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'Noisy' anti-Phorm tool developed

News Electronic civil liberties organisation the Open Rights Group (ORG) said the availability of this software, and other browser plugins that limit the effectiveness of advertising such as Adblock Plus for Firefox, show there is public concern about...

Tags: ad, phorm

[20 May 2008]

Skills slump eroding UK's top tech talent

News It is always the same issues, the availability of people with the right talents and targeted skills in sufficient numbers. The UK will lose its base of highly skilled technology workers unless training and education is overhauled, industry leaders...

Tags: intellect, technology, skills

[14 May 2008]

Job boom: Indian outsourcing braced for eight million more

News The study looked at 100 metrics such as business environment, government support, infrastructure, the knowledge pool and skill-set availability, operating cost and social and living environment in the 50 Indian cities.

Tags: india, offshoring, outsourcing

[06 May 2008]

iPhone out of stock after £100 price cut

News The mobile operator, which won the race to sell Apple's iPhone in Blighty, said it does still have stock of both iPhones in some of its retail stores, though it added availability of the 8GB device is "limited".

Tags: carphone warehouse, o2, iphone

[02 May 2008]

Multiple network access becoming mobile norm

News In-Stat said it expects more devices to connect via multiple networks so users can be assured of connectivity and can select a preferred network based on the likes of availability, cost and speed. Mobiles are growing up.

Tags: networks, mobile, wi-fi

[02 May 2008]

iPlayer loses its Virgin-ity

News The BBC iPlayer is now available on Virgin Media's cable service, further expanding the availability of the on-demand TV service. This is the first time iPlayer has been available on a TV platform and will bring full quality BBC programmes to the...

Tags: platform, cable, virgin media, bbc

[30 Apr 2008]

Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'

News Mobile devices are going to become the next big target for cyber criminals who will be helped by the greater availability of tools to develop software for them. He said the availability of software development kits (SDKs) for mobile devices -like...

Tags: criminals, schmidt, security, sdk

[24 Apr 2008]

O2 slashes £100 off iPhone price

News The offer is subject to stock availability. The price of Apple's UK iPhone has been slashed by mobile operator O2 - fuelling speculation a 3G version will be launched this summer. The 8GB iPhone can now be bought for £169 until 1 June 2008...

Tags: apple, o2, iphone

[15 Apr 2008]

WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?

News Raising the example of Korea, he noted the availability of models which combine both HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) and WiBro (wireless broadband) functionality. Teresa Kellett, director of global development for telco Sprint Nextel...

Tags: 4g, 3g, wimax

[11 Apr 2008]

Malicious software overtakes friendly apps

News We're seeing the price of goods change to reflect supply and demand [of the availability of financial details] as well as bulk pricing being offered. For the first time, the amount of malicious software being released has outstripped that of...

Tags: software, malware

[09 Apr 2008]

Open source to go mainstream, says Gartner

News However, Gartner argues that at the operating-system level, Linux deployments are showing smaller benefits in total cost of ownership as it is applied to more demanding projects, because of the technical skills required to use it: "Much of the...

Tags: gartner, linux, open source

[07 Apr 2008]

Intel registers second-gen Classmate

News Worldwide, the Classmate PC has been selling in the order of tens of thousands of units a month, the company revealed, with movement towards the hundreds of thousands range, but future sales would depend on more than just the availability of the...

Tags: low cost laptop, classmate, intel

[04 Apr 2008]

Facebook for BlackBerry racks up a million hits

News The availability of 'sophisticated' free mobile apps offering features such as social networking, videoing and messaging is helping to drive app development and user activity in the mobile space, according to mobile apps aggregator GetJar which...

Tags: facebook, blackberry, rim

[02 Apr 2008]

WiMax to make it as a 'last-mile' broadband tech?

News However the analyst said the success of WiMax is dependent on two factors: the availability of suitable devices and timely network construction. WiMax could be used as a 'last mile' substitute tech for DSL broadband by 47 million people within five...

Tags: dsl, broadband, wimax

[01 Apr 2008]

Banking slowdown will bite IT spending

News Although activity is expected to slow and the availability of funding to limit new business growth, the sector's improved settlement is reflected in the strength of IT and staffing plans. As the hope of an uplift in economic fortunes diminishes...

Tags: insurance, banks, it spending

[31 Mar 2008]

Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere

News She said: "The thing that is disturbing us the most is the exchange of stolen credit card data and the scale on which it is being traded on the internet and its availability to be bought.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a...

Tags: soca, cyber crime, e-crime, campaign

[19 Mar 2008]

Google crystal ball predicts mobile web boom

News The growing availability of flat-rate data plans from phone carriers instead of per-minute charges that previously discouraged internet use, along with improved web browsers on mobile phones and better-designed services from companies such as...

Tags: mobile, microsoft, blackberry, google

[19 Mar 2008]

Microsoft boosts stability of Office 2008 for Mac

News The company has also delayed several times the availability of converter tools that allow its predecessor to read the XML file formats introduced with Office 2007 for Windows. Microsoft has released its first update to Office 2008 for Mac, fixes...

Tags: microsoft, mac, office, stability

[12 Mar 2008]

Reuters to save £1.2m with print system revamp

News Reuters facilities management sourcing manager, Nigel Smith, said in a statement: "All our systems work, availability is at an all-time high and everything is taken care of for us. Financial news agency Reuters is set to save £1.2m in document...

Tags: reuters, printer, xerox, print

[04 Mar 2008]

Microsoft to broaden web-based business tools

News Microsoft - faced with web rivals looking to poach its business customers - has said it plans to broaden the availability of its online services for email and collaboration software. Last year, Microsoft started subscription-based online services...

Tags: microsoft, apps, email, business

[03 Mar 2008]

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