Saturday, November 7, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 07/11/2009



Steve Jobs is CEO of the decade, says Fortune magazine
Fortune magazine has named Apple chief Steve Jobs...
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IT vital to Red Cross aid efforts in Indonesia
Isolated villages cut off by the earthquake in Indonesia have received food and aid thanks to innovative use of satellite technology.
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NEC to raise $1.6bn in share sales to offset losses
NEC is...
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Skype deal to go ahead, says eBay
EBay has announced that the way has been cleared for the sale of a majority share in its Skype internet telephony service to the investor group led by Silver Lake.
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Royal Bank of Scotland IT investments starting to pay back
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported it is making a return...
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Marks & Spencer to kick off major SAP roll-out
Marks & Spencer will start implementing SAP software in its core systems next year following successful implementation in other parts of the company.
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Kaspersky finds malicious weblinks on Twitter with Krab Krawler
Kaspersky Lab has developed a tool for identifying malicious shortened weblinks in tweets posted on the Twitter microblogging service.
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Tories promise to review broadband tax
The Conservative Party will prioritise a review of the business rates tax on fibre networks if it comes to power.
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EU weakens net neutrality to pass telecoms reform package
A net neutrality revision has allowed European legislators to implement long-awaited reforms that will introduce a single competitive market in telecoms...
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T-Mobile and Orange to merge
Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have signed contracts to set up a 50:50 joint...
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Steve Jobs is CEO of the decade, says Fortune magazine
Fortune magazine has named Apple chief Steve Jobs...
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IT vital to Red Cross aid efforts in Indonesia
Isolated villages cut off by the earthquake in Indonesia have received food and aid thanks to innovative use of satellite technology.
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Logica to cut hundreds more jobs to reduce costs
IT services company Logica...
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Twenty five years of government IT project failure
Two messages on Twitter last week on the failure of a آ£513m IT-based "C-Nomis" project at the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office were striking.
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Suppliers optimistic about 2010 outlook
IT suppliers are cautiously optimistic about growth returning in 2010. Cisco CEO John Chambers is upbeat, despite sales sliding 13% and...
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How will the UK’s new banks look?
How will the UK's new banks look? The UK's banking sector is going through a seismic change as two of the UK's biggest banks get ready to sell-off...
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NEC to raise $1.6bn in share sales to offset losses
NEC is...
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Video: Google Dashboard lets users see their 'secret' profile
Google has announced a new tool that enables users to see what information the internet firm keeps about their activities on Gmail, Reader, YouTube and other accounts.
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UK officials fight to get IT on the Copenhagen climate talks agenda
Cabinet Office officials are pushing for IT to be included in the climate change talks in Copenhagen this December.
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Cardiff keeps IT staff in innovative 'insourcing' deal
Cardiff Council has signed an innovative 15-year 'insourcing' deal with Indian supplier TCS in a move that will allow it to transform its IT services...
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Ethernet switch for WAN could cut telecom bill by 30%
Most firms could save 30% of their telecommunications bill by optimising their wide area networks and switching to Ethernet, according to research. The...
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Fujitsu strike is on
Staff at IT services company Fujitsu will go on strike for three days this month after union Unite served notice of the action. A total...
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Novell announces first major integration with Google Wave
Enterprise software firm Novell...
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