Mobile broadband to evolve in 2009
In 2009 mobile computing will likely undergo an evolutionary advance with the arrival of what analysts are calling premium mobile broadband services
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Orange provides extra juice to mobile broadband network
Operator builds out mobile broadband network in Northern Ireland and expects 20% improvement for voice and data performance
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Business intelligence leaders move to mobile computing
Delivering BI to mobile workers is becoming a requirement of the extended enterprise
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Macworld 2009: Apple smashes laptop battery barrier
Apple claims to have cracked the eight-hour battery life goal this week, with a 17-inch laptop that can operate for a full working day without external power....
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Demand for IT staff plummets
Demand for IT staff dropped significantly between December 2007 and December 2008, the latest report from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG has revealed
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IBM employees brace for thousands of job cuts
About 16,000 employees will be affected, with the layoff date expected to be 23 January, according to apostingby a union member on the Alliance@IBM website.
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Barclays cuts another 400 IT workers
Barclays Bank is to cut 400 IT jobs, including 150 in-house IT jobs and 250 contractors from its Global Infrastructure Delivery Unit.
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Glasgow financial district first for subway mobile access
Commuters toآ Glasgow's International Financial Services District (IFSD) are the UK's first city workers to be able to use their mobile phones while travelling...
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Salesforce.com downtime: Twitter keeps users in the loop
Users of Salesforce.com turned to TwitterafterSalesforce.com...
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Financial firms at risk of not backing up data as job losses spiral
As further redundancies are inflicted on the financial sector, computer forensics firm Kroll Ontrack is warning companies of the risks of not backing up...
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IT services firms expand offshore operations
IT services suppliers will continue to build out their low-cost sourcing networks across multiple regions in 2009 to improve their cost base in challenging...
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Salaries down for IT pros, says Janco survey
Janco Associates has just released its January 2009 IT Salary Survey for the US, and prospects look grim...
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Figleaves.com goes to Citrix for optimum coverage
Online lingerie firm figleaves.com has selected Citrix NetScaler to provide load balancing and secure accelerated web application delivery to its site.
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IBM spreads collaboration offering on Mac platform
At this week's Macworld, IBM has announced the availability of Lotus Notes 8.5 collaboration...
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Sun acquires Q-layer to expand cloud computing offering
Sun Microsystems has expanded its cloud computing offering with the acquisition of Q-layer for an undisclosed sum. Q-layer is a Belgian cloud computing...
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Satyam chief admits to fixing the outsourcer's books
The chairman of Indian IT outsourcer Satyam Computer Services has admitted that he has fixed the company's books for several years.
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Marks & Spencer confirms 1,200 job losses
Marks & Spencer confirmed today that it will be shutting 27 stores and shedding 1,200 jobs.
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EDS ends tax credits saga with آ£25m payoff to HMRC
EDS has made a lump sum payment of about آ£25m to HM Revenue and Customs, three years after the department announced that the two sides had settled a dispute over the botched introduction of tax credits.
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Scotland and Northern Ireland e-crime capitals of UK
Scotland and Northern Ireland are most at risk from e-crime and fraud, says the Federation of Small Business. In...
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Police get another آ£30m for mobile data devices
The government is giving the police another آ£30m to fund the deployment of mobile data devices to officers on the beat. A further 25 police forces...
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Vuzix delivers big screen sunglasses
Video eyewear maker Vuzix is launching its latest design, the Wrap 920AV, at the Consumer...
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Crunch time for IT optimisation
Study of senior IT management reveals utilisation as not the most important factor in companies’ business critical resources
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Private sector involvement in Big Brother database revealed in July 2008
Government plans to let the private sector run the controversial Big...
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Photos: 10 years of Apple gadgets at Macworld
This year will be the last time Apple attends Macworld. So, the qustion on everyone's lips is what do they have up their sleeve? We look back at the best of the last ten years.
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Dell creates global business sales operations to better serve customers
Dell has restructured its main business sales operations into global entities in an attempt to better serve business needs. The changes have been followed...
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E-mails lure tax payers to fake HMRC website
Cybercriminals are targeting tax payers with phishing e-mails in the run up to the deadline for online tax returns on 31 January. HM...
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Atos Consulting offers tips on boosting business performance in a recession
Atos Consulting has offered its top 10 tips to businesses on how they can improve business performance this...
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Logitech to cut workforce by 15%
Logitech is set to cut its global workforce by 15%, resulting in the loss of about 500 jobs worldwide.
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Vodafone wins آ£5m National Grid contract
National Grid has awarded Vodafone a آ£5m three-year mobile voice and data contract. Vodafone will provide telemetry SIMs for diagnosing potential issues...
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One in five directors clueless on software licensing
Almost one in five UK company directors do not take responsibility for the legitimacy of software in their business, research has revealed.
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Marks and Spencer bugged staff, says GMB
The GMB trade union will accuse Marks & Spencer of systematically bugging its workers when it takes the retailer to an industrial tribunal over the sacking of whistleblower Tony Goode.
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Gartner's 10 CIO resolutions to survive 2009
Analyst Gartner has tabled its "10 CIO resolutions for 2009" to help...
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M&S rumoured to be planning job cuts
Retail giant Marks and Spencer is rumoured to be cutting 1,000 store and head office jobs, which could include IT staff. The company would not confirm...
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Northern IT workers hit hardest by recession
IT workers based in the North of England on average earn about آ£16,000 less than their peers in London as the
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DWP IT veteran John Priest awarded CBE
Veteran Department for Work and Pensions IT head John Priest has been awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours list. Priest is deputy strategic sourcing...
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Barclays to roll out contactless debit cards to all customers
Barclays customers will soon be able to pay their way with the wave of a card as the bank is set to be the first in the UK to roll-out...
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Barack Obama and Britney Spears among Twitter hack victims
Hacker attacks on celebrity Twitter accounts have further raised concerns over security at the social networking and micro-blogging service.
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Police map crime geography
Citizens can now look up online crime maps to see crime trends in the areas covered...
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Celebrity Big Brother uses RFID technology to track housemates
Celebrity Big Brother is using radio...
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Cab firm slashes hardware costs with e-mail archiving
London minicab and courier firm Addison Lee has slashed e-mail backup windows from 12 hours to one, and reduced the amount of storage needed for its Microsoft...
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HP updates mini notebook
To coincide with the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Hewlett-Packard...
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Police can hack into home computers remotely
Police can now hack into home computers without a warrant, as the European Union (EU) continues to increase states’ power to tackle electronic crime.
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Internet Explorer market share slips to 68%
Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is continuing to lose market share to rival browsers, according to web analytics company Net Applications. Internet...
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Twitter hit by phishing and spam attacks
Social networking site Twitter...
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Cost to trump sensitivity in new government IT contracts
Cost considerations could trump political sensitivities in future government IT contracts, opening the doorfor India-based IT services companies...
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Data loss victims expected to more than double in 2009
The number of people affected by data losses worldwide could more than double in 2009, according to consultancy firm KPMG. The...
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Apple admits Steve Jobs will not attend Macworld because of illness
Apple chief executive officer Steve Jobs is being treated for a "hormone imbalance" but is staying on as the firm's CEO. Apple now admits that Jobs...
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European Commission plans company e-invoicing proposals to cut carbon footprints
The European Commission (EC) is reportedly planning proposals...
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Arise Dame Wendy Hall
Computer scientist Wendy Hall has been...
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Hedge funds slash IT spending
Global IT spending by hedge funds will reach $1.35bn by the end of this year, representing a decrease of 20.5% year-over-year, says financial research firm...
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Isaca celebrates 40 years
IT governance, control and security association Isaca...
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Wikipedia raises more than $6m from donations to keep going
Wikipedia has raised more than $6m in donations to help pay for its operation until the end of its current...
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Security risk in Windows 7 pirates
Installing leaked copies of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system...
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Microsoft applauds Chinese counterfeit software prison sentences
Microsoft has applauded the Chinese government for clamping down on software pirates with prison sentences. A court in Shenzhen, southern China, has...
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Broadband drops 25% at peak times
UK broadband speeds drop by over 25% at peak times, according...
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Digital jobs and high-speed broadband to head government job creation plan
The government will create "digital jobs" and support the roll-out of high-speed broadband networks as part of a plan to fight the recession, the prime...
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Faster Payments Service enjoys healthy half-year growth
Confidence in the UK Faster Payments...
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Microsoft job cuts: thousands of UK staff at risk
Rumours...
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