Friday, November 6, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 06/11/2009



Photos: Top ten smartphones for business - which one is the biz?
Your company might be pushing a BlackBerry into your hand but is it the best phone for your work? We take a closer look at the smartphones available and how they could work for your business.
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HP tackles $35bn converged IT market
Hewlett-Packard is to launch a set of products and services, which it claims will help firms achieve better insight into their business, faster application development and greater flexibility in responding to market changes.
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Intel could face US federal anti-trust investigation, say legal experts
Intel could be facing a US federal investigation as the number of legal complaints against the chipmaker's business practices begin to mount up.
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Astrazeneca trust pays off
Offshoring business critical work was once a no-go area for big businesses. But a deal signed by pharmaceuticals company Astrazeneca shows that businesses...
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Software piracy fight in tatters as cash goes to dirty kebab shops
Plans to use Trading Standards to crack down on businesses using unlicensed software are in tatters.
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Change to law could save Gary McKinnon from extradition
The House of Lords is debating a change in the law that could save self-confessed...
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Data drives Cable & Wireless results as voice fades
Telecommunications network operator Cable & Wireless (C&W) has confirmed it is to split its business and list both operations.
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Recovery has begun for Cisco, claims CEO
Cisco CEO John Chambers is certain the economic recovery is a reality after hailing the highest sequential gains for Q1 revenues and profits in five years....
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NetSuite's Sage campaign a success
Cloud computing specialist NetSuite said its campaign to target rival Sage appears to be having some impact after announcing customer wins. The...
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Video: Google launches cloud-based search service for retailers
Google has launched a cloud-based search service to enable retailers to add customised search facilities to their websites. "Google...
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Microsoft/Yahoo deal could extend beyond US, says Steve Ballmer
Microsoft has revealed that its search...
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Microsoft cuts more UK jobs
Microsoft is cutting another 800 jobs, including more than 50 UK jobs, on top of the 5,000 redundancies announced in January.
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Cisco reports 13% drop in sales
Network equipment maker Cisco reported a 13% drop in year-on-year sales to $9bn for the first quarter of its 2010 financial year, which pushed down earnings 19% to $2.1bn.
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Why Lastminute.com CIO Fin Goulding turned his back on corporate IT
The traditional world of banking IT can seem a long way away from the increasingly ubiquitous world of internet-based business.
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UK tightens Ripa surveillance rules
Days after the European Commission threatened to take...
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Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales wins €10,000 Nokia prize
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has won the Nokia Foundation's €10,0000 prize for 2009...
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CIOs sweat IT assets to defeat recession
Eight out 10 top UK managers are preparing to sweat their IT assets, doing more with less, to make sure their business stays competitive, according to research.
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Demand for IT staff grows in third quarter
Figures showing a rise in IT vacancies in the third quarter of 2009.
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Video: Blackberry vulnerable to PhoneSnoop bug
Blackberry smartphones can be hacked to let third parties eavesdrop on private conversations.
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How the government taxes UK's broadband future
In 2003, Vtesse Networks, a small UK fibre network operator, challenged the Valuation Office Agency's assessment of BT for business rates in British and European courts. It argued that the VOA's assessment amounted to an unfair subsidy to BT.
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HP tackles $35bn converged IT market
Hewlett-Packard is to launch a set of products and services, which it claims will help firms achieve better insight into their business, faster application development and greater flexibility in responding to market changes.
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