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RSS .com£500,000 fine coming for businesses that lose data?
News Organisations that lose individuals' data could face a fine of up to £500,000 under proposals being considered by the government. From next year, the privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will be able to fine... [12 Nov 2009]
Future mobiles, Windows 7, iPhone apps and the latest gadgets
Photo October saw silicon.com cast its eye over the top iPhone apps for business. Photo credit: Amazon.com The mobile present was also addressed in October with silicon.com's pick of the best... [12 Nov 2009]
Why the key to saving big bucks is right under your nose
News Businesses that want to use green IT to save big bucks need to look beyond the server room and start getting creative with their business software. Companies should stop thinking that green IT ends with ramping up server utilisation or... [12 Nov 2009]
HP goes after networking with $2.7bn 3Com buy
News For more, see HP aims for networking cloud with 3Com buy on CNET News.com. HP has announced plans to acquire networking products maker 3Com for $2.7bn. With the purchase, HP hopes to boost its networking business,... [12 Nov 2009]
Tech grads finding it harder to land job in IT
News Photo credit: Herkie via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) The number of IT graduates able to land a job in the industry has slumped, according to new research. A survey of 2008's IT grads around... [12 Nov 2009]
Future-proof your outsourcing: Stay flexible
Comment Your outsourcing deals must be able to ramp up or down depending on your business needs at the time. William Benn explains how to do it. Having explored security and reliability in your IT outsourcing arrangements, today I turn the... [12 Nov 2009]
Photos: The happy robot sat-nav
Photo In the future drivers will regard their sat-navs as their friends, if robotics experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are to be believed. Engineers at the university are developing a robotic dashboard assistant that can... [11 Nov 2009]
Orange iPhone sells more than 30,000 on first day
News Apple's iPhone 3G and 3G S went on sale on the Orange network yesterday, ending two years of mobile monogamy for Apple with O2 in the UK. On the iPhone's first day on Orange, 30,000 of the devices were sold across the UK by 16:00(GMT). [11 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News Research by Gartner earlier this year predicted one in five businesses will be using virtualisation by year's end - up from 12 per cent in 2008.silicon.com's CIO Agenda research also found many heads of IT are eyeing the... [11 Nov 2009]
UK web snooping plans: Full steam ahead
News The UK government has confirmed it intends to push ahead with plans to monitor the UK's communications. Under the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP), the government wants communications service providers to store details of all... [11 Nov 2009]
Inbox: Social networking can help you secure a job
Comment The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. silicon.com's Bethan Jones put one to the test. You can write to... [11 Nov 2009]
Offshoring stymied by new VAT rules?
Comment Soon offshoring will no longer offer the considerable tax incentive it has to date. Lawyers Belinda Doshi and Nick Beecham explain how financial firms can protect their business. Banks, insurance companies and other financial services... [11 Nov 2009]
Mobiles, internet, email - which tech can't you live without?
News The latest silicon.com reader poll pitted four technologies against each other to find out which is the most addictive to the high-tech fraternity. Photo credit: mandiberg via Flickr.com under the... [10 Nov 2009]
'Don't just outsource the problem when you outsource IT'
News Photo credit: @rgs via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) Local council IT departments' tendency to outsource problematic tech functions means their outsourcing projects are rarely successful,... [10 Nov 2009]
Oracle-Sun deal draws official objections from EC
News For more, see EC formally objects to Oracle buying Sun on CNET News.com. The European Commission has formally objected to Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing from... [10 Nov 2009]
