Grid project hunts for bird flu cure
News The virus has taken a deadly toll on bird populations in Asia and Europe, and scientists fear it could spread to humans, causing a flu pandemic. Scientists in the UK and Asia have deployed a computing grid to find a potential cure for avian flu.
[May 5, 2006, 8:55]
Beware the bird flu spammers
News The spam emails urge recipients to protect themselves and their families from the bird flu virus by purchasing Tamiflu from a Web site. Medical experts have warned Internet users about spam which links to a Web site supposedly selling avian flu...
[October 26, 2005, 17:00]
IBM service assesses pandemic risk
News In the past year, the bird flu has spread through bird populations in Asia and Europe, and scientists fear it could spread to humans, causing a flu pandemic. IBM is introducing a service that seeks to answer a question that few would like to ask...
[June 6, 2006, 9:50]
Webcast: Why Remote Access is Critical to Your Disaster Recovery Plan
White Papers Although business continuity planning is often driven by natural disaster risks such as hurricanes, tornadoes, or even a potential bird flu pandemic, it's much more likely that your company's next "disaster" will actually be caused by a hardware...
[December 5, 2006, 11:57]
Tesco puts broadband in trolley
Talkback E7even is bullshit, shit services which is down most or all the time, who ever says e7even is good, probably works for them, avoid like bird flu
[April 7, 2006, 12:51]
Communications Solutions in Support of Pandemic Planning
White Papers The H5N1 virus (A bird-adapted strain of H5N1 has been commonly referred to as the Bird Flu), today's most likely pathogen, has been passed sporadically from animals to humans, and while continuing to evolve, has not mutated into a form highly...
[January 9, 2008, 0:01]
Government sees silver lining in botnet cloud
News One attendee pointed out that he "wouldn't want the value of being number one in infections to be extended to bird flu". The epidemic of hijacked PCs sweeping the UK underlines the sign of the success achieved in creating Broadband Britain...
[November 21, 2005, 14:05]
University computer cluster boosts Cern research
News The GridPP has been adapted at times for different high-performance computing tasks, including the search last year for a cure for bird flu, which underlines the flexibility of the grid architecture. A new computer cluster has been unveiled by...
[May 8, 2007, 16:59]
The government can't handle the truth
Leader But while up to now the Department of Health has been judicious and careful not to create a sense of panic around the bird-flu virus - the same cannot be said for the DTI's behaviour around the electronic kind and IT security in general.
[March 29, 2006, 15:30]
PC sales growth to slow in 2006
News Markets in the Asia-Pacific region will remain static due to factors such as the threat of a bird flu epidemic and the slowing Chinese economy, IDC said. Global personal computer sales are projected to grow at 10.5 percent in 2006, compared with...
[December 21, 2005, 8:40]
Google site tracks spread of flu in US
News The same trending technique could be used in tandem with other organisations to track contagious viruses or threats besides flu, including AIDS, bird flu, and Africanised honey bees. Google on Tuesday unveiled a site to track the progress of flu in...
[November 12, 2008, 13:58]
