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Blog Ever since the fine staff at Poole General Hospital looked after me when I suffered an arm fracture a few years back, I have always kept an extra ear open (I generally like to have at least three)...
The British Library needs you
Blog From Monday to Wednesday this week, the British Library in St Pancras is host to a conference on the Digital Lives Research Project. The project has been, and continues, under the auspices of...
Intel accelerates 32nm processor plans
News The world's largest chip company is moving its focus to the next-generation designs faster than it had planned
Monster: Job market still shrinking for IT pros
News The frequency of UK IT jobs has been affected by the global economic recession, according to jobs site Monster.com
Broadband rollout pitched as a recession-buster
News A high-speed broadband infrastructure project is probably the only way the government can use public money effectively in the recession, an audience of top tech execs is told
'Fantastic' time to be a tech start-up
Blog This morning I found myself at Intellect's Regent Conference, which is an annual get-together for executives of the UK's tech industry. This year's conference was splendidly mistitled Keeping ahead...
Don't worry
Talkback Don't you folks worry your pretty little heads about identity fraud. We at Whitehall Inc. have got the perfect solution. In the old days the identity thief had to scrape up vital details about you...
Is there any foreseeable benefit
Talkback While I always applaud the inquisitive scientific mind, I do wonder if we may be going a bit overboard with this grossly expensive machine. Even if it does eventually function successfully and we...
IBM and Juniper collude on the cloud
News The companies have announced a cloud collaboration, including load management and migration services
Growth predicted for Indian tech despite downturn
News India's outsourcing trade body, Nasscom, predicts the country's software and services industry will continue to grow despite the impact of the global economy
Apparently in the US
Talkback they are using the same technology in driving licences and passports. This article highlights the potential risks of the system in terms of both security and abuse. The author has apparently...
Microsoft granted 10,000th patent
News After five years of pushing for more patents, Microsoft has finally broken into five digits when it comes to the number of US patents issued
HP ditches Linux option for UK netbooks
Talkback Was it really HP's decision, or were they "convinced" it would be in their best interest to comply with Microsoft's request? It is really a shame the consumer has no choice of an OS, but is forced...
Microsoft's hiring open source smarts...
Blog Microsoft is looking for a Director of Open Source Desktop Strategy. There may not be that much directing involved, as part of the job is to "create a rational set of proof points that promote...
Lord Carter: Securing a digital future for Britain
Comment Digital Britain report architect Stephen Carter says it will take a careful balance of private and public initiatives to roll out a broadband infrastructure to the whole of the UK in the face of...
E-crime unit seeks insight from IT industry
News The nascent Police Central e-Crime Unit is meeting 150 business-security professionals to share ideas on the reporting of crime and tracking down of cybercriminals
Lucky Jim
Blog We were diverted yesterday by Gizmodo's report (via TechFlash) on ex-Vista-honcho Jim Allchin's solo album, Enigma. Of course it's all too easy to scoff at the former Microsoftie's AOR...
CSR absorbs SiRF GPS chip company
Blog CSR, formerly Cambridge Silicon Radio, has bought SiRF, an American GPS chip company, in a £91 million share transaction giving SiRF shareholders 27 percent of the new enlarged CSR. Two SiRF...
Microsoft prepares smartphone challenge to Apple
Analysis The company is about to announce a new operating system, application store and file backup service to help it compete with Apple's iPhone, according to The Wall Street Journal
Identity fraud on the increase
News The rate of identity fraud rose 22 percent in 2008 from the year before, with stolen and lost wallets and credit cards being the biggest method of theft
LHC restart now on hold until September
News The latest postponement means the world's largest particle accelerator will be back online a year after an electrical malfunction forced its shutdown
Microsoft strikes licensing deal with Google
News As part of its new Sync product for mobile phones, Google signed on for a licence to some Microsoft intellectual property
DNS service tracks Downadup infections
News OpenDNS has launched a service designed to help network administrators spot and remove infections by the widespread worm, also known as Conficker
