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Blog Wednesday 30/1/2005 Second day in Sweden, and we're back at the Toblerone — the local nickname for Kista Tower. Kista is an area of Stockholm set up as a science park, only they want to...
iPod sparks record boom in chip sales
News Sales of semiconductors break a 'historic' barrier, to use Gartner's words, as they hit $235bn in sales helped by iPod nano
IT managers 'should play with Xbox 360s'
News Staying up to date with disruptive technology should be a key part of your IT strategy for 2006 which means getting to grips with new consoles and head-mounted displays
NEC develops ultra-thin battery for mobile
News A thin, flexible battery from NEC with a 30-second recharge could be an instant hit in a wide range of device markets
Banking industry lashes out at privacy legislation
News Laws restricting the sharing of information between financial organisations are hindering the fight against cybercrime, according to Apacs
Your own, personal IT manager
Leader Staff deciding what technology they should be using doesn't have to be a management nightmare
Mobile WiMax standard ratified
News The IEEE has given its final stamp of approval to 802.16e, paving the way for widespread adoption of the wireless broadband technology
Ramesys rebrands as RedSky IT
News The software firm has sold its education arm, and will rebrand the remaining parts as RedSky IT
Google warns of spiralling energy costs
News It could soon cost more to power you server than buy it, according to a Google engineer
Sonic builds a model ESB
News In an effort to make the Enterprise Service Bus better understood, Sonic Software has created a formal model of its interpretation of the architecture in UML
Microsoft plans critical Christmas patches
News December's patch bundle from Microsoft is small, but contains some overdue fixes
KPMG slates European IT pricing
News While IT firms from Europe have their strengths they don't provide good value for money, according to the accountancy firm
Intel narrows fourth-quarter forecast
News Some investors have reacted with dismay at Intel's narrowing of it revenue figures for the rest of 2005, as the change did not deliver the rises they had been hoping for
Outsourcing growth continues
News Specialists are showing good growth as more and more firms seek to rid themselves of their IT woes
Symantec sees a hosted future
News The ubiquity of broadband will lead to Symantec increasingly offering its software over the Web, rather than just out of a box
Firefox 1.5 DoS flaw made public
News Problems with the way the open source browser stores Web site information could lead to denial-of-service attacks on users
Flaw found in Sony DRM patch
News Will Sony BMG's DRM woes ever end? A security flaw has been found in their latest patch, which will itself now need to be patched
