Friday, July 30, 2010
IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 30/07/2010
Apple iPhone jailbreaking is 'okay under EU law'
Jailbreaking Apple iPhones to bypass code aimed at limiting the applications and carriers owners can use is unlikely to violate EU copyright laws, say legal experts.
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Cardiff University invests £1m in infrastructure upgrade
Cardiff University has invested £1m in its IT network as part of an ongoing upgrade to its infrastructure.
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Blackberry faces ban in India
Research In Motion's Blackberry service may be banned in India if the company does not resolve government concerns over security.
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Smartphone sales boost Carphone Warehouse revenue
Carphone Warehouse has benefited from a surge in smartphones sales. The devices helped lift revenue at the retailer's European stores by 3.7%...
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Organisations fail to address cross-site scriping attacks
More websites are vulnerable to hackers than a year ago, with security now a concern across all sectors.
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Apple iPhone jailbreaking is 'okay under EU law'
Jailbreaking Apple iPhones to bypass code aimed at limiting the applications and carriers owners can use is unlikely to violate EU copyright laws, say legal experts.
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Cyberchallenge aims to lure in new talent
The UK has launched a national cybersecurity challenge to attract new talent to the information security industry, but is a series of competitions going to do the trick?
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Online sales outstripping retailer web technology
Outdated technology is affecting retailers' websites, according to analyst Ovum.
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Virgin Media posts record sales for second quarter 2010
Telecoms firm has reported record growth for the second quarter, with sales increasing 7.1% between April and June this year
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PeerIndex launches as authority ranking platform
The first platform for recognising authority on the web, PeerIndex has launched, attempting to rank web users according to their...
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Department of Energy spends £300,000 to boost Google ranking
The Department of Energy and Climate Change spent more than £300,000 on artificially boosting its Google rankings in the last financial year, according to...
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Cost-cutting boosts BT's profits
Despite falling revenue, BT saw its profits climb to £375m for the first three months to 30 June, up 38 % compared to the same period last year. The...
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Trinity Mirror cuts costs and boosts profits with IT
Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror...
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London Stock Exchange CTO Robin Paine leaves
Robin Paine is leaving the role of CTO at the London Stock Exchange after five years in the post.
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Google debuts Apps for US government
Google has announced an edition of Google Apps designed for the US government.
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Cardiff University invests £1m in infrastructure upgrade
Cardiff University has invested £1m in its IT network as part of an ongoing upgrade to its infrastructure.
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Metro Bank launches today running off-the-shelf software
Metro Bank starts operations today, underpinned...
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SAP too slow to cloud, say users
Nearly two-thirds of SAP users plan to use SAP's cloud-based offering in future, but 73% believe SAP has been slow in bringing them to market, a survey reveals.
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Fujitsu addresses government's 20% cut challenge
Roger Gilbert took over as CEO of Fujitsu UK & Ireland in April 2009. Since then the parent company has largely merged its UK operations with Fujitsu Telecommunications, bought out German electrical engineering firm Siemens's share of Fujitsu Siemens and restructured its products and services to compete more vigorously as a global supplier of cloud-based and managed services.
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Black Hat 2010: Open source tool finds web applications
Security firm Qualys has launched an open source, web-application fingerprinting engine to identify application and plug-in versions.
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Blackberry faces ban in India
Research In Motion's Blackberry service may be banned in India if the company does not resolve government concerns over security.
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Adobe to acquire web software maker for $240m
Adobe Systems has agreed to buy Switzerland-based Day Software Holding in a deal worth $240m.
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CSA launches security certification for cloud computing
The Cloud Security Alliance has unveiled the industry's first user certification programme for secure cloud computing.
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Government launches website of UK legislation
The government has launched a website to provide public access to UK legislation dating back to 1267.
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Smartphone sales boost Carphone Warehouse revenue
Carphone Warehouse has benefited from a surge in smartphones sales. The devices helped lift revenue at the retailer's European stores by 3.7%...
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Black Hat 2010: Microsoft releases free security tool for older platforms
Microsoft has released a free tool to bring newer security protections to older platforms and applications.
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