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News HSBC is on course for big savings and to slash its air travel by millions of miles as it begins a global rollout of Cisco's videoconferencing system, TelePresence. TelePresence will be fitted at nine of the bank's offices worldwide by the end of... [05 Sep 2008]
Red tape hampering tech research
News EC commissioner and scourge of mobile network operators, Viviane Reding, has blamed red tape for hampering Europe's efforts to capitalise on its high tech research. The information society and media commissioner warned that Europe faces serious... [05 Sep 2008]
Photos: Britain's first business computer
Photo The Elliott 803 was developed in the early 1960s and until 1965 it was the single most popular British computer for big businesses and universities. This is the console for the Elliott 803 on display at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley... [05 Sep 2008]
Sony Ericsson issues SDK for Windows Xperia
News Sony Ericsson has launched an SDK for its first Windows Mobile device, the forthcoming Xperia X1. The beta software development kit enables programmers to build and test Xperia Panels and other apps for the device which runs Windows Mobile 6.1. [05 Sep 2008]
Indian outsourcers haemorrhaging staff
News Indian outsourcers are facing record staff turnover according to a new report, with companies struggling to hold onto bonus-hungry workers. Attrition rates in the country's business process outsourcing (BPO) industry are about eight per cent higher... [05 Sep 2008]
Two-thirds of Brits want to do it from home
News The majority of Brits would love to work from home and believe they would be more productive if they were allowed to do so. The only thing standing in their way? Their boss. A Plantronics survey of 1,400 office workers has found almost two-thirds... [05 Sep 2008]
Caption Competition: Snap!
Photo This unlucky chap seems to have got himself into a bit of bother. Submit a caption for this picture as a Reader Comment below. Remember - anonymous posts can't win. All entrants must be aged 18 or over and resident in the UK. [05 Sep 2008]
Sony launches massive Vaio recall
News Sony is recalling about 438,000 Vaio TZ-series notebooks worldwide that may overheat and cause burns, the company said on Thursday. The number of recalled laptops sold in the United States is 72,800, a Sony spokesman said. [05 Sep 2008]
Gadget Watch: Samsung i8510 smart phone
Photo Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? Check out the next in our new series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's sister site CNET.co.uk, the home of technology reviews. [05 Sep 2008]
Novell throws open GroupWise beta
News Software giant Novell has launched an open beta, or testing, version of its GroupWise collaboration software, saying the software would combine traditional collaboration functionality with updated Web 2.0-style additions. [05 Sep 2008]
BBC readies music downloads service
News BBC Worldwide, Auntie's commercial arm, is developing a music download service, offering streamed for free and paid download works from its archive of music that bands have recorded for TV and radio in BBC studios. [05 Sep 2008]
Dell joins netbook race
News Dell has launched an inexpensive laptop with a small keyboard and screen, dubbed a netbook, four months after it was originally anticipated that Dell would enter the netbook market. The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 has a 8.9-inch LED display (1,024x600... [05 Sep 2008]
Windows Mobile v BlackBerry in server showdown
News Ditching BlackBerrys in favour of Windows Mobile devices could save companies a packet on server savings, according to Redmond - but not everyone's convinced. Speaking at the London launch of the Palm Treo Pro, Alex Reeve, UK director of Microsoft... [04 Sep 2008]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News The Labour chairman of an influential technology group has warned that government plans to monitor UK email and internet records could collect to much data to be useful. Home Office proposals that will see records of phone, email and internet... [04 Sep 2008]
UK broadband outcasts to get 100Mbps first
News UK regions currently without broadband should be at the head of the queue when it comes to the getting next generation networks, according to Ofcom. The regulator's Consumer Panel said in a new report communities that missed out on the initial... [04 Sep 2008]
