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Microsoft, Yahoo! talks: In the "off-again" phase
News Microsoft will deliver an API that Facebook can use to integrate both Microsoft's web search and its paid search results into the social-networking site. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday that its on-again, off-again talks with Yahoo! [25 Jul 2008]
First students graduate from IT 'business' degree
News Several IT employers, including British Airways, BT, Ford, Fujitsu, IBM and Unilever actively support the degree - by providing input such as lectures, short courses or work placements, or attending networking events with students. [24 Jul 2008]
Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News Negroponte's MIT Media Lab then went on to look at ways of bringing broadband web access to Patmos and eventually settled on wireless mesh networking tech as the best solution. Mesh networking is an integral part of Negroponte's One Laptop Per... [24 Jul 2008]
Exeter Uni gives £5.5m network upgrade the green light
News The test was outsourced to Spirent Communications and was used to determine whether the preferred supplier hardware was fit to deliver 200 channels of IPTV and 1Gbps networking to the desktop across the university's campus.silicon.com Public Sector [17 Jul 2008]
UK youths going mobile web crazy
News Mobile social networking is also popular with many gadget-owning Brits, the survey conducted by ICM Research and the London School of Economics (LSE) for mobile operator Vodafone has found. More than 45 per cent of mobile users access websites... [17 Jul 2008]
BA launches iPhone app for frequent flyers
News BA said the app is available to download for free from Apple's app store via iTunes, along with hundreds of other third-party iPhone apps - from productivity tools to games and social networking apps. [11 Jul 2008]
Businesses ignoring social networking potential?
News Businesses need to be more aware of the potential benefits and risks of social networking, according to analysts. Gartner found that social networking websites, instant messaging email, chat and file sharing are attracting significant levels of... [10 Jul 2008]
Get a Lively life, with Google avatars
News Users can also embed their Lively area into a blog or, using Google widgets, on MySpace and Facebook social networking sites. Google has unveiled an online 3D social arena called Lively, the internet giant's take on Second Life. [09 Jul 2008]
UK worst in Europe for green IT
News The majority of IT leaders in the UK, 60 per cent, gave the thumbs down to their firm's environmental credentials, according to a survey of 8,000 executives by data centre networking company Brocade. UK businesses are the worst in Europe for... [08 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News Multi-component threats are…becoming more sophisticated and adding more and more components for a snowball effect," adding that malware writers are also tapping on "higher-profile vehicles, such as blogs and social-networking sites". [02 Jul 2008]
High-speed uplink coming to T-Mobile
News T-Mobile UK chief executive Jim Hyde said on Monday that the operator was addressing "the growing passion for sharing photos and videos on social-networking sites". T-Mobile will today turn on its fast uplink mobile broadband service, claiming it... [01 Jul 2008]
Battle of the social networks: Facebook outpaces MySpace
News New figures from metrics firm comScore show that, in May, the battle of the social-networking sites may have gained a new front-runner: Facebook appears to have surpassed long-time rival MySpace in worldwide unique visitors for the first time. [24 Jun 2008]
MI5 seeking changeable techies
News As well as being able to demonstrate broad experience of IT solution design, candidates must have more in depth experience in at least two of the following areas: data centres; servers and storage; messaging; telephony; application design using... [23 Jun 2008]
Facebook is "educational", says US uni
News Christine Greenhow, a learning technologies researcher from the University's College of Education and Human Development, said in a statement: "What we found was that students using social networking sites are actually practicing the kinds of 21st... [23 Jun 2008]
LinkedIn hits billion-dollar valuation
News Business-networking site LinkedIn announced on Tuesday evening it had netted $53m in a Series D funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures and with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners and Bessemer Ventures. [18 Jun 2008]
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