Thursday, August 26, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 26/08/2010



Photos: Samsung Galaxy Tab - the iPad killer
The Samsung Galaxy Tab will be unveiled on the 2nd September in Berlin, Germany. Here's a quick look at the tablet being billed as the first iPad killer.
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PC sales bounce back in second quarter
PC sales in Western Europe grew to 15.6 million units in the second quarter of 2010, up 19.6% compared to the same period in 2009, according to Gartner....
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The growing security threat from mobile phone apps
It was only a matter of time, but it looks like mobile applications are now sufficiently ubiquitous to attract the serious attention of cyber criminals.
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Photos: 4G phones the UK will never see
Following leaked pictures of teh Samsung Craft, content editor Faisal Alani looks at what 4G phones are out there, what's on the horizon and whether they'll make it over to the UK.
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Case Study: Mobile data security
One of the main objectives for UK Police Forces today is improving the quality of front-line services and increasing the presence of officers on the streets.
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Facebook valued at £22bn as investors anticipate IPO
Facebook has been valued at $33.7bn (£22bn) - which is higher than eBay and Yahoo - ahead of its expected initial...
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More than 200 public sector staff caught snooping on citizen records
The number of public sector workers caught snooping on personal records in the government's largest citizen database continues to grow, with the total now 225 - and the true figure could be higher still.
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Small reseller M-Tech wins legal victory over Oracle
An independent IT hardware broker has won a major legal victory against Oracle...
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Africa safer than UK for web browsing
The UK ranked 30th in the most dangerous places to surf the web across the globe, according to research by internet security firm AVG.
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Net neutrality: do you feel lucky?
The buzz created by the Google-Verizon proposals on net neutrality to the US Federal Communications Commission has given impetus to consultations on the topic by Ofcom and the European Commission. What is less clear is why CIOs should care about the debate.
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PC sales bounce back in second quarter
PC sales in Western Europe grew to 15.6 million units in the second quarter of 2010, up 19.6% compared to the same period in 2009, according to Gartner....
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Google offers multi-tenancy on App Engine
Google has announced the latest release of its cloud platform, App Engine for Java and Python, offering support for multi-tenancy applications.
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Tory council's open source plans stymied as government considers policy
A leading Tory council has hit a brick wall in its attempt to replace Microsoft with open source software because the government has not fulfilled an election pledge to introduce open standards.
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Royal Wolverhampton NHS trust loses patient data
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust lost a CD containing the unencrypted records of 112 patients from the intensive care unit of New Cross Hospital's heart and lung unit, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found.
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4G to start to take off in 2012
The roll-out of 4G networks will get underway by 2012, with the number of LTE mobile broadband subscribers expected to exceed 300 million globally by 2015, according to a report from Juniper Research
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IT diploma offers hope to bridge skills gap
While the GCSE ICT results showed a decline, the number of students gaining IT diplomas at foundation and higher levels showed more promise.
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GCSE ICT results provide excuse to offshore, says FSB
The Federation of Small Business is concerned dwindling numbers of students doing GCSE and A-level IT courses will give large enterprises an excuse to offshore...
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CBI says students need GCSE science, technology and maths
More students need to study science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects, according to The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), commenting on the announcement of GCSE results today.
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Teach cybercrime at GCSE, says Symantec
As GCSE results out today showed a decline in the number of students taking ICT courses, security firm Symantec believes GCSE students should be taught more about information security to make lessons more engaging.
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FSA hits Zurich Insurance with £2.275m fine for data loss
Zurich Insurance UK has been fined £2.275m by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for not having the controls to prevent the loss of confidential personal data of 46,000 customers.
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