Tuesday, January 26, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 26/01/2010



Ericsson to lay off 600 staff as losses mount
Ericsson will sack 600 workers at its chip-making unit on top of 2,500 cuts to its mobile phone division following combined losses of almost €1.4bn for 2009.
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Video news review: Apple iSlate and Google vs China
The Computer Weekly news round-up video is brought to you - with its tongue in its cheek - by Hermione Way and includes the Apple iSlate and Google vs China.
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Security professionals need to work smarter in 2010
Security budgetary constraints look set to continue in 2010 with IT departments expecting only a modest increase in IT spending. Half...
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BT delivers 40Mbps business fibre broadband for آ£45
Businesses will be able to access 40Mbps fibre broadband for آ£45 per month under a service launched by BT. BT said the service gives business traffic...
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MoD staff leak military secrets on Facebook
Staff at the Ministry of Defence and the military leaked secrets on social networking sites and forums 16 times in the past 18 months. Ten people at...
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HCL Technologies' fourth quarter results dampen Indian promise
HCL Technologies, India's fourth largest IT service provider, has broken the recent run of positive results from India and announced a drop in profit. Indian...
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China escalates war of words with US over internet freedom
China has officially denied any state involvement in cyber attacks on Google and more than 20 other companies. A Chinese government spokesman told...
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Beware Johnny Depp death hoax, says security firm Sophos
Bogus reports circulating on the internet, which claim that Johnny Depp has been killed in a drunken car crash in France, could be exploited by cybercriminals, warns security firm Sophos.
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Firefox 3.6 even faster than 3.5, claims Mozilla
Mozilla has updated its free open source Firefox browser to version 3.6, which it claims is the fastest yet in processing JavaScript.
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Cybercriminals use China attacks on Google as lure
Cybercriminals are exploiting the recently announced China-based cyber attacks against Google and more than 20 other companies as a lure for carrying out further targeted attacks.
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Multinational companies waste billions sourcing telecoms
The world biggest companies are throwing away billions of pounds because they are not very good at sourcing and managing their telecoms services.
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Ericsson to lay off 600 staff as losses mount
Ericsson will sack 600 workers at its chip-making unit on top of 2,500 cuts to its mobile phone division following combined losses of almost €1.4bn for 2009.
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