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News Among the scientists to put their name to the letter are professor Bill Roscoe, director of Oxford University's computing laboratory, professor Jean Bacon at the University of Cambridge computer laboratory and professor Ian Sommerville, professor... [24 Jul 2008]
Microsoft training Black Country kids in joys of IT
News The software giant has launched an apprenticeship scheme for 16- to 19-year-olds to gain vocational IT support skills and ultimately help tackle businesses' tech skills shortages in the West Midlands. [23 Jul 2008]
Telegraph spreads the news on Google Apps
News With each user licence costing £25, TMG estimates that over the next three years it will spend a fifth of what it would have done for similar office software from Microsoft. The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is moving all of its employees onto Google... [23 Jul 2008]
RIM patches PDF security hole
News RIM announced the "highly critical" security advisory two weeks ago, detailing that a booby-trapped PDF could exploit a hole in RIM's server software to gain remote access to corporate networks. RIM has released a patch for a security flaw in... [23 Jul 2008]
SAP: Time up for TomorrowNow
News TomorrowNow hit controversy in 2007 when Oracle alleged SAP had hacked into Oracle's customer support centre to gain copies of its proprietary software code. SAP admitted TomorrowNow had made inappropriate and unacceptable downloads of Oracle... [22 Jul 2008]
Kent signs £32m outsourcing deal
News Unisys will provide Kent with managed services and all of the associated hardware and software. Schools, libraries and council offices in Kent are to be networked in a £32m outsourcing deal. Kent County Council has struck a four-year deal with US... [22 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News He said: "I also offer programming - HTML, Java, Javascript, etc because I don't get to do that kind of stuff at work but I do have knowledge and skill sets because I've worked in the software development industry as well. [22 Jul 2008]
Does open source pose a security risk?
News The security practices of open-source IT developers should lead enterprises to think twice before using open-source software, according to a new study. The study is likely to reopen the debate around the relative security of proprietary and open... [22 Jul 2008]
Is the UK an open source laggard?
News 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 amount of open source software they use within... [21 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News Paris-based computer security firm Intego said late last week it had released the first antivirus software for Apple's iPhone handset. The malware count for OS X still remains relatively low, with blacklists of malware no more than 100 long for... [21 Jul 2008]
Home servers latest trend to sweep market?
News Microsoft, and its Windows Home Server software that it launched in January, is expected to rule the home server market for the next five years, during which PC-based servers will be the dominant solution. [21 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. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has... [18 Jul 2008]
Location-based services mean business
News While the growth of LBS is good news for mobile carriers, Bonte warned there is also a risk they could become mere bandwidth providers as independent LBS app and software providers step in with offerings. [17 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News Security software will jump off PCs and into 'the cloud', with spending on online security services forecast to triple by 2013. But the analyst adds that criminals will also make use of the cloud to reduce the cost of heavy processing in attacks... [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. Vulnerable systems include BES software version 4.1 Service Pack... [17 Jul 2008]
