Tuesday, March 2, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 02/03/2010



Balancing efficiency with resilience
The challenges facing an IT director in balancing multiple simultaneous, and sometime competing, demands, are nothing new, writes Terry Walby, a director...
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News review: Vote by text, BBC Siemens and the Yahoo Twitter partnership
This week Hermione looks at a recent survey that said teenagers would be interested in politics if they were allowed to vote in the General Elections by text message, the problems the BBC are having with Siemens and the newly formed Yahoo-Twitter partnership.
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Industry aims to attract youngsters to career in IT
Parents should encourage their children to consider a career in IT, delegates were told at the European...
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e-Skills manifesto puts IT skills at heart of economic growth
Major technology companies have released a joint manifesto in a bid to revitalise economic growth and employment.
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Retailers losing over £5bn potential sales
UK retailers could be losing £5.65bn a year if their website frustrates online shoppers because it is too slow.
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PCI DSS compliance a box ticking exercise
Many businesses are more concerned about complying with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) than about actually protecting sensitive data.
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Government to pursue Nominet take-over powers
The government is to push ahead with its efforts to reserve powers to itself to take over the management of the .uk internet domain. The move comes...
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Cambridgeshire Council extends broadband network to isolated places
Cambridgeshire County Council is one of the first local authorities to roll out a high-speed broadband network to more isolated and rural locations. The...
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Beware of fake Security Essentials software
Microsoft has warned users to be wary of sites promoting fake versions of its free Security Essentials...
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Microsoft to shut down Windows 7 RC code
From today, PC users still running the Windows 7 RC (release candidate) code will find Windows will shut...
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Microsoft allows Internet Explorer alternatives
Microsoft has agreed to let European users choose which internet browser they want to use as part of an agreement to head off anti-trust action aimed at watering down any advantage to be had from its estimated 90% share of the operating system market.
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Highways Agency iPhone app approaches download record
A mobile phone application released by the Highways Agency has become...
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DarkMarket credit card fraudster jailed for five years
The man who set up DarkMarket, an online supermarket for credit card fraudsters, has been jailed for almost five years.
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Operators slam Ofcom plans for BT pension shortfall
Network operators have reacted angrily to Ofcom suggestions that BT be allowed to fill a hole of almost £9bn in its pension fund from a 4% increase in wholesale prices.
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