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Malware threat for iPhone 2.0
News Earlier this month, a Mac OS X researcher also claimed that the iPhone operating system, which is a stripped-down version of Mac OS 10.5, does not have the patch updates that the desktop operating system has. [14 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone - the business perspective
News That's because every iPhone user must have iTunes running on their desktop - not an ideal scenario for some businesses. Security is another issue that could influence enterprise adoption of the iPhone. [10 Jul 2008]
Microsoft readies online apps for business
News The move is part of Redmond's push to integrate online and desktop software, shifting much of the heavy lifting to the "cloud". Email, calendars, security filters, and Outlook Web Access Light are included with Exchange Online Deskless Worker. [09 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone to storm enterprise world, says O2
News However, one thing business customers will certainly have to weigh up is how they manage iTunes - as every iPhone user will need to have it running on their desktop for synching data. Yet analyst house Gartner has described this as a basic level of... [04 Jul 2008]
Google Talk finds a home on iPhone
News That said Google has tried to keep the experience close to what users experience on their desktop or laptop computers. However, while Apple continues to release new applications for the iPhone, a leading Mac OS X researcher, Charlie Miller, says... [04 Jul 2008]
Virtualisation key to staff-owned devices
News The technology required to manage and secure an employee-owned PC goes beyond existing solutions - such as Microsoft's Remote Desktop, for example - and should be based around true virtualisation, said Gammage. [30 Jun 2008]
MI5 seeking changeable techies
News As well as being able to demonstrate broad experience of IT solution design, candidates must have more in depth experience in at least two of the following areas: data centres; servers and storage; messaging; telephony; application design using... [23 Jun 2008]
AMD chips into business market
News The new line-up of business chips will include AMD Athlon and AMD Phenom processors for desktop machines. 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... [29 Apr 2008]
Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract
News EDS will manage desktop, service desk, onsite services, backup and disaster recovery, mobile information protection and managed messaging services. AT&T will deliver WAN and LAN, voice services including IP-based telephony, managed security... [31 Mar 2008]
Government flexes its shared service muscle
News The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has signed on to a managed desktop shared service run by Fujitsu Services. Fujitsu will provide Cafcass with managed desktop services for 2,000 users across 100 offices. [20 Mar 2008]
Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'
News Up to 90 per cent of the ATMs in the UK could be at risk from these attacks as they rely on desktop PC technology - usually Intel hardware and Windows operating systems - linked to other machines - some connected to the internet - in the bank's... [04 Mar 2008]
Open source Ubuntu announces 'need for an adventurous mountain goat'
News Shuttleworth wrote: "Our desktop offering will once again be a focal point as we re-engineer the user-interaction model so that Ubuntu works as well on a high-end workstation as it does on a feisty little sub-notebook. [22 Feb 2008]
Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…'
News Because the desktop market is maturing, the trend would have happened anyway, he said, but Vista's problems have acted like a catalyst. The list of programs is mostly composed of security applications, such as Trend Micro Internet Security 2008. [21 Feb 2008]
BlackBerry backs the social networking 'revolution'
News They must therefore provide a managed service to users - seamlessly integrating web services and desktop apps onto handsets. The secret of the BlackBerry's success is security, according to RIM's co-CEO Jim Balsillie - but social networking is its... [13 Feb 2008]
Google Apps hosts one big team talk over the web
News This could help Google in its efforts to lure more people off desktop applications sold by Microsoft and onto the mostly free web-based apps Google offers. Security from A to Z Google's standalone hosted apps for consumers haven't really made a... [07 Feb 2008]
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