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Tech to tackle India's poverty
News The Unesco-recognised scheme to revolutionise rural education, healthcare and sanitation through technology and business acumen, is the work of the Byrraju Foundation - a not-for-profit organisation set up by chairman of... [23 Apr 2008]
Red Hat: Linux consumer desktop not on the cards
News As a public, for-profit company, Red Hat must create products and technologies with an eye on the bottom line, and with desktops this is much harder to do than with servers. Red Hat has quashed speculation that it was... [21 Apr 2008]
Tech profit warnings rise as market confidence falls
News Profit warnings among software and IT services companies are on the increase as market conditions force customers to tighten their belts. Research by Ernst & Young shows that profit warnings in the... [14 Apr 2008]
Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers
News A parliamentary statement read: "[The European Parliament] underlines that on the battle against digital piracy, the solution should not be to criminalise consumers who do not intend to make profit out of their actions. [14 Apr 2008]
Google CIO to join digital music realm
News Before working at Google, Merrill held information technology, engineering and security positions at Charles Schwab, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Rand - a not-for-profit think tank. Google CIO Douglas Merrill is leaving... [03 Apr 2008]
Computing museum at risk of being thing of the past
News Curator Simon Webb told silicon.com appeals for a new home for the not-for-profit, volunteer-run company have so far not produced any "hard and fast" offers. The UK's first museum dedicated to the history of the computer... [01 Apr 2008]
LiMo Foundation launches Linux Android rival
News The not-for-profit LiMo Foundation plans to announce the launch of LiMo Platform Release 1 at the CTIA show in Las Vegas today. Google's Android may get all the attention, but there's more than one industry consortium... [31 Mar 2008]
Google, Yahoo! and MySpace announce OpenSocial Foundation
News and News Corp's MySpace.com have announced they have formed the OpenSocial Foundation, a not-for-profit group to support the OpenSocial initiative that Google kick-started last year to promote a universal standard for... [26 Mar 2008]
India's Wipro to create hundreds of UK tech jobs
News But Premji dismissed claims this onshore expansion and local recruitment - at local western salary levels - will increase the company's cost base and hit profit margins. So the profit per person you get... [20 Mar 2008]
Laptops are the new mobile phone, says Carphone Warehouse
News He said he had worked out - after rents, staff wages and other costs are taken into account - that his stores do not start going into profit until 4:50 in the afternoon.silicon.com Retail & Leisure "The laptop is the new... [12 Mar 2008]
Nottingham Building Society to rip and replace systems
News He said: "We are the UK's 16th biggest building society and we spent a year of our profit on this kind of change, which shows the kind of investment we are trying to make for the future. Nottingham Building Society is... [11 Mar 2008]
HSBC vows to increase tech investment
News The writedown cast a shadow over the bank's 10 per cent increase in pre-tax profit for the last year to $24.2bn. HSBC will continue to increase investment in technology despite its profits being hit by a $17.2bn... [04 Mar 2008]
William Hill profits hit by online problems
News Technical difficulties with a new online platform wiped £10.6m from the operating profit of high street betting chain William Hill's interactive channel for the year ended 1 January 2008. Revenue and operating... [27 Feb 2008]
Russia overtakes China as king of malware producers
News For-profit attacks have been on the rise, particularly those targeted at small groups or individuals. Russia has passed China to become the largest generator of spyware and other malicious code, according to a report set... [21 Feb 2008]
Outsourcing 'increases IT costs'
News Mike Roberts, IT director at Harley Street private healthcare organisation The London Clinic, has worked on both sides of the outsourcing fence during his career and said suppliers use several tactics to ensure they make their 20 per... [31 Jan 2008]
