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London travellers hit by Oyster outage
News Shops selling Oyster tickets were also affected but the majority were brought back into operation during Sunday. Travellers in London were forced to pay full price fares on Saturday as the computer system for the Oyster travel smartcard encountered... [14 Jul 2008]
Google open sources data-moving tool
News Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data description language that forms a basic part of the operation of the company's vast computing cluster. The tool, which has been in use for several years at... [11 Jul 2008]
Bill Gates' legacy hailed by IT chiefs
News The vast majority of businesses out there are supported by his company's server software and services and they are delivered to the end user via his company's desktop operation systems and applications. [26 Jun 2008]
Google: Server efficiency needs different approach
News Naturally, with at least hundreds of thousands of servers in operation and its data centres placed near power plants to cut electricity costs, Google is trying to get computing-equipment makers more excited about efficiency. [25 Jun 2008]
Glitch takes Sainsbury's shopping offline
News The company praised its online operation in its first quarter trading statement, released on Wednesday. It said: "The online operation is continuing to perform well, with sales growth at over 40 per cent. [18 Jun 2008]
Mobile banking set to boom
News The analyst said it had found a strong desire from the MFS sector for co-operation in order to create non-silo services that work together. Mobile banking is set for rapid growth over the next three years with the number of global mobile banking... [18 Jun 2008]
Vertex bags a £40m Brum Council deal
News Service Birmingham will ensure that the contact centre operation is fully integrated with our overall business transformation initiative. The contract with Vertex, which was originally struck in 2002, has been extended to until 2012. [05 Jun 2008]
Admit to security breaches, companies told
News The member states should undertake concerted efforts to reduce the imbalances in security levels, with more cross-border co-operation. The EU's online security body is calling for laws to force companies to reveal when their computer systems have... [27 May 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News Notable cyber crime success include Operation Ajowan, where Soca broke up a website where criminals traded stolen bank, credit and identity information that could have cost the UK finance sector at least £6m. [15 May 2008]
Video app the highway to healthy roads
News The cost of the trial is expected to be up to £20,000 for the first year of operation, including consultancy fees from Yotta DCL. Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… Video: CIO Agenda 2008 Naked... [12 May 2008]
Tech not to blame for Terminal 5 fiasco
News In the written evidence submitted to the committee, BA said: "A number of the issues were caused by the incorrect setup of the system for live operation by BAA or its contractors and by unexpected software errors. [08 May 2008]
IT spend in retail slowing down?
News More than two thirds have transactional websites in operation and nine out of 10 expect to see non-store sales increase. IT spending growth in the retail sector appears to have faltered, with many retailers trying to do more with the same money... [07 May 2008]
Kids flocking to Blyk to bag free calls and texts
News An ad-funded mobile network that offers free calls and texts to 16- to 24-year-olds has signed 100,000 UK users in the first six months of operation. Blyk - a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) which piggybacks on the Orange network and gives... [25 Apr 2008]
WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?
News Wickware said: "This is the first time I'm seeing so much co-operation in the industry, so it's good to be a first mover. WiMax could prove to be the winner in the 4G race against the long-term evolution of 3G, simply because the technology is here... [11 Apr 2008]
Botnets: 'We're screwed', warn security experts
News The botnet problem is getting worse, with no obvious solution in sight, according to Joe Telafici, VP of Avert Operation at McAfee. Botnets are the biggest global threat facing the internet today, according to security experts at the RSA security... [10 Apr 2008]
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