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Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News One of the most common examples of how companies use virtualisation is within datacentres. Virtualisation? So I get to put on a funky headset and walk around a simulated landscape shooting aliens? Okay, enough with the... [11 Nov 2009]
How to pay for your Amazon purchases with a feisty mango
News The retailer gave the examples of "feisty mango", "elegant dining room" and "Pat's great hounds" as the type of phrases a customer might use. Amazon has launched a new payments system based around a user's memorable phrase. [30 Oct 2009]
It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News Other examples of dematerialised services - online public services and applications, and advanced collaboration technologies - could save at least one to two per cent of total energy use worldwide by 2020, the EC predicted. [13 Oct 2009]
'Hack your own Oracle database' tool unveiled next week
News We've created your version and SID enumeration modules, account brute-forcing modules, ported all the public (and not so public) Oracle SQL Injection vulnerabilities into SQLI modules (with IDS evasion examples for... [24 Jul 2009]
Android development kit goes native
News Some examples are signal processing, intensive physics simulations, and some kinds of data processing. A native application development kit has been released for Android developers, offering a way to create certain kinds... [26 Jun 2009]
BT, Intel, Sun team up over identity
News The same situation has led to a proliferation of identity technologies and standards, which often overlap and are often not interoperable, he said, giving SAML, Information Cards and OpenID as examples. [19 Jun 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Business intelligence
News Give me some examples of these other uses of BI then. 'Business intelligence'? Is this just another oxymoron, like police intelligence or military intelligence? Don't be so harsh, though the basic principles of all three... [08 Jun 2009]
Rise of the machine-to-machines
News Koerper pointed to the emerging netbook market and smart grid market as examples of where Motorola's technology could be useful. Motorola is turning to the consumer electronics market as it looks to expand its troubled... [02 Jun 2009]
Developers - give a Wave to Google's real-time collaborator
News Google has posted examples of the 'robots' that can be added into the Wave client, such as a Twitter client called 'Tweety'. Google has unveiled an early preview of an online collaboration and communication environment... [29 May 2009]
Cyber security: War Games or Mission Impossible?
News She also referenced a few Hollywood examples of the problem of cyber attacks, including War Games and Bruce Willis action movie Die Hard 4.0 which illustrate the types of risks faced. The internet is not reliable or... [24 Apr 2009]
Cloud envelops Microsoft's embedded products
News Dallas listed medical systems and video-surveillance systems as examples of setups where customers have the need for dedicated servers to process information and to pass data over secure networks. Microsoft has extended... [31 Mar 2009]
Microsoft and TomTom call end to patent war
News Until the TomTom case, we had only seen examples where Microsoft was able to convince companies to take a licence. Microsoft and TomTom have reached a settlement in their respective patent suits, the companies said on... [31 Mar 2009]
Faster Payments too slow: Consumers lose £38m
News Inevitably the OFT has pointed out some examples where the Payments Council will wish to review its performance and we will look at these closely. Almost a year after its launch, consumers are still not getting the... [27 Mar 2009]
Windows 7: Six flavours to choose from
News The ability to use presentation mode or join a domain are two examples of features that are found in Windows 7 Professional, but not in any of the home versions. Although the software maker will offer at least six... [04 Feb 2009]
Broadband: Incumbents' grasp slipping in Europe
News The EC's report said: "The UK (with 19.0 percentage points difference between the market share of the incumbent excluding and including resale lines of alternative operators), Germany (with percentage points) and Luxembourg (with 10.3... [01 Dec 2008]