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Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan

News She said: "We are looking at the wider provision, there are a huge number of communications that could be covered by it, email, text messages, blogs. All email, blogs, instant messaging and VoIP calls could be monitored under government proposals...

Tags: privacy, data security, database

[20 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Agility Now (Part 05 of 10): Refining the Desktop Environment and Planning for Future Operating System Deployment (Level 200)

whitepaper The presenter examines the resulting benefits of the standardized desktop image, including a reduction in the number of deployed operating systems, simplified support, and access to a wider range of features that take advantage of newer technologies.

Tags: monitoring systems

[19 May 2008]

Leveraging Expertise in Global Software Teams: Going Outside Boundaries

whitepaper In order to take advantage of lower costs and wider availability of talent, managers often staff software development projects globally. While this practice may be economically appealing there are often hidden costs.

Tags: knowledge and data management

[18 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: The Managed Desktop Environment (Part 2 of 2): Refining the Desktop Environment and Planning for Future Operating System Deployment (Level 200)

whitepaper The webcast examines the resulting benefits of the standardized desktop image, including a reduction in the number of deployed operating systems, simplified support, and access to a wider range of features that take advantage of newer technologies.

Tags: monitoring systems

[18 May 2008]

Qualcomm snaps up spectrum for £8m

News Ofcom's fifth auction of radio spectrum is part of a wider programme to release spectrum for a range of uses. US technology giant Qualcomm has bought part of the UK radio spectrum for £8m. The company said it intends to use the 40MHz stretch of the...

Tags: qualcomm, wireless, spectrum

[16 May 2008]

Photos: BlackBerry Boldy goes Qwerty over touch again

Photo The Bold is 114mm x 66mm x14mm - slightly thicker and wider than the iPhone, and like Apple's smart phone, it has a 2-megapixel camera. BlackBerry-maker RIM has been showing off the latest addition to its smart phone line-up at the Wireless...

Tags: rim, bold, iphone, blackberry

[15 May 2008]

Discover the Importance of Target Audience Profiling

whitepaper TAPs do, however, merit a much wider audience. A Target Audience Profile (TAP) is a written and very detailed appraisal of the customers' characteristics, attitudes, and behaviors. TAP information typically falls into two categories: demographics...

Tags: word processing

[15 May 2008]

IT education org takes Microsoft grumbles to EC

News Becta has now taken its interoperability complaint up to the Commission, to be folded into that wider investigation. In the context of the education system, this can result in higher prices and a range of other unsatisfactory effects which have a...

Tags: becta, ec, eu, microsoft

[14 May 2008]

The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill

Comment This all seems part of a wider pattern, where the publicity machines of the likes of the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) pump out comments that suggest the civilised world is about to end unless ever more draconian legislation is passed...

Tags: licensing, piracy, software

[07 May 2008]

A Scalable PKI for a National Grid Service

whitepaper As the NGS grows to support wider and larger scientific communities, the paper investigate how to improve usability by tying in Virtual Organisation management into the PKI framework. This paper describes work to expand the PKI for the UK National...

Tags: pki

[03 May 2008]

Top IT job at NHS split into two

News A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "The creation of two positions will allow us to focus on the most effective use of IT across the department and the wider NHS. IT at the NHS will now be overseen by two £200,000-per-year executives, as...

Tags: richard granger, cfh, nhs

[28 Apr 2008]

Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010

News Cicconi, who was speaking at the event as part of a wider series of meetings with UK government officials, said at least $55bn worth of investment was needed in new infrastructure in the next three years in the US alone, with the figure rising to...

Tags: web, web 2.0, isps, government

[21 Apr 2008]

Critics label Microsoft's OOXML a 'marketing tool'

News The developer of XML and a former International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committee chair have both claimed Microsoft was interested in having Office Open XML (OOXML) accredited as an international standard in order to forward the...

Tags: ooxml, iso, microsoft, vista

[21 Apr 2008]

Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?

Comment Is the uncomfortable first few days of T5 emblematic of wider problems with UK business? It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the passengers who flew from the newly opened Heathrow Terminal 5 last week - and my luggage even came...

Tags: project, t5, ba

[16 Apr 2008]

Evaluating Customer Loyalty Solutions

whitepaper Conceptualized with the original idea of gaining a better understanding about popular routes for airliners, CLPs have evolved to become a subject of wider corporate aspirations and challenges. Customer Loyalty Programs (CLP) has come a long way...

Tags: customer support services, evaluation, loyalty, aspirations

[16 Apr 2008]

Accessibility Features in Word

whitepaper Microsoft Office Word 2007 includes features that make the software accessible to a wider range of users, including those who have limited dexterity, low vision, or other disabilities. The user can assign keyboard shortcuts (or shortcut keys) to a...

Tags: business management

[11 Apr 2008]

Male-targeted mobiles hog market

News Gartner are predicting a shift in the workplace make-up, with more people working later in life in developed countries and a wider mix of gender and ethnicity among staff worldwide. Mobile phones are designed by men for men, with women and children...

Tags: gender, gartner, mobile

[10 Apr 2008]

Strategic Export Controls: The Impact on Cryptography

whitepaper This paper questions the value of existing export controls, and sets out the intolerable wider consequences for business, education and liberty of the proposed extension. Cryptography, the art of secret writing, dates at least from classical times.

Tags: security management, controls, questions, extension

[10 Apr 2008]

Making WAP More Attractive to Users: Specification Promises More Usability and Increased Security - Technology Information

whitepaper The launch of a new version of WAP (wireless application protocol) has sparked debate among industry players and analysts as to whether the platform will find wider adoption than its previous release.

Tags: wap, forum, wap, wap forum

[10 Apr 2008]

Multimedia Satellite Networks and TCP/IP Traffic Transport

whitepaper At these frequencies satellite networks are able to provide broadband services requiring wider bandwidth than the current services at C or Ku-band. To meet an increasing demand for multimedia services and electronic connectivity across the world...

Tags: quality of service, rate, policies, tcp

[10 Apr 2008]

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