Regulation

Google, IBM, BA Back IT Intern Scheme Despite Job Cuts

Against a backdrop of companies having to cut headcount and even forgo paying staff, a scheme to encourage businesses to…

15 years ago

EC Comes To Rescue Of Sacked Nokia Staff

The area where the German factory is located has already received around €40 million from Nokia and investment by the…

15 years ago

Government Describes ID Card As Another “Plastic Card”

The Home Office is now talking less about counter-terrorism and more about easing travel in Europe

15 years ago

University Of Southampton Buys IBM Supercomputer

The University of Southampton, which has research centres for such subjects as oceanography, medicine and the Internet, is buying a…

15 years ago

Brits Back Taxes On Environmentally Damaging Goods

But the Greeks are the most environmentally aware in Europe according to report endorsed by the Greek born EU Environment…

15 years ago

Government Criticised For “illogical” Efficiency Data

Treasury committee asks hard questions about whether government efficiency claims are accurate and the methods used to calculate them

15 years ago

Hyper9 Takes on Virtual Machine Sprawl

Hyper9 is rolling out the second version of its flagship Virtualization Optimisation Suite, which is designed to give businesses improved…

15 years ago

Ingres Promises to Bring Moore’s Law To Data Analysis

Vectorising the database unlocks ten-fold improvement for the open source database vendor Ingres

15 years ago

MOD Spends £23m On IBM Tech For “UK Homeland Defence”

The IBM system will help track suspicious and unidentified aircraft in UK airspace however some critics have raised concerns about…

15 years ago

IBM’s SPSS Buy Threatens Oracle, SAP And SAS

Buying its data mining partner, IBM issues a challenge to its rivals Oracle, SAP and SAS to up their game

15 years ago

Greenpeace Paints Toxic Symbol On HP HQ

Ecology activists claim that IT giant Hewlett-Packard is doing an about-face on its public statements about eliminating key toxic chemicals…

15 years ago

Hardware Savings Diverted Into Innovative Software

As businesses continue to cut back on IT infrastructure spending—on such items as PCs, telecommunications and networking devices—they are looking…

15 years ago

Broadband Providers Inflate Speeds – But They Are Improving

Users get half what ISPs promise them, according to an Ofcom report

15 years ago

Green Grid Gurus Show The Way At Online Summit

Got questions on how to get more from your data centre? This online event promises access to the experts without…

15 years ago

UK Government Gets A Guide To Twitter

And it's worth worth a look for anyone with a corporate urge to get on Twitter, not just UK government…

15 years ago

Government Earmarks £150m For High-Tech Manufacturing

The aerospace industry including Rolls Royce will receive funding to help boost high-tech manufacturing

15 years ago

Europe Moves Ahead With Mobile Broadband GSM Update

The 900MHz spectrum - designated for GSM - has been cleared for high-speed 3G broadband use

15 years ago

Apple Tablet Could Be Coming To Town With Santa

Reports from the Financial Times and Apple Insider suggest Apple is readying a tablet, probably priced below $1,000, for a…

15 years ago

Google Hits Back At Tory MP’s “Inaccurate Sideswipe”

Maybe Davis should have done a Google search before he challenged the shining knight of privacy

15 years ago

University Thin Clients Win Green Award

Queen Margaret University has won an award for its sustainable approach to IT, based on the roll out of a…

15 years ago

IBM Touts CICS Relevance 40 Years On

It's as old as the moon landings, but IBM's real-time transaction system, CICS, is still in use on the majority…

15 years ago

Tory MP Davis Slates Plans To Put NHS Data On Google

Google's poor privacy record makes it the last place to put private data, says Tory shadow home secretary  turned civil…

15 years ago

Microsoft Readying Unscheduled Critical Security Patches

Microsoft will release two out-of-band security bulletins tomorrow, targeting issues in Internet Explorer and the Visual Studio product line

15 years ago

Google Open Sources Google Wave Code

Google programmers have ‘open sourced' two components of the Google Wave messaging and collaboration prototype

15 years ago

EC Confirms Microsoft Browser Offer In Antitrust Dispute

The European Commission confirms that Microsoft will offer European users a special edition of Windows 7 will be called the…

15 years ago

Nokia, LG, Samsung Boost Handset Shipments

Nokia, LG and Samsung all grew market share, as an analyst reports that 269 million handsets were shipped in the…

15 years ago

One In Four SMBs Say IT Failing To Support Tough Times

The IT Effectiveness Index Mid-Year Report has found small-to-medium-sized businesses with failing IT are at a competitive disadvantage

15 years ago

Water Overlooked In Energy Plans, Reports Claim

Two reports have this week thrown a spotlight on the impact of water on carbon-saving programmes in the data centre

15 years ago

Palm Takes Aim At Enterprise With WebOS 1.1

Palm has released Palm webOS 1.1 to target its Pre smartphone at enterprises, according to a Palm executive

15 years ago

Yahoo Board Discuss Microsoft Deal, Fears Scrutiny

Yahoo's board was reportedly due to meet yesterday to discuss a potential search engine and online advertising partnership with Microsoft

15 years ago