Friday, August 10, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 10/08/2012





Virtualisation is often a missed security opportunity
Virtualisation can improve security, but only if it is done correctly, says Rik Ferguson, director of security research at Trend Micro.

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Dell relegated to fourth in Western Europe
Dell's PC market share has dropped dramatically as the company transforms from PC supplier to services business

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Samsung takes top spot in European smartphone sales
Research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech claims Samsung holds 45% market share across Europe thanks to the launch of is Galaxy S3 smartphone

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Apple to drop YouTube app from iPhone
Apple has confirmed that the latest version of its iOS mobile operating system will not include an app for accessing Google's YouTube video service by default

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ARM announces faster GPUs for smartphones and tablets
UK-based ARM Holdings has announced its second-generation graphics processing unit designs, which it says offer a 50% performance boost

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Mobile data grows to 700 petabytes per month
In the last five years mobile data has grown exponentially and now generates nearly 700 petabytes per month

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Security Think Tank: Virtualisation raises three main security issues
How should information security professionals get started with securing virtual environments?

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Nearly half of firms supporting BYOD report data breaches
Nearly half of enterprises that allow bring your own device (BYOD) schemes have experienced a data breach, a study has revealed.

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Google trials inclusion of Gmail in search results
Google is trialling an expansion of its search service to include Gmail messages, the company has announced

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How cloud vendors can sell to the banks
Martin Maisey, CTO Consulting Division at BJSS explains how cloud vendors can sell to the banks.

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IT contractors in demand as permanent jobs fall
Demand for IT contractors increased during the last three months while demand for permanent staff fell for the first time since 2009

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Facebook tests app ads on mobile
In an attempt to boost mobile advertising revenue, Facebook is trialling ads for apps in the social network's mobile news feed.

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Obama considers ordering industry to improve cyber defences
US President Barack Obama is considering issuing orders compelling or encouraging companies in critical industries to improve their cyber defences.

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The IT behind Mars Science Laboratory's landing of the Curiosity rover
IT has been key to successfully landing the rover robot Curiosity, on Mars earlier this week.

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Universities to research IT as a Utility
A consortium of UK universities will research the challenges associated with the use of IT as a utility

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Security Think Tank: Configuration is key to virtual security
How should information security professionals get started with securing virtual environments?

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Google pays just £6m in tax on £395m UK revenue
The internet giant becomes the latest tech firm to raise questions about the tax it pays in the UK

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Is the cloud driving IT outsourcing or blurring the outlook?
Cloud computing is an increasingly significant segment of the IT outsourcing sector but are we one large data breach away from an about-turn?

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Good data protection can be cheap and easy, says ICO
The ICO says charities and third sector organisations stand to benefit most from a data protection check-up.

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Online sales boost lacklustre UK retail figures
Despite relatively flat growth for the retail sector, the online sales figures grew by 15.6% in 2012, according to KPMG

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Facebook to launch virtual bingo in UK
Facebook is to launch a virtual bingo game in the UK that offers cash prizes

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