UK businesses spend thousands on e-mail recovery
Medium-sized businesses can incur costs of thousands of pounds per year for e-mail recovery, according to Kroll Ontrack, the data management firm. The...
Leak reveals Windows 7 'family pack' licensing plan
Microsoft plans to release a "family pack" version of its Windows 7 operating system. Family pack versions of Windows 7 can be installed...
Gary McKinnon's mother meets PM's wife
Janis Sharp, the mother of Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon has had tea with the Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown today, to discuss the plight of her son.
Twitter spurs Bing and Facebook real-time initiatives
Microsoft and Facebook have both announced initiatives in response to pressure from Twitter to provide real-time updates online.
Microsoft extends government deal after public bodies fail to sign up
Microsoft has extended the duration of a software licencing offer it made to the UK public sector, after government organisations failed to buy enough software licences.
Apple races to fix iPhone security flaw
Apple is working on a security patch for the iPhone to fix a vulnerability that could be exploited by cybercriminals.
EU anti-trust authorities scrutinise Oracle-Sun deal
Oracle's plans to buy Sun Microsystems are likely to be referred to the European Union anti-trust authorities, it has emerged.
Greenpeace points finger at big IT firms
Too many big companies have been slow to do their bit to tackle the world's environmental problems.
Michael Jackson “secret songs” e-mail poison, says Sophos
An e-mail claiming to contain a link to "secret songs and photos" of Michael Jackson is one of the latest malware spam attacks to exploit the singer's death, says security firm Sophos.
US online advertisers scramble to avoid new privacy legislation
The US advertising industry has drawn up guidelines for online advertising in an attempt to avoid legislative action over controversial behavioural targeting...
Lloyds' offshoring skills concerns point to industry-wide problem
Concerns are growing that the UK could be left with a shortage of IT skills at all levels if it continues to send development work overseas.
iPhones will not work properly when it is too hot or cold
Apple has warned users of its latest iPhones that high or low temperatures can lead to problems with the devices.
Air France Airbus crash: system pitot sensors a factor
Defective sensors which fed information on air speed to onboard systems were one possible factor in the loss of an Air France Airbus A330-200 on 1 June 2009.
Oracle defends delay of OFM 11g
Oracle has defended the timing of the release of the latest version of its Oracle Fusion Middleware product, saying it is bang on the target. Oracle...
LinkedIn saved Microsoft £60,000 on recruitment fees
LinkedIn's business value was highlighted when Microsoft asked a member of its IT recruitment staff to put together a team to reverse-engineer viruses.
Oracle will not rent commodity cloud space
Oracle has ruled out following Amazon's strategy...
Workers lack mobile phone etiquette, says survey
Companies may have to train staff on phone etiquette as mobile phones continue to infiltrate business life.
Companies fail to test disaster recovery plans
Only 35% of companies test their disaster recovery plans at least once a year, research by security company, Symantec reveals.
Business outsourcing is on life support, bosses told
Commoditised outsourcing is no...
Oracle Fusion 11g will 'simplify enterprise computing', says president
Oracle's latest Fusion Middleware 11g is a key part of Oracle's strategy to help organisation solve complex integration problems, says Oracle president Charles Phillips.
Charles Phillips unveils Oracle's next-generation software
Oracle president Charles Phillips is in London today for the launch of Oracle Fusion Middleware...
IT industry's broken promises on toxic chemicals in products
HP, Dell and Lenovo have been criticised for breaking promises to remove hazardous chemicals from their products.
Dell customers get 19-inch LCD monitors for under £10
Dell is being made to honour sales to thousands of people that bought 19-inch LCD monitors for under £10 in Taiwan after it advertised them at the wrong...
CSPs spell out problems with Big Brother proposals
Communications services providers face huge technical and liability problems in complying with proposals to upgrade the UK's capacity to eavesdrop on the internet, a parliamentary committee heard this morning.
Child DNA database grows - but not in Scotland
The number of children held on the English and Welsh DNA database has grown by 20,000 in a year, while Scotland's database continues to hold only a small...
Airbus crash: interim statement tomorrow
French authorities will tomorrow [2 July 2009] give an interim statement on their investigation into the loss of an Air France Airbus off Brazil on 1...
Video: Palm sells 300,000 iPhone killers in June
Palm sold more than 300,000 Palm Pre handsets in June, the company announced today. This compares to one million new...
How do you stop a gorilla urinating in the IT department?
The best thing that can happen to a CIO is forthe IT budget to be cut completely. This would mean they would have to compete for funds in a meritocracy. CFOs,...
Adobe closes offices for week to save cash
Adobe has shut its US offices this week to save money on operations. But the moveis not that unusual, according to an Adobe blogger. The company planned...
British Airways shelves ERP project as recession bites
British Airways has shelved plans to roll-out a company-wide ERP system because it doesn't want to spend cash in the face of a recession.
Juniper stops researcher revealing ATM vulnerability
A security researcher has been prevented from disclosing security flaws in cashpoint machines at the Blackhat...
Airlines slash spending on IT
Airline investment in IT is set to reach a new low this year as airlines cope with huge financial losses, according to the 2009 Airline IT Trends Survey,...
Firefox 3.5, the fastest yet, says Mozilla
The latest version of Mozilla's Firefox web browser includes features to allow increasingly powerful web applications....
ID databases go ahead, despite u-turn on ID cards
ID cards will no longer be compulsory, but anyone applying for a British passport will added to the national identity card database, the government disclosed yesterday.
Lloyds cuts thousands more jobs but halts offshoring
The Lloyds Banking Group is cutting an extra 2,100 jobs. The cuts will be in the bank's operations and wholesale banking operations and...
Apple iPhone 3G S sold out in UK
Apple's new iPhone 3GS is sold out, according...
Orange cuts 370 UK jobs
Orange is to cut 370 jobs in the UK to reduce costs.
Apple releases iPhone OS version 3.1
The first version of the next operating system for the Apple iPhone has been released to developers.
Free search engine finds local jobs for local people
Job seekers will from today have free use of an advanced specialised web search engine to look for jobs near where they live. Zubed...
Should TV licence fee pay for local news?
The government has published a consultation on whether it should...
China delays censorship software launch
The Chinese government has delayed the roll out of censorship software that was supposed to have been installed on every computer sold from tomorrow. The...
YouTube launches citizen reporting centre after Iran elections
YouTube has launched an online resource to help citizen journalists learn the tricks of the trade after their reporting played a massive role in informing...
Guide to information privacy
Privacy related data should all be protected by the strongest means possible in the sense that it is protected based...
IT start-ups get £150m cash injection
The government has unveiled plans to pump in £150m to bridge a funding gap in the venture capital market for tech start-ups. The plans...
Parliament announces inquiry into Digital Britain plans
MPs are set to investigate whether the proposals in the Digital Britain report are the right ones to strive for.
Disaster recovery plans pressure IT budgets
Most organisations have had to implement disaster recover plans in the past year, according to Symantec's annual IT...
Skype updates for iPhone, iPod Touch
An updated version of Skype for the iPhone and iPod Touch is now available for download. Skype, the voice...
Asos profits soar by 93% year on year
Online fashion retailer Asos.com has seen its before tax profits shoot up by 93% year on year.
Firefox compressed for mobile devices
Road warriors who want to use the Firefox browser on their mobile computing devices but find themselves cramped for memory can now download a compressed...
Pirate Bay's legitimate future secured
A Swedish games developer is to buy the controversial peer to peer file sharing catalogue company Pirate Bay for £4.72m.