You are here: silicon.com > Tags

296 stories on

biometrics

Sort by: Date | Relevance


Ignore social networks at your peril, retailers told

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Retailers need to wake up to the potential of social networks in order to tap into the...

Tags: gartner, marketing, traffic, retailers

[02 May 2008]

SAP SaaS delay - no surprise

News Biometrics from A-Z… SAP's decision to delay the rollout for its Business ByDesign on-demand software should comes as no surprise but could prove a boon for software as a service vendors according to analysts.

Tags: delay, erp, on demand, saas

[01 May 2008]

EC: Oracle-BEA gets the go-ahead

News Biometrics from A-Z… The European Commission has approved the acquisition of BEA Systems by Oracle. A-Zs… Security from A-Z… Broadband from A-Z… Wireless from A-Z… Green IT from A-Z… The Commission has said it approved the acquisition under EU law.

Tags: bea, oracle

[01 May 2008]

Microsoft earmarks $1.5bn for Yahoo! staff

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Microsoft plans to set aside $1.5bn for employee retention at Yahoo!

Tags: staff, yahoo, microsoft

[30 Apr 2008]

Satyam spices up silver screen with latest effects

News Biometrics from A-Z… The glamour of Hollywood and the Indian outsourcing industry will collide on the big screen this year. Outsourcer Satyam will bring CGI effects to the silver screen when First Fear hits the cinemas around June this year.

Tags: hollywood, bpo, india

[29 Apr 2008]

AMD chips into business market

News Biometrics from A-Z… AMD has released a series of chips which it claims has the stability and performance required for machines aimed at business users. On Monday the chipmaker launched what it is calling its Business Class platform, previously...

Tags: chips, intel, amd

[29 Apr 2008]

Java - 100 per cent open source by end of this year

News Biometrics from A-Z… Sun is to open source the last closed-source parts of Java, a move that should make it possible to fully integrate the software into Linux distributions. Rich Sands, Sun's group manager for developer marketing, confirmed on...

Tags: linux, java, sun

[28 Apr 2008]

Business still experimenting in Second Life

News Biometrics from A-Z… Businesses are unsure about the benefits of using Second Life with many still just experimenting with the virtual world to discover its true value. One trend is that organisations are increasingly looking at the virtual world...

Tags: collaboration, unilever, bt, virtual world

[25 Apr 2008]

Harrods makes a tech-savvy exhibition of itself

News Biometrics from A-Z… Harrods is using cutting-edge mobile technology to promote a new exhibition at its famous department store in Knightsbridge. The system uses so-called 'QR' barcodes printed on posters which, when photographed using mobile phone...

Tags: barcode, camera, qr, mobile

[25 Apr 2008]

Microsoft dashes Yahoo!'s hopes of higher bid

News Biometrics from A-Z… Microsoft has given Yahoo! no hope of a higher takeover price, and said it is ready to go hostile or even call off its bid if Yahoo! maintains "unrealistic expectations" of a better deal.

Tags: microsoft, yahoo

[25 Apr 2008]

Cool tech gets down with the kids

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Social trends and the zeitgeist are more important than how good a new technology...

Tags: ipod, apple, virtual worlds

[23 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Yahoo! posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday but failed to deliver...

Tags: profit, microsoft, yahoo

[23 Apr 2008]

UK online spend up 50 per cent this year

News Biometrics from A-Z… UK consumers spent £13bn online in the first three months of this year, the equivalent to £213 for every person in the country. Compared to figures for the first quarter of 2007, the spend marks an increase of 50.5 per cent...

Tags: consumer electronics, alcohol, online retail

[22 Apr 2008]

Profits reports equal big week for Microsoft/Yahoo!?

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics In the latest in the Microsoft/Yahoo! takeover bid, the software maker has set a...

Tags: microsoft, aol, time warner, yahoo

[22 Apr 2008]

Police Facebook presence strikes privacy chord

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Last week, Greater Manchester Police became the first UK police force to establish a...

Tags: facebook, privacy, police, submit

[22 Apr 2008]

ZX Spectrum crowned king of computer classics

News Biometrics from A-Z… The Sinclair ZX Spectrum has been crowned the most popular first home computer, beating off competition from other classics such as the Amiga and BBC Micro. Almost a third (31 per cent) of the more than 900 respondents in the...

Tags: commodore, spectrum, bbc, sinclair

[18 Apr 2008]

US no longer king of the PC?

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics The US PC market is beginning to have less influence on the global market, according to...

Tags: asus, dell, us, pc

[17 Apr 2008]

Corus hammers out £26m IT deal with Capgemini

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Steel manufacturer Corus has extended its IT outsourcing deal to manage its mainframe...

Tags: capgemini, corus

[17 Apr 2008]

RIM-India: To meet again over security

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics The Indian government will hold its next meeting with BlackBerry-maker RIM next week, a...

Tags: email, blackberry, rim

[17 Apr 2008]

Open source key to SaaS future

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Open source software will be key to the adoption of software as a service (SaaS) over...

Tags: gartner, future, sharing, saas

[16 Apr 2008]

Sort by: Date | Relevance


Site Map    


Quick Sitemap Links: