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AMD chips into business market

News All the processors offer "up-to-24-month" stability on the initial models, with "minimum 12-month" stability promised for subsequent enhanced-speed versions. AMD has released a series of chips which it claims has the stability and performance...

Tags: chips, intel, amd

[29 Apr 2008]

Microsoft unveils web tool betas

News Newly enhanced with a software development kit for in-stream advertising, Microsoft's Silverlight 2 programming model is designed for developing and distributing rich internet applications that use graphics, animations or video within the .Net...

Tags: microsoft, beta, silverlight, ie

[09 Mar 2008]

Location-based services set to boom

News Wireless device company CSR is working with Motorola to establish an open industry forum of handset manufactures, network operators and GPS companies to explore what it calls 'eGPS' - or enhanced GPS technology.

Tags: location, location-based services, csr, gps

[11 Feb 2008]

Vodafone explores femtocell potential?

News The spokesperson said: "While there are obvious potential advantages, such as enhanced indoor coverage and DSL as backhaul, there are still technical areas we need to make sure are right. Vodafone is testing femtocell technology, which involves...

Tags: vodafone, mobile, femtocell, operators

[28 Jan 2008]

One year on: XP still outshining Vista

News Vista, both with and without SP1, performed more than two times slower than XP with SP3 in the test, taking more than 80 seconds to complete the test, compared to the beta-SP3-enhanced XP's 35 seconds.

Tags: vista, microsoft, windows, xp

[28 Nov 2007]

Red Dwarf lands on mobiles

News There will also be the option of receiving six pieces of enhanced mobile content per week, including Red Dwarf ringtones and wallpapers, as well as other Pitch content such as videos and games. Fans of cult sci-fi comedy series, Red Dwarf will soon...

Tags: red dwarf, social networking, mobile

[12 Oct 2007]

Doubts over £13.3bn government efficiency savings

News Cashable gains are cost reductions that don't affect the quality of the service and non-cashable gains are classed as enhanced services without any extra cost incurred. MPs claim the £13.3bn efficiency gains claimed by the government do no stand up...

Tags: efficiency, government

[11 Oct 2007]

Reuters inks £20m IT support deal

News We are confident that it will be able to provide impacted staff with enhanced career prospects, which was a key factor in our decision. Reuters has signed a £20m IT support deal with Computacenter aimed at cutting costs and improving service levels.

Tags: it support, outsourcing, reuters

[04 Sep 2007]

NHS to get Outlook email transplant

News Martin Goodman, managing director for public sector business at Cable & Wireless, said: "Cable & Wireless worked in partnership with NHS [Connecting for Health] on a feasibility study to establish the most appropriate technology solution moving...

Tags: cable & wireless, c&w, nhsmail, outlook

[10 Jul 2007]

Indian tech revenue to hit new heights

News Lakshmi Narayanan, chairman of Nasscom and vice chairman of IT services company Cognizant, said the figures illustrate India's "enhanced role in global trade" and the industry's continuing momentum. The Indian tech sector will generate $50bn in...

Tags: revenue, nasscom, outsourcing, india

[04 Jul 2007]

Google going after PowerPoint?

News Asked by author and blogger John Battelle if Google's enhanced Docs & Spreadsheets would compete with Microsoft Office, Schmidt said: "We don't think so. Google is adding a feature to its Docs & Spreadsheets web-hosted software that will enable...

Tags: schmidt, google, powerpoint

[18 Apr 2007]

£500,000 web contract - Nice!

News This, combined with a very user-friendly web-based interface, should allow us to manage content more effectively and provide enhanced web services to site visitors. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is spending £483...

Tags: design, website enabler, government website, search engine

[23 Mar 2007]

Yahoo! puts the moves on mobile search

News Specifically, it includes a feature called "oneSearch", which makes it easier for consumers to get information through an enhanced directory of local businesses and maps. Yahoo! is aggressively moving into the mobile search market with updated...

Tags: go, mobile search, yahoo

[09 Jan 2007]

Cisco grabs IronPort for $830m

News Richard Palmer, senior vice president of Cisco's Security Technology Group, said in a statement: "We feel there is enormous potential for enhanced email and message protection solutions to be integrated into the existing Cisco self-defending...

Tags: ironport, cisco

[05 Jan 2007]

AT&T-BellSouth merger gets FCC green light

News The statement cited examples such more widespread broadband coverage, increased competition, improved products and enhanced national security and disaster recovery. The Commission, which had been split between Democrats and Republicans for months...

Tags: net neutrality, bellsouth, at&t, fcc

[02 Jan 2007]

AT&T-BellSouth merger set for deciding vote

News The two Democratic commissioners would like to see more restrictions, including a provision to protect net neutrality, which would bar companies from prioritising web traffic or charging extra fees for providing enhanced services over a network.

Tags: bellsouth, at&t

[11 Dec 2006]

Five reasons to love (and hate) Windows Vista

News Enhanced help - Help used to be limited to a few pithy sentences about the task you want to perform. Microsoft finally launches the long-awaited Windows Vista today, promising better security and improved search and claiming it will be the fastest...

Tags: windows vista

[30 Nov 2006]

Sun to offer Java under Linux-friendly licence

News Not only are we making an influential and widely used software platform for the web available under an open source licence, it also underscores Sun's commitment to changing the whole industry model for how software is enhanced and developed.

Tags: gpl, java, sun, linux

[13 Nov 2006]

£75m police national network deal goes to C&W

News The enhanced PNN3 will include voice over IP and videoconferencing for internal and force-to-force communications. Cable & Wireless (C&W) has won a £75m deal to provide managed voice, data, video, internet and hosting services to all police forces...

Tags: pito, c&w

[08 Nov 2006]

Sony Ericsson shops for Symbian subsidiary

News Mats Lindoff, Sony Ericsson's chief technology officer, said: "UIQ offers excellent technical flexibility enabling us to provide compelling features such as push email, internet browsing, end-user personalisation and enhanced music applications.

Tags: uiq, sony ericsson, symbian

[08 Nov 2006]

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