three related SATA tips which compare SATA to SAS and SCSI and provides advice on striking the right balance between them. Continue Reading

What is considered best practices in terms of backup vaulting (offsite storage) frequency?

As a consultant, this is something that I run into frequently. There seems to be a belief that if you're a smaller shop or smaller business: You don't have a lot of data, and you don't need to send your data offsite very often. A lot of times, the decision to send tapes offsite is dictated, unfortunately, by the growing capacity of tape media. If you're backing up 100 gigabytes a week, it becomes embarrassing to a lot of folks to send that tape cartridge offsite because it's not full. Continue Reading

Nokia Intellisync boosts device management

Nokia Intellisync has released updates to its Mobile Suite to enhance remote device support, loss and theft protection, and management capabilities. Continue Reading

Firewall deployment options increase for enterprises

With a growing number firewall configuration options, companies need to spend more time and put more effort into determining how to design and deploy firewalls. Continue Reading

Apple iPhone to provoke complex mobile attacks, expert warns

Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, said he expects mobile malware attacks to escalate thanks to interest in Apple's iPhone. Continue Reading

NAS appliance purchase considerations

NAS appliances are frequently touted for bringing convenience and simplicity to network storage. Appliances include their own dedicated disks for storage and RAID, and most NAS appliances can be upgraded with more or larger disks for additional storage space. However, NAS appliances do pose some disadvantages. Consequently, the choice of NAS appliance requires careful evaluation. Now that you've reviewed the essential issues involved in any NAS product, this guide focuses on specific considerations for dedicated NAS appliances. You'll also find a series of specifications to help make on-the-spot product comparisons between vendors. Continue Reading