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All the IT news from the last 7 days covering hardware, software, security, communications and more

Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Check Point launches new endpoint security tool

Dell hints at green shoots

IT transformation supports growth at Britvic

Bell reports revenue stabilisation

Authorities close in on South Korea hackers

Apple tablet pegged for October release

Seagate opens fastest and largest drives to channel

Pharmaceutical spam continues to rise

Malware writers take aim at new ActiveX vulnerability

Phone market facing major shakedown

Intel outlines the next-generation 'reality web'

Monday, 13 July 2009

Semiconductor business has hit the bottom says Gartner

Malware writers take aim at new ActiveX vulnerability

IronKey unveils ultra-secure USB Flash key

Microsoft touts Windows Embedded for smartbooks

Government launches awards for tech innovation

Citrix adds free version of Essentials management suite

Microsoft revamps partner programme

VMware updates Lab Manager

Cambridge assessor forecasts electronic exams in 10 years

Windows 7 set for success

IT salaries holding up as firms look to retain valued staff

Microsoft spills the beans on Office 2010

Microsoft unveils Office 2010 and takes productivity software online

UK economy on the up, report suggests

NHS security blunders put patients at risk

Cisco ousts Nortel from Olympics deal

Teen file-sharing decline hurts copyright lobby

AMD adds to six-core Opteron line up

British American Tobacco to revamp global applications

Adobe launches ColdFusion 9 and ColdFusion Builder

Datatec heaps praise on Westcon

Six out of 10 firms to shun Windows 7

UK e-tailer opens for business

Channelweb's top five

Ramesys looks overseas to expand

E-assessments to replace traditional exams, says education expert

IBM offers free VAR sales tool

Red Hat ups its support for system integrators

Compusys is buried under Stone

Rosetta Stone sues Google over trademark violation

Sunday, 12 July 2009

118800 mobile number directory crashes

Saturday, 11 July 2009

Businesses will get Windows 7 'by end of July'

Google enhances search to see off Bing

Third wave of attacks hits South Korea

Internet is broken, says original designer

SME tech sales tough despite projected success

Microsoft slides Bing search into Hotmail

General Motors taps eBay for online sales

Friday, 10 July 2009

Dot com pioneers launch technology VC fund

Nortel loses London 2012 Olympics contract

IBM brings in partners for ID card biometric database

OCF and Interface join forces in Landmark project

Cisco grabs 2012 contract from Nortel

Wright to leave HP

EU calls for consumer-friendly approach to file sharing

Silverlight 3 lands for developers

Top 10 articles, 10 July 09

Microsoft to plug security holes

Microsoft responds to criticism over late fix

Dell targets partners for managed services

Channel sings praises of vSphere 4 upgrade

"Mature" Riverbed unveils new top tier

Bailey bullish after s2s integration push

Cash helps RES expand

Alcatel-Lucent makes security sales simpler

Infosys defies gloom with better-than-expected results

Alvarion and MLL Telecom hail success of UK WiMax trial

Symbian releases open source package

IBM launches information masking software

Koobface worm resurfaces

Will Digital Britain survive the next election?

Infosys warns of tough times ahead

Government replies to EU legal challenge on Phorm

SANmelody takes flight at Newcastle International

Avisen branches out to South Africa

After Digital Britain – now it's Digital Europe

Probrand eyes further growth

Westcon Security unveils new UK head

Samsung patents smartphone with wings

Conficker still dominating attack landscape

Ericsson lands $5bn deal with Sprint

Tagged.com faces legal action for data fraud

Government honours veterans of Bletchley Park at last

Tech industry will lead the way out of recession

Thursday, 09 July 2009

Datawind unveils £159 netbook and new PocketSurfers

Toshiba TG01 smartphone launching on Orange

Downturn fuels UK IT skills gap

GlaxoSmithKline extends SAP contract with Mahindra Satyam

BT promises 1.5m fibre connections by summer 2010

Mobile users still ripped off on roaming data charges

Check Point hails SKU opportunity

Calling out for convergence

BackupAgent has Solid UK foothold

PC and Mac bodies unite to find voice

Governments warned of further DoS attacks

CBI baulks at ICO's proposed new powers

Lords to decide on private sector data protection spot-checks

Pizza Hut hopes to make a crust using ATM marketing tool

Google Apps to become OpenID provider

Sinofsky takes charge of Microsoft's Windows division

NCC Group launches security kitemark

Computacenter expects profit to exceed expectations

Fujitsu and Citrix ink virtualisation deal

Google unveils Chrome OS hardware partners

Police probe News of the World phone tap claims

Morse expects a weaker second half

Maverick moves Sidwick to European role in management shuffle

NetApp retreats from Data Domain bidding war

EMC triumphs in battle for Data Domain

Computacenter beats market expectations

Reseller insolvencies hold steady

Government opens up £1bn of public sector communications deals

CBI warns over extending data watchdog's powers

69 more towns to receive superfast fibre broadband

Google OS does not threaten Microsoft - yet

NEC takes aim at server and storage market

Northgate parries FPB attack

Computer Aid puts the fizz into Coca-Cola's old PCs

How Satyam cleaned up its act

Broadband penetration set to hit 500 million

McAfee warns of new Mac malware attack

Wednesday, 08 July 2009

Radio sites cut royalty deal with record labels

Software-as-a-service failing to impress

TheTrainline gains flexibility with thin-client technology

Communications skills vital for IT leaders - but hard to find

Oracle urges channel to specialise

Asus adds to Seashell netbook range

Apple facing SEC probe over Jobs's ill-health

Freecom secures hard disk with a wave

Ofcom highlights 3G coverage shortfalls

Microsoft faces more EU anti-trust probes

Unite challenges IBM pension scheme cuts

Talk Talk walks away from Phorm

IBM looks to cut UK pensions liability

Fujitsu aims new Primergy server at SMEs

Jones to leave Integralis UK

EMC bundles virtualisation tools under Ionix brand

Civica draws water from Sandwell

Ramsac rocks out at V Festival

Spammers step up use of shortened URLs

Hyde to run Microsoft LAR channel

Waitrose cuts down on IT costs with monitoring software

Ofcom to look into 3G mobile broadband service quality

Open Text unveils Web Solutions 10

Smartphone call quality under the spotlight

VMware guns for Virtual Iron leftovers

Two-thirds of organisations hit by data breach in last year

O2 cuts ribbon at Partner Academy

National Geographic boosts marketing analytics

Logicalis grabs £5.5m council contract

Information Commissioner calls for data protection 'step change'

Google planning Chrome-based operating system

ANS defies downturn with turnover spike

Gorringe to exit BT EngageIT

Tories say government is burying ID card costs in passports

Demand for IT jobs still falling - but not as fast

Facebook concerned as silver surfers take over

Google takes enterprise apps out of beta

Commercial software should learn from open source

US government web sites taken down in hacking attacks

Nortel updates unified communications line

Oracle rolls out data modelling tool

Researchers crack Social Security number code

Tuesday, 07 July 2009

Cisco to develop TV videoconferencing system

McAfee upgrades ePolicy Orchestrator

Sony unveils Vaio Mini-W Series netbooks

Orange to launch LG Watch Phone in August

Google finally takes Gmail out of beta

Twitter users warned of get-rich-quick scams

Northgate blasted over payment policy

UK firms still failing to stem data leaks

Dell courts police with digital forensics service

Gartner predicts dramatic rise in location-based services

Nitro PDF on the hunt for resellers

E-government is not always the best option, say MPs

Jackson memorial service to send millions online

Yahoo launches Search Pad note-taking tool

ICO slaps car insurance firm after data loss

Fast IiS names first wave of reviewed SAM vendors

Palm confirms O2 for UK Pre launch

Becta hails Microsoft licensing move

Online UK video watching jumps nearly 50 per cent

Global IT spending to drop by $200bn in 2009

Gartner slashes IT spending forecast

NeuStar extends its DNS node network

ID cards are being "accelerated not scrapped"

IBM touts its good citizenship

EMC sweetens offer for Data Domain

Marc Andreessen forms new venture capital firm

Department of Justice looking into handset deals

Programmer accused of stealing Goldman Sachs source code

Microsoft and Unesco team up on education

Microsoft warns of new ActiveX security threat

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