Friday, January 9, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 09/01/2009


CES: Panasonic trumpets first 3D HD home entertainment system
Panasonic demonstrated the world's first 3D high-definition plasma home theatre system at the Consumer Electronics Show ...
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Video: Palm Pre first look
The Palm Pre looks like it will take Palm back to it's PDA heritage. The big questions are: Will it compete with the iPhone and will it save Palm?
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Photos: Palm Pre first look
The Palm Pre looks like it will take Palm back to it's PDA heritage. The big questions are: Will it compete with the iPhone and will it save Palm?
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CES: Dell unveils home theatre laptops
Dell has unveiled a new range of multimedia laptops at the Consumer Electronics...
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CES: Toshiba brings web content to larger TV screens
Toshiba is joining forces with Intel and Microsoft to bring PC multimedia content to larger TV screens. Toshiba is launching...
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Satyam staff exodus as fraud unravels
More than 14,000 Satyam workers had their CVs on the web within a day of the news breaking that the company's chairman had been cooking the books.
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Microsoft to issue single security patch next week
Microsoft is issuing only one security patch next week as part of its monthly patching schedule. The...
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Skype brings VoIP to Google Android and 100 Java mobiles
A version of the Skype voice...
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Christmas Day a shoppers' favourite for online purchases
Online market research house IMRG reported that 3.8 million people spent آ£102m online on Christmas Day 2008. In the Christmas...
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Japanese electronics firms set up US national recycling scheme
Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba have established a nationwide US recycling scheme for electronic waste. Announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in...
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Tech sector job cuts could signal end-user gains
Technology suppliers are slashing thousand of jobs around the globe as they go into economic survival mode. Chinese computer maker Lenovo started 2009...
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ISPs told to store all users' e-mails for a year
The UK's internet service providers will from 15 March have to start collecting and storing details of all their customers' e-mail and other electronic communications...
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New ideas wanted for increasing diversity in IT
Rebecca George is approaching the problem of the gender balance in the IT industry in a new way. It is not just women who are alienated by IT's traditional working culture, she says, but young men too, and something needs to change if the sector is to thrive.
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TJ Maxx hacker jailed for 30 years in Turkey
A Turkish court has sentenced a hacker to 30 years in prison for his role in the theft...
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Video: Marks and Spencer whistleblower remains defiant
Tony Goode, former customer database manager at Marks & Spencer, has few regrets about blowing the whistle on the retailer's plans to cut redundancy payments, even though it cost him his job.
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Most UK broadband far slower than advertised
UK internet users are achieving an average broadband speed of just 3.6 megabits per second - well below advertised figures - according to a study from Ofcom, the regulator for the UK communications industries.
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BT broadens free call numbers
People who have a BT Anytime landline phone subscription will now be able to call 0845 and 0898 numbers for free. Many UK companies including banks...
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CES: Toshiba shows off green credentials
Toshiba has been promoting its green credentials with a variety of new technologies...
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Satyam emergency conference reveals recovery plans
Troubled Indian IT service provider Satyam faces a fight to stay in business following a $1bn accounting fraud that rocked the firm yesterday.
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