Saturday, March 7, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 07/03/2009



Sexy View coming to phones near you
A worm targeting Symbian mobile phones shows mobile botnets may be here soon, says the latest threat...
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Epson printer has ink pre-loaded
Epson is piloting an inkjet printer pre-loaded with enough toner to produce 8,500 colour pages. This could remove the need for users to buy...
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Firms waste آ£2.6m a year looking for data
Large UK companies waste more than آ£2.6m a year each as staff search fruitlessly for information they need to do their jobs, according to a survey. The...
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Network modelling and emulation
You're a military commander, with tens of different teams scattered throughout a mountainous area. The enemy is difficult to see, because it's foggy and...
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Faster Payments clocks آ£1bn in a single day
The Faster Payments System transacted...
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Save costs by understanding your ERP licences
One area companies rarely consider for cost saving, but where there is a lot of potential, is ERP software licences…
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Workers vote for strikes at Airwave over redundancies
Nearly 200 workers at Airwave have...
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Barack Obama appoints Vivel Kundra CIO
Vivek Kundra will be president Barack Obama's CIO, the White House announced yesterday.
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ICO seizes illegal database on construction workers
The privacy watchdog has shut down a West Midlands consultancy for selling personal information on prospective workers to the construction industry.
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Satyam sale gets green light
Satyam has been given the go-ahead to sell a 51% stake in it, which will trigger an auction for the Indian IT services provider.
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Soliders lives put at risk by MoD's 'appalling' procurement decision
MPs have slammed the "appalling" decision of the MoD to buy eight Chinook Mk3 helicopters without securing access to their software source code.
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APC aligns datacentre management with Microsoft platform
APC by Schneider Electric, the integrated power and cooling services firm, has announced a software integration initiative that will enable ">APC's...
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Public sector IT pros must aspire to CIO roles, says Socitm
Public sector IT professionals must aspire...
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Zoho upgrades on-demand word processor
Zoho has announced Zoho Writer 2.0, the next generation of the its online word...
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Outdated IT system a risk to courts, says NAO report
An out-dated critical computer system poses a "significant risk" for UK courts, according to a National Audit Office report published today.
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Disabled and old people could miss out on advantages of technology
Millions of people will miss out on the benefits of digital information and communication because they cannot use the systems and services on offer.
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