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RSS wednesdayEurope: Brace yourself for a telecoms overhaul
News The Telecoms Reform package, which consists of a set of new laws tackling subjects ranging from data breach notifications to faster number porting, will become law in every EU country by May 2011, it was agreed on... [05 Nov 2009]
Sainsbury's tech shopping spree revealed
News It seems to be feeling the benefit: on Wednesday Sainsbury's announced total sales in the first half of the year, excluding fuel, were up 7.1 per cent over the corresponding period in 2008 and its weekly transactions now... [09 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.10.09
Round-Up As the Round-Up pondered a week of worthy but gag-light news about Intel's tech on show and tech's history under the hammer there was a refreshing ping on Wednesday as a press release dropped into its inbox with some... [02 Oct 2009]
Google Wave opens doors to 100,000 newbies
News As promised, Google plans to open Google Wave beyond an extremely limited preview on Wednesday, granting access to users who have signed up in hopes of getting a chance to try the service. Google received more than one... [30 Sep 2009]
Mobile computing keeping PC shipments afloat
News Despite earlier, more dire predictions, PC sales are now estimated to fall off just two per cent from 2008 totals, according to a report released on Wednesday. The latest forecast issued from market research firm Gartner... [24 Sep 2009]
Chartered IT Professional qualification gets a revamp
News As of Wednesday, CITP applicants will be able to choose to specialise in areas such as project management. The British Computer Society is changing the way it assesses the Chartered IT Professional certifications. [22 Sep 2009]
Scammers pose as banks in live chat hack
News Online scammers have created a phishing site masquerading as a US-based bank that launches a live chat window where victims are tricked into revealing more information, researchers at the RSA FraudAction Research Team said on... [18 Sep 2009]
Tories: We will end the database state
News In a policy paper published on Wednesday, the Tories call for stricter access rights to information stored on government databases and for fewer databases altogether. The Conservatives have said they will cut back on... [17 Sep 2009]
Skype founders vs Skype: 'You've violated our patents'
News Joltid, a peer-to-peer software company established by Skype's founders, filed a copyright suit against Skype on Wednesday alleging Joltid's technology is being infringed on by Skype users "in the United States at least... [17 Sep 2009]
Google presses play on video ads
News Google sought to remind financial analysts on Wednesday that despite all the attention it devotes to projects like Google Apps, staying on top of search and search advertising is what really matters. The first in a... [10 Sep 2009]
Apple's unspectacular launch: It's just a sign of maturity
News There was little that was breathtaking about Apple's music-focused announcements on Wednesday but what was clear is that the company has focused a lot of resources on improving the music discovery and buying experiences. [10 Sep 2009]
Salesforce.com tech to turn customers' Twittering into useful feedback
News The Service Cloud 2 options, announced on Wednesday, will give new web-based options to those who pay Salesforce.com to run their customer-support infrastructures. For companies that want to turn all those customer... [10 Sep 2009]
Chrome extensions? Developers' wish is Google's command
News Now the feature is enabled by default in the developer preview version of Chrome on Windows, Aaron Boodman, the Google engineer who oversees the extensions work, said in a blog post on Wednesday. Support for extensions... [10 Sep 2009]
Photos: Steve Jobs takes the stage as iPods, iTunes and iPhone revamped
Photo At its music-oriented press conference Wednesday morning in San Francisco, Apple played up iTunes 9, iPod price cuts, games for the Touch, a video camera for the Nano and much more. Apple announced the release on... [10 Sep 2009]
iPod Touch, Nano get costume change and price drop
News Apple on Wednesday unveiled a refreshed line-up of iPods, as well as new iTunes, and iPhone/iPod Touch system software at an invite-only event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Apple announced the... [10 Sep 2009]
