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Travel site bookings fly when glitch fixed

Case Study Consequently, Thompson could have been losing as much as £30,000 per week in lost bookings. Usability testing software has helped a holiday company boost its sales by spotting a glitch in its website's navigation that could have been costing it...

Tags: testing, ecommerce, travel

[09 May 2008]

Microsoft touches the Surface of AT&T

News Pete Thompson, the general manager of Microsoft's surface computing unit, said: "We're in business now. Thompson said T-Mobile remains a partner but he had no update as to when that carrier will be ready to use Surface in its stores.

Tags: at&t, surface, microsoft

[02 Apr 2008]

Winner: Apple voted brand with biggest impact

News Voted into second place in the category was brand USA.brandchannel editor Jim Thompson said: "Apple has clearly captured the hearts and minds by leading across most categories. The Apple brand has the biggest impact on the world's consumers, while...

Tags: us, microsoft, apple

[31 Mar 2008]

iPlayer: Download version coming to Macs

News The download version of the BBC's iPlayer will be available for Mac users by the end of the year, according to director general, Mark Thompson. Thompson made the commitment in a blog posting responding to questions about the BBC's approach to...

Tags: bbc, online, firefox, iplayer

[08 Feb 2008]

Hillary Clinton talks tech

News Not all candidates chose to respond: Republicans Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson declined, as did Democrats Joe Biden and Bill Richardson. Iraq, immigration, taxes and health care probably have been the four most...

Tags: clinton, internet, facebook, hillary

[03 Jan 2008]

Norfolk police consolidate data

News It also allows the force to side-step a third-party service, called the National Information Management System, which formats reports to be sent to the Home Office - saving it tens of thousands of pounds a year, according to Norfolk Constabulary...

Tags: home office, data warehouse, police, fujitsu services

[17 Sep 2007]

First Choice picks call centre monitoring system

News According to First Choice UK Specialist Division IT and ecommerce director, Mark Thompson, there is an interaction with these customers that goes beyond just taking orders over the phone. Thompson said: "We also deal with travel agents through the...

Tags: training, call centre, crm, travel

[01 Aug 2007]

What Is Server Consolidation?

whitepaper Server consolidation is the focus of this paper. Consolidation can be a lengthy and complicated project. If done in a guided manner, companies will benefit from efficient consolidation that speaks to their unique sets of objectives.

Tags: server consolidation, consolidation, benefit, return

[26 Jul 2007]

BBC iPlayer goes public

News Speaking at the launch in London BBC Director General Mark Thompson compared the potential impact of the iPlayer to the launch of colour television in 1967. Regarding rumours of the development of a separate media player in partnership with ITV and...

Tags: ashley highfield, web 2.0, virgin media, on demand

[27 Jun 2007]

US Homeland Security CIO blamed for security "incidents"

News The department charged with safeguarding the security of the nation's computer systems has not been setting a good example and CIO Scott Charbo hasn't shown he's serious about fixing its vulnerabilities, said Representative Bennie Thompson, a...

Tags: cio, security, dhs

[21 Jun 2007]

Microsoft unveils touchscreen-PC-cum-tabletop

News Each of the initial partners should have a few initial machines up and running around November, Thompson said. Pete Thompson, the former T-Mobile executive who runs Microsoft's surface-computing business, said: "It's very approachable.

Tags: touchscreen, surface computer, microsoft, milan

[30 May 2007]

$100 laptop exec blasts desktop security

News Krstić said programs such as Minesweeper have the ability to affect other programs because of a premise that dates back to 1971, when the first version of Unix was released by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, and loading code onto a computer was...

Tags: desktop security, security

[21 May 2007]

BBC's iPlayer is go

News Mark Thompson, the Beeb's director general, said he is delighted with the Trust's decision to approve the proposals. The BBC's iPlayer on-demand TV service has been given the green light, allowing viewers to download their favourite Beeb programmes...

Tags: bbc

[30 Apr 2007]

Google pulls nefarious sponsored links

News Roger Thompson, CTO of Exploit Prevention Labs, added: "We detected about 20 different search strings that resulted in links to smarttrack.org. Google has removed paid links that advertised seemingly legitimate websites but actually tried to...

Tags: adwords, malware, google

[30 Apr 2007]

Windows at risk from fancy cursors

News Roger Thompson, chief technology officer at security software maker Exploit Prevention Labs, said: "I expect attackers will pick up on this as soon as they figure out how to - we'll very shortly see the usual suspects using it.

Tags: flaw, windows

[30 Mar 2007]

BBC beds YouTube in web 2.0 love-in

News BBC director-general Mark Thompson said the deal is a ground-breaking partnership between the BBC and YouTube and "fantastic news for our audiences". The BBC and YouTube have joined forces to bring specially commissioned content and news clips to...

Tags: youtube, content deal, web content, online advertising

[02 Mar 2007]

Symantec spends $830m on asset management firm

News John Thompson, Symantec's chief executive, said in a statement: "The most secure end point is a well-managed end point. Symantec has announced plans to acquire IT management software company Altiris, in a deal valued at approximately $830m.

Tags: asset management, altiris, symantec

[29 Jan 2007]

Microsoft shows off new Vista kit

News Alan Thompson, executive VP, EMEA Marketing Computer Systems Division, Toshiba Europe, said: "We want to appeal to the new information workers. Microsoft has taken the wraps off the first new PCs and laptops designed for the Windows Vista operating...

Tags: windows vista, toshiba

[10 Jan 2007]

SOA raises security worries

News Mike Thompson, Butler Group business process management practice director told silicon.com the "major security concern" for companies implementing SOAs is how to protect their data as it is transmitted over a "completely loosely coupled" system.

Tags: security, soa

[09 Jan 2007]

Podcast: WomenGamers.Com CEO discusses women's influence on gaming

whitepaper Women are making their presence known in the video game industry, from the collective power of female gaming groups--such as the Frag Dolls and the PMS Clan--to the gradual development of more female-friendly games.

Tags: game, style, type, play

[04 Dec 2006]

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