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Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Ready for release
News Dan Jones, a member of the product's engineering team, said: "We nailed it, and that just feels so good. Microsoft said yesterday it has finished work on SQL Server 2008, the latest version of its database software. [07 Aug 2008]
IBM floats $360m on cloud data centre
News Willy Chiu, a vice president in IBM's high-performance, on-demand solutions division, said: "Cloud computing is fundamentally about re-engineering the world's computing infrastructure, to enable.life-changing applications. [04 Aug 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News Professor of security engineering at Cambridge University Ross Anderson said: "This all goes to show how unwise it would be to rely on the UK government for all authentication. A van carrying about 3,000 blank ePassports and visas was hijacked on... [29 Jul 2008]
Bletchley Park future under colossal threat
News Among the scientists to put their name to the letter are professor Bill Roscoe, director of Oxford University's computing laboratory, professor Jean Bacon at the University of Cambridge computer laboratory and professor Ian Sommerville, professor... [24 Jul 2008]
Freedom4 spreads WiMax love to students
News College principal, Ioan Morgan, said in a statement: "The College has a tradition of working with cutting edge companies in every sector, ranging from engineering to computer games manufacturers. WiMax provider Freedom4 is spreading long range... [16 Jul 2008]
Get a Lively life, with Google avatars
News Niniane Wang, Google's engineering manager for the project, said: "It's integrated with the internet. Google has unveiled an online 3D social arena called Lively, the internet giant's take on Second Life. [09 Jul 2008]
BCS warns over IT degree funding
News Science, technology, engineering and mathematical subjects (so called Stem subjects) are exempt from the funding changes, yet IT/computing is not - despite its vital role in keeping the UK competitive. [20 Jun 2008]
Universities blamed for games industry skills crisis
News They've taught themselves, they've been on courses that aren't necessarily video game courses - they may be maths or engineering or more general purpose software engineering. A skills shortage in the video games industry could mean game over for... [19 Jun 2008]
"Boring" school IT curriculum slammed
News Moreover, despite being vital to drive the UK's knowledge economy, computing is not classed as a Stem subject (science, technology, engineering, maths), said MacKinnon, meaning higher education funding has been significantly cut back - to the tune... [17 Jun 2008]
Web-based malware up 400 per cent
News Landesman said: "Over the last year malware authors have moved away from direct attacks - attacks in which they directly interact with victims, via social engineering for example - to indirect attacks accomplished through compromised websites. [06 Jun 2008]
Northern Ireland builds high tech credentials
News Chair of telecommunications engineering at the University of Ulster, professor Gerard Parr, told silicon.com: "We really have a huge responsibility in terms of local economic development. Northern Ireland is making a name for itself as an emerging... [02 Jun 2008]
Lenovo puts Olympic tech through its paces
News The Bocog will also conduct additional training sessions with engineering teams from various Olympic partners, the company said. Over 300 Lenovo engineers will be involved in a three-day comprehensive technology rehearsal next month, in what is... [30 May 2008]
Skills slump eroding UK's top tech talent
News The report says technology-related education is declining rapidly and that UK tech companies cannot recruit enough engineering, maths, science and technology graduates. The UK will lose its base of highly skilled technology workers unless training... [14 May 2008]
Google lays out mobile future
News Speaking in London, Google's engineering site director, Ann Mai Chang, said: "We're focusing the majority of our development on web based applications. Dave Burke, technical lead and manager for mobile engineering at Google, explained how the team... [13 May 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News It is also interesting to note the move from simply using social-engineering techniques to spread malware to actually exploiting vulnerabilities. A number of nascent Storm hosting domains using fast-flux techniques to mask their URLs have been... [07 May 2008]
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