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Recession won't hit BT £1.5bn fibre broadband plans
News BT announced in July that it was to invest £1.5bn to upgrade its network to bring fibre to 10 million homes by 2012. BT's plans to roll out next generation super-fast broadband across the UK won't be affected by the... [17 Nov 2008]
Software EV SSL: The next weapon against malware?
News Security company Verisign is looking at creating a system to certify software is what it claims to be, rather than malware masquerading as a software upgrade, for instance. The technology that protects consumers from... [13 Nov 2008]
There's no escape from the cloud, say CIOs
News Others felt the flexibility of not having to maintain and upgrade an in-house software estate is the bigger benefit. CIOs and other tech bosses appear are welcoming the advent of cloud computing, but not everyone's... [11 Nov 2008]
Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News In the US, the Department of Homeland Security National Cybersecurity Division has tripled its budget to $350m over the past two years to upgrade security systems protecting critical civilian networks and build up its... [29 Oct 2008]
Top 10 strategic techs for 2009
News Servers are evolving in a way that will simplify the provisioning of capacity, according to the analyst, so organisations will be able to track an individual resource type - such as memory or processing power - and replace that as... [15 Oct 2008]
Apple chasing budget buyers with MacBook newbies
News You can also upgrade to 4GB of RAM for only $150; previously adding 2GB of RAM cost $200. The $2,499 MacBook Pro lets you upgrade to a 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo for $300; previously, the fastest chip offered was... [15 Oct 2008]
Microsoft bows to demand and throws XP a lifeline
News My real advice is to do it in the natural rhythm of your PC upgrade cycle.Most of you will not upgrade the software on existing hardware. Bowing to continued demand, Microsoft has again extended the life... [06 Oct 2008]
Hasta la Vista baby, we're just not interested
News Back in April, research showed Vista uptake among businesses was slow during 2007, although a quarter of businesses said they planned to upgrade in 2008. Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second... [01 Oct 2008]
Wales steers clear of Vista
News The Welsh Assembly will not upgrade its computers to Windows Vista for at least three years. The Welsh governing body is three-quarters of the way through an upgrade to Windows XP that will be completed... [01 Oct 2008]
Exeter Uni set for £5.5m wireless makeover
News The upgrade will give students ubiquitous access to the University's online services as well as allowing them to view lectures over the web either live or at a later date and take part in internet tutorials. [18 Sep 2008]
NHS email upgrade rocked by delays
News The NHS has warned hundreds of thousands of staff that it has been forced to push back an email upgrade to next year. At least 300,000 staff at surgeries and hospitals nationwide have been told the highly anticipated... [18 Sep 2008]
10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT
News But one thing you have to be careful of is that you are not cutting off your nose to spite your face: you have to weigh up the cost benefits of the upgrade against the savings of holding off. As job losses mount and with... [16 Sep 2008]
Broadband Britain: UK needs wireless patchwork
News Also included was the recommendation for ISPs to be forced to make their traffic-management policies clear to their customers, thus spurring them on to upgrade their networks in order to compete with one another. [12 Sep 2008]
Five iPhone apps for business
News The company also said it plans to upgrade the app based on version 2 of the iPhone SDK (software development kit). Since the launch of Apple's App Store, a steady stream of business-oriented applications has flooded in... [04 Sep 2008]
Google Apps chases business users
News Alongside these two features is a slight upgrade to the event creation tool which now allows for overlapping events, as well as a new two-click calendar subscription shortcut that lets you subscribe to someone else's... [29 Aug 2008]
