Regulation

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…

15 years ago

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,…

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago

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

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago

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

15 years ago

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

15 years ago

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

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago

Open Source Is Not the Same As An Open Service

Companies need the freedom to get at their data, to choose hosted or in-house options and more. All this can…

15 years ago

Smart Grid Firm EnerNOC Buys Into Carbon Reporting

EnerNOC expects to use carbon accounting firm eQuilibrium to establish a lead role when companies have to meet greenhouse gas…

15 years ago

Tesco Expected To Disrupt UK Banking With Outsourced Model

Tesco and others are using outsourcing and new IT to break further into the UK banking sector

15 years ago

RIAA Witness Surprised By File-Sharing Fine

The RIAA has been prosecuting an aggressive campaign against illegal music downloaders, even as P2P networks show little sign of…

15 years ago

President Obama’s Take On Cyber Security

Technology executives praised the president's cyber-security strategy. But they liked Bush's recipe too: what has Obama cooked up?

15 years ago

Security Software Up 20 Percent In 2008

According to Gartner, some of the growth was due to increased demand for appliance-based products

15 years ago

Moka5 Offering Hosted Desktop Virtualisation

Moka5 officials say they have found a way to make desktop virtualisation work for both the business and the end…

15 years ago

Swiss Supercomputer One Of The Largest In Europe

The massively parallel Cray XT5 supercomputer is now capable of delivering a sustained data transfer rate of 20 GB/s for…

15 years ago

Companies Expect Job Cuts But Not In IT

Nine out ten companies say they have no plans to cut back on their IT headcount despite making redundancies in…

15 years ago

EC Aims To Slash Red Tape With IT

Around €14 million has been earmarked to improve online services across several European countries

15 years ago

EC Predicts Internet-Enabled Yogurt Pots (And Smart Meters)

But only with IPV6 in place and the help of a truly international ICANN says the European Commission

15 years ago

Don’t Block Your Staff From The Web!

The Web is a dangerous place, but if you try to keep your employees off it, you'll only make things…

15 years ago

EC Puts UK’s £6 Broadband Tax Under The Microscope

European authorities are checking whether the broadband levy, proposed in the Digital Britain report, complies with competition rules

15 years ago

Swiss Users Stand Up For Open Source

Whatever the Swiss government thinks, there are plenty of users in Switzerland who know that open source provides a viable…

15 years ago

Are Mainframe Skills Dying Out In The UK?

Big old tin is a useful part of a secure data centre, if you can get someone to look after…

15 years ago

EC Wants Digital Europe Not Just Digital Britain

The UK may have come up with its own levy for broadband roll-out but the EC wants Europe-wide agreement on…

15 years ago

Twitter Delays Upgrade To Help Iran Protests

Twitter launching its upgrade during the previously scheduled time would have disrupted service to Iran during prime hours

15 years ago