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Bletchley Park future under colossal threat
News That is the stark warning from almost 100 leading academics and computer scientists in a public letter in The Times. Among the scientists to put their name to the letter are professor Bill Roscoe, director of Oxford University's computing... [24 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Earlier this month Barclays offered all its online customers free Kaspersky security software, including parental controls as well as protection from spam, adware, spyware and viruses. Some users have also complained about the necessity of carrying... [18 Jul 2008]
Location-based services mean business
News As GSM handsets with built-in GPS receivers become more widely available, ABI expects Asia-Pacific and Europe to catch up with the US - which has been leading the charge for location services as its emergency calling regulation has resulted in... [17 Jul 2008]
BlackBerry PDF flaw puts business networks at risk
News RIM is warning businesses to disable the function that allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until an update can be issued, after a security flaw was found in the company's software. The UK's leading CIOs revealed… [17 Jul 2008]
3 jumps on board Symbian Foundation
News The original members of the Symbian Foundation are Nokia, Symbian, Motorola, AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone.s director of products, Fergal Walker, said yesterday: "3 is pleased to... [11 Jul 2008]
Microsoft readies online apps for business
News Microsoft announced its road map and pricing for web-based software suites built for big companies and growing businesses. The UK's leading CIOs revealed… The move is part of Redmond's push to integrate online and desktop software, shifting much of... [09 Jul 2008]
Google Talk finds a home on iPhone
News A Google's software engineers revealed the news about Google Talk in a blog on Wednesday. The application doesn't require any software to be installed or downloaded. However, while Apple continues to release new applications for the iPhone, a... [04 Jul 2008]
Nationwide hands network reins to BT
News The UK's leading CIOs revealed… Back in March, Nationwide signed a multimillion pound deal with SAP to use the German software giant's banking platform as part of its £300m Voyager business transformation project. [30 Jun 2008]
Virtualisation key to staff-owned devices
News The ability of virtualisation technology to free software from the underlying hardware could give more companies the option to allow employees to choose and run their own devices at work, according to analysts. [30 Jun 2008]
SAS becomes sun worshipper
News Business intelligence software company SAS is to build a solar electric power farm at its headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. SAS estimates the initiative will generate 1.7 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year leading to an annual CO2... [26 Jun 2008]
Oracle pumps up prices, BEA takes the hit
News Oracle's latest price list for its growing portfolio of applications software contains significant increases across the range, and a particularly large price rise for its BEA software. The company's core software has risen in price by around 15 to... [24 Jun 2008]
Treasury turns to tech guru to slash IT costs
News Read said in a statement: "I am pleased to be involved in this programme and to be leading the work on back office and IT services. Read's responsibilities include examining the standardisation and simplification of business processes, improving... [23 Jun 2008]
MI5 seeking changeable techies
News The UK's leading CIOs revealed… Candidates also need experience of "the full project and software lifecycle" - using "recognised design methods, modelling processes and tools" - including software selection, procurement processes and systems... [23 Jun 2008]
Google Android facing delays?
News New mobile phones being developed by Google and more than 30 partners based on software called Android will arrive in the fourth quarter, a schedule that some carriers and program makers are struggling to meet, The Wall Street Journal reported on... [23 Jun 2008]
Red Hat CEO: We're "tough to do business with"
News The UK's leading CIOs revealed… He said: "Quite frankly we found out in the first six months that our customers don't want to consume software via an exchange so we have morphed that into a fully fledged open-source ISV programme. [20 Jun 2008]
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