Tuesday, October 6, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 06/10/2009



Video: The RatPlug - uploads/downloads pics and video while you sleep
Upload pics and videos to Facebook and the internet wirelessly without the need for a PC.
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Axa replaces mainframe to cut time to market
Axa Insurance is to replace its 10-year-old mainframe as part of a multimillion-pound project to reduce the time taken to roll out new commercial insurance...
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Net neutrality at risk as council meets parliament tonight
Negotiators will meet tonight to thrash out a deal on net...
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Staff need Web 2.0 good behaviour guide
Nine out of 10 large UK firms have no rules to guide employees' use of Web 2.0 tools at work, even though more and more firms are using them to reach new...
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Tories will ask armchair auditors to "crawl over" IT projects
The Conservatives want to "unleash an army of armchair auditors" to crawl over the Government's accounts, looking at IT and other projects see for themselves...
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Windows 7 not the last of major OS releases
The launch of Windows 7 later this month is unlikely to be the last major operating system release from Microsoft. Speaking at an even to promote...
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Fibre reaches 5.5m more homes, but not in UK
Fibre network operators defied the recession to add more than 5.5 million new residential and business subscribers worldwide, 15% up on six months ago, says...
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Defamation on the web may get cheaper
Bloggers and other opinionated web commentators may soon face smaller penalties for defaming people. The UK Ministry of Justice is consulting...
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Windows 7 launch: Ballmer rules out licensing changes
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer has ruled out reviewing its user licences, despite acknowledging the fine print and complexity can cause headaches for customers.
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IT budgets will not return to pre-recession levels
IT budgets are not going to return to pre-recession levels and resellers need to prepare for the current spending constraints to continue.
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Financial services firms fail to invest in recovery
Most financial services organisations are not planning to ramp up their IT systems in preparation for a business upturn.
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Wifi blocking paint offers network security, say researchers
Japanese researches claim to have developed a special paint that can improve wireless network security by blocking out signals. The paint contains...
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Microsoft to release Windows Mobile stop-gap tomorrow
Microsoft is to fight back against Apple and Google with the release tomorrow of the first mobile phones running Windows...
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Google welcomes IBM competition in the cloud
Google has welcomed IBM's announcement of a cloud-based on-demand e-mail, calendaring and contact management system. Google said IBM's...
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Google joins Adobe's Open Screen Project
Google has joined Adobe's Open Screen Project aimed at creating a consistent video runtime environment across all devices using the Flash Platform.
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Axa replaces mainframe to cut time to market
Axa Insurance is to replace its 10-year-old mainframe as part of a multimillion-pound project to reduce the time taken to roll out new commercial insurance...
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Windows 7 case study: Baker Tilly upgrades 2,500 PCs
Accountancy and business services firm, Baker Tilly was highlighted last week in an open letter from Steve Ballmer on why businesses should upgrade to Windows 7.
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Most NHS IT experts and doctors want to keep the NPfIT
Most clinicians and IT managers want to keep the NHS's آ£12.7bn National Programme for IT [NPfIT], according to a survey published today, at the start of...
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