Friday, June 4, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 04/06/2010



Economic recovery boosts computer chip sales
Sales of computer chips will increase by over 27% this year compared to 2009 as the market outlook improves as a result of accelerated demand in all regions and product categories.
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Skype founders take second shot at web music service
Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have launched an online service that sells monthly music subscriptions.
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Social networking fastest growing mobile app type in US and Europe
Social networking is the fastest growing application segment in the US and Europe, research by analyst firm ComScore has revealed.
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CIO interview: Aurora paves the way for multichannel IT and collaboration
Retailer conglomerate Aurora Fashions is pressing ahead with a series of initiatives around boosting its multichannel capability to respond to customer demands in a challenging business environment.
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The technical challenges of increasing transparency through open data
The coalition government has been busy making headline announcements over the past few weeks, many of them relying on or directly affecting IT the public sector.
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Economic recovery boosts computer chip sales
Sales of computer chips will increase by over 27% this year compared to 2009 as the market outlook improves as a result of accelerated demand in all regions and product categories.
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Ten technologies that could save the life insurance industry
Life Insurance companies that have survived the turmoil of recent years now face massive challenges.
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Podcast: Microsoft beefs up security in IE and Hotmail
Microsoft is working hard to improve the reputation of its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser and is set to raise the security bar even higher in version 9 currently under development.
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Personal details of 8,000 people lost by medical practice
The personal details of 8,000 people have been lost on an unencrypted memory stick by Lampeter Medical Practice.
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Firms ignore data security recommendations, survey finds
A data breach like HMRC's loss of 25 million child benefit records on two optical storage discs could very easily happen again, a survey has revealed.
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West Berkshire Council data loss shows need for automation
The loss of personal data by the West Berkshire Council once again proves that employees will always be the weakest point in any security system, says Chris...
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Google to limit Android major updates to one a year
Google is likely to slow down the development cycle for its Android operating system to only one major upgrade a year.
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Skype founders take second shot at web music service
Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have launched an online service that sells monthly music subscriptions.
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs says Windows in permanent decline
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has predicted that personal computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system are in a permanent decline.
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Social networking fastest growing mobile app type in US and Europe
Social networking is the fastest growing application segment in the US and Europe, research by analyst firm ComScore has revealed.
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