Friday, June 12, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 12/06/2009



Dell claims $3m in sales from Twitter
Computer maker Dell says Twitter has helped the company make more sales worth more than $3m in the past two years.
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Video: Computer and thousands of lightbulbs become YouTube favourite
Polish students have used a computer and thousands of lightbulbs to turn an hall of residence into an amazing light show. Students at Wroklaw Polytechnic...
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Photos: First look at what makes the iPhone 3G S tick
We've all heard about the iPhone 3G S, but what is different and why should we spend our hard earned money on it? We find out.
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Video: See the 1.4 second journey of a card payment
See the 1.4 second journey of a card payment slowed to two minutes. If you don't think technology touches all of our lives every day then watch this video.
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The Total Cost of Email - Putting a Price Tag on your Email Environment
Your IT budget is probably going to be reviewed over the next year; now is the time to look at where you can make savings without making compromises.
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The Total Cost of Email - Putting a Price Tag on your Email Environment
You can’t afford to ignore email archiving, security, internal policy or regulatory requirements, but can you afford to keep paying for it as multiple systems on top of your email system? When you add up the full price tag for your email environment, from server to soft ware to risk management and staff costs, it becomes clear why running everything in-house can mean you spend far more of your budget on maintenance than innovation.
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Apple slashes price of iPhone 3G as 3GS debuts
Apple has cut the price of its iPhone 3G with 8Gbyte of memory to $99, but the announcement came as no surprise after intense speculation ahead of the firm's 2009 annual developer conference.
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Video: Apple iPhone 3G price cut to $99 with 3GS available on 19 June
Apple has slashed the price of the iPhone 3G to just $99 from today as it unveiled the new iPhone 3GS which will be available on 19 June in the UK.
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Photos: Ferrari Monza changes shape at high speed
Designer Iman Maghsoudi has come up with an out-of-this-world concept for a futuristic Ferrari Monza.
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Recession takes its toll on the storage market
The EMEA external disc storage market suffered in the first quarter of 2009, dented by the recession and volatile currency markets. According...
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Forrester: CIOs must embrace consumer IT
CIOs should accept that consumer devices and services are being used in the workplace today, and develop strategies to embrace them.
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Photos: Nokia N97
See photos of the new Nokia N97 that will be launched in June.
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Photos: New iPhone features?
Rumours are flying all over the place about what the new iPhone will feature. This is a detailed analysis of those rumours to seperate the fact from the fiction.
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Will Steve Jobs return to Apple for new iPhone launch?
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is expected to return to work soon after six months' medical leave, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Video: Nokia to ship N97 'iPhone killer' this month
Nokia will start shipping its new flagship mobile computer, the N97, to more than 75 countries later this month (June 09).
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Ericsson chip provides built-in broadband for netbooks
Ericsson hopes to free mobile computer users from users from dongles and wires with a new chip that...
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D-Day launch for Pre, D-Day for Palm
The Pre, the latest smartphone from Palm, will go on sale in the US via the Sprint mobile network for around $200 on 6 June.
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QuickOffice updates MS Office-compatible suite for iPhone
Quickoffice has updated its MS Office-compatible iPhone application. Quickoffice...
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Reducing the cost of mobile communications: GSM Gateways
A GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) gateway is a device that enables users to make and receive calls from a fixed handset as though it was a mobile phone.
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Immediate Protection. Less Complexity.
This white paper reviews the content security threat landscape and how it has evolved into a more dangerous environment, increasing the risks and costs for enterprises.
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ECTA slams new EU broadband proposals
The European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA) has condemned
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Microsoft Windows 7 decison may defuse EU case, says lawyer
Microsoft's decision to release its latest operating system in Europe without its Internet Explorer browser is a sensible step, according to a leading...
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Carter to quit, job done, government confirms
The government has confirmed that communications czar Stephen Carter will...
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Google issues first Chrome 2 security update
Google has issued a security patch for its Chrome 2 browser less than a month after its
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Enterprise security is not keeping pace with cloud computing
Security plans are not keeping pace with rapid business adoption of cloud...
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Government's آ£12bn IMP may be a white elephant
Questions over the government's plans to spend آ£12bn on a scheme...
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New top level domains could help brands beat cybersquatters
Global brands should explore how best to take advantage of the new global internet names that Icann, the internet's top domain registrar, is making available,...
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1,600 staff to go at Lloyds TSB, but few IT jobs
Relatively few IT jobs will go in the latest round of more than 1,650 redundancies at Lloyds TSB announced today.
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Don't teach Facebook and Twitter in school, say 71%
Seventy-one per cent of UK workers believe that teaching social media technologies such as Twitter and blogging in schools is inappropriate, according...
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