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RSS core in newsMicrosoft to woo online searchers with cash back
News Although other sites have offered cash back to shoppers, Microsoft is building it into the search process itself, a process it is counting on to boost the popularity of such efforts beyond hard-core bargain hunters. [22 May 2008]
'Hyperconnected' world grabs mobile over wallet
News The group of hard-core communications users is followed by a larger subset - 36 per cent of respondents - designated as "increasingly connected", the study states. More than one-third of workers would choose their mobile phone over their wallet... [14 May 2008]
BlackBerry goes Bold with super-3G
News Burley added: "Although market-dependent, 3G migration is well under way in RIM's core developed markets. RIM has launched the first of its BlackBerry smart phones to include high-speed HSDPA connectivity. [13 May 2008]
Virgin Media to ramp up capacity on core network
News As web users' thirst for bandwidth soars, cable broadband purveyor Virgin Media is looking to squeeze four times the capacity out of its optical network - but without the expense of ripping out and upgrading its fibre. [09 May 2008]
Microsoft's next plan: Make over Live Search
News Microsoft has been a distant third in search, accounting for 9.4 per cent of core US search queries in February, according to ComScore. Microsoft hopes to back up its refrain that it has a plan to catch Google by showing off some improvements to... [08 May 2008]
SAP apps to show up on BlackBerrys
News According to co-chief executive of RIM, Jim Balsillie, RIM is "bringing the unique benefits of the BlackBerry platform to SAP applications, providing organisations with the security, manageability, efficiency and 'push' capabilities of the... [06 May 2008]
AMD chips into business market
News The Business Class desktop CPUs unveiled include the quad-core Phenom X4 9600B, the triple-core Phenom X3 9600B, the dual-core Athlon X2 4450B and the single-core Athlon 1640B. AMD has released a series of chips which it claims has the stability... [29 Apr 2008]
Single-sign-on system makes sense for logistics firm
News Ratcliffe said: "In terms of the core business, the system hasn't had a huge impact, but it has made people's lives a lot easier. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus [21 Apr 2008]
Corus hammers out £26m IT deal with Capgemini
News Under the terms of the new contracts Capgemini will retain responsibility for managing the mainframe computers that support core steel production, supply chain, stockholding, purchasing, sales ordering and invoicing at Corus' main UK manufacturing... [17 Apr 2008]
Microsoft Windows 'collapsing' under own weight
News Microsoft believes that it can take its core Windows software offering and package it to address these different architectures. Microsoft's Windows juggernaut is collapsing under its own weight, as it tries to support 20 years of applications and... [11 Apr 2008]
CIOs chasing the green dream
News It is only recently that companies have begun incorporating green IT in their core business strategy. Green is the new black for CIOs as environmental issues shoot to the top of the IT agenda. Three-quarters of CIOs say eco-friendly computing is an... [10 Apr 2008]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News Verwaayen made silicon.com's 2007 Agenda Setter list - ranked 16th - and is noted for championing initiatives such as BT's 21st Century Network (21CN) project to switch to an all-IP core network. Verwaayen, who will also step down from the BT board... [08 Apr 2008]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News We need to find a way to make people streetwise and question core beliefs so they question this kind of behaviour before it's carried out," she said. Speaking at the Cyber Warfare 2008 event in London this week, Debi Ashenden, senior research... [03 Apr 2008]
Apple iPhone 'ready for business'
News Ken Dulaney, vice president of mobile computing at Gartner, told silicon.com: "The iPhone initially was in the [lowest support rating] level because it didn't have the core elements that were needed to use it beyond a custom supported device. [19 Mar 2008]
Nationwide banks on SAP
News Speaking to silicon.com, Darin Brumby, Nationwide's divisional director for business systems transformation, said: "Our current systems which support our core retail products are up to, in some cases, 30 years old and certainly no longer support... [18 Mar 2008]
