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• March 04, 2011 04 Mar'11

  Azure propels Southampton's Windows Phone 7 balloon above the clouds

  Microsoft Azure is helping Southampton University to reach above the clouds in a first-of-its-kind experiment to probe the stratosphere using an unmanned vehicle.

• March 03, 2011 03 Mar'11

  Government increases pay rates for offshore workers in the UK

  The government has increased the salaries oversees workers must be paid if they are to come to the UK.

• March 02, 2011 02 Mar'11

  Government publishes first contract in transparency drive

  The first contract to be published under the government's new transparency drive has been posted on BusinessLink's Contract Finder website.

• March 02, 2011 02 Mar'11

  Government losing billions by not moving to the cloud

  The public sector could be making unnecessary redundancies due to a reluctance to innovate in IT and shift to the cloud, says former CIO John Suffolk

• March 02, 2011 02 Mar'11

  Government needs radical approach to IT, says Institute for Government

  The government needs to implement a radical new approach to IT projects, according to the recommendations of a report by independent thinktank the Institute for Government.

• March 02, 2011 02 Mar'11

  Download 180-day free trial for Windows Embedded Compact 7 OS

  The latest version of Microsoft's operating system (OS) for embedded devices, Windows Embedded Compact 7 is now available on a 180-day free trial.

• March 01, 2011 01 Mar'11

  Intel finalises £5bn acquisition of McAfee

  Intel has confirmed the completion of its $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant McAfee.

• March 01, 2011 01 Mar'11

  Government spends £9.4bn on top 10 most expensive ICT contracts

  The government's top 10 most expensive IT contracts are worth a combined value of £9.44bn, Computer Weekly has found.

• February 28, 2011 28 Feb'11

  UPDATE: Stolen network equipment causes Vodafone UK network outage

  The theft of specialist equipment has prevented thousands of users from accessing the Vodafone network.

• February 28, 2011 28 Feb'11

  Gmail bug hits 150,000 users

  Around 150,000 Gmail account holders were hit by a system glitch at the weekend which reset their accounts, losing e-mails, attachments and Google Chat logs.

• February 25, 2011 25 Feb'11

  Huawei asks US to investigate it for threats to national interest

  Huawei, the Chinese telecoms equipment maker, has called for the US government to make a formal investigation of the company to lay to rest allegations that it represents a threat to US national interests.

• February 25, 2011 25 Feb'11

  Intel rolls out high speed cable 'Thunderbolt'

  Intel has rolled out a high-speed PC connection technology named Thunderbolt, in collaboration with Apple.

• February 25, 2011 25 Feb'11

  nullcon 2011 Day Zero: Photo feature

  Botnet detection, fuzzing intricacies, Zeus MitMo, VoIP attacks, and more. nullcon Day Zero saw considerable action worth the capture.

• February 25, 2011 25 Feb'11

  Business intelligence implementation best practices

  Business intelligence implementations are riddled with challenges. Use these best practices to make your business intelligence implementations successful.

• February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11

  IT freelancers turn recruiters to cope with SME demand

  Freelance IT workers in the digital services sector are being forced to recruit other freelancers to help them keep up with large volumes of work. IT...

• February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11

  Juniper aims to wrap Cisco with QFabric datacentre management

  Datacentre operators and cloud computing suppliers could slash their power and space requirements while running up to 10 times faster

• February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11

  ISC releases security fix for Bind DoS vulnerability

  The Internet Systems Consortium has published an advisory and an update for the Bind domain name system software versions 9.7.1 to 9.7.2-P3.

• February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11

  Exxon, Shell, BP hacked in Night Dragon attacks

  Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP were among the oil companies targeted by hackers working through internet servers in China, say US reports.

• February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11

  Microsoft fixes security flaw in malware protection engine

  Microsoft has patched a flaw in its malware protection engine that could be exploited to gain control of victim's computer.

• February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11

  Government pushes for open standards

  Open standards should be sought in all government IT procurement specifications, says the Cabinet Office

• February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11

  Legacy kit and lack of skills hold back digital video surveillance

  A huge legacy investment in analogue equipment and a lack of data integration skills are holding back more widespread adoption of fully digital video surveillance systems, according to research just published.

• February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11

  The CIO guide to being headhunted

  Senior technology executives need to be aware of the pitfalls and best practices when dealing with recruitment agents and headhunters to find the best opportunity.

• February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11

  Middle East governments stepping up internet control, study shows

  The internet has proved to be a powerful tool for rallying social and political change, but Middle East governments have also recognised their capability to disrupt communications

• February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11

  Toyota takes dealer application to the cloud

  Toyota Australia's Divisional Manager for Information Systems explains why he's placed an application in Fujitsu's cloud, instead of a "pure play" public cloud.

• February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11

  SAP BW aids enterprise-wide data management, reporting at Essar Steel

  SAP BW helps Essar Steel form a common platform to stage and integrate data from all systems and present users with a one-stop solution to their data needs.

• February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11

  UK cloud computing trends: Are IT shops buying in?

  UK cloud computing trends show that IT shops are buying into the technology to complement in-house applications and that security is not the most pressing challenge.

• February 21, 2011 21 Feb'11

  RSA 2011: Microsoft promotes co-ordinated vulnerability disclosure

  Software producers remain largely unresponsive to input from security researchers, according to Aaron Portnoy, manager of the security research team HP TippingPoint.

• February 21, 2011 21 Feb'11

  RSA 2011: Top attacks business will face in 2011

  Social networking will be the attacker platform of choice in 2011, says Ed Skoudis, founder and senior security consultant with InGuardians.

• February 21, 2011 21 Feb'11

  Sales management tool on public cloud at Kotak Mahindra Bank

  Institutional Equities Unit of Kotak Mahindra Bank deploys Oracle CRM on Demand, a sales management tool on public cloud. Project yields benefits galore.

• February 20, 2011 20 Feb'11

  Hero Honda upgrades SAP R3 to ECC6

  The SAP R3 to ECC6 upgrade came about because the auto company wanted to use SAP for IFRS implementation

• February 17, 2011 17 Feb'11

  New SMB vulnerability identified in Windows XP and Server 2003

  A new SMB vulnerability discovered in Windows could open systems to DoS attacks and remote access. The vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2011-0654, has been rated "critical" and confirmed on Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Microsoft Windows XP SP3.

• February 17, 2011 17 Feb'11

  Government makes changes to immigration scheme

  The government has announced the details of changes it will make to the Intra Company Transfer (ICT) scheme, which has been criticised for being open to...

• February 17, 2011 17 Feb'11

  RSA 2011: RSA, EMC and VMWare advise on defending against advanced persistent threats

  Security leaders have outlined ways organisations can better defend against advanced persistent threats (APTs) in a paper published by RSA, the security division of EMC.

• February 17, 2011 17 Feb'11

  Optus email rejects shortened URLs

  Optus has adjusted its email security regime to repel incoming emails that use URLs shortened by services like bit.ly or TinyURL.

• February 16, 2011 16 Feb'11

  Overhaul A-levels and improve teaching to boost science and tech student uptake, says Royal Society

  An overhaul of A-levels and better teaching are needed to boost the numbers of young people progressing to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects in higher education, according to an influential new study.

• February 16, 2011 16 Feb'11

  Atos Origin boosts profit despite fall in sales

  IT services company Atos Origin has announced full-year profits of €337m (£283m), a 6.7% year-on-year increase. However, overall sales fell by 3.5%...

• February 16, 2011 16 Feb'11

  Apple adds digital subscription service to app store

  Apple has extended its digital subscription billing service used for Rupert Murdoch's iPad-only newspaper to all magazines, newspapers, videos and music on its application store.

• February 15, 2011 15 Feb'11

  TCS targets SME market with cloud computing

  Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has set its sites on the SME market, with the launch of a new product designed specifically for small businesses.

• February 15, 2011 15 Feb'11

  Barclays Bank boosts IT staff and project spending

  Barclays has boosted its technology staff and budget, according to the bank's full-year results released today.

• February 15, 2011 15 Feb'11

  RSA 2011: Cybersecurity leads conference with cloud security keynote

  Cybersecurity is one of the key topics at the RSA Conference 2011 taking place this week in San Francisco.

• February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11

  Intellect presses government to promote IT in UK economic growth

  The government has agreed to promote the role of technology in leading the UK's economic growth, following a meeting with IT industry body Intellect.

• February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11

  Business Software Alliance fines company £24,000 for unlicensed Microsoft software

  Label company System Labelling has been fined £24,800 for using unlicensed Microsoft software.

• February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11

  Dell rolls out services for enterprise mobility

  Dell has introduced a portfolio of services to help businesses manage mobile devices and an increasingly mobile workforce.

• February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11

  Case study: Salvatore Ferragamo steps into the future with SAP

  Italian shoe and other luxury goods maker Salvatore Ferragamo is standardising on SAP ...

• February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11

  BMW's Aida project on song with DS's V6 PLM system

  BMW has selected Dassault Systèmes' V6 product lifecycle management (PLM) software for its cars' future electrical, electronics, and embedded software (E/E)...

• February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11

  Mobile hacker attacks will damage business in 2011

  Businesses cannot afford to ignore mobile hacking attacks as they are proving extremely lucrative over shorter periods, a study of mobile threats has found.

• February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11

  Enterprise mobile computing spurs change in UK networking trends

  A driving demand for enterprise mobile computing devices and applications is driving a shift toward unified wired and wireless networking in the UK networking industry, according to HP Networking UK chief Barry Bonnett.

• February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11

  ID card database is destroyed

  The National Identity Register (NIR), which was built to hold the fingerprints and personal details of millions of ID card holders, has been publicly destroyed.

• February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11

  IT departments are unable to support employee devices

  Security concerns are holding companies back from allowing staff to use their own technology at work.

• February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11

  Social media policy: Seven questions to ask

  Businesses must create a social media policy to guide employees using social networks and micro-blogging sites, according to Gartner.