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Why must IT go green?
Comment Retail gas prices increased by 25 per cent in 2006 and volatility in the Middle East from the proposed sanctions on Iran and the conflict on the Turkish-Iraq border have helped nudge oil close to $100 a barrel. [03 Dec 2007]
In brief: Apple goes to Hollywood, 'Tubing', Finns freed by Iran
News Apple is close to an agreement with several Hollywood film studios over plans to offer films to rent, reports this morning's FT. The paper cites prices of $2.99 for a 30-day rental in what, to start with, is a US move pencilled in for the autumn... [11 Jun 2007]
An MDA-Based Modeling and Design of Service Oriented Architecture
White Paper Traditional approaches to software systems development such as using tools and modeling frameworks are appropriate for building individual object oriented or component based software. However they are not suitable for designing of flexible... [09 Mar 2007]
Polcotton Integrates Global Operations With Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition
White Paper Polcotton, a Warsaw, Poland-based cotton trading company, is a global operation - purchasing cotton from Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, and operating storage facilities in Latvia and Iran. [13 Dec 2006]
Enemies of the internet named and shamed
News The full list of countries is: Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. A list of 13 countries that represent a threat to freedom of expression on the internet has... [08 Nov 2006]
US web stranglehold challenged
News Human rights groups, however, have warned that many of the nations most critical of the current arrangement - such as China and Iran - rank among the world's most repressive. A top UN official has called for changes to the way the internet is... [30 Oct 2006]
UK police collar "violent jihad" website operator
News Among other allegations, the indictment says Ahsan corresponded via email with a US Navy enlistee and obtained then-classified plans of a naval battle group operating in the Straits of Hormuz, between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, which also... [21 Jul 2006]
Yahoo! 'virus writer' claims he just wants a job
News The man claims to be from Iran and says he is just trying to find work by advertising his programming credentials. I am from Iran. Whether he is the author or not, claiming to have written it to find work outside Iran is certainly an unusual way to... [16 Jun 2006]
Iran blocks the Beeb's Persian site
News The block appears to have taken effect over the past three days, according to the Beeb, as tensions between the UK and Iran increased, depriving Iranian web users of a respected, independent news service. [25 Jan 2006]
Opinion: Get ready for global surveillance
Comment This is a universal, Islamic community that dissolves the frontiers between the lands of the faithful and the non-believers, and where the authority of the Sharia and fatwa system can now be experienced through the websites of respected religious... [25 Jan 2006]
Fuzzy Point Averaging of the GPS Position Components
White Paper High accuracy is important factor for Global Positioning System (GPS). Because of a variety of factors, all GPS collected points have a certain amount of error. This means that the location on the screen will not reflect the real location. [10 Jan 2006]
Iran Picks Up Microsoft.NET Momentum - Using Skelta Workflow.NET - The C# Written Workflow Engine for Companies Across Verticals
White Paper Remisco took up the development of an efficient solution to meet the customer requirement. It chose to develop the solution using Microsoft .NET technology. To address the workflow management requirement it chose the Workflow.NET workflow engine... [20 Dec 2005]
US bids to hold on to net
News As a result, nations such as Russia, Brazil and Iran have published statements saying that no "single government" should have a "pre-eminent role" in terms of internet governance. Less than two weeks before a United Nations summit on the internet... [04 Nov 2005]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News Business groups have raised similar objections, warning of censorship from nations such as China, Iran and Syria. A new resolution introduced in the US Senate offers political backing to the Bush administration by slamming a United Nations effort... [19 Oct 2005]
Leader: Who wants to test bloggers' new 'dodge jail' measures?
Leader On the one hand, there are people who value freedom of speech within strict regimes such as China and Iran and who would take risks regardless. Certainly information does need to get out of countries such as China and Iran but we'd urge more people... [23 Sep 2005]
