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UK SMEs Rely On Poor Data

Ninety-eight percent of UK mid-market companies are struggling with data quality, according to IBM research

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Public Sector Green IT Inertia Exposed

The UK public sector won't meet government carbon targets for IT, unless it gets its skates on, according to a survey

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BT Does U-Turn And Drops Phorm

BT has abandoned its plans to use the the controversial web monitoring tool on to its broadband users, in favour of "interest-based" ads.

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Nokia Is Not Falling For Android Fever

An Android phone is the last thing Nokia would do, says Peter Judge. It would be more exciting than more Symbian devices, but would be too big a U-turn

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Apple Takes iPhone Screen Repairs In-Store

While Apple can't do much to help you prevent dropping your iPhone, reports claim the company has made it easier to get the screen replaced.

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Sony Ericsson’s Android Phone Is Leaked, while Nokia Denies Plans

Nokia still prefers Symbian, but Sony Ericsson is convinced by the Android potential

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SMEs Maintaining IT Spend to Work Smarter, Leaner

A new global study has found many SMEs maintaining or increasing current IT spending levels to focus on strategic areas.

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Hacker Releases iPhone 3GS Unlocking Tool For Windows

The same hacker to unlock Apple's first iPhone has struck again with an iPhone 3GS tool currently available for Windows only.

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Enterprise Vendors Flounder In Green IT Ranking

Microsoft, Lenovo, Fujitsu just beat Nintendo at bottom of Greenpeace quarterly league table, while Nokia gets top spot.

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Unifying Communications to Weather The Economic Storm

While the focus during this recession may have turned to green IT and virtualisation for IT savings, Michael Bayer of Avaya argues the case for unified communications.

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Open Source Flies In A Recession, Says Ingres

Open source software is the only way for users to meet the economic crisis, says Roger Burkhardt of Ingres. But they will have to take some short term pain to get out of proprietary licence structures.

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Palm Pre Customer Satisfaction Hot On iPhone 3GS Heels

The Apple iPhone 3GS asserted itself to the top of Consumer Reports' newest smartphone rankings, with the Palm Pre was close behind.

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Opera Unite Review – Potential Not Fully Realised

A plug in that runs a web server within a browser, Unite is good for sharing but has security risks: not recommended for most users

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Google Throws Apps Contacts Open to Enterprise

Google is making it easier for users to find contacts within an enterprise, mirroring existing enterprise social software from IBM, Socialtext and Jive.

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Mozilla Hurrying Firefox 3.5 Security Patches

Mozilla plans to release a patched version of its latest browser, to be named Firefox 3.5.1, in response to bugs that were revealed following the latest release.

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iPhone, Android, Pre: Are The New Smartphones Business-Ready?

New smartphones have impressed consumers, but the iPhone, Android and Palm Pre still lack business features

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AMD Updates Opteron As Istanbul Steals Spotlight

As AMD's six-core “Istanbul” Opteron server processor gets the bulk of the publicity, AMD is rolling out additions to its line of quad-core chips

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Keeping Up With The Demand For Flexible Working

The modern flexible worker is more demanding than ever, says Mark Dixon. He's just overhauled the technology in his chain of Regus serviced offices

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Younger Staff Drive Mobile Use At Work

Younger people are driving a change in attitude towards the use of mobile phones and their convergence in the workplace, a new survey has found.

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Digital Economy Bill Proposes File Sharing Law

The government's legislative programme includes Digital Economy Bill which will enact Digital Britain's proposals for universal broadband and a cut in file-sharing

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Cisco EnergyWise Targets Energy Efficient Buildings

Cisco is using its networking capabilities to help drive down power consumption in buildings

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Sun Readies VirtualBox for Data Centre Virtualisation

Sun has upgraded it VirtualBox virtualisation platform, to compete with virtualisation technology from VMware, Citrix and Microsoft

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Apple Updates iPhone OS 3.1 SDK, Claim Reports

Apple pushed out its iPhone OS 3.1 software and the accompanying SDK for developers early 1 July, according to reports

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Windows 7 Pricing Confuses, While Apple Keeps It Simple

Microsoft has announced a confusing pricing scheme for its new Windows 7 OS while, Apple is keeping it simple with its upcoming Snow Leopard OS release

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Sun Shines On Oracle Fusion Launch

Oracle's newest middleware technology platform takes advantage of virtualisation and includes new developer tools for easier application building

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Recession Drives Green IT Into Data Centres

Despite squeezed budgets, green IT is changing tech buying behaviour and data centre structures.

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Windows And Linux Prepare For Netbook Wars II

Microsoft has clearly won the first Netbook Wars, sidelining Linux as an operating system for low-cost laptops. But, Peter Judge asks, what will happen when Microsoft throws Windows 7 into the mix?