Saturday, February 20, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 20/02/2010



The Google Nexus One/HTC Desire versus the IT department
Belinda Parmar of Lady Geek and owner of a Nexus One, discusses why IT departments keep our personal and professional technology lives separate.
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Dell share price drops in reaction to narrow profit margins
Dell has reported revenues of $14.9bn for the quarter ending 29 January, up 11% from a year ago, and operating income at $510m, up 12% on the same period a year ago.
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Fujitsu suspends compulsory redundancies
Fujitsu has suspended planned redundancies and strike action is being held off while members of the union Unite mull over the proposed remedies to the pay, pension and redundancies dispute.
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Effective security must be 'sold' to IT users, urges BT security chief
Security has to be sold to users of IT systems in the same way as consumer goods and services, says Mark Hughes, managing director of security at BT. "Unless...
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35 countries could be monitored for piracy
Copyright holders in the US have called for 35 countries to be put on a watch list for piracy and counterfeit activities.
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IT suppliers are "in for a shock" if they rely on public sector
IT suppliers that have complacently relied on large orders from the public sector are in for a shock, says Richard Holway, chairman of research company TechMarketView. Holway...
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Dell share price drops in reaction to narrow profit margins
Dell has reported revenues of $14.9bn for the quarter ending 29 January, up 11% from a year ago, and operating income at $510m, up 12% on the same period a year ago.
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Computer Weekly guide to software licensing
Software asset management can help IT departments to monitor where software products are being used and ensure they are licensed correctly
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NATS appoints technologist as group safety head
NATS, the partly privatised provider of UK air traffic services, has appointed a technologist, David Harrison, as its new group director of safety
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Kneber botnet should make board take notice, says PwC
The "Kneber botnet" used by hackers...
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Court ruling on Google Books settlement postponed
A New York District Court has yet to make a decision on whether or not to approve Google's revised settlement with US authors and publishers to scan millions of books to be sold online
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Microsoft and Yahoo search partnership approved
US and European competition authorities have given the go-ahead to a proposed search partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo, which plans to challenge Google's dominance of the market.
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Beyond BSkyB, is HP dealing with other EDS litigation?
HP's corporate leaders gave no answer yesterday when questioned on whether they are facing possible damages from litigation relating to services supplier...
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