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Gartner: Best defence against social media threats is monitoring and education

Blocking social media in the enterprise encourages bad behaviour by employees but does not prevent access, warns Gartner. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

RightMove renders property maps with Google

RightMove is the UK's biggest user of Google Maps and one of the largest users of the mapping software in the world. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran

New Look increases sales by 45% after mobile site launch

Fashion retailer New Look has increased sales by 45% three months after the launch of its mobile commerce site. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Groupon to float as Facebook puts off IPO until late 2012

Online discount site Groupon is reported to be planning a flotation, while Facebook is rumoured to be delaying its IPO until the end of 2012. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Retailer Aurora gives iPads to shopfloor sales staff to check stock and shorten queue times

Fashion retailer Aurora is providing iPads to sales staff at London branches of Coast, Oasis, Warehouse and Karen Millen. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Sabre develops apps marketplace for travel industry

Sabre, the global distribution system for reserving hotels, airlines, cruise ships, rail tickets and car hire, has taken the concept of the app store and applied in to its own travel market. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Twitter plans to expand advertising business as investment raises value to $8bn

Twitter has outlined plans to increase advertising revenue and avoid an initial public offering (IPO) after reaching more than 100 million active users. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Nike+ problems demonstrate the risk of social media success

The rewards for creating a customer-focused online community are huge. But success comes at a price, as recent issues encountered by Nike's Nike+ running site illustrate. Matt Scott investigates. Continue Reading

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• Matt Scott, TechTarget

CIO interview: Mike Bracken, UK government director of digital

Whitehall is not exactly known for being at the bleeding edge of technological innovation. But as the newly appointed government director of digital, Mike Bracken is set to change that perception. In an exclusive interview, he discusses the challenges ahead. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall

Twitter acquires social network site Bagcheck

Social network site Bagcheck has been bought by Twitter for an undisclosed sum. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Why the High Court ruling in the Newzbin2 case is such a big deal

The creative industries have welcomed the UK High Court ruling that BT must block access to pirated content aggregator site Newzbin2, but why is the ruling seen as such a game changer? Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Government axes 376 more websites

The government has axed nearly half of its websites since June last year, following recommendations that all digital public services should be under one URL. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

KLM deploys RightNow natural language search for mobile website

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has rolled out software-as-a-service provider RightNow's CX Intent Guide on its mobile website. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Tate museum group chooses Drupal and cloud hosting for new website

The Tate museum group is scrapping the use of HTML code in favour of open source content management platform Drupal... Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Businesses should prepare for Web 3.0, says Booz&Co

The next generation of web technology will transform the way businesses work within five to ten years, research by management consulting firm Booz&Co predicts. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

US court gives Oracle another chance to put its patent case against Google

A US judge has rejected Oracle's claim for $2.6bn in damages from Google for infringing Java patents, but has given Oracle the chance to come up with a more reasonable claim... Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Sainsbury’s debuts mobile shopping site

Retailer Sainsbury's has launched a mobile version of its website to extend its commerce platform to additional channels. The optimised mobile site is built using a mobile platform provided by Usablenet. The platform provides access to over 15,000 Sainsbury's products for purchase. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Betfair sees 120% increase in mobile customers

The online gambling firm increased sales via mobile applications by 88% as customer mobile use grows. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Case study: New Look builds social media platform to extend e-commerce site

New Look has launched a social media platform to extend its e-commerce website and multi-channel offering. New Look Daily is a cloud-based customer hub that aggregates social media feeds from Twitter and Facebook and allows customers to upload photo and blog content. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Facebook IPO rumoured to value company at $100bn

Facebook is rumoured to be gearing up for an IPO in the first quarter of 2012, which could see the social networking site reach a valuation of $100bn (£60bn). Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

E-mail accounts of senior US officials targeted in Chinese hack attack

Chinese hackers have accessed the accounts of hundreds of Gmail users, including senior US officials, Chinese political activists, military personnel, journalists and officials in several Asian countries, Google has said. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple locked in platform war, says Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt has outlined a "gang of four" companies - Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple - locked in a platform war. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Cross-site scripting attack on Hotmail highlights personal e-mail risk to business

A vulnerability in the Hotmail site has enabled hackers to steal an unknown number of messages from users' accounts, according to security firm Trend Micro. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Retailers fail to meet demand for mobile loyalty schemes

Retailers are failing to meet customers' demands for mobile technology as part of loyalty scheme programmes, according to a YouGov survey. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

CIO interview: Keep Britain Tidy head of IT Rich Kavanagh on social media strategy

Keep Britain Tidy's head of ICT, Rich Kavanagh, tells Computer Weekly how the charity is successfully using social networking tools to interact with citizens and supporters. Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Demand for e-commerce skills spikes 158% as retailers expand multi-channel services

Retail sector demand for IT professionals with e-commerce skills has more than doubled in the past year. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Carphone Warehouse founder hailed as UK's first digital billionaire

Charles Dunstone, the man who started Carphone Warehouse, was named as the UK's first digital billionaire by the 2011 Sunday Times rich list. Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

In 1966 England won the World Cup and Computer Weekly launched the world's first weekly IT newspaper

After 45 years in print, Computer Weekly, the award-winning title for senior IT decision-makers, is to become a 100% online publication. Here is a celebration of 45 years in print. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Facebook Studio woos advertisers with campaign comparison tool

Facebook is to launch a site to enable advertisers to view and comment on advertising campaigns on the social networking site. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

What is the cost of developing apps for mobile marketplaces?

Targeting consumers through smartphone apps is proving to be a good business bet. Jenny Williams reports on the costs of creating apps for different mobile marketplaces. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Tim Berners-Lee to help protect net neutrality in UK

Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee is to work with the Broadband Stakeholders Group to ensure the UK works towards a more open internet. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Tests show Android is 50% faster than Apple iOS for web browsing

The latest version of Google's Android operating system (OS) is 50% faster at loading web pages than Apple's iOS, according to research. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Mobile ticketing users to treble by 2015

The number of people redeeming travel and entertainment tickets via their mobile phones is set to treble by 2015, according to a report by Juniper Research. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

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. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

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. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

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. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Review: Internet Explorer 9 - in pictures

Microsoft has released the latest version of its popular web browser Continue Reading

OFT to investigate e-book pricing

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into e-book pricing. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Broadband boosts BT profits to £531m

An early return to positive cash flow at Global Services helped BT to produce earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation 7% higher on sales that fell 3% Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

O2 to apply for e-money licence to support NFC payments

O2 will apply for an e-money licence this year, signalling its commitment to support contactless payments in the UK in the near future. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Yahoo blames Microsoft implementation for Windows Phone 7 data charges

Yahoo has spoken out after being blamed for excessive data charges experienced by some Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7) users. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

LinkedIn reveals plans for an IPO

Professional networking site LinkedIn has revealed plans to raise up to $175m (£110m) in an initial public offering (IPO). Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Gartner outlines six money-making CIO profiles

A new generation of CIOs with skills to make the business money will replace traditional CIOs by the middle of the decade, says Gartner vice-president and researcher Ken McGee. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Google revamps Apps Engine

Google has revamped its App Engine to combat reliability issues in its Datastore. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Photos: Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards 2010 - The winners

Who’s the 2010 blogger of the year? What is the best gadget blog on the web? All these questions will be answered. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Payment technology in the US

We take a look at the current payment technologies across three major US cities Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Google Maps allows users to see which homes are for sale

Google Maps users will be able to search for listings from estate agents and property websites directly on the maps from today. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Top 10 UK Google searches in 2009

Facebook has been revealed as the most searched for term in the UK this year in Google's annual Zeitgeist list. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Hottest search topics of the decade

Computer Weekly looks back at the topics that grabbed web users’ attention so far this millennium. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Copy of IT Blog Awards 2009: last call for nominations

You have until 27 October to vote for your favourite UK IT blogs. Continue Reading

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• James Garner

The first ever 20 domain names registered

As news breaks that the oldest domain name is sold, here is a list of the first 20 names to be registered, according to the forrester. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Photos: Social media facts businesses cannot ignore

Whatever you think about social media in business, it is impossible to ignore the massive number of people using websites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Photos: Top 10 banks on Twitter

Financial services companies are using Twitter to listen to and support customers as they take their first tentative steps to use social media to support their business. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Top 10 Twitter marketing blunders in photos

Twitter is supposed to be an intuitive technology, easy to get the hang of and proving its worth the more you use it. But on Twitter, as on many social media sites, users seem to exist in one of two camps – those who get it, and those who don’t. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Photos: Public to vote on amazing iGoogle art

Google has opened public voting on an art competition which asks students take photographs that can be used as iGoogle Themes. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Fail 2.0: How to lose friends and alienate people through social networking

When it was good, it was very, very good, but when it was bad, it was horrid! Check out some of our favourite stories of social networking gone wrong. Closing date: 18 May 2009. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Froley

Web 2.0 profiles

C hris Middleton profiles two very different approaches to so-called " w ikinomics " . One is a small not-for-profit organisation... Continue Reading

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• Chris Middleton

Yahoo! The Highs! and Lows?

We look at the highs and lows of Jerry Yang's time at Yahoo. Continue Reading

Oracle's July 2007 CPU has 45 security fixes

Oracle stuffed 45 security updates into its July 2007 CPU, fixing flaws across its product line attackers could exploit remotely to compromise corporate databases. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Leading UK firms fail the Google test

Most top UK companies are spurning search engine optimisation and pay-per-click opportunities on the web with the result that... Continue Reading

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• Antony Savvas

Return to sender?

Several researchers have identified a new e-mail attack that can be used to swamp enterprise e-mail servers, as well as some secondary systems. Continue Reading

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• Hank Hogan, Contributing Writer

Banks turn to alert systems to fight back against phishing attacks

UK banks and retailers are investigating e-mail monitoring services that could offer early warning of “phishing” attacks by... Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

European Parliament spam ruling angers ISPs

An influential European Parliament committee has voted to drop e-mail from a list of technologies, including fax and SMS... Continue Reading

Managing the service for business

The development of technology continues at a breathtaking pace. The intensity of competition in the e-business world dictates... Continue Reading

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• John Holden

The language of the AS/400

RPG has been the mainstay of ERP applications, but it can also be used for e-business, writes Nick Langley Continue Reading

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• Nick Langley

Words' worth

The online retail sector is growing apace and WHSmith.co.uk is finding its place in the lead. Nathalie Towner looks at the story... Continue Reading

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• Nathalie Towner

A big blueprint for e-business

Companies have been making mistakes with their e-business strategies since the whole brouhaha over online commerce started. But... Continue Reading

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• Danny Bradbury

Christmas is cancelled

The US division of Japanese consumer giant, Sony Corporation, has axed the Christmas ad campaign for its e-commerce site, SonyStyle.com, amidst fears its... Continue Reading

January-February

Tesco target of 300 online shops within one year Continue Reading