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Orange cuts voice and data roaming costs

News The operator is also introducing a data roaming offer, called Travel Data Daily, aimed at occasional travellers with laptops, which Orange claims will cut prices by up to 90 per cent on standard data roaming rates.

Tags: reding, data, roaming

[20 May 2008]

Asus dives into instant Linux

News DeviceVM hopes to have "numerous Splashtop-enabled motherboards, desktops and laptops available internationally in 2008", the company said. Asus is to embed a lightweight, instant-on version of Linux called "Splashtop" into all its motherboards...

Tags: linux, asus

[19 May 2008]

Dell commits to green dream

News Dell has committed to improving the energy efficiency of its desktops and laptops, and says that by 2010 they will consume 25 per cent less energy than today. The company said it will do this by continuing to integrate what it calls energy-smart...

Tags: laptop, pc, dell, green

[16 May 2008]

'Hyperconnected' world grabs mobile over wallet

News Through the survey, Nortel - the US' biggest maker of telephone gear - was looking to find out how many workers around the world can be defined as "hyperconnected", or as those who have fully embraced multiple devices like mobile phones and...

Tags: laptop, mobile

[14 May 2008]

MoD fights data losses with encryption

News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to protect 20,000 laptops using encryption software. The package will be used to protect data which has a Restricted classification or less, and will now be deployed on laptops not connected to the Defence...

Tags: security, army, mod

[08 May 2008]

UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months

News The breaches include unencrypted laptops going missing as well as computer discs, memory sticks and paper records. Nearly 100 leaks of sensitive personal information have been reported to the data protection watchdog in the last six months.

Tags: security, ico, data breach

[22 Apr 2008]

WEEE takes council computers to Africa

News So far, the council has donated more than 500 PCs, laptops and monitors which Brent Council in London has hit on a way to comply with the European WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directive for the responsible disposal of computer...

Tags: weee, africa, computer aid, council

[21 Apr 2008]

Thieves foiled by 'phone home' computers

News West Midlands Police recently used the technology to make arrests and recover more than 30 laptops. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets C is for CMA

Tags: software, police, tracking

[14 Apr 2008]

Tech-savvy workers to make IT decisions in future

News Gartner predicted that, by 2012, half of mobile employees will ditch their laptops in favour of more powerful and compact devices, such as smart phones. Within two years, the brand and model of the enterprise laptop could be decided by the user...

Tags: it, laptop, internet, smart phones

[14 Apr 2008]

Who's king of advertising? Web set to overtake TV

News The report said last year's 38 per cent online-ad growth was driven by the rising number of people online, the introduction of cheap laptops and the growing popularity of catch-up TV on the internet through services such as Channel 4's 4oD.

Tags: tv, 4od, online ads

[09 Apr 2008]

3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth

News Laptops and PC datacards are the next largest product segment (103 apiece), followed by wireless routers and USB modems (60 apiece), the GSA survey found. There are now 637 high speed downlink packet access products on the market, with almost half...

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, hsdpa

[07 Apr 2008]

'Super-3Gs' get connected via the Gobi

News Dell, HP and Lenovo are to incorporate Qualcomm's Gobi chipset into their laptops later this year. Gobi, which Qualcomm released in October 2007, is a chipset that allows travellers to connect to both High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Evolution...

Tags: hp, wireless, lenovo, dell

[07 Apr 2008]

Whitehall laptop ban hits driving agency performance

News The ban on removal of laptops and portable devices with unencrypted personal data was introduced across all government departments in the wake of a string of high profile data losses, including the loss of 600,000 personnel details by the Ministry...

Tags: government, data loss, full disclosure

[04 Apr 2008]

Intel registers second-gen Classmate

News The new design is based around Intel's Netbook concept of $250-$350 wireless laptops, added Ibrahim, with the company being committed to further developments. Intel has launched its second-generation Classmate PC at the Intel Developer Forum in...

Tags: low cost laptop, classmate, intel

[04 Apr 2008]

Microsoft touches the Surface of AT&T

News Currently AT&T uses laptops in the store to offer such features. Microsoft has announced it has its first customer ready to put Surface computers into public use. Perhaps most interestingly, the first one out of the gate is not one of the company's...

Tags: at&t, surface, microsoft

[02 Apr 2008]

ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed

News Recent reports of government data losses include the loss of three laptops by the Ministry of Defence containing personal details of 600,000 recruits, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, and HMRC's loss of 25 million child...

Tags: data theft, data loss, ico

[01 Apr 2008]

More than 1,000 gov't laptops lost since 2001

News Government departments have misplaced more than 1,000 laptops and almost 500 mobile phones - either lost or stolen - since 2001. In parliamentary written answers, Berr admitted it had lost 96 laptops since 2001 (along with 82 mobile phones and nine...

Tags: stolen, mobiles, laptops, lost

[01 Apr 2008]

Driver agency plugs data leaks

News Recent reports of data losses include the loss of three laptops by the Ministry of Defence containing personal details of 600,000 recruits, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, and HMRC's loss of 25 million child benefit...

Tags: government, dsa, data loss

[28 Mar 2008]

IBM's latest Lotus targets mobile mash-ups

News According to IBM, Lotus Expeditor 6.1.2 supports laptops, desktops, kiosks and mobile-device clients. IBM has released a new version of its Lotus Expeditor software, which is targeted at mobile application developers building both business and...

Tags: ibm, mobile, mash-up, lotus

[26 Mar 2008]

Intel's Classmate registering in Europe and US

News More low-cost laptops are headed to a retailer near you. The XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child initiative, which also builds low-cost laptops for the same markets, has been available via retail in the US for a while.

Tags: olpc, asus, intel, retail

[20 Mar 2008]

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