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Apple "niche player" in touchscreen world
News While Apple may not have been the first device maker to put a touchscreen on a mobile handset, the emergence of the iPhone has certainly boosted the market, inspiring a slew of imitators from Samsung's Omnia to Nokia's... [10 Sep 2008]
Semantic web breaking out of the lab
News That's according to John Davies, head of next generation web research at BT, who told silicon.com: "We've really seen the emergence of semantic web from the research lab. Semantic web technology is on the verge of... [11 Aug 2008]
London data centres hit by credit crunch
News Andrew Jay, head of technology practice group at CB Richard Ellis, said in a statement: "This has been the lowest quarter for take-up in London since the emergence of the corporate market in 2004. London's data centre... [04 Jul 2008]
BT buys into videoconferencing
News It has also been helped, he believes, by the emergence of HDTV. BT announced yesterday it has completed the acquisition of Wire One Holdings, a specialist US videoconferencing company, for an undisclosed amount. [03 Jun 2008]
WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?
News The emergence of dual-mode or dual-band devices is most likely to happen in the "early days" as the industry in developed markets embraces 4G technology, he said. Teresa Kellett, director of global development for telco... [11 Apr 2008]
'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?
News PlusNet has been one of the few providers to buck this trend - preferring instead to offer packages based on fixed download caps - and is now warning that the emergence of IP television and the BBC's iPlayer will make it... [17 Mar 2008]
Security skills top IT chiefs' wish-lists
News The security gap is even wider in China, India, Poland, Russia and South Africa where the emergence of a strong IT industry is relatively recent, said CompTIA. 'Safety first' is still the motto written in sweat above the... [13 Mar 2008]
India losing status as offshore king?
News China's emergence as a global sourcing hub has traditionally been slow but the report found that BT Global Services, EDS, IBM and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have all opened sourcing facilities in the country in the... [03 Mar 2008]
UK banks targeted by phishing attacks
News The attacks could mark the emergence of a new threat from the Storm botnet, according to a report from security company RSA's Anti-Fraud Command Center (AFCC). Leading UK banks have been targeted by online criminals who... [15 Feb 2008]
Cyber spies plan attacks next year
News Other major trends over the coming calendar year include an increasing threat to online services - such as banking - and the emergence of a complex and sophisticated malware market, according to the annual Virtual... [30 Nov 2007]
Software licensing costs set to fall
News These include business process outsourcing; software as a service (SaaS); low-cost development environments, such as China and India, combined with modular architectures and service-oriented architectures; the emergence... [16 Nov 2007]
Europe embraces consumer tech
News Bevan added the development of web 2.0 and the emergence of Facebook are landmarks for employers and CIOs should be thinking about how consumerisation could best fit their enterprise. There may also be a relationship... [13 Nov 2007]
MiFID - will the banks be ready in time?
News Consultant BearingPoint predicts institutions should expect a fourfold increase in pre-trade data and a doubling of post-trade data, due largely to more frequent price updating and the emergence of new trading venues -... [03 Oct 2007]
Tomorrow's robots - our invisible friends?
News BCS president Professor Nigel Shadbolt predicts that while artificial intelligence will be a large part of the future of computer science, it will not develop in the way most people may think and - instead of the killer robots - it will... [11 Sep 2007]
Are offshoring fears overblown?
News The Work Foundation report also points to the emergence of a new outsourcing model in India - as Indian companies diversify their operations, even acquiring footholds in the developed regions they are gaining business from. [09 Jul 2007]