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Microsoft to push up UK volume pricing by up to a third

...Microsoft is in the process of negotiating with the Cabinet Office on public-sector licensing. The negotiations will probably offset price increases for the public... Read more

2 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner
Date for Facebook IPO looks set for May

Date for Facebook IPO looks set for May

...Facebook's initial public offering, likely to be the biggest in internet history, is still set... Read more

2 May, 2012 by Paul Sloan

Intel updates Core vPro chips with Ivy Bridge

...built on Sandy Bridge. However, the updated processors also have an added public key infrastructure (PKI) component. Identity Protection Technology integrates one-time-password algorithms... Read more

15 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Oracle: Enterprise cloud adoption could take 30 years

...It could be 30 years before the industry sees wholesale public cloud adoption by enterprises, according to an Oracle executive. Due to a... Read more

25 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

Facebook IPO looks to raise $13.6bn

...now seeking to raise as much as $13.6bn in its initial public offering, according to an SEC filing on Thursday, which would value the... Read more

4 May, 2012 by Paul Sloan

MPs: Smart-meter scheme could cost consumers dear

...Gas Low-income families in particular could find themselves worse off, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said on Tuesday as it issued a report into... Read more

17 January, 2012 by David Meyer

NHS patients' health data to be anonymised and shared

...between protecting individuals' personal health information, and using the information to improve public health. The independent review will be led by Dame Fiona Caldicott and... Read more

21 May, 2012 by Jo Best

Government rolls out CloudStore mark 2

...Nelson, the government chief information officer, said: "Using cloud solutions in the public sector that have been assured and accredited will almost always be less... Read more

21 May, 2012 by Staff

O2 to launch free Wi-Fi hotspot network

...15,000-strong nationwide network of free Wi-Fi hotspots located in public places such as coffee shops, and open to customers and non-customers... Read more

26 January, 2011 by Ben Woods
Scary tech to put a tingle down your spine

Scary tech to put a tingle down your spine

...Free Public Wi-Fi' seems an enticing prospect for the road-pounding traveller tired... Read more

29 October, 2010 by Ben Woods

Government IT: Sacrificial lamb or public service saviour

...img src="/i/silicon/40154377-2-scrunchedpaper.jpg" alt="public service reform online" title="paper forms go online" height="200px" width="300px... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

Add shared services, subtract CIOs: David Wilde's recipe for a better public sector

...ago, and I think that's helping us shift." The move towards public sector bodies sharing IT systems in the cloud is picking up momentum... Read more

12 July, 2011 by Nick Heath

Cambridgeshire opts in to Virgin's public sector network

...Cambridgeshire County Council and other public-sector bodies in the county have signed a framework contract with Virgin... Read more

29 June, 2011 by Staff

Virgin Media launches public-sector network for London

...for four years, during which time any customers from the capital's public sector can arrange deals to last for up to five years. It... Read more

16 June, 2011 by Staff

BT named as Public Sector Network provider

...with the Cabinet Office to become one of the providers underpinning the Public Sector Network programme, the company said on Tuesday. BT Wholesale has signed... Read more

10 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

5 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

7 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

10 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

13 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

14 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

17 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

18 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

18 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry