Monday, January 19, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 19/01/2009


Set-up complexity stifling mobile data usage
As many as 95% of mobile users would use more data services if the set-up was easier, a survey commissioned by device management firm Mformation reveals....
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Data security compromised as 9,000 USB sticks taken to the cleaners
An estimated 9,000 USB sticks have been left in people's pockets when they take their clothes to the dry cleaner. This is according to a UK survey...
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Video: Sony Vaio netbook P-Series
Sony today announced the launch of the VAIO P-Series netbook. An ultra portable PC weighing 638g with an eight inch screen and XrossMedia Bar (XMB) similar to the PS3 and PSP which doesn't require you to start Windows Vista.
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CIOs failing to build personal brands, survey finds
Most CIOs are failing to...
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AMD makes another 1,100 staff redundant
AMD is axing another 1,100 jobs - around 9% of its 12,000 workforce - to further reduce its costs in a worsening market. In addition, senior management...
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More cost-cutting to come at RBS
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will cut costs further...
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Foodvest consolidates IT with UC4 to unify company
Foodvest , a آ£1.1bn seafood manufacturing firm, is consolidating its IT systems and applications architecture...
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US took 39 months to demand McKinnon's extradition
It took the US 39 months to ask for self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition for allegedly
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Cardiff County Council gets LogRhythm to beat the GCSx blues
Cardiff County Council will use computer log management and analysis software...
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Nortel UK bankruptcy threatens staff pensions
The UK pension fund of Nortel Networks is bust, threatening the pensions of 43,000 current and former employees of the Canadian company. Nortel was...
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EC takes on Microsoft where US authorities failed
The European Commission has charged Microsoft a second time for abusing its monopoly of the software market.
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Most UK companies fail to manage virtualisation, survey shows
More than half of UK businesses (51%) have not adapted datacentre management strategies to meet the challenges of virtualisation,research...
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State Farm Insurance dumps Satyam
Satyam has lost its first major contract as a result of the $1bn accounting fraud committed by its former chairman, with...
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Spammers jump on Obama bandwagon claiming he's turned down job
Malicious spam is being spread with the use of fake news headlines claiming president-elect Barack Obama has refused the presidency. The spam messages...
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UK companies involved in a third of 2008 tech M&As
UK technology companies were involved in a third of all technology mergers and acquisitions in 2008, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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Government urged to do spectrum deal with industry to deliver fibre-broadband to all
NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, has called on the government to deliver faster fibre-based broadband access across the...
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Cisco CTO in frame to be appointed first US CTO by Obama
Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior is in the frame to be appointed the US' first CTO by president-elect...
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Barack Obama - top technology quotes
Barack Obama will look to lead America into a new age of presidency by embracing technological advancements and using them effectively in his term.
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