Wednesday, April 29, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 29/04/2009



SMEs get mobile data storage and access boost
Day-today file sharing service aims to improve mobile SMEs’ productivity and flexibility
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Who are the richest people in Britain's IT industry?
Who are the richest players in Britain's IT industry? The Sunday Times Rich List 2009 was released on 26 April and we see who are the richest people in the tech industry.
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SMBs failing with mobile device IT security
USB sticks regarded as biggest source of threat as low percentage of smartphones, netbooks and laptops screened
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First Android netbook due this summer
The first Netbook using Google's Linux-based Android...
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Infosec 2009: Poor application security causes 62% of data breaches, study finds
Businesses are not doing enough to ensure the security of open source, outsourced code and commercial applications, a study by Forrester Consulting has found.
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Asos.com sails through recession with over 100% growth
Online fashion retailer ASOS...
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Infosec 2009: Cybersecurity needs partnership between government and business
Cybersecurity is not the responsibility of government, business or individuals, but can be achieved only through a partnership of these, attendees of Infosec...
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MPs to report on progress of London Olympics IT
MPs are set to report on whether the IT security at the London...
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Govt plans new e-crime protection for online shoppers
The government is gearing up to give e-consumers similar levels of protection over fraud and crime...
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Infosecurity 2009: Flaw in https blows hole in ecommerce security
A serious flaw in the way ecommerce sites implement secure internet access based though the secure HTTPS protocol could put customers' credit card details...
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آ£100 million fund will help firms develop technology
The Technology Strategy Board, a government sponsored body set up to promote innovation, today launched a آ£100m plan to get British companies to develop...
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Government monitoring plans 'doomed to fail'
Government plans to monitor suspect communications are doomed to failure because of the difficulty and cost of analysing the data from different databases,...
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Catalogue firm to track customers as they browse
The UK's biggest catalogue sales firm, JD Williams, is investing in technology to allow it to track its customers in real time as they browse its website. The...
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Outsourcing contract values plummet
The total value of outsourcing contracts in the...
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Government right to drop snooping database - Blunkett
The government made the right decision by ruling out a single, central database to store all communications data in the UK, former home secretary David Blunkett...
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IT chiefs: Security is biggest threat to cloud computing
Most UK businesses (71%) think security is the biggest threat to cloud computing, a survey of IT chiefs has found. Most organisations would like to...
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IT jobs to be slashed in downturn
Businesses and government departments are planning huge cuts to their IT recruitment budgets which could see some companies cutting 100% of their temporary...
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NHS Trusts to have IT choice again
NHS Trusts in the south of England are to have a choice of suppliers following the termination of Fujitsu's contract last year, the Department of Health's...
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Are men or women better at IT?
Are men or women better at IT? The old debate has flared up again in recent weeks following a panel discussion about 'Balancing Tech Culture: Getting...
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InfoSecurity 2009: Welcome to the online fraud business
Online fraud is now a well established business with hackers offering fraud as a service and custom hacking paid on a per use basis, according to Andrew...
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Hundreds of patients lost in NPfIT systems
A group of London hospitals has lost track of patients who have missed treatment under the Government's 18-week wait target, after problems with pioneering...
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NHS CIO warns NPfIT suppliers
The main suppliers to the آ£12.7bn National Programme for IT have until the end of November to make important progress in installing e-record systems in big...
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Swine flu: time to review business continuity plans
Businesses were urged to review their business continuity plans amid warnings that a swine flu could lead to absenteeism...
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Burden shifts to ISPs as national comms database is ruled out
The government may require internet service providers (ISPs) to retain all communications data that runs across their networks, including that of third party overseas providers.
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Users welcome integration of Netweaver and Teradata
Users welcomed plans announced today for SAP's Netweaver datawarehouse to run on the Teradata database. Delegates at Teradata's annual user conference...
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Internet will become unreliable next year
Unless the network infrastructure of the internet is upgraded, users will experience slower and unreliable connections by next year.
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Windows 7 release candidate due this week
Windows 7 release candidate will be available to a select few later this week.
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Businesses and government are willing to make risky IT cuts
Businesses and government departments are storing up problems in the future by cutting...
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Consumers will back universal 2Mbps network, says consumer panel
Consumers will support the government's plan to introduce a universal 2Mbps broadband service, says the Communications...
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Europe lags behind US, China and India in IT research
Europe has announced its intention to become a world leader in high-risk IT research...
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Infosec 2009: IT and Web 2.0 – the next generation gap
Networking sites Twitter and Facebook are two of the fastest growing Web 2.0 collaboration applications in the world. And, where they once kept a younger...
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Infosec 2009: Employee behaviour and information security risk
In today's global environment, the increasing technologising of business has allowed companies to reach a wider audience. This has brought benefits, such...
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Infosec 2009: Increasing your security in a virtual world
The adoption rate of virtual machines has exploded at most organisations, creating a boom in logical servers and devices connected to the network, with many...
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Infosec 2009: Top tips for a safer 2009
Limit access to those who need it. In SMBs, employees given full privileges and access to the network or devices that they do not need to do...
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Woman sacked after using Facebook while ill
A Swiss woman has lost her job because she used Facebook...
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Facebook to open user content to third-party developers
Facebook is expected to announce today that it plans to give third-party developers greater access to user-generated content to enable them to build new...
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Infosec 2009: How to implement proactive security
There is very little motivation to disclose security findings. Unfortunately this makes reactive tools such as intrusion detection systems, security scanners and vulnerability scanners useless…
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Infosec 2009: Nine steps to halt data breaches
The IT Governance Data Breaches Report identifies that spectacular data breaches are not caused by the misdemeanour of a junior employee but arise, rather, from systemically inadequate information security arrangements…
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Infosec 2009: How to beat airport data theft threat
The world's airports have become a hotspot for laptop theft and data loss but the deployment of some simple, yet effective security measures can prevent your organisation's confidential data ending up in the wrong hands…
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Infosec 2009: Common mistakes in password policies
By using passwords alone, it is still possible to achieve an acceptable level of security if an appropriate password policy is in place…
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