A new iSuppli report details the strategies carriers need to adopt to benefit from soaring wireless data revenues
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2009
Analyst: Palm Should Have Highlighted Data Policy
Some users were surprised to discover that the Palm Pre collects information about their mobile phone use and their whereabouts. Should Palm have been more clear?
Government Partners With Bailed-out Banks To Help IT Firms
After helping to support struggling banks, the government has announced that is partnering with some of the same institutions to help fund small IT busineses hit by the credit crunch
Cut to the Quick of IT Power Recommendations
Feeling deluged with information and options to decrease power costs and increase energy efficiency? This online event enables you to quiz industry experts from your desktop.
Government Calls on Technologists To Combat Terrorism
Growing cyber-threats results in call for ideas and expertise to help security forces keep pace
Flash Competitors Discuss Future Alternatives
One of the most talked-about data storage alternatives to flash ROM is phase-change memory, which also appears to be one of the most promising
Palm Responds To Monitoring Complaint
Palm issues a statement in the wake of complaints stemming from the Pre smartphone's habit of sending users' data back to the company
Microsoft Will Replace Entourage With Outlook on Mac
Microsoft will replace Entourage with Outlook for Mac in its next version of Microsoft Office for Mac
Microsoft Word Ruling Could Threaten Open Source
The lawsuit could also present trouble down the road for the XML-based OpenDocument Format, for spreadsheets, word-processing and other productivity applications.
UK Pirate Party Focused On General Election
The UK now has its own anti-patent and pro-file-sharing party which has its sights set on Parliamentary seats
Hope For Hacker McKinnon After US Asperger’s Ruling
Slightly reduced sentence for autism sufferer could similarly benefit British hacker
Microsoft Must Judge Word Mobile By Google’s Efforts
Microsoft is partnering with Nokia to bring Office Mobile and other applications to Symbian OS mobile phones
Apple Issues Another Security Update
Apple issues an update to fix a bug affecting Mac OS X, including server editions. The patch comes shortly after Apple pushed out 18 fixes to users.
Security Researchers Harness 1 Million Linux Virtual Machines
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have demonstrated the ability to run more than 1 million Linux kernels as virtual machines, an effort they say will ultimately help researchers analysing massive botnets
Facebook Accidently Launches Stripped-Down Version
Facebook Lite, a stripped-down, speedier version of the social network, was accidentally launched to users who couldn't access the link
Nokia And Microsoft Partner On Mobile Office
Microsoft and Nokia announced a partnership on 12 August that will see the rollout of a mobile version of Microsoft Office onto Nokia smartphones, starting with the Eseries line of enterprise-centric devices
US Court Bans Sales Of Microsoft Word
Microsoft was ordered to cease sales and support of Microsoft Word after a U.S. District Court judge in Texas ruled that the company violated an XML-related patent held by small Canada-based technology company i4i
Call For Web Ideas To Improve Democracy
mySociety is looking for input on how it can use the Internet to give the UK more information about its government
No “Green Shoots” Yet For IT Spending
But the the decline in IT budgets may have bottomed out according to analysts
Ten Things You Need To Know About Google Caffeine
Google's sudden invitation to Web users to try out a new sandbox search engine it is calling Caffeine is a reminder to Website managers everywhere that it is time to pay closer attention to page rankings
Smartphone Market Set To Grow Say Analysts
Apple, Nokia and BlackBerry maker RIM are well-positioned to meet the strongest demands of the mobile handset market, which are for high-end and entry-level phones, says a new report from Juniper Research
Wireless Pacemaker Linked To Home Monitoring System
Combined with a wireless monitor, the new Accent RF pacemaker allows a patient's clinic to be informed on the status of the pacemaker through a home monitoring system
Biometrics Aimed At Windows 7 Netbooks
Authentec, like competitor Upek, is thinking of new ways to revive the authentication market
Toughbooks Get Tougher Says Panasonic
The Panasonic Toughbook 19, Toughbook 30 and Toughbook U1 mobile computers now meet more demanding military specifications for drops, vibration and use in all types of miserable weather, Panasonic says
Twitter Hit By Another DDOS Attack
Twitter experiences another distributed-denial-of-service attack, knocking out the microblogging service for a time
US Green IT Standard Goes International
The EPEAT rating has now been extended to Europe in a move which should make it easier for UK organisations to purchase sustainable tech
Government Ripostes To Tories Online NHS Plans
Service to rate hospitals online launches in same week the opposition tout plans to use the web to give patients more say over healthcare
Microsoft Will Ship European Windows 7 With IE8
Microsoft now plans to issue the same version of Windows 7 in Europe as in the rest of the world, only with a ballot screen that allows users to choose a specific Web browse
Facebook To Acquire FriendFeed
Facebook aims to plug its real-time content gap by buying FriendFeed, a social network aggregator that lets users create custom feeds of content from Facebook, Digg, YouTube and other services
US Bank Allows Cheques To Be Uploaded By iPhone
USAA, a private bank and insurer in the US, is updating its Apple iPhone app so account holders can simply photograph both sides of a cheques and then deposit it straight to an account.