Friday, February 4, 2011

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 03/02/2011




Philips chief heads to Vodafone
Gerard Kleisterlee will succeed John Bond as chairman at Vodafone in July 2011.
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Google takes on Apple with Android Market for PCs
Google has extended its Android Market app store to support desktop as well as mobile devices.
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Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba recall Sandy Bridge machines
People who have acquired Dell, HP, Lenovo and Toshiba PCs with a flawed Intel chipset will be able to return the machines.
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iPad 2 spotted at Rupert Murdoch's digital newspaper launch
The much-anticipated new version of the iPad was spotted at the launch of Rupert Murdoch's digital newspaper The Daily
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OFT to investigate e-book pricing
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into e-book pricing.
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Every IPv4 address is now allocated and could run out within weeks
It's official: the IPv4-based internet is full, or at least it will be within a few weeks
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Centralised IT buying will not inhibit SMEs, says government efficiency chief
Increasing centralised government procurement of IT will not compromise the public sector's goal of buying more from SMEs, according to Ian Watmore, chief operating officer of the Cabinet Office Efficiency and Reform Group.
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Government 'lacks strategy' for driving growth with IT
The government is lacking a strategy for using technology to drive growth across the UK economy, according to IT trade association Intellect.
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Philips chief heads to Vodafone
Gerard Kleisterlee will succeed John Bond as chairman at Vodafone in July 2011.
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Comic Relief prepares IT for Red Nose Day 2011
The organisers of this year's Red Nose Day have released details of the IT that will support the enormous peaks of web traffic on the Comic Relief fundraising day on 18 March.
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News Corp plans to sell MySpace social network
News Corp has said it plans to sell its MySpace social networking subsidiary.
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Google takes on Apple with Android Market for PCs
Google has extended its Android Market app store to support desktop as well as mobile devices.
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Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba recall Sandy Bridge machines
People who have acquired Dell, HP, Lenovo and Toshiba PCs with a flawed Intel chipset will be able to return the machines.
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European Commission renews controversial Microsoft contract
The European Commission has extended its controversial Microsoft software contract, while under intensifying scrutiny over its deals with proprietary vendors.
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Oracle users can move licences to Amazon
Businesses running Oracle will soon be able to use Amazon Web services to host the Database 11g server.
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iPad 2 spotted at Rupert Murdoch's digital newspaper launch
The much-anticipated new version of the iPad was spotted at the launch of Rupert Murdoch's digital newspaper The Daily
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OFT to investigate e-book pricing
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into e-book pricing.
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Ferrari goes with Infor for auto resource planning
Iconic Italian sportscar maker Ferrari is to migrate its information systems based on Baan IV to the latest version of Infor ERP LN (enterprise resource planning) software.
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Broadband boosts BT profits to £531m
An early return to positive cash flow at Global Services helped BT to produce earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation 7% higher on sales that fell 3%
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Black market in internet addresses starts up
A growing black market and fraudulent deals in IPv4 internet addresses are unlikely to last long, says the European internet address registrar, RIPE NCC.
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O2 to apply for e-money licence to support NFC payments
O2 will apply for an e-money licence this year, signalling its commitment to support contactless payments in the UK in the near future.
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EC plans could open up ICT procurement for SMEs
Technology start-ups and SMEs could benefit from European Commission (EC) plans to improve SME procurement.
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The Daily is launched as Murdoch teams up with Apple for iPad only newspaper
Rupert Murdoch has launched digital newspaper The Daily in a deal with Apple which makes it exclusive to the iPad.
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