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RSS adoption in newsConsumer price fears hamper mobile internet
News Mobile internet is in need of a boost from operators if it's to truly take off in the UK where consumer fears of massive bills is hampering adoption. But he added other services - such as IM or mobile email - could... [29 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch prompts open source adoption
News Companies were, however, less ambiguous about the main factors behind open-source adoption. Other recent research has also indicated that open source is filling in gaps alongside proprietary software rather than... [29 Jul 2008]
Generation Y setting tech agenda
News Generation Y consists of 18- to 28-year-olds who are leading the way in technology adoption with nine out of 10 owning a PC and 82 per cent a mobile phone. Companies are having trouble keeping up with Generation Y... [25 Jul 2008]
BT embraces open source for business
News According to a statement this week, BT joined FossBazaar because it wants to help "accelerate the adoption of free and open-source software in business". BT has joined FossBazaar, an enterprise open-source community and... [25 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Adoption of the PINsentry reader by one million cardholders in one year is a clear demonstration that we made the right choice," he stated. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card... [18 Jul 2008]
UK youths going mobile web crazy
News The survey also found the main barrier to mobile email and social networking adoption is the perceived threat of high bills - with almost half (41 per cent) of respondents saying they would be 'very likely' to use the... [17 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone - the business perspective
News So despite all Apple's enterprise-focused hype - and even if businesses switch to O2 - there are still corporate software barriers to iPhone adoption. Security is another issue that could influence enterprise... [10 Jul 2008]
Steve Ballmer on a future in the cloud
News He conceded that issues with broadband connection in developing markets still exist, and these would pose a barrier to adoption of web applications in some countries. The future lies in the platform in the cloud,... [10 Jul 2008]
Faster broadband demands more bandwidth
News He said in a statement: "We expect this to increase significantly as fibre adoption continues to increase across Europe and further services are developed with fibre in mind. When it comes to broadband, a high fibre diet... [08 Jul 2008]
Data centre costs top reason for virtualisation
News However, IDC said that virtualisation does pose some issues for IT managers to think about before adoption. Nine out of 10 organisations that have adopted virtualisation technologies have done so to reduce data centre... [08 Jul 2008]
Five ways Microsoft could change after Gates
News Gates was the person who drove the adoption of Windows as the de facto global operating system by guarding code fiercely. Bill Gates has left the building and the question on many people's lips is: will Microsoft change... [07 Jul 2008]
Nokia buys Symbian and looks to open mobile future
News The shift to a free open source platform also removes barriers to greater adoption of the Symbian OS, according to Ian Fogg, research director at JupiterResearch - which could bring the company nearer its original stated... [24 Jun 2008]
Femtocells: Europeans clueless on mobile access tech
News Femtocells are also the great hope of mobile operators as - provided they gain mass market adoption - they could enable operators to reliably serve rich 3G services such as video to consumers at home, without having to... [23 Jun 2008]
Bank invests in low latency monitoring
News Credit Suisse head of networks, James Walker, told silicon.com the adoption of algorithmic trading and Direct Market Access (a service that allows private investors to place, buy and sell orders directly on a stock... [23 Jun 2008]
Open source group fights OOXML standard
News The statement quotes Lloyd Jones as saying UKUUG's application "does not disclose any arguable breach of the procedures of BSI or of rules of procedural fairness", but it also quotes him as saying the application was "in any event…... [23 Jun 2008]
