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RSS designing in newsMicrosoft's Ballmer not threatened by Google Android
News Speaking this morning at Telstra's annual investment day, Ballmer said it was Google's first phone operating system and designing one wasn't easy. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer today dismissed Google's Android... [06 Nov 2008]
Seagate: We won't do flash, it doesn't pay
News The company is also looking at designing some low cost drives for the netbook market, according to Watkins. The world's largest hard drive maker Seagate is planning to bring out an enterprise solid state drive (SSD) to... [05 Nov 2008]
IBM chip guru agrees to join Apple
News If Apple wants to continue its strategy of designing and building complete systems, hardware, software, and now chips for iPhone and iPod Touch, it's going to need someone who can predict the future of chip design and... [31 Oct 2008]
Security makes a quantum leap
News The Vienna project has tackled the problem by designing the network so that if one cable is cut, the data can be rerouted to reach the same destination. The network is the result of more than four years of work with 41... [10 Oct 2008]
First students graduate from IT 'business' degree
News The BSc ITMB degree, which was designed by universities and employers in the IT industry with the support of IT sector skills body e-skills UK, focuses on areas such as project management and how to go about designing,... [24 Jul 2008]
MoD to save £35m with online travel service
News According to group captain Andy Towler, who headed up the MoD group charged with designing the service, it will also consolidate services' travel procurement processes and provide a transparent audit trail to optimise... [19 Jun 2008]
Mobile banking set to boom
News However the analyst warned strict financial industry legislation may hold back market growth as it said designing and implementing alternative MFS payment schemes which adhere to financial services regulation can be... [18 Jun 2008]
RIM quiet on touchscreen BlackBerry rumours
News The key variable when designing new BlackBerrys is efficiency, said Balsillie. The new BlackBerry Bold may have been touted as an 'iPhone killer' despite its use of the familiar Qwerty keyboard but manufacturer RIM is... [14 May 2008]
Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'
News David Cross, a product unit manager at Microsoft, was the group program manager in charge of designing User Account Control (UAC), which, when activated, requires people to run Vista in standard user mode rather than... [14 Apr 2008]
'Fundamental' flaws in Child Support Agency IT
News Richard Steel, VP of local government IT user group Socitm, said: "When designing a complex IT system, a prerequisite is fundamental review of the relevant businesses processes before the detailed specification can be... [04 Mar 2008]
Tax payer still owed millions by EDS
News It is like designing a runabout car for going shopping and then using it for a Sahara rally. MPs have called on the government to take legal action against outsourcing giant EDS to recoup the millions of pounds the... [05 Feb 2008]
Green IT can shave 20 per cent off costs
News Radical solutions such as designing software to consume less processor cycles and using hardware that does not require a power-hungry AC-DC conversion should be standard practice, the report says. IT managers need to... [17 Jan 2008]
Facebook opens up its Platform
News A statement from Facebook said: "We're glad to see Bebo take advantage of the work we've put into designing and building a complete, usable platform. Facebook has announced the architecture for its developer platform... [13 Dec 2007]
Morse makes the grade with £23m school tech deal
News The contract is to design and supply the IT infrastructure for 12 schools in the STaG area, including supplying computer hardware, software and online learning environments, and designing and supporting data centres,... [26 Sep 2007]
Sony USB device harbouring "nasty" rootkit
News McAfee security specialists Aditya Kapoor and Seth Purdy wrote in a blog: "The authors apparently did not keep the security implications in mind [when designing the installation method]. Sony says the rootkit-like... [03 Sep 2007]
