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EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News O is for Operating systems Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. [22 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News O is for Operating systems The spread of WiMax networks across the UK is continuing, with two providers announcing extensions of their business-oriented networks in the past week. On-Communications has said it has decided WiMax is the best... [10 Jul 2008]
Privacy concerns over Google Street View
News Horvath wrote to Davies: "As with all such systems operating at this scale our blurring technology is not perfect - we occasionally miss a face or licence plate, for example, if they are partially covered, or at a difficult angle. [09 Jul 2008]
HP Integrity gets Parallel virtualisation
News Parallels' Containers partition an operating system into different operating environments, rather than following the VMware/XenServer model of virtualised operating systems sitting on top of a hypervisor software layer. [03 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News O is for Operating systems European mobile operators should brace themselves for enforced price cuts for SMS roaming, predicts an analyst. Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, for the mobile... [02 Jul 2008]
Ubuntu founder: 'Upstream' bugs must be quashed
News Shuttleworth, who runs Ubuntu's commercial arm, Canonical, said most users expect developers of open-source distributions to fix bugs affecting the operating systems, even if the flaws were introduced in groups of files developed by other coders. [01 Jul 2008]
Zittrain: Android holds the key to free future
News Android's battle to be the dominant mobile phone operating system (OS) could decide the future freedom of our technology, according to a leading web academic. The Oxford professor of internet law, whose book argues the freedom of PCs and the... [30 Jun 2008]
Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?
News O is for Operating systems Industry association body the Femto Forum and operator community group the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance have announced they will work together to ensure the DSL-piggybacking tech works with next... [30 Jun 2008]
Microsoft launches into virtualisation
News However, recent research around attitudes to server operating systems, conducted by silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk, reveals that many end users are still wary of implementing virtualisation. Hypervisors add a performance penalty to operations... [27 Jun 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News It found that systems such as Paye, National Insurance, Child Benefit and Tax Credits are operating as separate systems, each with their own individual customer record. The fragmentation of the 650 computer systems was identified as one of the... [26 Jun 2008]
Bill Gates' legacy hailed by IT chiefs
News Steve Clarke, director of systems and operations at AOL Broadband, agreed: "Whether you like it or not, Bill Gates has left a positive legacy. The vast majority of businesses out there are supported by his company's server software and services and... [26 Jun 2008]
Newsagent Martin McColl signs £4m VPN contract
News Previously, the retailer was operating overnight polling of sales data. The contract with Azzuri, which operates its own data network, will last for five years and is part of a wider upgrade to store systems throughout the Martin McColl estate. [25 Jun 2008]
Microsoft slow to resolve technical docs problems
News The problems were a major part of discussions at a hearing held to review Microsoft's compliance with the pact that settled findings the company had abused its dominance in personal computer operating systems. [25 Jun 2008]
Nokia buys Symbian and looks to open mobile future
News Speaking to the industry back in February, the outgoing CEO of Vodafone, Arun Sarin, warned the industry about the threat posed by new entrants to the market, such as Apple and Google, called for fewer mobile operating systems to make life easier... [24 Jun 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News O is for Operating systems Laptops packing 3.5G+ for mobile broadband access could be the answer to European mobile phone operators' ARPU (average revenue per user) prayers. But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, warns industry... [20 Jun 2008]
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