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Demanding migrate from NT to .Net Server
News If you intend to migrate to Windows Server 2003, you'd better start planning now. If you plan to migrate and you're one of those companies that hasn't yet migrated to W2K Server, you're going to have a long and rather arduous road ahead.
[February 19, 2003, 8:15]
Regulator demands more powers to fight rogue diallers
News ICSTIS, the organisation that regulates the premium rate telephone services, is demanding that the government gives it the powers it needs to fight the growing menace of rogue diallers. ICSTIS is demanding that the DTI moves fast.
[July 8, 2004, 17:30]
Kaspersky: Ransomware is key threat
News Online criminals are turning away from threatening companies with massive cyberattacks in favour of encrypting a victim's data and demanding money to release it, an antivirus expert claimed on Tuesday.
[February 7, 2007, 9:56]
IBM extends WebSphere's back-end reach
News IBM has developed an add-on to its WebSphere server software designed to improve the management of back-end computing gear in demanding situations. IBM expects the software to appeal mainly to companies with complex computing systems and demanding...
[June 24, 2004, 8:50]
Direct vendors respond to non-Intel chip demands
News Direct suppliers such as Elonex, Carrera, Evesham Micros and the new Compaq Direct UK have all given alternative processors their blessing and, according to Elonex systems marketing manager Demetre Cheras, it's because customers are now demanding...
[August 15, 1997, 15:08]
First tests: Mobile P4 slower than PIII?
News Intel's Pentium 4 processor, which launched on Monday, is unlikely to give much of a performance boost over the mobile Pentium III for general office applications, according to first tests conducted by ZDNet UK labs, but it should be significantly...
[March 5, 2002, 17:48]
US demand for flight data worries Europeans
News The MEPs noted that negotiations between the US and the European Commission "had reached an impasse" and are now demanding that action is taken before 1 December. Above all, the MEPs are demanding "that there is no…data retention above the period...
[October 7, 2003, 11:15]
Microsoft in the hot seat in new Net flap
News The newest blow up occurred this week after Microsoft notified officials at the Linux-enthusiast site Slashdot, demanding the removal of certain postings. Open-source advocates disagreed with Microsoft's take, describing the company's letter...
[May 12, 2000, 9:02]
VMWare goes four-way
News But x86 systems are taking on more demanding tasks, such as housing databases or application servers, that often require four or more processors. VMware's expansion would mean that large multiprocessor x86 servers could be subdivided to run these...
[November 1, 2004, 8:04]
Wireless software firms : 'Show us the money'
News Although many Internet companies in the 1990s thought they could generate revenue through advertising alone, ad revenue has dried up, and Wall Street is demanding that companies find new ways to bring in money.
[February 23, 2001, 14:09]
SCO names Linux licensee
News SCO has been demanding that Linux users purchase a SCO intellectual property licence to use Linux. Although it's been demanding licence fees since August, SCO began selling its SCO IP licence online only in February.
[March 1, 2004, 16:20]
Search engines slammed for drug ads
News The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which regulates advertising in the United States, last year issued its first guidelines targeting advertising in search results, laying out best practices for disclosure of paid links but falling short of...
[November 11, 2003, 8:20]
Demand for US immigrant work visas rises in 2001
News Because they're less expensive, Project USA argues, it's no surprise that US companies are demanding them even more during an economic downturn. It's another thing to keep demanding these workers when times are bad and Americans are losing their...
[January 23, 2002, 15:12]
Google faces £40m copyright demand
News A group representing Belgian newspaper publishers is demanding that Google pay it up to €49m — some £40m — in damages related to a lawsuit alleging the search giant linked to and cached their news stories in violation of copyright law.
[May 28, 2008, 8:31]
Capita takes the blame for tax security lapse
News We will be asking for further information, and demanding a full inquiry to ensure that no resident has lost out as a result of this security breach. IT services company Capita has apologised for the "regrettable error" that saw the personal...
[August 31, 2005, 13:45]
Microsoft: Audit, or there'll be trouble
News In its continuing jihad against software piracy, Microsoft's legal department has sent letters to corporate customers demanding they conduct internal audits of their software licenses and submit their findings within 30 days to the software giant.
[June 25, 2001, 9:35]
Academics demand NHS IT review
News Anderson said that the independent review the group is demanding should utilise sufficient expertise in IT projects, but he warned that it "might be turned by government into another review from the NAO".
[October 10, 2006, 17:05]
Microsoft Excels itself with late trademark application
News Microsoft recently sent a letter to the company, demanding it change the product's name. In January, Microsoft caused a dust up after demanding that Canadian teenager Mike Rowe transfer control of the domain name MikeRoweSoft.com to the company in...
[November 12, 2004, 7:50]
Project managers: Well paid but for how long?
News Project managers are still demanding some of the highest pay in the industry but for both permanent and contract workers 2002 is proving far less lucrative than 2001. According to the latest Skill-o-Meter figures, provided for silicon.com by the...
[August 16, 2002, 10:47]
Why is that user yelling at me?
News Is this the latest trend -- IT staff having to deal with internal clients who are demanding, impatient and don't really even know what they're asking you to do? IT professionals may be employed to provide service to the rest of the business, but...
[August 28, 2002, 9:02]
