Wednesday, February 11, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 11/02/2009



BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5 'Argon' out this summer, with over the air upgrades
BlackBerry RIM's forthcoming BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5, â€کArgon’, will be available in Q2 2009 with built-in high availability.
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RIM demos new security and mobile voice features of next-gen Argon BlackBerry server
Today, BlackBerry creator RIM revealed new features of its next generation BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0 platform, code-named Argon, including security aspects and the MVS mobile voice system.
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Photos: Watchmen gadgets and weapons
Can't wait for The Watchmen movie? Neither can we. So we've put together some photos and information to whet your appetite.
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Intel invests $7bn in 32nm chip plants
Intel is betting on new computer chip technologies to help beat the economic downturn by investing $7bn in advanced chip making plants in the US.
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Photos: 3000 year old mummy seen using hi-tech scanner
Scientists have used an advanced scanner to get never-before-seen images of a 3000-year-old mummy. Staff at the University of Chicago combined X-rays with advanced computer processing technology to create the images.
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Mexican mobile users to be fingerprinted in crime crackdown
Mobile phone users in Mexico are to be fingerprinted as part of a plan to crack down on crime. Reuters...
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Intel plans new smartphone chips
Intel intends making a new push to crack the mobile chip market for smartphones. Intel is targeting the likes of the Apple iPhone, the BlackBerry and...
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Top 20 online tools for mobile working
More and more workers are taking to mobile working, either through choice or circumstance. As a result, knowing where to get the best free or low-cost web and mobile tools is essential.
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Added critical data protection for SMBs
New technology aiming to solve small and medium size businesses’ perennial problems with protecting business critical data
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Photos: LG unveils KM900 Arena
LG unveiled it's flagship smartphone which will officially be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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Fewer jobs for IT graduates
IT graduate vacancies are expected to fall 7.1% between 2008 and 2009, according to a report by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR). The drop...
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 64 core Windows components affected
Microsoft's latest patch includes a major update to Windows that could cause application compatibility problems, says Windows compatibility testing firm...
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Minutes of Blair meeting which sparked آ£13bn NHS IT scheme
With the general interest in the media and elsewhere in how the world's largest civilian IT programme came about, Computer Weekly is republishing the minutes of a meeting at Downing Street in February 2002 which sparked the NHS's آ£12.7bn National Programme for IT.
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Government IT savings a 'conjuring trick'
The government's plan to cut IT spending by billions of pounds is a conjuring trick, says Vince Cable, the Shadow Chancellor for the Liberal Democrats. Cable...
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Guardian News rolls out Google Apps
Guardian News and Media is rolling out Google...
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Child safety takes precedence in internet regulation debate
The safety of children online, more than any other issue, is driving the growing move to censor the internet in the UK, but international...
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Gartner advises businesses on how to cut costs in recession
Analyst Gartner has identified four discrete levels at which IT organisations can help their businesses optimise business costs in the face of the recession. The...
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More than half of UK population does not shop online
More than half of the UK population still does not shop online, with security fears putting off many. Electronic payment systems firm CyberSource...
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Docklands Light Railway gets IP-based public address system
The DockLands Light Railway system is to use a new IP-based public address system for passengers. Telent has been selected by franchise operator
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BT to resume roll out of Cerner Millenium system
BT is to resume the roll out of Cerner "Millennium" systems in London after go-lives were halted last October because of serious problems at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust and at Barts and The London NHS Trust.
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Huddle offers conferencing link with InterCall
Huddle , the collaboration platform that uses...
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Prescott gets blogging and twittering against RBS bonuses
The Labour Party is using a range of web services to shame the Royal Bank of Scotland into cancelling آ£1bn of potential bonuses for bankers and traders. The...
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Google CEO to advise tories on economic recovery
Tory leader David Cameron has appointed Google CEO Eric Schmidt as an advisor on his new economic recovery committee. Schmidt, who also previously...
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Government has little idea what public sector spends on IT
The government has little idea what the public sector spends on IT. The disclosure comes from Martin Read, a former chief executive of computer services...
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RBS slashes 2,300 back-office jobs
Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting 2,300 jobs across its back-office operations in the UK. The move comes as RBS...
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Microsoft issues four critical security updates
Microsoft has issued four "critical" security updates for its Internet Explorer browser and the Exchange Server e-mail platform. The critical...
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French Connection clamps down on till fraud with spying system
French Connection stores in the UK and US have gone live with a till fraud prevention system. French...
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Lord Carter to meet mobile operators to clear the way for universal broadband
UK mobile phone operators have been summoned to a meeting with communications minister Lord Carter this week to resolve a row threatening to derail plans for universal broadband internet access by 2012.
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Social network sites sign EU cyberbully deal
Google, YouTube, Facebook and MySpace are among 17 social networking sites to sign a European Commission deal to prevent cyber-bullying and protect the privacy of users under 18.
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Satyam chief faces cost cutting dilemma
The newly appointed CEO at troubled Indian IT supplier Satyam faces a dilemma when planning how to cut costs. ASMurty...
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Obama orders review of cyber security
T he US president has ordered a 60-day review of federal cyber security to establish what is being done to protect vital U S military systems. U S intelligence...
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Limiting staff web use delivers big savings
CIOs could save themselves a lot of money by limiting recreational use of corporate networks by staff. An international survey of more than 1,000 CIOs...
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January brings yet more growth for online shopping
Online sales increased another 19% in January as the internet continues to encroach on the high street's traditional turf. January was a surprisingly...
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Wireless and web firms attract venture capitalists
Investment in internet and wireless services firms grew by 66% in 2008. The year saw the most money invested by high tech venture capitalists since 2001.
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Microsoft offers firms free ERP environmental dashboard
Microsoft is offering Dynamics AX 2009 enterprise resource planning customers a free dashboard that captures data on energy consumption. The Environmental...
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Billions in IT spending cuts likely in 2009 Treasury budget
A senior adviser to the Treasury has revealed that the 2009 budget will include plans for "significant" savings in the آ£30bn the public sector spends each year on IT and back-office administration.
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Tories attack government database of UK traveller details
The Tories have attacked the government's move to create a database that tracks all Britons' journeys in and out of the UK. The database - to be operated...
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Hewlett-Packard warns users to patch printers
Hewlett-Packard printer users are being told to update their firmware to prevent hackers getting access to previously printed documents on the machines.
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Recession drives more IT outsourcing
Over 60% of UK businesses will increase the amount of IT functions they have carried out by suppliers while less than 10% of UK businesses will reduce the amount of IT they outsource.
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Slash bills with PC power management
Organisations that are actively employing PC power management functionality can expect to save $43,300 (آ£29,192) per year, compared with an unmanaged 2,500...
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Essex council to be sued by BT over cancelled IT contract
Essex county council faces being sued by BT after it terminated an IT services contract more than three years before it was due to end. Essex...
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Twittering US politician endangers lives in Baghdad
A high ranking member of the US House Intelligence Committee used the Twitter mobile blogging service to reveal his "secret" congressional visit to Iraq.
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UK not affected by US hack, says Kaspersky
The Kaspersky IT security firm says the weekend hacking...
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Seven ways to get caught by social networking spammers
Messaging security firm Cloudmark has released a list of the 'seven deadly sins of social networking spam', now frequently being employed by spammers.
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