Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts

Sunday, March 6, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 07/03/2016





Reinstating Moore’s Law: a next-generation transistor for mobile technology
Research into a new generation of transistors could end a decade of stagnation in computing speed and deliver a step-change in processing power, says the National Physical Laboratory’s Mark Stewart

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Civil engineering firm goes follow-the-sun with Azure cloud and Talon
Robert Bird deploys Talon Storage CloudFAST with Microsoft Azure cloud storage on the back end to enable 24-hour working between offices on three continents

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Virtualisation and the cloud aid disaster recovery in Spain
As virtualisation and cloud services take hold, Spanish organisations can take advantage of less costly and more flexible responses to the threat of unplanned outages

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Virtual insanity: Is 2016 the year users go big on VR?
At Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, virtual reality appeared to emerge as a technology that is at long last hot to trot – but is it still a lot of virtual hype?

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Virtualisation rolls on, but still less than 50% of workloads are virtualised
Survey finds server virtualisation is top way to upgrade datacentres, while public and private cloud storage gains serious momentum

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UK insurance industry prioritises big data in 2016
The UK insurance industry is making a priority of big data to make more personalised customer offers in 2016, research from Teradata reveals

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Combine data mining and simulation to maximise process improvement
Data mining and computer simulation can be used together to better model and improve industrial processes, city development and other complex systems

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Meg Whitman uses Q1 results to argue the case against Dell/EMC
HPE posts its first financial results following the split of the business

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Facebook to overhaul UK corporation tax-paying regime – report
Social networking giant plans to book larger deals with British firms via its UK arm, paving the way for it to pay more corporation tax

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MasterCard named as VocaLink suitor
MasterCard is reportedly in talks with the banks that own payments provider VocaLink over a £1bn takeover

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BBC reporter demonstrates mobile phone hack to steal from producer's bank account
A reporter on the BBC Radio Four You and Yours programme has managed to hack a NatWest online bank account and extract cash

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Australia’s corporate giants recruit digitally-minded outsiders to drive transformation
Big Australian businesses are turning to digital professionals from outside rather than promoting from within

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'Complacent' Home Office failed to take responsibility for e-Borders problems
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) criticises the Home Office for allowing the e-Borders programme to run eight years late and £500m over budget

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Legal spears fly at Privacy Shield
Police Scotland is investigating the implications of the end of Safe Harbour. Service providers must comply with UK law, regardless of where they are based

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Miserden has most miserly broadband speed, report claims
Speed tests carried out by Cable.co.uk have located the slowest average broadband speeds in the UK, in the village of Miserden in Gloucestershire

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Bet365 donates Erlang libraries to GitHub
The open-source initiative will help to drive adoption of the Erlang functional programming language among enterprise developers

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Striving for a balanced mobile world: the Connected Women of MWC
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the GSMA’s Connected Women initiative began a new drive to connect more women in the developing world. Computer Weekly meets programme director Claire Sibthorpe

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RSAC16: Cyber criminals are hiding in plain sight, says RSA report
Cyber criminals are using social media as a communication and sales channel, not just for reconnaissance and phishing, an RSA study has revealed

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Security Think Tank: Access control is key to protecting against cyber attacks
In the modern business environment, what are the most common access control mistakes and how can these best be corrected?

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Businesses covering up cyber attacks, says IoD
The Institute of Directors warns that businesses are actively covering up when they have been the victim of a cyber attack

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Ministry of Justice chases IT department whistleblower for tribunal costs
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is claiming costs from a system analyst who brought an employment tribunal raising allegations of bullying at the Legal Aid Agency

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US researchers begin solar-powered datacentre research project
Massachusetts-based project aims to uncover how best to integrate datacentres and smart grids

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RSAC16: UK government to change tack on cyber security
The UK government is thinking about becoming more interventionist to ensure the next five years yield a better return on investment in cyber security, according to CESG cyber security head

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Available Tags:UK , Facebook , BBC , hack , Security

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 03/03/2016





Cyber security professionals in Singapore could get 20% pay rise
E-commerce and cyber security professionals in Singapore could gain 10 to 20% pay rises if they move companies, due to increased demand of niche IT skills

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RSAC16: Cyber attackers still after low-hanging fruit, dark web study shows
Tracking a cyber adversary that is recruiting and the skills they desire can improve the overall maturity of an organisation’s security programme, according to Digital Shadows

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Australia’s fintech community will target China
The Australian government is injecting money into the country’s financial technology community to help firms break into lucrative Asian markets

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Cern uses AppDynamics to improve application performance
The home of the Large Hadron Collider has deployed AppDynamics’ APM tool to improve the speed and efficiency of application monitoring

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Record UK cash withdrawals, but is it just a stay of execution?
The amount of cash withdrawn from UK ATMs last year was up on the previous year despite the arrival of technology-enabled alternatives

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Buckinghamshire Council frees transport data to create smart suburbs
Local authority has partnered with IoT platform developer InterDigital to establish a county-wide smart transport model

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Datacentre heat reuse: Why aren’t more operators doing it?
With the datacentre industry’s sustainability habits coming under increasingly close scrutiny, we find out why operators are not rushing to reuse their waste heat

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Security Think Tank: Password management tops list of access control issues
In the modern business environment, what are the most common access control mistakes and how best are these corrected?

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Data sovereignty issues drive up cost of cloud for European CIOs
Addressing data sovereignty concerns means European CIOs are forced to pay more for cloud services than their US counterparts

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New York judge blocks FBI iPhone warrant
Judge rules that Apple does not have to help the FBI unlock the iPhone of a suspected drug trafficker

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Available Tags:security , UK , iPhone

IT News Head Lines (HEXUS.net) 03/03/2016

HEXUS.net



AMD launches its fastest APU, the A10-7890K

A token gesture in the lead-up to next-generation Zen.

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Forza Motorsport drifts onto Windows 10

Forza Motorsport 6: Apex will arrive as a free-to-play addition to the Windows Store in spring.

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HTC Vive pre-orders off to a flying start, despite lofty price tag

An average of over 25 units sold every second for the first 10 minutes.

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Win a Huawei Mate 8

We're giving away this gorgeous 6in Android smartphone!

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Hive 'smart' thermostat has a dumb moment, sets homes to 32C

Glitch in iOS app inadvertently sets thermostat temperature to the maximum.

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DAB radio adds 12 new stations to UK airwaves

It's time to retune after UK's second national digital radio multiplex is switched on.

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Available Tags:AMD , Windows , HTC , UK

Monday, February 29, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 29/02/2016





HP Inc sales plummet 12%, with tough times ahead
HP Inc reports a big drop in revenues, and the CEO predicts some difficult quarters to come

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Hybrid flash array roundup 2016
Startups are as active as ever in the hybrid flash market, with new entrants to the fray since last year, but all-flash is making inroads too

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After BT's Openreach reprieve, what now for the UK broadband roll-out?
After Ofcom's decision to leave Openreach in BT, what happens next – and how will the UK reap the benefits of superfast broadband?

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Londoners lead mobile banking switch
People in London are the most likely to manage their finances using a smartphone, according to a survey of consumers in England and Wales

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Google calls for datacentre storage disk design overhaul
Search giant Google says an overhaul of traditional 3.5in disks could lower the total cost of ownership and improve infrastructure performance

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CEO training critical to cyber resilience, says APMG
CEOs staying informed on current cyber security risks has a positive impact in the boardroom and beyond, according to certification and accreditation organisation APMG

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Digital minister Matt Hancock calls for big data mining complex in south Wales
Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock has highlighted the potential of public sector data science expertise in Cardiff and Newport

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52 contactless payments made every second in UK last December
Contactless card payments continue to rise at a rapid rate, with nearly £8bn spent in the UK last year using the technology

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Majority of Britons support government surveillance for national security
A survey reveals that a majority of UK citizens support government surveillance for national security as Apple attempts to rally public support in its row with the FBI over encryption

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Artfinder deploys Neo4j graph database to personalise recommendations
Can a machine understand art? Not yet and maybe never, so the Artfinder art website took a different approach, using a Neo4j graph database instead

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Nissan acts on Leaf car app security flaw after researcher goes public
Nissan suspends its electric car app after a researcher went public about a security flaw that could enable attackers to take control of heating systems

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Everywoman forum: the importance of authenticity, confidence and being memorable
At the 2016 Everywoman in Technology forum, speakers taught women in IT how to stand out from the crowd, when authenticity matters and how to have confidence

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Israeli high-tech startups seek UK funding
Israeli high-tech startup companies visit London in search of venture capital and angel investors

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Tech Nordic Advocates partners with Nordic Startup Conference
Tech Nordic Advocates, sister organisation of startup group Tech London Advocates, is partnering with the Nordic Startup Conference show in Copenhagen in March

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We Are Colony: Tackling the death of traditional film and abundance of content
Founder of content streaming platform We Are Colony explains why the film industry should be making the most of digital content to provide the best experience for modern consumers

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Nissan breaks basic security rules with Leaf electric car app
Security researcher shows how hackers can hijack a vehicle’s heating and air-conditioning systems, identify owners and spy on journeys

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Payments regulator wants banks to sell stakes in Vocalink
The UK payments regulator wants banks to loosen their grip on the payments infrastructure by selling off some of their stake in it

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Cyber crime is fastest growing economic crime, says PwC report
More than half of UK organisations say they expect to be the victim of cyber crime in the next two years, suggesting it will become the UK’s largest economic crime, says a PwC report

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Openreach reformed, but remains part of BT as Ofcom aims to open up fibre broadband market
Telecoms regulator Ofcom wants to stimulate building of fibre broadband direct to homes and premises, but will not split up BT - yet

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Available Tags:HP , UK , Google , CEO , security , Nissan

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

IT News Head Lines (bit-tech.net) 25/02/2016

bit-tech.net



Overclockers UK unveils game themed PCs
The etailer is offering pre-made systems based on three recent triple-A titles

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SilentiumPC launches three new CPU coolers
Fera 3, Spartan 3 LT, and Spartan 3 Pro.

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Valve releases SteamVR Performance Test tool
See if your rig is up to the job.

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Aerocool launches Dream Box DIY chassis kit
Meccano for PC geeks.

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Overwatch Beta Impressions
The beta for Blizzard's Overwatch returns with a new progression system and some extra tweaks. But is it any good?

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Available Tags:Overclockers , UK , CPU Cooler , CPU , Valve

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

IT News Head Lines (bit-tech.net) 24/02/2016

bit-tech.net



Epic Games adds Vulkan support to Unreal Engine 4
Demos on the Samsung Galaxy S7.

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HTC prices Vive bundle, sets pre-order date
Mark the 29th on your calendars.

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Linux Mint ISOs infected in WordPress attack
Briefly, thankfully.

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Corsair Void Surround Review
Corsair's third Void headset offering includes 7.1 Dolby audio plus a USB connection

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Nvidia resumes Shield Tablet Marshmallow updates
'Confident' it has squashed the bug.

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Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma Review
This headset features virtual 7.1 surround, RGB lighting and a high quality digital microphone

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Warren Spector on-board for System Shock 3
Excitement levels rising.

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Microsoft again delays Surface Hub launch
No volume shipments until June.

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Layers of Fear Review
Layers of Fear is a smart yet shallow first-person horror.

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Nvidia launches new gaming bundle with The Division
Buy a GTX 970 or GTX 970M and above and receive a free copy of Tom Clancy's The Division

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Phanteks announces Aura-compatible RGB lighting adapter
Works with any four-pin RGB header.

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Nvidia hits record revenue high in financial year 2016
Takes a hit on operating expenses, though.

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Microsoft's Surface Book hits the UK
Firmware fixes aplenty, too.

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Hitman Beta Impressions
We play the Hitman Beta and report back with our findings

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Apple's Tim Cook strikes a blow for security, privacy
Vows to fight the FBI over iOS back-door.

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GNU/Linux hit by glibc security vulnerability
Spotted last year, but never patched.

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The Khronos Group launches Vulkan 1.0
Developed in just 18 months.

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Plextor M6V Review (256GB)
Plextor throws it hat into the ring of low-cost SSDs. Does the M6V have what it takes?

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In Win 805 Review
We take a look at In Win's ATX 805 case with tempered glass panels and lighting

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Rodeo Games closes following poor Deathwatch sales
A prescient name indeed.

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Government proposes mandatory age checks for adult sites
Could levy fines, cancel payments.

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Retro Computers unveils ZX Spectrum Vega+ hand-held
Slightly better value this time around.

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Available Tags:HTC , Linux , Nvidia , Tablet , Microsoft , gaming , UK , security