Dell stock downgraded to
JP Morgan has downgraded Dell's stock to the equivalent of "sell" on grounds that the PC maker is not diversified enough and is heavily exposed to the
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Hewlett-Packard drops Linux in UK for new netbook range
Hewlett-Packard has dropped Linux as a UK operating system for its latest range of netbooks. Linux is being offered as an option for HP's latest HP...
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South Korean chip maker reports losses on falling demand
South Korean company Hynix Semiconductor has reported a آ£657m net loss for the fourth quarter of 2008 as a result of declining demand in the economic downturn...
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Orange juices up mobile broadband portfolio
Telecoms operator adds to laptop portfolio and supports new mobile broadband dongle
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Absolute mobile computing security
Key captures, registry scanning, file scanning, geo-location to determine who has stolen computers
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Bell rings mobile computing security changes
New technology designed to locate lost devices and then delete data in 180 seconds
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Privacy groups voice fears over Google Latitude
Privacy watchdogs have strongly criticised Google's new Latitude software, which pinpoints the location of mobile phone users anywhere in the world.
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Google releases hide and seek program for mobiles
Google has unveiled Latitude, a Google Maps for mobiles application that allows you to report your approximate location (or a different one) to friends using your mobile phone in 27 countries, including the UK, and 42 languages.
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Videos: Top 10 technology commercials
Ever wondered what the greatest technology commercial of all time is? Well following much deliberation, and a few tears/bloody noses, the Computer Weekly team have come up with the following list.
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Spammers recover after McColo setback
It has taken spammers just two months to recover from the shut d own of the web s ite responsible for sending...
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UK government needs IT aid from India
Indian IT firms will be the first representatives of Indian industry to meet a new parliamentary group focused on improving the UK's economic relations with India.
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ATM heists linked to RBS WorldPay data breach
A data breach at US electronic transaction firm RBS WorldPay has been linked to a gang that used debit cards to steal millions of dollars...
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Wozniak joins server flash memory specialist as chief scientist
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has joined a server flash memory specialist as chief scientist. Wozniak was already on the advisory board of three-year-old...
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Enterprises finally take to Windows Vista
Enterprises are slowly taking to Windows Vista, says Forrester. The...
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Cloud computing is the way forward, says Obama CTO candidate
Cloud computing based on virtualisation technology will fix CIOs'main problems - how to do more with less while reducing their carbon footprint, says the woman who may be the US's new chief technology officer.
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Opera does its bit for faster Web 2.0 pages
Browser firm Opera is planning to include an ultra-fast JavaScript engine in upcoming versions of its browser. Opera is currently developing an engine...
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ID cards rolled out - but no one can read them
The roll out of ID cards has started, but police and border guards are not able to read the electronic information held on them.
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Two thirds of UK firms have IT departments overseas
A massive 79% of UK businesses will have some of their IT functions performed overseas if Equaterra's latest survey is anything to go by. According...
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Remote working cushions financial blow of snow storms
One in five people were unable to get to work because of heavy snowfall last week, but it was business as usual for staff who could log...
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Facebook joins OpenID foundation
Social network site Facebook has joined the OpenID foundation, the service that provides a single user ID across the internet. Luke...
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Equaterra survey identifies flexibility as driver for outsourcing
Businesses are planning to increase the ir
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Third NHS trust caught in breach of Data Protection Act
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found a third NHS trust in breach of the Data Protection Act within a month. The latest enforcement...
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Lords’ surveillance report vindicates ICO warning
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has endorsed the recommendations in the House of Lords report on surveillance systems as a vindication of its own report on the topic.
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Lords want Big Brother state repealed
Government departments and businesses face increased scrutiny into the way they collect and use personal data if the government adopts the recommendations from a House of Lords report published today.
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Socitm turns finances around after 2007 crisis
Socitm has reported a turnaround in its finances after starting 2008 unsure if it would survive the year. The organisation had been losing six-figure...
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Atos Origin reports slowdown in 2008 Q4 growth
Atos Origin has
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Lloyds’s IT offshoring â€کworse than Lindsey Oil Refinery recruitment tactics’
The union that represents workers at Lloyds TSB said that the bank's strategy to send...
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TIBCO accelerates message processing
TIBCO Software has developed a messaging appliance that uses custom hardware to accelerate message processing. The product is designed to provide financial...
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India losing its advantage in outsourcing
Indian IT service providers are losing their advantage against global competitors for providing IT outsourcing services as customer satisfaction levels fall. But they still compete successfully and still achieve high customer satisfaction levels.
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Satyam moves to limit staff losses
Indian outsourcer Satyam has made restoring employee confidence a top priority after it was rocked by a $1bn accounting fraud. It knows its very existence depends on the technology skills of its delivery staff.
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Satyam sets the record straight
Indian IT service provider Satyam says that its delivery of services to customers has not sufferedin the aftermath of a massive fraud...
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National Australia Bank suspends Satyam project
National Australia Bank (NAB) has suspended an IT project with troubled Indian IT service provider Satyam because of uncertainty about the supplier's...
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IT's Three Peaks Challenge gathers pace
This year's Care International Three Peaks Challenge, scheduled for the weekend of 13-14 June 2009, in association with Computer Weekly, is gathering pace, with eight teams now signed up for the trek.
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UK children's social network provider slams MySpace's efforts to keep kids safe
A war of words has er u pted as UK children's social network provider Intuitive...
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Recession, facebook, and mobile media threaten security
Information security at financial services companies is at risk because the recession is distracting and upsetting staff, and new...
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Microsoft makes Windows 7 marketing simpler than Vista
Microsoft will heavily promote two main versions of its next operating system, Windows 7, in an attempt to avoid the problems it faced in marketing multiple...
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Yahoo bolsters search offering for researchers
Yahoo is bolstering its search offering with Search Pad, a tool that detects when users have begun in-depth research and which offers them the chance to...
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Google prepares to jettison AOL stake
Time Warner has revealed that Googlewants to rid itself of its loss-inducing stake in AOL just over a week since reporting...
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Lenovo CEO steps down after PC maker makes loss
The CEO at PC maker Lenovo has stepped down after the firm posted a quarterly loss. President and...
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Cisco to lay off 2,000 staff, but more at risk unless recession lifts
Up to 6,700 jobs may be at risk at Cisco following CEO John Chambers' forecast that revenue will drop more sharply than expected.
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Cardboard PC launched to cut landfill
A computer made with cardboard casing is set to be unveiled at the Greener Gadgets Conference in New York later this month. Recompute,...
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Tory criticism of government attitude to open source is 'misguided'
The Conservative Party is "misguided in its criticism of the UK government over its lack of support for open source...
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iPhone programming is child’s play for nine-year-old
While many British are battling English and maths, a Singaporean nine-year-old is writing programs for Apple's...
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World's biggest computer built for US nuclear department
The US government is building a supercomputer...
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Photos: BaR2D2 the mobile boozer
BaR2D2 is a radio-controlled, mobile bar that features a motorized beer elevator, motorized ice/mixer drawer, six-bottle shot dispenser, and sound activated neon lighting. The robot is driveable so you can take the party on the road! It was created in my garage using standard hand/power tools and readily available parts and materials.
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Mobile computing users willing to pay for acceptable Wi-Fi
Mobile computing expect widely available Wi-Fi services and express a keen willingness to pay for them
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Mobile computing manufacturers need to add Wan
Embedding wan into ultra portables may addresses the frustration of spotty coverage of Wi-Fi
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Netbooks and MIDs â€کsecondary’ mobile computing devices
Ultra portable devices gaining popularity if not yet credibility from businesses
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Vodafone sees 30% increase in UK mobile data sales
Vodafone says it saw a 30% increase in UK sales from...
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Dell Premier Page - ready for a 15% price hike?
Dell may be set to increase prices this month by 15% on its Premier...
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Partnerships the key for mobile broadband suppliers
Mobile broadband who will offer best value to users will be those who create partnerships
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SMEs get productivity from mobile applications
SMEs recognising the need to be able to service their customers and win prospective business with mobile computing and telecoms
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BT OpenZone gives Londoners location-based info
BT OpenZone users can now find their way around London with a location service called BT MyPlace, which provides wireless...
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US army backs flying cyborg beetle project
The US army is backing a project that allows a flying giant flower beetle to be remote controlled for surveillance purposes. The "cyborg"...
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Smartphones to cushion downturn for handset makers, says Juniper
Sales of smartphones will reach 300 million by 2013, helping to cushion the downturn in the mobile handset market, says Juniper Research. High-end...
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Mini-notebooks bolster fourth quarter PC sales
PC shipments in Western Europe totalled 20.1 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, an increase of 12.1% on the same period in 2007, said...
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Dominos says thin is best with global Microsoft store platform
Domino's Pizza is rolling out a Windows-based thin-client store system across its global network of sites...
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ING develops cash machine app for Google phone
Dutch Bank ING has launched the first of many mobile applications the bank will develop as demand for mobile banking grows.
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BT and Carphone warehouse price wars will benefit millions of small businesses
The competition between BT and Carphone Warehouse to lower the cost of SME broadband will help 4.7 million small businesses survive and prosper during the recession.
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Carphone Warehouse aims for BT customers with آ£10 business broadband
The business-to-business division of Carphone Warehouse-owned TalkTalk is launching a business broadband package for آ£10 per month.
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Oracle buys mValent
Oracle is acquiring application configuration management firm mValent to improve its Enterprise Manager which is used to manage applications.
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Motorola trials 4G in Swindon
Swindon is the place where faster 4G mobile networks might take off in the UK. Motorola is using its Swindon labs to trial...
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Enisa calls for co-ordinated approach to ID card privacy threat
A European IT security agency has called for a co-ordinated strategy for the privacy of personal data in 23 national electronic identity card schemes now in force or planned across the EU.
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Send e-mails from the grave
A website has been set up that allows people to send messages to friends and family when they're dead. Farawayfish...
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SMEs urged to sign up for government contracts via website
The government is urging small businesses...
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IBM offers redundant staff jobs overseas
IBM workers in the US and Canada who have recently been made redundant are being offered jobs in lower-wage locations such as India, China, Brazil and Eastern Europe.
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Pay rates for interim managers soar despite market decline
Pay rates were still rising in December for IT staff in interim management positions, despite the market shrinking 11%. IT interim managers can now...
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SAP boosts ERP with Business Suite 7
SAP has unveiled a major update to its flagship enterprise...
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Third of senior staff at top firms fall for game honey trap
Senior staff at a third of top UK companies have fallen for an online game honey trap to test their security awareness. In a campaign targeting 14,000...
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Mozilla updates Firefox as it gains ground
Mozilla has released an update of Firefox...
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(ISC)2 publishes security resource guide online
Information security certification body (ISC)2...
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Competition Commission blocks Project Kangaroo
The Competition Commission has blocked the online joint TV venture...
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Kaspersky files image-based spam busting patent
Kaspersky Lab has patented a statistics-based...
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Average UK data breach costs firms آ£1.7m
The average UK data breach in business costs آ£1.7m, according to privacy and information management research firm Ponemon Institute. In an annual report...
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Legal firm reduces risk with enterprise search
UK legal firm Mills & Reeve is reducing risk by equipping more than 800 users in six offices with an enterprise...
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Satyam could be auctioned off electronically
Satyam could bring all of its potential buyers together electronically using video conferencing to ensure the most visible process possible as the...
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Facebook celebrates fifth birthday
Facebook is today celebrating it fifth birthday, but the more hard nosed may be asking where the money is. The social networking site now has 150 million...
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Spiceworks develops Twitter-like network service status update
Spiceworks has developed social networking into its free IT management application, including a feature that works like...
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Atkins awards Capgemini آ£13.7m IT contract
Engineering and design firm Atkins has awarded Capgemini a five year آ£13.7m IT outsourcing contract. Earlier this month, Atkins ...
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Mobile operators profit from chaos
The transport chaos caused by this week's snowstorm created a bonanza for the mobile phone network operators as shivering commuters phoned or texted to change their arrangements.
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Snow storm highlights business continuity failures
The snow storm that brought London transport to a standstill, stopped one in five from getting to work, and cost upwards of آ£1bn, was expected.
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Google defamation trial postponed
The trial in Milan of Google employees on charges of defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data has been postponed until 18 February.
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Novell axes 100 staff
Novell has confirmed it has laid off around 100 staff after reports of much higher numbers of lay-offs started circulating last week. The software...
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Software programmers needed despite slump in job vacancies
Software programmers are in short supply despite the recession decimating the total number of UK job vacancies and some IT workers are still sought after.
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Snowbound businesses show they have learned lessons of the floods
Heavy snow has caused severe disruptions this week, but UK businesses are better prepared for conditions that prevent access to offices since the 2007 floods, says Sungard Availabilty Services.
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Security: SQL Injection and rogue movies and PDFs target website visitors
Businesses are putting their customers at risk due to lax security according to IBM's...
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Talend: open source data integration goes mainstream
It has taken almost a decade, but open source is making in-roads into the enterprise. This is not a religious battle between Windows and Linux, it is about...
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FT sues Blackstone over alleged premium content abuse
The Financial Times is suing...
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Snow shows strengths and risks of remote working
"With the biggest snowfall for 18 years hitting the UK today, many businesses have been forced to employ full remote working practices. Whilst trying to ensure productivity levels remain high, many are unwittingly putting their corporate networks at risk as employees work from home without adequate security."
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Facebook to sell user data to market research firms
Facebook intends to offer the information it holds on 150 million users to firms wanting to do market research. Later this year, reports...
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Best Places to Work 2009 shortlist to be announced
The shortlist for Computer Weekly's sixth annual Best Places to Work competition will be announced on Tuesday.
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Holiday Extras hires new IT director
Holiday Extras, the UK provider of travel add-ons, has appointed Nilan Peiris as its new web and IT implementation director. Peiris has joined from...
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NHS CEO looks to give trusts more choice over IT
The chief executive of the NHS, David Nicholson, says he is exploring ways of giving NHS organisations more power and choice over their IT decisions, while keeping the potential benefits of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT).
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Google and Nasa back Singularity University
Google and Nasa are to back a new school led by controversial futurist Ray Kurzweil that will explore a time when computers are more intelligent than people.
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Travel in time and explore the oceans with Google Earth upgrade
The latest version of Google Earth allows users to explore beneath the ocean surface, go back in history, visit Mars and use GPS to plan their own routes.
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