Friday, September 3, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 03/09/2010



Welsh Assembly Government staff lose 24 laptops in two years
IT equipment valued at £21,000 was lost or stolen from Welsh Assembly Government staff in the past two years, a freedom of information (FOI) request has revealed.
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Photos: The new Apple iPod Touch, Nano and Shuffle
Apple unveiled their latest line of music players as well as Apple TV. We take a closer look at the line-up and see what's changed.
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India wants access to BlackBerry, Skype and Google
India plans to extend its crackdown on Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry services to other communication service providers, including Skype and Google.
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Stereoscopic 3D animation: Shrek and How to train your dragon
Already cutting a fiery swath through the box office, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon provides an object lesson in just how far stereoscopic 3D animated films have progressed.
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SAS A2010 conference: Centralised model factory can reduce IT costs
Organisations can save IT costs and time by using a centralised analytics model to predict business outcomes, according to SAS .
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Royal Bank of Scotland cuts 1,000 IT jobs
RBS is axing 1,000 technology jobs as part of a cull of 3,500 positions across the company.
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HP outbids Dell to buy storage company 3Par
The bidding war between HP and Dell to buy a specialist storage supplier 3Par appears to be at an end, with HP upping its bid to $2.4bn.
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Cloud Industry Forum endorses new ASA internet powers
The UK's Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) has welcomed the extension of the Advertising Standards Authority's (ASA) remit to cover online media.
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Polymorphic ransomware tops malware charts
Ransomware variant TotalSecurity is topping the malware charts, according to the latest threat report from security firm Fortinet.
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Welsh Assembly Government staff lose 24 laptops in two years
IT equipment valued at £21,000 was lost or stolen from Welsh Assembly Government staff in the past two years, a freedom of information (FOI) request has revealed.
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Cloud Security Alliance’s User Certification Now Available
The Cloud Security Alliance has announced that its Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) unveiled in July is now open for testing.
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Windows Phone 7 released to manufacture, on sale within weeks
Windows Phone 7 has been released to manufacture, which means devices could be on sale in a matter of weeks.
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BT drives IP telephony to the enterprise desktop
BT has expanded its BT Onevoice converged voice platform, in a bid to drive the adoption of communications applications to the desktop in large businesses.
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Businesses pay £6.5m software piracy bill
Businesses are paying millions in settlement and licensing costs for copyright infringements, according to anti-software piracy organisation, the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
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SAS A2010 conference: Move data out of the back office
Algorithms need to be enhanced to make information more accessible by moving data out of the back office, according to SAS.
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SAS A2010 analytics conference: SAS launches predictive analytics software
Analytic software supplier SAS has launched a predictive analytics service at its 2010 Analytics Conference.
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Apple enters social networking arena with Ping
Apple has entered social networking arena with the announcement of its new music-based service, Ping, in San Francisco.
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India wants access to BlackBerry, Skype and Google
India plans to extend its crackdown on Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry services to other communication service providers, including Skype and Google.
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