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HP ProCurve buys networking specialist
News The company said in a statement that it sees the purchase as one that will "expand HP ProCurve's reach into vertical markets, such as hospitality, transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, service... [12 Aug 2008]
Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Ready for release
News The software maker said in a statement it has reached the "release to manufacturing" stage, meaning it has finalised the code for the software. Microsoft said yesterday... [07 Aug 2008]
Windows XP for $100 laptop finalised
News Microsoft has internally released to manufacturing the version of Windows XP it has tweaked to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO computer. Back in May, Microsoft and the OLPC said to expect the offering... [28 Jul 2008]
Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford
News Rob Horwitz, co-founder of analyst firm, Directions on Microsoft, compares Gates to car manufacturing pioneer Henry Ford. Bill Gates is arguably the individual who has had the biggest impact on the world of technology... [25 Jun 2008]
Mobile market booming: But there's room for all
News The cost is driven down by manufacturing economies of scale and integrating different components onto semiconductors, which helps reduce supply chain complexity, said Pulskamp. As mobiles get more sophisticated, they... [06 Jun 2008]
Corus hammers out £26m IT deal with Capgemini
News Under the terms of the new contracts Capgemini will retain responsibility for managing the mainframe computers that support core steel production, supply chain, stockholding, purchasing, sales ordering and invoicing at Corus' main UK... [17 Apr 2008]
Reuters CIO joins Royal Bank of Scotland
News RBS does not use the CIO title for executives and Lister will join as chief architect, reporting in to the bank's group manufacturing unit, which provides centralised back-office services such as IT for... [01 Apr 2008]
Motorola to split in two
News Motorola is currently in third place worldwide in the handset-manufacturing business, behind Nokia and Samsung. Motorola is to split into two companies, following months of speculation about the future of its handset... [27 Mar 2008]
Windows Vista SP1 finally a go
News The pack was released to manufacturing on 4 February. The first service pack for Windows Vista has been released. Vista Service Pack 1 went onto Microsoft's Download Center website on Monday, fulfilling Microsoft's claim... [19 Mar 2008]
Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall
News Darling said that the UK was second only to the US for the strength of its knowledge-based industries and that high tech manufacturing had grown by 30 per cent in the last decade. The technology industry has pledged to... [12 Mar 2008]
Sun breaks through supercomputer haze with Constellation
News Manufacturing these cables, and then snaking them around the Tacc to link up computers, proved tougher than expected, he said. After a slight delay a new, somewhat unusual, supercomputer from Sun Microsystems will get... [14 Feb 2008]
UK tech has 12 years to help save the planet
News Developing a programme of guidance for its members on improving the energy efficiency of their business and manufacturing process. The UK technology industry has just 12 years to slash its rapidly growing carbon... [12 Feb 2008]
India top choice for UK outsourcing
News We are seeing a kind of Industrial Revolution sweep through the services landscape in the same way it did with manufacturing. India is now outstripping competitors worldwide for cost and service quality... [11 Jan 2008]
IT skills 'vital for UK's future'
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum event and referring to non-manual skills such as those required in IT, Triesman said: "I'm not sure the government has been caught out but one thing we have let slip by is by... [29 Oct 2007]
UK passports face massive price hike
News The prototype ePassport and the manufacturing process were both subject to substantial testing, and the agency gave itself enough time for a progressive rollout rather than a big-bang switch from digital to ePassport. [10 Oct 2007]
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