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Generation Y setting tech agenda
News Companies are having trouble keeping up with Generation Y consumers who are now setting the technology agenda. Generation Y consists of 18- to 28-year-olds who are leading the way in technology adoption with nine out of 10 owning a PC and 82 per... [25 Jul 2008]
Tesco.com vans cut fuel bills with telematics tech
News Tesco.com has upped delivery rates and reduced fuel consumption of its delivery vans - by 10 per cent in both cases - using new telematics technology. He said: "This is the first time we had seen a system that could do everything we wanted but if... [25 Jul 2008]
First students graduate from IT 'business' degree
News The first students to take a university degree in Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) have completed their studies, with a high proportion of the graduates achieving First Class honours. [24 Jul 2008]
London: Card fraud hotspot
News He said: "Police have focused on these problems in these areas and it has worked, it backs up what the House of Lords science and technology committee said about the need for more policing in this area. [24 Jul 2008]
Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News It utilises Nortel mesh technology, with an initial infrastructure that includes eight core nodes and 50 access nodes, to bring wi-fi to the major parts of the island and also indoors. Tourists and locals on the Greek Island of Patmos will soon be... [24 Jul 2008]
Nokia, Qualcomm settle patent dispute
News Financial terms of the agreement were not released but the companies said Nokia will pay royalties to Qualcomm for 15 years to licence technology that improves performance and battery life, while reducing the size of products. [24 Jul 2008]
Telegraph spreads the news on Google Apps
News The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is moving all of its employees onto Google Apps following a successful trial of the technology. The company carried out a six month trial of the Google Apps technology with around 10 per cent of workers across all... [23 Jul 2008]
Orange plots Eee PC mobile broadband coup
News He said in a statement: "Over time we will be looking to expand our offering even further with more suppliers who are at the forefront of laptop technology, making it even easier for our customers to connect to the internet seamlessly, whether it... [23 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News Senior technology consultant at Sophos, Graham Cluley, said: "Many businesses are increasingly putting themselves at risk by not scanning web activity and employees are going to these websites and getting infected. [23 Jul 2008]
Contactless payments speeds up coffee drinkers
News Coffee chain Coffee Republic is rolling out contactless payment technology after a trial of Barclaycard Business's OneTouch system saw up to one in five credit card transactions being waved through this way. [23 Jul 2008]
MySpace gets on board OpenID
News Jim Benedetto, the network's senior vice president of technology, said in a phone interview: "All this will tie together to make it more useful for MySpace users to have MySpace accounts even when they're not on MySpace. [23 Jul 2008]
Sat-navs driving motorists to distraction
News Yet various companies are developing high tech in-car systems to embed far more driver-assistance technology into vehicles, with plans to wirelessly connect cars to the internet and each other in future, bringing far greater scope for driver... [22 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News However the extent of this phenomenon is unclear - tech recruitment industry body the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco) for one said it has not seen any evidence of IT contractors taking on extra work because of economic concerns. [22 Jul 2008]
Is the UK an open source laggard?
News Graham Yellowley, director of technology, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International 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... [21 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News But Sophos' Asia Pacific head of technology, Paul Ducklin told ZDNet.com.au that Intego's product was not really scanning the iPhone. The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package for Mac OS X, released last... [21 Jul 2008]
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