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Huge bills for Christmas PC energy wastage
News The amount of energy wasted by UK office equipment left on standby over the 10-day Christmas period would be enough to roast 4.4 million turkeys, predicts hardware maker Canon. He added: "We have only looked at office equipment that is left in...
[December 15, 2006, 8:29]
Government approach to IT recycling under fire
News Public-sector bodies could raise an extra £70m each year on the resale costs of IT equipment according to a National Audit Office report released on Tuesday. In the 2005/06 financial year, public bodies bought 1.7 million units of IT equipment, at...
[August 1, 2007, 8:50]
Nortel to buy Clarify for $2.1bn
News After market close Monday, the network equipment vendor announced a deal to buy Clarify in a stock deal valued at $2.1 billion. Both sides portrayed Monday's announcement as a way to create a one-stop solution for e-commerce that combines Nortel's...
[October 19, 1999, 9:46]
Direct network traffic with IBM chip
News Unlike its predecessor, the PowerNP NP4GS3, the new chip is intended for lower-cost networking equipment such as routers in small-office networks. Big Blue's Semiconductor Division on Monday will announce a new, lower-cost version of its PowerNP...
[March 22, 2002, 17:24]
Addressing Next-Generation CPE Challenges: The Role of the Intel XScale Technology based Intel IXP425 Network Processor in CPE
White Papers This paper examines the challenges facing equipment providers, carriers, and the enterprise in the CPE segment. These new network processor offerings will enable network equipment vendors to offer their customers the best combination of...
[June 24, 2009, 11:59]
Lost property costs Cabinet Office £100,000
News Ministers admitted in a response to a parliamentary question on Wednesday that equipment valued at a total of £102,553 has gone missing from one of the most secure buildings in Britain. A total of 1,354 pieces of government-owned computer equipment...
[January 31, 2002, 17:48]
Solwise VOIP-EL404 review
Reviews Support for standard H.323 and SIP signalling means that other vendors' equipment and IP phones can be used at the remote office if preferred. In terms of cabling, the two units look pretty similar, with a single 10/100Mbps Ethernet port for LAN...
[May 6, 2005, 12:25]
Home Office laptop and disc 'bought on eBay'
News We understand that encrypted IT equipment has been handed to Greater Manchester Police," a Home Office spokesperson said on Thursday. We contacted [the police] and they seized the equipment. The Home Office is investigating the apparent sale of one...
[February 28, 2008, 11:57]
New law could boost teleworking
News Every flexible working employee has a subsidised broadband connection and a one-off contribution towards office equipment. It's no coincidence that companies that make the teleworking equipment are among those forging the way in using it.
[March 27, 2003, 10:18]
Dell and Gateway go wireless
News As the price of wireless networking equipment has dropped over the past year, the major computer manufacturers have begun offering customers a variety of wireless options. Gateway focuses on Intel equipment
[August 20, 2002, 19:46]
'Deceptive Duo' suspects hit in FBI raid
News Separately, the Contra Costa county district attorney's office confirmed that agents acting on a warrant issued in the Deceptive Duo case confiscated computer equipment from Robert Lyttle, the previously convicted pro-Napster defacer, in...
[May 16, 2002, 9:11]
'Pimpshiz' speaks - with pride
News The state attorneys are waiting for the FBI to complete forensics on the computer equipment seized from the suspect's home. On Friday, police investigating the Web site break-ins confirmed they had searched the Pleasant Hill, California, home of a...
[January 15, 2001, 8:44]
MoD pays £150m for soldier tech
Blog A National Audit Office report earlier this summer said the NAO could not sign off £6.6bn worth of equipment as there was insufficient evidence of the kit's existence. It is the infantry soldier that bears the brunt [of the fighting] and takes the...
[September 8, 2009, 17:35]
Cisco unleashes power-over-Ethernet
News This equipment could dramatically affect how corporations view Wi-Fi and voice over IP (VoIP), which is the merger of office telephone and computer networks, Conover said. About 100,000 companies use the Catalyst 6500 switches to create networks...
[March 31, 2003, 9:05]
Wi-Fi - racing to the next level
News There was a huge difference between an office machine and a computer, a chip and a computer, a PBX (telephone network equipment) and a computer. Computers are now the main engines in office equipment like copiers.
[December 9, 2002, 7:55]
Why you should care about WiMax
News While you can already buy 802.16-2004 equipment, 802.16e kit is just starting to appear. It's important to note that 802.16-2004 and 802.16e equipment are incompatible. That's when WiMax goes mobile as well as fixed, and you start to see people...
[May 24, 2006, 10:55]
Cabinet Office heads government 'green' IT drive
News Reusing as much computer equipment as possible I hope that the steps we're announcing today — including simple ideas, such as making sure everything is turned off when not in use, defaulting to double-sided printing and reusing old equipment for as...
[July 17, 2008, 13:09]
ZyXEL Communications Case Study: Moxie's Classic Grill
White Papers After looking into a number of possible solutions, including equipment from Cisco and Fortinet, MultiTrends chose ZyXEL equipment to be the heart of their solution. Eatz wanted to connect all 23 restaurants to their head office's network resources...
[January 21, 2009, 0:00]
Foreign Office reports five data breaches since 2007
News The only serious breach caused by unauthorised disclosure by a contractor, rather than by lost equipment or documents, was in May last year. In a summary table of events not deemed serious enough to be reported to the ICO, Defra said that it had...
[August 4, 2008, 8:59]
What the future holds for corporate voice telephony via WLAN
News At the very least, they need an integrated plan for equipment purchasing. The Wi-Fi Alliance will certify equipment that meets its requirements for interoperability, but vendors are likely to introduce proprietary innovations to improve performance...
[June 28, 2004, 12:05]
