Thursday, July 9, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 09/07/2009



EMC wins battle over Data Domain
EMC has won the financial tug of war to acquire Data Domain for $2.1bn after NetApp lost its nerve and walked away from the negotiating table. The...
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Morse updates City on trade as cost cutting plan nears end
Systems integrator, Morse has warned the City that sales in the fiscal second half of the year are likely to be lower than the آ£114.4m reported in the
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EMC wins battle over Data Domain
EMC has won the financial tug of war to acquire Data Domain for $2.1bn after NetApp lost its nerve and walked away from the negotiating table. The...
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Facebook is another shock to recruitment industry
Cisco is using Facebook to hunt for graduates to fill potential vacancies in the company. The disclosure raises further questions over the value of...
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E-commerce sites still at risk from man in the middle attacks
No matter what type of authentication, from basic to the highly encrypted, or whether organisations use password-based or two-factor authentication, their...
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Teens abandon Facebook as silver surfers flood in
Facebook is being...
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See leaked Google OS screenshot
See leaked Google OS Screenshot The first pictures of Google's operating system which will challenge Microsoft's dominance have been leaked.
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Opinion: Chrome OS buffs up the Google Brand
Google's announcement that it is working on a lightweight operating system is as much about marketing as it is about technology.
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Media mogul meeting sparks speculation of a Twitter deal
Google and Rupert Murdoch could be among the contenders to make a potential deal to acquire microblogging service Twitter, according to The Guardian.
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Apple fixes WebKit vulnerabilities in Safari browser
Apple has released an update to its Safari browser to fix...
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Google announces hardware partners for Chrome OS
Google is working with at least ten hardware suppliers to support its Chrome operating system due for release next year.
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Waitrose improves website capacity to cope with growing demand
Waitrose has increased the capacity and performance of its website without increasing costs, by analysing which areas needed improvement instead of replacing systems.
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Ofcom rules out mobile competition review
The UK mobile telephony market is competitive enough, UK communications regulator Ofcom said today, ruling out a a formal market review of the sector.
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50 is the magic number this summer
England batsmen have an extra incentive to score 50s against Australia in the Ashes series that opened today.
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Insurance firm breaches Data Protection Act
Kent-based insurance firm Jubilee Managing Agency has been found in breach of the Data...
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Union criticises IBM's plans to stop final salary pensions
IBM is proposing to close its final salary pension scheme to current UK and Ireland staff. The move would affect around a quarter of the company's...
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Head north to cut datacentre costs and save the planet
If businesses move their datacentres to northern regions of Europe they could reduce their costs and carbon emissions in one fell swoop. Scotland...
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