Friday, April 30, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 30/04/2010



Case study: Blackberry app saves Portsmouth NHS Trust £220,000
A Blackberry application that cost £150,000 to develop has saved the Portsmouth NHS Trust £220,000. The...
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HP to buy Palm for $1.2bn
Hewlett-Packard has agreed to purchase struggling mobile handset maker Palm for $1.2bn.
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Study predicts end of the office, death of the desk
The end of the company office is in sight, as the recession, mobile technology and the emergence of a generation brought up on social networking come together, a major study by Microsoft predicts
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CIO interview: Internet gambling operator imports IT skills for global expansion
Vienna-based internet gambling operator Bwin is "importing IT skills" as it gears up to expand around the world.
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Video: Apple buys defence research project to build intelligence into iPhone apps
Apple has bought Siri, a company that created an iPhone app which allows users to search the web using voice command.
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Case study: Blackberry app saves Portsmouth NHS Trust £220,000
A Blackberry application that cost £150,000 to develop has saved the Portsmouth NHS Trust £220,000. The...
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SaaS is here to stay, says Gartner
More than 95% of organisations expect to maintain or increase their use of software as a service (SaaS), according to a survey...
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China’s Baidu gains from Google
Top Chinese search engine Baidu has increased profits and gained market share since Google indicated in January that it would stop...
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Apple to charge $10m to be in iAd launch group
Apple may charge $1m for displaying adverts on its mobile devices in 2010, according to the Wall...
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HP to buy Palm for $1.2bn
Hewlett-Packard has agreed to purchase struggling mobile handset maker Palm for $1.2bn.
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Study predicts end of the office, death of the desk
The end of the company office is in sight, as the recession, mobile technology and the emergence of a generation brought up on social networking come together, a major study by Microsoft predicts
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How to get to the top in NHS IT, from the CEOs
How do you get to the top if you work in healthcare IT? Technology might not have taken the central role in healthcare that it has in industries such as finance and retail, but it is increasingly permeating the sector and playing a vital part in providing care.
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SAP bolstered by software and services growth in Q1
SAP's first quarter showed growth in software and services revenues. Bill McDermott and Hegermann Snabe, co-CEO's of SAP, put the performance down...
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