Regulation

Phorm Controversy Rains On Brown’s Digital Britain Parade

The UK government launched a campaign to use new technology to help beat the recession - amid a legal dispute…

16 years ago

Lenovo Launches Hardware Password Manager

Lenovo is encouraging the end of passwords taped to PCs, with its Hardware Password Manager, a server solution that enables…

16 years ago

Gartner: 2009 A Gap Year For Green IT

The analyst claims that spending on sustainable tech projects in some countries could be on hold for the rest of…

16 years ago

Ebay Releases Details Of Skype IPO

An IPO is planned for the first half of 2010, although eBay says the specific timing of the IPO will…

16 years ago

IBM, Red Hat and others Join EC Microsoft Case

A group of tech companies has joined the likes of Google, Opera and Mozzilla in the latest EC case against…

16 years ago

Criminal Gangs Step Up Database Attacks

Employing sophisticated tools such as memory-scraping malware and unique packet sniffers, organised crime led a record assault on databases in…

16 years ago

Google Loses Brilliant To Climate Change Fund

Google "Chief Philanthropic Evangelist" Larry Brilliant is leaving to become president of the climate change fund which produced films such…

16 years ago

RSA Conference Offers Help To Jobless

In a nod to the economic climate, the conference offered laid-off security pros scholarships to attend the event in 2009,…

16 years ago

Research: Most “Green IT” Not Green Enough

Only around 16 percent of supposedly green IT products are actually sustainable, according to a new report

16 years ago

EC To Sue UK For Inaction Over Phorm

The UK Government failed to respond to privacy issues raised by BT's secret trials of the Phorm behavioural ad targetting…

16 years ago

Job Cuts – The Biggest Security Risk Of All?

The recession is creating an army of disaffected ex-employees - many of whom will still have access to their former…

16 years ago

Report Points to Positive Glimmer For UK IT Jobs

Reports conflict on how IT is weathering the downturn compared to other professions but the outlook is bleak across the…

16 years ago

Netbooks and Google Android Defy Downturn

Google's Android mobile operating system is likely to see increased adoption as hardware buyers tightening their purse strings consider netbooks…

16 years ago

UK Staff In Firing Line From More IBM Cuts

IBM is reportedly planning to shift its workforce to countries with cheaper workers such as India and China

16 years ago

IT Security Must Enable Business, Not Disable It

Security professionals should try to add value to business and make new business models possible, instead of focusing on restricting…

16 years ago

IBM Offering Sustainable Procurement Service

IBM's new Sustainable Procurement consulting service helps businesses and government agencies develop and enforce green guidelines for suppliers

16 years ago

Windows 7 May Have XP Downgrade Option

Reports claim users will still have the option of downgrading to Windows XP from Windows 7 after the latter is…

16 years ago

IDC: Virtualisation Software Will Grow 20 Percent

IDC says the market for virtual server management software will grow more than 21 percent by 2013

16 years ago

Can IT Win The Green Turf Wars?

The recession has put IT and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on a collision course. Will IT grow up , and…

16 years ago

Microsoft Hires Top Chip Expert From Sun

According to reports, Tremblay will be joining Microsoft's Strategic Software/Silicon Architectures group, also known as SiArch

16 years ago

Ex-Microsoft Space Tourist Returns To Earth

Simonyi is perhaps most famous for spearheading the development of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and other productivity applications

16 years ago

US Power Grid Hacked: Is The Smart Grid Safe?

Foreign spies placed malware on the US electricity grid. Where does this leave government security, and the Green Grid?

16 years ago

Enterprise Networks Can Cut Emissions, Too

From Energy Efficient Ethernet to a company's own supply network, there's a lot that networks can do to reduce a…

16 years ago

Salesforce.com Launches Free Mobile Service

Launched in London, and runs on iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices

16 years ago

UK Reveals £650m ID Card Contracts

The government has awarded contracts to CSC and IBM to upgrade biometric passports and other systems that will pave the…

16 years ago

Sun, Do You Have A Plan B?

As its deal with IBM evaporates, Sun needs a backup plan. Chris Preimesberger thinks there might be another deal on…

16 years ago

Red Hat UK MD: Recession Will “Legitimise” Open Source

The recession has been good for open source vendors but not so good that Red Hat 's UK boss wants…

16 years ago

Reports Claim IBM Is Close To Sun Buyout

Sun has agreed to accept a lower price in return for stronger commitments from IBM that it will complete the…

16 years ago

Microsoft Launches New Cloud Applications

Microsoft, like Google, Salesforce.com and other major IT entities, have been exploring ways to bring software-as-a-service (SaaS) to an ever-broader…

16 years ago

Google Springs AI April Fool

The search giant makes light of rumours about its intentions for artificial intelligence

16 years ago