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RSS manager in newsMicrosoft training Black Country kids in joys of IT
News They also get CompTIA A+ and Key Skills level 2 for numeracy and literacy, according to Dominic Gill, West Midlands regional manager at Microsoft. Microsoft is helping youngsters in the Black Country learn about the joys of IT - and also plugging a... [23 Jul 2008]
Contactless payments speeds up coffee drinkers
News Keisha Meade, Coffee Republic's Epos systems manager, added customers have "an incredible appetite for the technology" - especially those using the Canary Wharf bar where she said knowledge of the tech is strong. [23 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News One techie feeling the pinch is Kirpal Sachdev, a Prince2 project manager who has taken on extra work through PeoplePerHour.com Economic gloom and the rising cost of living in the UK is making IT workers in full time employment take on extra work... [22 Jul 2008]
Is the UK an open source laggard?
News Mike Buck, architecture manager, Yorkshire Water CIOs are split on the controversial issue of adopting more open source software in corporate IT. In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll, participants were asked whether they planned to increase the... [21 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News Antivirus company F-Secure has not received any reports of malware for the iPhone, according to Fei Wing Chia, a security response manager for the company, however, he said Apple's AppStore is likely to be hijacked by malware writers. [21 Jul 2008]
Online retail takes 20p of the shopper's pound
News Debenhams online campaign manager Joanna Stephenson agreed. Online shopping is poised to take 20p out of every UK consumer pound by the end of the year, a landmark milestone that analysts believe will make the channel a critical business for many... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News Jim Hart, manager at Symantec managed security services, told silicon.com: "It is the inevitable way forward, even for consumers it makes a lot of sense. Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and instant messaging will grow from 20 per... [17 Jul 2008]
The 15-petabyte network behind the Cern atom smasher
News Andrew Sansum, tier one manager at RAL, said its connection with Cern is about 1,000 times faster than the download speeds on a home broadband connection. Enough information to fill multiple CDs every second is flowing across the world on a network... [15 Jul 2008]
Malware threat for iPhone 2.0
News Anthony Ung, Trend Micro's enterprise product marketing manager for the Asia-Pacific region, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet Asia in a phone interview that users have to take a cautious approach as it is still early days for the iPhone 3G. [14 Jul 2008]
Google open sources data-moving tool
News The tool, which has been in use for several years at Google, handles the process in which the company encodes almost any sort of structured information that needs to be passed across the network or stored on a disk, Google open-source programs... [11 Jul 2008]
Hospitals roll out RFID
News Neil Lawrence, project manager for AIDC, said: "The use of AIDC has been picked up very quickly and everyone from manufacturers to nurses have realised the benefits. Hospitals across England are keeping track of patients and equipment using RFID... [09 Jul 2008]
Get a Lively life, with Google avatars
News Niniane Wang, Google's engineering manager for the project, said: "It's integrated with the internet. Google has unveiled an online 3D social arena called Lively, the internet giant's take on Second Life. [09 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News This is a mitigating factor for websites that a user has not added to the Internet Explorer Trusted sites zone, according to Bill Sisk, security response communications manager for Microsoft. An attacker would have to lure a victim, via a link in... [08 Jul 2008]
LiMo adds Openwave browser to arsenal
News Around 80 employees are expected to migrate to Purple Labs, including the general manager of the business unit, Gordon Tsang. Purple Labs, an increasingly prominent mobile Linux firm and a member of the LiMo Foundation, has bought the browser and... [07 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News The first component will trigger off "a chain of other components that seek to stealthily accomplish" the intended purpose, according to Arun Chandrasekaran, industry manager for ICT practice at consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. [02 Jul 2008]
