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Artificial intelligence put to the Turing Test
News Loebner's set up the prize as a result of a life-long interest in AI but also due to a desire to use technology to achieve a world where no human needs to work any longer. This weekend could potentially be a historical... [10 Oct 2008]
$505m deal sees TCS swallow Citi's BPO
News This is particularly attractive deal, given that CGSL was already running at 20 per cent Ebit [earnings before interest and taxes] margin and TCS management feels confident there's more to come," a research note from the... [09 Oct 2008]
10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT
News There will also be more interest in adopting open source software," she said. Phil Morris, managing director for the EU and Asia for outsourcing advisors EquaTerra, cautioned that outsourcers could take a hit as the... [16 Sep 2008]
RFID bag tags could save air-travel industry millions
News BA will watch with interest the development of RFID but for the moment we will continue to use barcodes on our baggage tags, which - with a modern system - is very effective for baggage being checked-in... [18 Apr 2008]
LiMo Foundation launches Linux Android rival
News There's no shortage of interest among the mobile-phone industry elite in using Linux on their phones. Google's Android may get all the attention, but there's more than one industry consortium working to unify Linux... [31 Mar 2008]
Businesses failing to safeguard sensitive data
News Costs, accounts information, and profits are all of major interest to competitors. BT's global head of security research and development, Bryan Littlefair, said: "Some businesses are... [25 Sep 2007]
CIOs face tough on-demand choices
News Interest in software as a service (SaaS), or on-demand computing as it is often called, is growing but many businesses are still wary and face difficult decisions about what applications to use it for and which suppliers... [20 Sep 2007]
Five hot outsourcing trends to watch
News It's still early days for virtual world-based outsourcing but businesses are taking an increasing interest in the likes of Second Life so momentum is likely to build. Examples of services offshored in this way include... [06 Jul 2007]
Cerf's up: Google's net guru looks for UK talent
News Vint Cerf is here in London to support that drive and will be visiting a number of universities to stimulate interest among students. Omid Kordestani, vice-president of business development and sales for... [07 Mar 2006]
Smart phones to hit 15 per cent of shipments this year
News ABI puts the upswing in smart phone sales down to more appealing devices that shy away from clunkier form-factors, as well as increasing interest in data services and the spread of the 3G coverage necessary to run many... [02 Mar 2006]
Red Hat: '$100 laptop will drive desktop Linux'
News Speaking on Monday, Mike Evans, vice-president of corporate development at Red Hat, said although this is not the primary aim of the project, a cheap ubiquitous open-sourced based laptop would potentially initiate an... [31 Jan 2006]
China a "global ICT superpower" by 2010?
News Out of self-interest, the industry will start to enforce intellectual property (IP) protection, and China will lead in defining new global standards and protocols, according to Gartner. The domestic ICT... [06 Sep 2005]
PalmSource banks on Linux and feature phones
News There's a lot of interest," Perez-Fernandez said, adding: "but that's very different from commitment. However plenty of development remains to be done on the Linux OS. Following the release of Cobalt 6.1... [25 May 2005]
Singapore pushes biometric uptake
News Governments are keen on biometrics because it beefs up homeland security, an area that has garnered much public interest after the 11 September terrorist attacks, he said. One strategic effort that countries can work... [31 Mar 2005]
Mozilla gets mobile with money from Nokia
News Nokia's interest in Mozilla could help the group extend its technology to mobile phones, a segment of the browser market that is only just beginning to register with consumers in the US. Nokia's interest... [21 Jun 2004]
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