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News Of course the focus groups didn't have to install Vista or hook it up to their existing home network, however the emotional appeal of the "every man" trying Vista and liking it clearly packs an emotional punch. [24 Jul 2008]
Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News But today it plays host to Negroponte who owns a holiday home on it and has long had an interest in bringing internet access to the island, setting up local dial-up internet service provider 12Net in the 1990s. [24 Jul 2008]
Bletchley Park future under colossal threat
News The survival of Bletchley Park, the secret home to Britain's codebreakers during World War II, is under serious threat from the "ravages of age and a lack of investment" unless the government steps in to provide vital funds. [24 Jul 2008]
UK officials going snoop crazy
News Home Secretary Jacqui Smith welcomed the reports and said these surveillance powers helped to protect the public. Officials made more than 500,000 requests to snoop on private phone and internet information in the UK last year. [23 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News He said the biggest threat comes from home workers because the wider range of websites visited in the home increased the risk of getting infected. Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors' machines are being discovered at a rate... [23 Jul 2008]
Flight booking checks into mobiles
News Mobile is the PC of the future, improved speed and falling costs for downloading data makes searching and booking flights a viable, quick and convenient option, breaking the tie with the office or home PC. [23 Jul 2008]
Kent signs £32m outsourcing deal
News It will also support additional home, flexible and remote working in the county and help provide new information to residents. Schools, libraries and council offices in Kent are to be networked in a £32m outsourcing deal. [22 Jul 2008]
Domino's online sales pass 20 per cent
News In a statement, Domino's chairman Stephen Hemsley said: "The trend that we are witnessing so far is that many consumers are trading down, which in our industry means that they are eating out less often and staying home. [21 Jul 2008]
Home servers latest trend to sweep market?
News Soon, the 500GB hard drive that comes as standard on most home computers today won't even be big enough to store and organise the amount of digital music, video and photography that users are accumulating as part of the emerging "terabyte lifestyle". [21 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News Security company Symantec is also forecasting a shift from home users and businesses installing security packages on individual computers to accessing security services via remote machines online. Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and... [17 Jul 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News O2 is considering investing in its own fibre-to-the-home network but wants to wait until Ofcom changes telecommunications regulation before it makes an investment. BT has been explicit that it also wants to see these rules changed, and has hinted... [17 Jul 2008]
Defra to ditch desktops and PDAs
News I will feel this very much myself because at the moment I have a fixed PC in the office, a laptop I use at home and a BlackBerry, and in the new world I will be able to have one item, which is a laptop which I shall carry. [16 Jul 2008]
figleaves.com revamps website
News The current platform is a home-grown system that has been supporting the site for the last seven years, but Hall said it was getting to the stage where it had reached the limit of its flexibility and could no longer provide an experience in line... [16 Jul 2008]
Dunelm Mill signs Epos maintenance deal
News Value home furnishings retailer Dunelm Mill has signed an electronic point of sale maintenance contract to support its store portfolio expansion and drive sales. The retailer has signed up Vista Retail Support to maintain its estate of around 720... [16 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News A database of all calls, emails and internet traffic, to be stored by the Home Office for at least 12 months, is thought to be included under proposals for "modifying procedures for acquiring communications data" in the draft Communications Data... [15 Jul 2008]
