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RSS flood in newsForecasting tech blows away stormy weather
News The Met Office is also assembling a team of specialist forecasters who will use the latest technology to provide early warning and risk assessment to flood forecasters, emergency responders and those responsible for... [13 Jun 2008]
Google looks to the cloud to woo business
News Companies are being forced to deal with scalability to handle the increasing flood of content, video and photos. Rishi Chandra, product manager for Google Enterprise, speaking at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in the US,... [11 Jun 2008]
Qwerty beats touch for smart phone fans
News While touchscreen tech on PDAs is not a new innovation, the 2007 entry of Mac-maker Apple into the mobile market breathed new life into the technology, with its touchscreen iPhone quickly leading to a flood of other... [02 Jun 2008]
£4.2m flood alert tech raises the alarm
News People will be able to sign up for flood alerts online as part of a £4.2m deal to bolster the UK's early warning system. The map-based system, run from Fujitsu's data centres, pinpoints the locations of FWD's 330,000... [29 May 2008]
iPhone SDK downloaded by 100,000 developers
News Despite some early problems managing the flood of developers seeking access to the iPhone software development kit (SDK), Apple reported 100,000 developers have downloaded the kit as of Sunday 9 March. [13 Mar 2008]
SMS gets Oxfordshire residents out of deep water
News Oxfordshire County Council is rolling out a mobile text alert system to warn residents across the county if their homes are at risk from flood water following heavy rain. The Environment Agency has encouraged local... [26 Feb 2008]
Customer service warning for Xmas retailers
News Retailers have been warned the increase in online sales over the Christmas period will lead to a flood of online and email complaints from customers. Customer services departments will have to deal with a five-fold... [03 Dec 2007]
Oracle pulls $6.7bn BEA offer
News Icahn also called on BEA's board to agree to avoid any steps that could potentially derail a sale, such as enacting a shareholder rights plan, or poison pill, that would flood the market with additional BEA shares. [29 Oct 2007]
Data breach notification laws are 'just the start'
News Kuner added data notification laws are a "blunt instrument" and the subsequent flood of notifications some US citizens have received since legislation has come into place has made them "blasé" about the risks. [23 Oct 2007]
Skype swats "massive" outage bug
News Skype's statement said: "This caused a flood of login requests which, combined with the lack of peer-to-peer network resources, prompted a chain reaction that had a critical impact. Skype has fixed a software bug that... [20 Aug 2007]
Reading Uni feels the supercomputer power
News For instance, using the new system, we can show where flood defences should be built or speed up the development of life-saving drugs. The University of Reading now has the most powerful academic supercomputer in the UK,... [11 Jul 2007]
'No stopping the online video boom'
News We're likely to see a flood of quality video on the web that the rights holders have allowed to go online. More accessible technology and maturing business models are opening the floodgates for web video from both... [08 Feb 2007]
HP's Hurd linked to leak probe scandal
News It is unclear whether the investigation, which has generated numerous investigations and a flood of bad publicity over its ethics, broke any laws. HP CEO Mark Hurd has for the first time been linked to an elaborate sting... [21 Sep 2006]
Oracle's Ellison to strut his stuff at RSA 2007
News However, the company's security reputation has been hurt by a flood of security flaws in its products and vocal criticism from researchers about its security practices. The high-profile RSA Conference has proven to be a... [31 Aug 2006]
Skype sued for patent violation
News Net2Phone's lawsuit comes as the voice over IP industry has seen a flood of new entrants from small start-ups to large, established ISPs. Internet phone company Net2Phone has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against... [05 Jun 2006]
