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Private cloud takes Harris schools higher

Academy school body the Harris Federation has deployed cloud technology to link its member schools together and provide an IT platform that can scale up as membership grows. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

DHL launches real-time information to improve supply chain

DHL Supply Chain has launched a live order tracking system (Lots) to deliver real-time information to its customers. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

IT fails to curb anti-social behaviour

Information technology failures are a key reason why efforts to stamp out anti-social behaviour have failed for at least a decade.... Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Four risk areas CIOs must consider when contracting cloud services

CIOs should be aware of four main risks when contracting for cloud services, says analyst firm Gartner. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Google buys price comparison website for £37.7m

Google is to acquire UK price comparison website BeatThatQuote.com for £37.7m. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Exclusive: Free software guru Richard Stallman on government IT and why he hates the cloud

The founding father of the free software movement tells Computer Weekly why government just doesn't "get it" Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Facebook enlists Samaritans to counsel suicidal users

The Samaritans has teamed up with Facebook to enable users to report friends contemplating suicide. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Adobe extends Flash to Apple devices with free HTML5 conversion tool

Adobe has released for free download an experimental Flash-to-HTML5 converter to the development community through beta technology site, Adobe Labs. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Pictures of the Southampton Azure balloon

Southampton University has successfully recovered a instrumentation launched into the stratosphere using a high altitude balloon. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

France's G20 files target of cyber attack

France's files on the G20 meetings were the target of a cyber attack, the country's finance minister has confirmed. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

HSBC uses token to secure smartphone banking

HSBC is sending four million online banking customers a security token which will enable them to log in to their online bank account wherever they are, without using a card reader. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Intel finalises £5bn acquisition of McAfee

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

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 Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

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. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

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. Continue Reading

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. Continue Reading

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• Sharon D'Souza, Reporter

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. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

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. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

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. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Case study: Salvatore Ferragamo steps into the future with SAP

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

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

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)... Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

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

Mobile workers practise lax security

More than half of Europeans practise unsafe networking when they work away from the office, according to research by German remote access experts NCP Engineering. Continue Reading

Review: Internet Explorer 9 - in pictures

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

IT managers find Internet Explorer 9 fails to render websites and web applications

With the development of Internet Explorer 9.0 near completion, ComputerWeekly.com has learned that thousands of sites and applications are incompatible with the new browser and its immediate predecessor. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Post Office faces legal action over alleged accounting system failures

More than 50 postmasters are planning legal action against the Post Office to reclaim money they paid to the Post Office after being accused of theft and false accounting. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

AXA in £150m settlement for software glitch

Financial services giant AXA will be forced to pay millions of pounds to clients after it emerged that errors in trading software were hidden by three of its subsidiaries, prompting bad performance in investment portfolios. Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

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

The Condor interactive build-a-bike website

An interactive “build-a-bike” facility features on a new website designed by Alienation Digital for high-end custom cycle specialists Condor Cycles Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

IPv4 addresses will run out within eight months

The Internet Address and Naming Agency (IANA) will allocate the last remaining IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) addresses this month, signalling a shift to the new IPv6 internet addressing scheme. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Microsoft reveals Yahoo Mail as Windows Phone 7 data charge culprit

Microsoft has admitted a problem between its Windows Phone Mail client and Yahoo Mail has caused the excessive Windows Phone 7 (WP7) data charges. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Aston Martin uses Siemens NX software

Iconic British sports car maker Aston Martin said it would standardise its global vehicle development on Siemens NX software for integrated computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering analysis (CAD/CAM/CAE). Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

ARM grows profits 47% in Q4 2010

UK-based chip developer, ARM, has reported growth in profits and sales following increased demand for smartphone and tablet licences in the fourth quarter of 2010. Continue Reading

Salesforce.com makes Chatter social tool free for all

Enterprise cloud computing firm Salesforce.com has introduced a free version of its social collaboration tool, Chatter, for non-Salesforce.com users to accelerate...

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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

Organ donors preferences recorded inaccurately

The preferences of 444,031 organ donors were recorded wrongly on the Organ Donation Register (ODR) because of a software problem. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Rackspace launches system administrator app

Rackspace has launched an app that allows a CIO or system administrator to dial up or take down servers and storage moment by moment. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Larry Page reclaims Google chief executive post from Eric Schmidt

Google co-founder Larry Page is to take over as chief executive in April from Eric Schmidt, who will then become executive chairman. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

2010 IT security threats point to priorities for 2011, says Sophos

Cyber threats of 2010 highlight the top risks to business for 2011, including social media sites, whistleblowers, and hacktivists, warns security firm Sophos. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Sainsbury's programmer jailed for £73,000 Nectar card fraud

A former Sainsbury's lead analyst programmer has been jailed for stealing more than £73,000 in Nectar reward points Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

What can businesses learn about real-time monitoring from the BP oil spill?

The full report on the BP oil-well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico has been released, revealing that its real-time data monitoring systems need to be improved. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Toptable.com selects Zeus Technology software for traffic management

Restaurant-booking site, Toptable.com, has chosen Zeus Technology's software-based traffic management application to manage its web traffic. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Poor communication to blame for business intelligence failure, says Gartner

Between 70% to 80% of corporate business intelligence projects fail, according to research by analyst firm Gartner. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Amazon prices platinum AWS support at $15,000 a month

Amazon is offering support to enterprise users using AWS with prices starting at $15,000 per month. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

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

Maia 1Key provides HDFC Life with option for BI upgrade

HDFC Standard Life went for add-on deployment of Maia 1Key instead of revamping Cognos BI it had. Maia 1Key saved costs and offered web-enablement. Continue Reading

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• Sharon D'Souza, Reporter

CES 2011: Steve Ballmer heralds new era of technology

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer highlighted that the next version of Windows will be the first to run on ARM processors in his keynote address at the opening of the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

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

CES 2011: Tablets expected to dominate Vegas show

Tablet-style computers are expected to dominate the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show that kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday. About... Continue Reading

Government shelves FiReControl

The government’s costly and overrunning FiReControl project has been axed. FiReControl has been cancelled because of serious delays with the EADS contract (now Cassidian) which began in 2004 and cost £225m. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Photos: The 7 sins of Windows Phone 7

Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7 (WP7) in October this year. Considered as the first serious offering from the company in the mobile operating system (OS) space, WP7 has met some criticism from users and analysts. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

MySpace new look test drive

MySpace is revamping its social networking site to take on Facebook. See what all the fuss is about... Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Photos: First look at OpenOffice 3.3

OpenOffice 3.3 beta is giving the Microsoft office 2010 proprietary suite of productivity applications a good run for its money. Adrian Bridgwater takes a look at the free, open source office productivity suite. Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Photos: Putting the PGA Ryder Cup 2010 golf tournament on the web

The Celtic Manor Hotel in Wales is hosting the PGA Ryder Cup 2010 golf tournament next month. In anticipation of an explosion of visitors to its website during the 2010 Ryder Cup, Celtic Manor Hotel management took the decision to upgrade its existing five year old system. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Photos: Predictive analytics save endangered zebras in Kenya

ComputerWeekly.com's Jenny Williams speaks to Guy Parker, head of biodiversity management at Marwell Wildlife during IBM’s recent Start Summit to discuss how data analytics will help to save the Grevy's zebra in Kenya. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Internet Explorer 9 beta preview

Microsoft has released the beta version of its latest web browser, which uses HTML 5.0 and DirectX graphics acceleration. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

SAP's future of retail research labs

SAP’s Future Retail Centre, near Zurich, Switzerland, houses a range of new technologies that could change the way we shop in years to come. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Photos: Adobe Creative Suite 5

Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 is vast: 15 core applications covering web design, Flash design and development, print design and publishing, and video production. Continue Reading

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• Tim Anderson

Putting a value on social media in business

Companies can use social networking both internally and externally to improve efficiency, save money and connect to customers. Continue Reading

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• Clive Longbottom

Government scraps £80m Microsoft licensing deal with NHS

The government has scrapped the long-running NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) enterprise agreement (EA) software licensing deal with Microsoft after deciding there was no business case or budget to renew it. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kunert

The Computer Weekly guide to Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is changing the way IT departments buy IT. Businesses have a range of paths to the cloud, including infrastructure, platforms and applications that are available from cloud providers as online services. Continue Reading

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• Bob Tarzey

MeeGo test drive

MeeGo is a new Linux operating system for mobile devices, desktop PCs and Net Books. Cliff Saran takes a close look at what it has to offer. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Office 2010 review in pictures and video

The biggest problem with Office 2010 is earlier versions of Office itself. Any of the past two or three editions of the software are capable of handling day-to-day tasks – so why upgrade? Tim Anderson investigates. Continue Reading

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• Tim Anderson

Challenges of SIP trunking for telecom managers and network admins

The challenges of SIP trunking for network administrators include interoperability and compression issues, service availability, security, SIP trunking architectures, lack of fax services, E-911 support and SIP trunk monitoring tools. Continue Reading

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• Irwin Lazar, Metrigy Research

A guide to ERP for small and large businesses

Bob Tarzey looks at the business case for integrating ERP systems for large and small companies Continue Reading

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• Bob Tarzey

Visual Studio 2010 first look

Visual Studio 2010 offers an integrated environment of tools and server infrastructure that Microsoft says can be used to simplify the entire application development process. Continue Reading

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• Tim Anderson

Photos: Adobe CS5 first look

CS5 is the latest release of Adobe's Creative Suite, which includes tighter workflow to help designers and Flash developers work more efficiently across Photoshop. Illustrator and Flash. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Virtual desktops online in space

Astronauts at the International Space Station are being given access to applications and websites through Citrix’s XenDesktop software. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Microsoft loses appeal on Office XML patent dispute with i4i

Microsoft has lost an appeal in its dispute with i4i over XML support in Office 2003/2007, following a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: World Cup 2010 gets its own Hand of God

Hundreds of thousands of people will be attending this year’s Football World Cup in South Africa either as spectators or workers. But what no-one will notice, and few probably know, is that software written by Mahindra Satyam will make sure everything off the pitch goes smoothly. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Aura will power Avaya-Nortel unified communications integration

Avaya has staked its future of retaining Nortel customers on its flagship SIP-based communications platform, Aura, as the heart of the Avaya-Nortel UC portfolio. Continue Reading

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• Jessica Scarpati

Photos: Google Chrome OS review - Open source, Apps and Flash

In 1992 IBM tried to defeat Windows with OS/2 2.0, using the slogan "a better Windows than Windows". It was, arguably, but it still failed. Google is not making that mistake with Chrome OS, unveiled last week as an open source project. Release is planned for sometime in 2010. Continue Reading

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• Tim Anderson

First pictures of Google Chrome OS

Chrome OS is Google's attempt to build an open source operating system for cloud computing, which will run on netbooks. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: Top ten free Nokia Ovi app downloads

Nokia's Ovi is attempting to take on Apple's AppStore. We take a look at the best free apps currently available. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photo review: Karmic Koala kickstarts new Ubuntu 9.10

Ubuntu 9.10, also known as Karmic Koala, is taking on Microsoft's Windows 7. The Koala has a better software installer, faster boot times and much more. Here's our thorough review. Continue Reading

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• Tim Anderson

Photos: Windows 7 - Top ten new features

Computer Weekly takes a look at some of the new features of Windows 7 and why it will rock your world. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Israel carves a niche in IT security

IT security, risk, governance, continuity and compliance technologies are fast becoming some of Israel's top exports.

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Google Wave - Surf, swim or suffocate?

Google Wave looks like it will turn into a typhoon as it sets its sights on email, social networking and instant messaging. But can Wave really sweep us off our feet or is it too much say goodbye to these shores... waving goodbye of course. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Microsoft Security Essentials test drive

Microsoft has released anti-malware software for Windows XP SP2, Vista and Windows 7. The product is freely available from the Microsoft website, but is it any good? Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Post-masters form action group after accounts shortfall

Sub-postmasters have formed an action group following disclosures in Computer Weekly of unexplained deficits in the Post Office accounting system. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Photos: Data visualisation – the case for graphic clarity

As new ways of analysing the world around us are developed, new ways to visualise that information are needed. Continue Reading

MP seeks answers over Post Office IT system

Welsh MP for Clwyd West David Jones is seeking a Commons debate after post masters raised questions over the Post Office's Horizon accounting system.

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Photos: Apple Mac Snow Leopard OSX - What you will enjoy

The hype factor around Windows 7 has reached fever pitch but that hasn't stopped Apple from developing Snow Leopard with equally impressive features. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: The Dirty Dozen of Windows 7 - things that might bug you

After the rather embarrassing flop that was Vista, it seems that they may have finally got things right with their latest progeny, and by right we mean very right. But as with all masterpieces, there are bound to be a few flaws that make us wring our hands in frustration. Here is our Windows 7 Dirty Dozen. Continue Reading

Gary McKinnon loses case to avoid extradition, could face 60 years in jail

Hacker Gary McKinnon has failed in his last attempt to avoid extradition to the United States where he could face 60 years in prison. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Photos: Firefox 4 team try out new user interface

The developers behind Firefox have provided a couple of concept screenshots, which points to how the popular, open source web browser could evolve. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Apollo 11: 40 years on, where is software engineering today?

The Apollo 11 lunar landing would have been impossible had it not been for software engineering. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: MoD demo latest in military information technology

Each year the Ministry of Defence holds a week-long exhibition where suppliers can demonstrate the latest in military information technology. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Photos: Apollo 11 pictures that amazed us

Here's our pick of the best Apollo 11 moon landing pics from the web with detailed descriptions of what was happening. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Office 2010 first look

Microsoft has released the first technical preview of Office 2010, the much anticipated update to Office 2007. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: Top twelve enterprising iPhone apps for business

Apple’s iTunes App Store is one year old this week, but what are the hot applications for business users? Computer Weekly picks an application for every month of the online store’s life. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Photos: Google Street View watches kid fall over

The Google Street View car passes a kid that buckles and falls off his bike at the worst possible moment. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Deer gets hit by Google Street View car

As the headline says, these pictures show a Google Street View car hitting a deer and driving off after the accident. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Final cockpit moments with blocked pitot sensors

Two fatal crashes of passenger aircraft show that it is dangerous for pilots to have conflicting information and warnings in the cockpit.

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• Tony Collins

Crash One: Birgenair Flight 301

This is the extraordinary story of an aircraft which was in good flying order except for a blocked pitot tube which caused multiple problems. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Photos: Top Ten Google Android Apps

Google's Android OS is taking over with over eighteen new devices de out by the end of the year. We look at the best apps currently available for download. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: How to install Windows 7 on a netbook

It is possible to install Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 on a NetBook like the Lenovo S10, without burning a DVD and using a USB DVD drive. These instructions will show you how. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: Windows 7 Touch Pack games and applications for the home

Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 is six multi-touch applications and games that are designed to show the capabilities of Windows Touch in Windows 7. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay