IT security: The trends to watch in 2009
Analysis Managed services, mobile provision and distributed security all feature on 2009's security radar
Check Point buys Nokia security-appliance business
News Having already collaborated with the Finnish firm for a decade, Check Point says the purchase of Nokia's appliance business will help it extend Check Point's own portfolio
Red Hat's results beat expectations
Blog Analysts were predicting the open source software firm Red Hat's Q3 results to show earnings of 18 US cents per share on revenues of $166.4m - in the event, Red Hat reported 24 cents on $165.3m. ...
2009's major milestone for computing pioneers
Photo Two historic British computers, the Manchester Mark 1 and Edsac, went live 60 years ago next year. Both systems were the immediate forerunners of the first commercial systems
Are you staying ‘cyber-dependent’ this yuletide?
Blog Just imagine it – three whole days and nights without email, phone, SMS, Twitter, Instant Messenger, BlackBerry or even TV coverage. It was back in May of this year that I first blogged on the...
Intel starts shipping 160GB solid-state drives
News The 2.5-inch laptop drives are currently shipping, with the 1.8-inch version set to ship in January
A jobless macworld may bring
Blog A yawning keynote by the old duffer Phil schiller A new mac mini clad in Aluminum A new faster imac even thinnner with LCD instant on A new Apple TV (that maybe combined with mac mini) A new...
Sony could be preparing new laptop, maybe
Blog The Consumer Electronics Show is almost upon us (January 8 to 11, Las Vegas) and as it draws closer so the pre-publicity machines of the computer manufacturers start to grind up to full power,...
Windows XP granted further reprieve
News System builders and resellers have been given extra time to obtain licences for the discontinued XP for their systems
NatWest claims first with money transfer via mobile
News NatWest has launched what it claims is the first international money-transfer service over mobile phones offered by a UK bank
Microsoft warns of SQL Server vulnerability
News The software giant has issued an advisory that it is investigating a remote code execution vulnerability affecting its SQL Server line
Home Office has received over 1,000 ID card requests
News Jacqui Smith says over 1,000 pieces of correspondence to government on the biometric cards over the past two years have been classified as 'wants an ID card'
Win a Hazro 30-inch wide-format monitor
Competition Get an eyeful of Hazro's 30-inch professional HZ30W display screen, which has plenty of room for several applications to be seen side by side. It's the first prize in our 2008 '12 Days of...
Are you staying ‘cyber-dependent’ this yuletide?
Blog Just imagine it – three whole days and nights without email, phone, SMS, Twitter, Instant Messenger, BlackBerry or even TV coverage. It was back in May of this year that I first blogged on the...



