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Feature: Strength through unity 
Strategy
Feature: Strength through unity
Jul 10, 2009 | Comment Now 
Friction between finance and IT has no place.
 
Spammers tout 'nude' Angelina Jolie pix 
Security
Spammers tout 'nude' Angelina Jolie pix
Jul 18, 2008 | Comment Now 
A new wave of spam messages related to Angelina Jolie are spreading with the intention to trick users into downloading and installing malware.
 
Alitheia tool tests open source quality 
Software
Alitheia tool tests open source quality
Jul 17, 2008 | Comment Now 
The European Commission's Software Quality Observatory for Open Source Software (SQO-OSS) project has announced the release of its Alitheia Core checking platform.
 
Nasa robots survey the Arctic 
Hardware
Nasa robots survey the Arctic
Jul 17, 2008 | Comment Now 
Nasa has developed "toy like" autonomous robots to carry out scientific surveys of treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic.
 
Education makes consumers fear nanotech 
Hardware
Education makes consumers fear nanotech
Jul 17, 2008 | Comment Now 
The more information consumers are given about nanotechnology and other emerging sciences the more "worried and cautious" they become, new research reveals.
 
Companies ignoring unified comms security 
Security
Companies ignoring unified comms security
Jul 17, 2008 | Comment Now 
Companies are leaving their unified communications (UC) systems wide open to hackers, newly published research claims.
 
Unified comms 'primary threat' to IP phones 
Telco/ISP
Unified comms 'primary threat' to IP phones
Jul 15, 2008 | Comment Now 
Established IP telephony vendors are not being adversely affected by the arrival of unified communications offerings from Microsoft and IBM, analysts report.
 
Sun claims first with terabyte tape drive 
Storage
Sun claims first with terabyte tape drive
Jul 15, 2008 | Comment Now 
Sun Microsystems has unveiled what it claims is the industry's first one terabyte tape storage drive.
 
US boffins tout personal identity verification 
Security
US boffins tout personal identity verification
Jul 15, 2008 | Comment Now 
US engineers have developed software that can be used with Windows and Linux systems to perform log-ins, digital signing and verification.
 
Spammers announce World War III 
Security
Spammers announce World War III
Jul 10, 2008 | Comment Now 
Hackers are deluging web users with malware-laden spam claiming that World War III has started following a US invasion of Iran.
 
Global businesses take to IP telephony 
Telco/ISP
Global businesses take to IP telephony
Jul 10, 2008 | Comment Now 
Almost three-quarters of business telephone lines shipped globally last year were at least capable of carrying IP traffic, new research reveals.
 
Doctors turn to the web for disease tracking 
Software
Doctors turn to the web for disease tracking
Jul 9, 2008 | Comment Now 
US researchers believe that data from sources including discussion forums and news websites can help them better cope with outbreaks of disease..
 
IBM steals back server lead from HP 
Hardware
IBM steals back server lead from HP
Jul 8, 2008 | Comment Now 
IBM has stolen back the lead in the worldwide server market after losing out to HP earlier this year, according to new research..
 
Bill Gates granted first Einstein Award 
Software
Bill Gates granted first Einstein Award
Jul 8, 2008 | Comment Now 
Bill Gates has been awarded the first Einstein Award from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the American Friends of the Hebrew University (AFHU)..
 
Data leaks emerge as worst security threat 
Security
Data leaks emerge as worst security threat
Jul 8, 2008 | Comment Now 
Data leaks are catching up with viruses as the worst IT headache for companies in the US, UK, Germany and Japan, new research claimed today..
 
Location-based services on the move 
Software
Location-based services on the move
Jul 4, 2008 | Comment Now 
Location-based services are shifting away from North America to Asia and Europe, new research reveals..
 
Trojans stop play for web gamers 
Security
Trojans stop play for web gamers
Jul 4, 2008 | Comment Now 
Malware aimed at online gamers posed the most serious online security threat in June, a security firm reported today..
 
Boffins promise flexible laptops 
Hardware
Boffins promise flexible laptops
Jul 3, 2008 | Comment Now 
Pioneering work to develop next-generation plastics could pave the way for electronic billboards, flexible laptops and high-definition television screens only 1cm thick.
 
Adobe passes PDF format to ISO 
Software
Adobe passes PDF format to ISO
Jul 3, 2008 | Comment Now 
Adobe has passed control of its Portable Document Format to the International Organisation for Standardisation..
 
Hackers hit Sony PS3 website 
Security
Hackers hit Sony PS3 website
Jul 3, 2008 | Comment Now 
Hackers have "compromised" pages on the US Sony PlayStation website, a security firm claimed today..
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