Tuesday, August 3, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 03/08/2010



Android sales up ninefold in Q2, but Nokia keeps shipments lead
Android is the platform to watch in the smartphone stakes, says market analyst Canalys, following the latest batch of handset makers' quarterly results.
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Cheap 2G and top-end 3G phones drive 13% rise in quarterly sales
Shipment of mobile phones reached 308 million units globally in the second quarter due to low-end 2G models and 3G touchphones driving sales within the industry, according to a report released by Strategy Analytics today.
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Saudi and UAE could freeze Blackberry service
More than one million Blackberry users in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates may be blocked from key services after authorities increased demands for access to encrypted messages sent over the device.
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Hospital trust to cut costs with finance management system
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UHBristol) has implemented a financial management system from COA Solutions in an effort to make efficiency savings.
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SAP releases long-awaited version of Business ByDesign
SAP has announced the general availability of the long-awaited feature pack 2.5 for the Business ByDesign cloud-based product suite.
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Android sales up ninefold in Q2, but Nokia keeps shipments lead
Android is the platform to watch in the smartphone stakes, says market analyst Canalys, following the latest batch of handset makers' quarterly results.
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ICO clears Google of UK Wi-Fi privacy breach
The Information Commissioner's Office has cleared Google of collecting "meaningful personal details" when private Wi-Fi data was intercepted as it recorded images for its Street View service.
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Cheap 2G and top-end 3G phones drive 13% rise in quarterly sales
Shipment of mobile phones reached 308 million units globally in the second quarter due to low-end 2G models and 3G touchphones driving sales within the industry, according to a report released by Strategy Analytics today.
Read More ...

Saudi and UAE could freeze Blackberry service
More than one million Blackberry users in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates may be blocked from key services after authorities increased demands for access to encrypted messages sent over the device.
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Microsoft to release emergency security fix
Microsoft plans to release an emergency security update for Windows today to patch a recently reported vulnerability in the way the operating system creates desktop shortcuts.
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