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RSS First DirectUK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
News The missed deadline is laid out on the ID cards section of the government's public information website, Direct.gov.uk, which reads: "Identity cards will be issued in selected locations first, starting in... [16 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.10.09
Round-Up The world's first car boot sale was held in Kent in 1980 and to all intents and purposes it hasn't advanced from there. According to a nationwide study of more than 3,000 people, there is a direct... [02 Oct 2009]
The First Strong Personal Authentication for Domestic Securities Achieved by One-Time Password Protection
White Paper Nomura Securities' "Hotto-Direct" is a Japanese non-store online trading service. Hotto-Direct targets investment novices rather than customers who are relatively used to existing Internet securities. [19 Sep 2009]
Best Practices for Deploying Citrix XenApp on XenServer on HP ProLiant Servers
White Paper Since the first hypervisor came on the market, businesses have been challenged to consolidate underutilized servers on to a single physical machine. Today's AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processors provide on-chip... [01 Sep 2009]
Online banking: Which bank is the most secure?
News It found the security at First Direct, Lloyds TSB, Nationwide, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland was "good" while that at Alliance and Leicester and HSBC was deemed "poor". Not all online banks'... [28 Aug 2009]
BlackBerry app store echoes Apple with online version
News First, it's not as easy as hooking up your device to the computer - there's no payment process from the website, and no direct file transfer to the phone. BlackBerry maker RIM, following Apple's iTunes... [19 Aug 2009]
Microsoft's Office coming to Nokia phones
News That means that Office, for the first time, will run on Linux-based machines. Expanding Office to other mobile devices may help that business, but at the same time takes away one of the areas where Windows Mobile had a... [12 Aug 2009]
Why it's still tough to find a good CIO
Comment There has been constant activity in the CIO recruitment sector during the first half of 2009. The demand for good CIOs, and their direct reports, is being driven by the creation of new organisations in... [06 Aug 2009]
Ofcom to shake up number-porting times
News The first consultation relates to the Porting Authorisation Code (PAC) - the code that a user needs to get from their old operator and pass on to their new operator for their number to be transferred. [05 Aug 2009]
Video: Windows 7 Touch Gestures Demonstrated
White Paper With Windows 7 the author has enriched the Windows experience with touch, making touch a first-class way to interact with the PC alongside the mouse and keyboard. One will have the freedom of direct... [31 Jul 2009]
Minority Report: Will Apple open up to 'iTunes killer' Spotify?
Comment On the surface it seems implausible that Apple will welcome Spotify into the fold, as it's such a direct competitor with iTunes. I considered writing an article about the potential for a Spotify app on the iPhone about... [29 Jul 2009]
Offshoring is bad for IT skills, say UK tech chiefs
News Ben Acheson, IT manager at PADS Printing and Commercial Stationery, believes the offshoring of first line support jobs is a particular problem for UK Plc. It's also been accused of sapping UK IT skills by reducing the... [28 Jul 2009]
First American Title Insurance Runs Mission Critical Application on SQL Server 2005
White Paper First American Title Insurance Company, a subsidiary of The First American Corporation, traces its history to 1889. One of the largest title insurance companies in the nation, the company offers title... [25 Jul 2009]
PayPal makeover sparks developer charm offensive
News The new service will be available to 300 PayPal partners starting Thursday, with a public beta this November - just in time for PayPal X Innovate 2009, its first developer conference. Microsoft probably had an easier... [24 Jul 2009]
Intel fights to chip away at €1bn antitrust fine
News The microprocessor firm lodged its appeal against the €1.06bn fine in the European Court of First Instance on Wednesday - although the company has not yet revealed the precise legal basis for the appeal. [23 Jul 2009]
