Friday, September 11, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 10/09/2009



Case study: How PwC used IT to untangle Lehman Brothers collapse
The failure of Lehman Brothers a year ago highlighted the scale of the financial meltdown and global recession. PricewaterhouseCoopers...
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Cisco releases telepresence system for SMEs
Cisco yesterday announced a one-screen, one-camera telepresence system for multipurpose conference rooms.
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Sun/Oracle deal leaves customers in the dark
The delays caused by the EC's decision to probe...
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Rebuilding the oldest working computer in the world
Witch, the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing, has found a new home at Bletchley Park, where it will be restored.
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Case study: How PwC used IT to untangle Lehman Brothers collapse
The failure of Lehman Brothers a year ago highlighted the scale of the financial meltdown and global recession. PricewaterhouseCoopers...
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Ex-Vodafone boss Sarin rejoins Cisco
Former Vodafone boss Arun Sarin has rejoined the Cisco board that he previously served...
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Get on with Digital Britain, consumers tell government
The government needs to implement its 2mbps universal broadband commitment by 2012, stimulate investment in next-generation broadband, and promote digital...
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Cisco releases telepresence system for SMEs
Cisco yesterday announced a one-screen, one-camera telepresence system for multipurpose conference rooms.
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Alan Johnson rebuffs MPs over McKinnon case
MPs will seek a meeting with the new US ambassador after their attempts to have self-confessed hacker Gary...
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Micro Focus CEO Stephen Kelly quits
British software company Micro Focus, which recently dominated headlines encouraging politicians to do more to support the UK technology industry, has announced that its CEO is departing.
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Sun/Oracle deal leaves customers in the dark
The delays caused by the EC's decision to probe...
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BT pushes super-fast broadband
BT is trying to raise awareness of advanced super-fast broadband technologies such as fibre-based connectivity, its BT Vision TV service, and other home...
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Government fails to learn from past IT mistakes, say MPs
The government has been criticised for failing to learn from past...
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CIOs focus on analytics to drive business
Business intelligence and analytics are the top priority for CIOs, an IBM study reveals.
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Banks face uncertainty over Sepa IT investment
Major European banks can profit from Europe's new cross border payments system if they overhaul their core legacy payments systems. But uncertainty...
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Technology addiction disrupts teenagers' learning
Technology addiction among teenagers is having a disruptive effect on their learning, according to research by Cranfield School of Management. More...
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CIOs switch focus to business innovation
Chief information officers are changing their business infrastructures to focus on innovation rather than just running IT, a global survey has revealed. CIOs...
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MP seeks answers over Post Office IT system
Welsh MP for Clwyd West David Jones is seeking a Commons debate after post masters raised questions over the Post Office's Horizon accounting system. He...
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Salesforce.com uses Facebook and Twitter for customer service
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Colt crash affects nine European cities
London-based network operator Colt Telecommunications crashed yesterday leaving customers...
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The Ten Commandments for web 2.0
Security supplier Websense has published the 10 commandments for businesses to adhere to if they are to get the best out of web 2.0 technologies. Survey...
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Satyam brings back employee benefits
Mahindra Satyam is sending a confident sign to the market by restoring benefits for staff. Satyam said in May this year that times were...
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Video: Artificial intelligence plays Mario
Julian Togelius at the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark and colleague Sergey Karakovskiy have thrown down the gauntlet to developers to write software that can learn to master Mario by playing it over and over, much as generations of gamers have learned to play in bedrooms the world over.
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Microsoft invests آ£45m in IT training for unemployed
Microsoft is investing آ£45m in IT training and apprenticeships to help 500,000 unemployed people in the UK back to work by 2012.
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Microsoft faces two zero-day security flaws
Microsoft may be forced to release an out-of-cycle security update for a vulnerability published the same day as the firm released its September Patch...
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Robot surgery book wins BMA award
A book that details everything now known about getting robots...
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Video: Microsoft’s September security updates
Qualys' Wolfgang Kandek and Amol Sarwate discuss Microsoft's September security updates.
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Broadband users to hit 500m this year
Half a billion people will be using broadband connections within a year, figures released at the Broadband...
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IT job market struggles despite hope in other sectors
The UK jobs market as a whole is showing signs of improvement, but figures for the IT market are mixed, according to the KPMG...
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Update: Morse returns to profit
IT consultancy and systems integrator Morse's turnaround...
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