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All the IT news from the last 7 days covering hardware, software, security, communications and more

Friday, 04 July 2008

US rebate cheques spent on porn

US broadband take-up slows

AT&T reveals iPhone 3G price plans

Web giants spark privacy concerns

Sainsbury’s web site down again

Supplier achieves kids' system compliance

UK's most spammed man identified

Long queues to access Sainsbury's web site

Upmarket retailer consolidates databases to integrate e-commerce

Ofcom lays out 'Footprint' project

GFT inboxx emails UK channel

Mobile broadband gaining traction

Seagate drives investment in Northern Ireland

Lexmark values partners with channel programme

RedPC rallies as BSA drops suit

Sun shines on green teleworking

Midwich buys auto ID outfit

Experts point out failings in WEEE scheme

F5 hands CC Gold status

O2 unveils iPhone business package

HPC riding high in the wake of credit crunch

Interactive Ideas gets set for growth spurt

Durham firm is wound up

All-in-one Eee Monitor PC on the cards

UK online fake goods market worth £800m

Smart sat-nav warns of traffic jams

Robot barman starts work at Selfridges

Department for Transport secures financial data

CBI says IT can help boost UK business

New fibre-optic connections overtake cable

Cloud-based email will surge in "fundamental restructure"

Numara launches guide to ITIL

Virgin Media warns 800 file-sharers

NAO: £7.1bn MoD scheme running late

Asia gears up for WiMax bonanza

SCH makes £2m move for Interface

IT investment shifts from cost cutting to customer focus

Google must surrender its users' personal information to Viacom

Cyber-crooks celebrate Independence Day

Microsoft plans low-key Patch Tuesday

Video game market beats recession

Google ordered to reveal YouTube logs

Japanese firm offers weddings in space

Thursday, 03 July 2008

Victory predicted for Microsoft's Hyper-V

Clive Sinclair dreams of flying cars

Google open sources RatProxy security tool

DoJ sued over mobile phone tracking

Microsoft touts Office subscription plan

Arxan joins European piracy war

Arxan joins UK fight against piracy

Currys to unite web and stores

Advantage for Wimbledon fans

HMRC blunder leads to further private data leak

Auction sites are hotspot for fake goods trading

Skype appoints new chief operating officer

Seagate invests £120m in UK factory

European SMEs spend big on security

Tomorrow's entrepeneurs supported by £5m in fundraising

Barracuda countersues Trend Micro

Trusted city travellers to get biometric test access to US

Boffins charm rubber snake for wave power

vnunet.com comment: Monitoring data centre efficiency

Google releases web application testing tool

UK launches 'green grid computing' competition

Korea to earn $115bn from IT exports

CIOs admit to poor planning causing project failure

IBM digs mainframe 'black hole'

Social networking revenues disappoint

Intel sees x86 everywhere in future

Oracle outlines BEA plans

DoJ investigates Yahoo Google deal

Intel takes the wraps off channel loyalty scheme

European firms plug in IP phones

Resellers welcome latest AMD card

Trojans stop play for web gamers

Survey says resiliency needs early application

Police sergeants being swamped by IT

Sony pulls PlayStation 3 update

Brother gives new lease of life to printer market

Gates Foundation signs UK SaaS provider

Location-based services on the move

Safety inspires new Imago products

SMART takes pole position in Ireland

Ofcom plans for faster broadband

Mozilla wins Guinness record for downloads

Protegrity set to target growing EMEA channel

Stonesoft enlists second distributor

UK's fittest cities 'buy most Wii Fit games'

Chinese bloggers evade great firewall

Link into the latest trend

UC market hits $1bn milestone

Orange launches corporate FMC

Europe makes 36 per cent of world's outsourcing deals

Barracuda files countersuit against Trend Micro

Decision time for data roaming tariffs

Martin McColl picks Azzurri

Mobile market may be too fast for Symbian

Digital ID for police moves closer to rollout

Mouchel's servers go central

Considering a fresh approach to consumer technology

EasyJet reviews IT processes

Bank quits London datacentre

Pandora still pining for Europe

Microsoft unveils IE8 security upgrades

Guinness confirms Firefox 3 world record

Thieves steal millions from Citibank customers

Wednesday, 02 July 2008

Dell touts better blade management

Griffin teams up with BT to push 21 CN

MIS gains PCI QSA status

Enterprises move into cloud email

Relaxed domain laws may fuel legal costs

Computer Aid ends the headache of commercial IT disposal

Email management takes too much time and effort

Netgear unveils open source router

Mobile owners mirror disabled PC users

DWP to issue tenders for £3bn worth of contracts

Unstructured data creating security hole

Volkswagen Financial Services improves Cobol maintenance

Microsoft issues Vista warning

Repton lauds revenue upswing

House of Lords to revisit security

Intel chip market domination continues as notebook sales surge

Businesses need better mobile email

Nvidia appoints first Cuda centre of excellence

Mobile virtual network operators ring the changes

Google adds Flash to search tools

SMEs failing at IT security

Nokia gets green light to buy Navteq

Boffins promise flexible laptops

UK firms demand quicker email response times

Hackers hit Sony PS3 website

Xandros acquires Linspire

Adobe passes PDF format to ISO

Barclays Bank offers free security software online

T-Mobile launches HSUPA network

Virgin Media falls foul of ASA again

Do UK firms need better offline information retrieval?

More regulation for online retail arrives

US watchdog probes Yahoo's deal with Google

World of Warcraft Trojan spreads from Asia

Microsoft drives in-car voice systems

Microsoft powers up search business

Intel gaining ground in 2008

BT joint venture with Liverpool faces investigation over £15m in service charges

Punters prefer traditional TV

British Red Cross upgrades EpoS network

Microsoft overhauls business licensing

Malware growth slowing, say experts

Société Générale overhauls global IT

Tuesday, 01 July 2008

Rhapsody goes DRM-free

IT giants hook up to fight patent litigation

California drivers go hands-free

CIOs doubt they can fulfill their best-laid plans

Microsoft announces new software licensing plan

Web threats hit 12-month high

Threshers renews payroll outsourcing contract

802.11n shipments increase 'dramatically'

Barclays boasts of e-banking security bonus

MAC Systems courts Wimbledon

IBM introduces BI for mainframe

Microsoft developer returns to the fold

Google and Yahoo search with Adobe

NHS falls victim to another data breach

Mobile web users 'a privileged minority'

User group to recognise the best in IT

PS3 firmware update adds online features

Cost savings boost open source telephony

Spam reaches 70 messages a day

T-Mobile claims a UK first

Orion to manage large, distributed, complex networks

Asos thrives amid high street gloom

E-sourcing touted as government procurement fix

Mayflex swells its ranks

eBay fined for 'brokering' fake items

Adobe helps search engines find Flash content

Operators tout mobile web apps framework

Council to sell advertising space on its web site

C&W close to control of Thus

UK firms failing on basic IT security

VoIP key to mobile WiMax in Korea

Anti-fraud experts join forces

New look Ingram Micro launched today

CommVault signs Magirus

Bird flies Steljes nest

Asia Pacific internet audience soars

Mobile internet yet to take off in UK

McAfee publishes spam test results

Capita Life & Pensions renews outsourcing deal

Competition fears tie down Kangaroo

UK is the favourite target for Nigerian spam

Kangaroo snared by competition enquiry

Yahoo sheds new light on Microsoft talks

Marc Andreessen joins Facebook

World's first systems analyst dies

Man selling life on eBay makes a loss

Monday, 30 June 2008

Plasmon protects archived data

Pricing pressure drives up notebook sales

Engate targets botnet protocols

BT gears up for channel M&A

Cisco uses web to bridge skills gap

SCH secures accolades amid Interface rumours

European Commission set to fight data roaming charges

EBay ordered to pay €38m to LVMH

Scotland extends broadband use with £3.3m deal

EU data protection supervisor questions data access plans

Oracle holds lead in database market

Tech firms set to survive the credit crunch

Capcom sets out to 'brainwash' kids

Top vendors collaborate on IT security

New bill should alter IT inequality

UK PC shipments rise 14 per cent

Unencrypted NHS laptop lost

Office workers suffer 'eco-apathy'

New Icann rules could end defensive registrations

Fujitsu opens £44m UK data centre

Vodafone seeks budding music journos

Avnet moves in on Horizon

Recognition software picks up a penguin

Sony DualShock 3 controller due on 2 July

Vendors partner to tackle fraud

EDF Energy upgrades customer service system

Nokia launches Supernova handsets

XP: The end is nigh

Srizbi beats Storm to botnet crown

IBM supercomputer boosts cancer research

Antivirus tools 'pave way' for malware

Sun gets more social

PCI payment standards come into play

UK firms are warned to tighten up on security

Icann tasting solution a 'partial success'

Cisco and Comcast test 100Gb Ethernet

Maverick sends AV resellers to Cisco school

Gates rules out Yahoo acquisition

BBC unveils next-gen iPlayer

IT firms unite for patent protection

Police mobile devices move closer

Nationwide outsources £160m of network services

Saturday, 28 June 2008

PC sales overcome economic woes

Tech giants team up on security

Turkish hackers crack Icann

Icann promises new web boom

vnunet.com comment: Bill Gates powers down

Palm optimistic after rocky quarter

Spotlight

Online pornography

US rebate cheques spent on porn

Economic stimulus package works wonders More...

Louis Vuitton

UK online fake goods market worth £800m

Legal experts warn of dramatic rise in 'e-fencing' More...

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Fibre-optics

New fibre-optic connections overtake cable

Broadband first-timers choosing fibre where possible More...

Stars and Stripes

Cyber-crooks celebrate Independence Day

Security firms warn users to take extra care More...

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