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The barbarians at your door. How to identify and defeat the cyberthreats facing your business today
Many of the cyberthreats your business faces are invisible. Learn how to shine a light on these threats and discover how to take action to protect your business
Sun Ray Users Get More Options With RingCube Desktop Virtualisation
Sun Microsystems and RingCube are joining forces to offer Sun Ray users more options when deploying a desktop virtualisation environment.
Gartner Predicts PC Shipment Growth Upturn in Fourth Quarter
Gartner's latest assessment of worldwide PC shipments expects the PC market to post positive growth in the fourth quarter, and little affected by Microsoft's Windows 7 release.
Tory Paper Demands Government Give Back Our Data
A new Conservative think tank report is calling for citizen-centric, open source IT development to put an end to wasteful, monolithic central government IT projects.
Europeans And Businesses Will Pay A High Price For Windows 7
Windows 7 will cost up to twice as much in Europe - partly because it does not include a browser. And businesses won't get the same upgrade rights as consumers
EMC, Net App Battle for Storage Vendor, Data Domain Hots Up
UPDATED: EMC extends its all-cash offer of $1.8 billion to purchase all outstanding shares of Data Domain to rivel NetApp's $1.9 billion, as a combination of cash and stock.
600 Windows Mobile Apps Will Take On the iPhone App Store
They'd better be very, very good apps to take on Apple's hordes
Customers Get Better Support From Apple Than Dell and HP
Apple customers were more satisfied with the outcome of tech-support calls than HP or Dell customers, according to a study that concluded Apple was more likely to retain loyal, repeat customers.
Social Networkers Are Slack On Internet Security
A Webroot survey has found those using social networks such as MySpace and Facebook are not doing enough to protect themselves from hackers and phishing scams.
Whitelisting: Is It Good Enough To Replace Anti-Virus?
An approved list of apps, or whitelist, is flavour of the month in security. But vendors and alanlysts question whether it can be a panacea
Vodafone Ponders Bid To Buy T-Mobile UK
Fewer operators might mean higher prices, and Vodafone would provide half the country's mobiles, if a deal emerges
Who Would be Brazil In The Java World Cup?
Not Sun or Oracle, but SpringSource, according to their CEO Rod Johnson; a recent survey and work on java specs with Google supports his opinion
IBM Discovers Scheme To Manipulate Encrypted Data
A Researcher at IBM has found an encryption method that lets you operate on data without decrypting it: good news for the cloud and spam filters
Why Is Microsoft Helping Users Migrate From Outlook To Gmail?
Gmail is supposed to be a big threat to Microsoft's Outllok. If that's the case, Clint Boulton wants to know why Microsoft is helping fix a tool that will help users move to Google?
Philips Green Screen Powers Down When User Steps Away
The PowerSensor technology could reduce energy usage by up to 50 percent, the company claims
Europe’s New Broadband Won’t Be A Telco Monopoly, Warns Reding
Europe needs fast broadband to compete, but the EC will not allow telcos to take advantage and establish monopolies, said Commissioner Viviane Reding
UK Public Sector Asks for £1 Billion For Radical IT Change
Central Government money could get a quick payback and help meet carbon targets projects by overhauling local IT, says SOCITM
US To Spend £2bn On Smart Grid Technology
The US Department of Energy is ready to spend $3.9 billion (£2.4bn) on efforts to modernise the U.S. electric grid
Microsoft Taking No Chances, Cuts Price Of Windows 7
Microsoft plans price cuts, free upgrades and other incentives to spread Windows 7 to as many users as possible once the operating system becomes available to the public in October
Microsoft Responds To Outlook Standards Row
Microsoft has responded to claims that Outlook 2010 will lack sufficient standards support.
Disaster Recovery The Achilles Heel Of Virtualisation
Many companies are not able to deploy separate backup data centre locations to provide the complete data-recovery system, relying instead on failover to separate storage arrays and servers within the same physical building
Businesses Losing £6000 Per Wrong Employee
A SurePayroll survey finds businesses are losing up to $10,000 (£6065) for every bad hire--and a wide pool of desperate applicants and hurried hiring practices compound the problem
UK Cyber Security Agency Will Employ “Naughty Boys”
Britain's new Cyber Security Minister admits to counter-attack capability, and is accused of stealing President Obama's ideas, and eroding liberties
OLPC OS Now Available For Netbooks And Old PCs
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), designed to bring computers to developing nations, was criticised for using new hardware. Now it's available on a stick
IBM Helps Cities Get Smarter, Greener
The tech giant has been outlining its vision for making cities more energy efficient at a conference in Berlin
US Announces Plans For Cyber Command
Plans for the Cyber Command come a month after President Obama declared cyber-security a "national security priority" in a speech
Dell Achieves EPA Green Server Status
Dell officials are announcing that two of its PowerEdge server platforms, the R610 and R710, now meet the requirements needed for the EPA's Energy Star programme for servers, which was instituted in May
iPhone Customer Support Saves When Remote Wipe Fails
The remote wipe feature in Apple's new iPhone 3.0 software is good, but the restore failed Cameron Sturdevant. Luckily customer support in an Apple Store didn't let him down
Organisations Realising Real Savings From Virtualisation
The most recent example: San Francisco-based IT services provider BEAR Data Systems, has revealed that its hardware and virtualisation tools are enabling clients to achieve energy savings of 30 percent or more
Questions Continue About Jobs’ Health
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have saved his life with a liver transplant, but questions about his medical leave could continue to dog his company, even after a highly successful June that saw the rollout of the iPhone 3G S.