Saturday, July 31, 2010
IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 31/07/2010
HSBC saves $1m in energy costs by turning off computers
HSBC has saved more than $1m in energy costs after rolling out technology that shuts down 300,000 PCs during evenings and weekends.
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Photos: New Amazon Kindle for just £109
Amazon launched the latest generation of their eBook reader, the Kindle, at the competitive price of £109 for WiFi and £149 for WiFi and 3G. Here we look at what makes them the market leaders.
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Millions download suspicious Android wallpaper
Up to 4.6 million users of the Android smartphone operating system have downloaded a suspicious wallpaper app that collects and transmits user data to a site in China
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Profits climb at Capgemini
Capgemini reported a fall in sales of 3.8% to €4.2bn in the first six months of 2010, compared with the same period...
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CTO joins ITV in a bid to address "technology lag"
ITV has appointed Paul Dale as its chief technology officer in a bid to catch up with rivals in its multimedia offerings. This is the first time a CTO has...
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Difference Engine complete first phase
The UK tech incubator set up last year to transform technology ideas into businesses has completed its first intake with investments already being made into the companies that have emerged.
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Microsoft licenses security technology from Cryptography Research
Microsoft has entered a licence agreement to use security technology from Cryptography Research to protect against...
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HSBC saves $1m in energy costs by turning off computers
HSBC has saved more than $1m in energy costs after rolling out technology that shuts down 300,000 PCs during evenings and weekends.
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Rimini Street expands UK operations
UK businesses are increasingly joining their North American peers in switching to third-party technical support to cut costs of owning big-ticket enterprise software.
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STA Travel signs Azzurri for global wide area network
STA Travel has awarded service provider Azzurri...
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UK is largest spender on utilities industry IT
The UK spends more on utilities IT than any other Western European country, according to research by IDC Energy Insight. The report, covering market...
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Lunchtime surfers put strain on company bandwidth
Heavy internet usage during...
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IT suppliers back coalition government’s IT strategy
The IT industry largely supports the new coalition government's IT strategy - including cost cutting, claims a report by analyst firm TechMarketView. Based...
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Prepare for dip in IT jobs market, warns recruitment specialist
The IT jobs market is heading for a dip following recent unprecedented growth in vacancies in the financial...
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Tech start-up community thrives in Scotland
A high turnout of IT SMEs is expected to attend Scotland's first Startup Weekend in Glasgow next month. The...
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Google is top malware distributor among search engines, report reveals
Google turns out more than twice as much malware as Bing, Twitter and Yahoo combined, according to the Barracuda Labs 2010...
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Intel shows silicon laser chip for 50Gbit/s links
Intel has stepped up its interest in using optical fibres for high speed interconnects in processor-based systems.
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UK largely missing from state of the internet reports
The UK barely rates on content distributor Akamai's "state of the internet" report, despite successive governments' pledges to "digitise" Britain.
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Steria profits rise
French IT service provider Steria announced an increase in sales and profits for the first six months of this year...
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Black Hat: GSM hacking tools now available
Security researcher Karsten Nohl has unveiled a suite of tools at the Black Hat hacker convention that hackers can use to listen to GSM mobile phone calls.
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Oracle clears the air on OpenSolaris, but Sparc future looks dim
Oracle has finally made its plans for the OpenSolaris Unix operating system known after months of keeping users in the dark.
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Google extends functionality of location aware mobile ads
Google has announced extended functionality of location aware mobile ads.
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Could FiReControl be the next IT project to go?
The government has spent the last couple of months casting a critical eye over large-scale IT projects, and it's looking increasingly likely that FiReControl could be next to be hit.
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Millions download suspicious Android wallpaper
Up to 4.6 million users of the Android smartphone operating system have downloaded a suspicious wallpaper app that collects and transmits user data to a site in China
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Will BT be the big winner from spectrum auction?
Communications minister Ed Vaizey has set the end of 2011 as the closing date for the auction of so-called 4G spectrum.
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Oracle accused of defrauding US federal government
The US Department of Justice has filed a civil suit in a federal court against Oracle, accusing the company of defrauding the federal government by overcharging for software.
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Facebook list highlights need for education and responsibility, say security experts
Privacy groups are up in arms about the publication of a list of more than 100 million Facebook users, containing their names, unique IDs and links to their Facebook profiles.
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UK business outsourcing spending plummets
Commercial outsourcing spend in the UK plummeted during the first half of 2010, according to research. A total of €3bn was spent on private sector...
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