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RSS ITBT shelves Phorm rollout plans
News BT has shelved plans to implement behavioural ad-serving technology by Phorm that has drawn criticism as a potential risk to customer privacy. In a statement issued on Monday, the telecommunications giant said it would... [06 Jul 2009]
BT kicks off London fibre pilot
News BT began a fibre broadband pilot on Monday in the north London suburb of Muswell Hill and the Cardiff suburb of Whitchurch. The pilot follows an internal Openreach trial in Ipswich of fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) technology, which... [06 Jul 2009]
Happy birthday silicon.com
News Happy birthday silicon.com - the UK's best business and technology publication celebrates its 11th birthday today. The UK's leading business and technology publication first saw the light of day on 6 July 1998 with a party at London's... [06 Jul 2009]
On a new Voyager, tackling fraud and the intellectual challenge
Comment Nationwide IT director Peter Stafford talks to silicon.com about business transformation, the importance of the CIO and the joys of working in IT. The financial sector is facing one of the toughest... [06 Jul 2009]
Nokia denies there's an Android phone in the making
News Nokia has strongly denied working on an Android-based handset, following a report early on Monday that it was planning to do so. The report, carried in The Guardian, took a cue from "industry insiders" to predict the... [06 Jul 2009]
IT grads worst hit by recession
News When it comes to landing their first job UK IT grads are facing a tougher time than peers who took other subjects as the recession continues to bite. While graduate jobs are thinner on the ground than... [06 Jul 2009]
Nokia lets Maemo developers in on the Qt
News The next version but one of Nokia's Maemo mobile Linux operating system will use Qt rather than GTK+ for its application development framework. Basing Maemo Harmattan on Qt will make it easier for developers to write... [06 Jul 2009]
Inbox: ID cards U-turn: The end is nigh?
Comment The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. The government's U-turn on ID cards this week caused readers to reach for their keyboards in force. [06 Jul 2009]
Photos: What's new in Firefox 3.5?
Photo The big feature in Firefox 3.5 is deep support for CSS media tags, HTML5 and native support for embedded Ogg Vorbis files. This means you can watch video or stream audio without a plug-in shaking up your browser's stability. [06 Jul 2009]
Naked CIO: The board must follow corporate policy
Comment Board members should be held accountable for email and internet usage, just as other staff are, says the Naked CIO. Last week I wrote about monitoring staff email and internet usage. The two reader comments to the article both questioned... [06 Jul 2009]
Apple patents point to fingerprint recognition?
News Three patent applications made by Apple were published on Thursday, covering technologies including haptics, fingerprint recognition and RFID. The haptic feedback patent, if approved, would bring the iPhone (and possibly other Apple... [06 Jul 2009]
Satyam feeling 'bullish' with new governance
News The revamped Satyam is now "extremely bullish" about its Asia-Pacific market prospects and confident of its governance, say company executives. The newly-minted Mahindra Satyam - after the successful bid by Indian services giant Tech... [06 Jul 2009]
Google Apps employs global address book in business
News Google has added global address list functionality to its enterprise application suite, and made it possible for companies to share templates internally. The enhancements to the Premier Edition of Google Apps were... [06 Jul 2009]
Evolution of IT Services Delivery Model
White Paper With an anticipated slowdown in the global economy there is higher pressure on IT services partners to demonstrate greater value and differentiation in services. Clients are looking at their IT... [04 Jul 2009]
Argentina: Software Development and IT Consulting Outsourcing's New Hot Spot
White Paper This paper explains about the attractiveness of Latin America, IT Landscape in Argentina, Leading Content Producer in Spanish, Educational excellence, Political Stability, Closer time-zone which includes instant... [04 Jul 2009]
