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BREAKING NEWS
Business
HP completes EDS purchase
By
Tom Young
| August 27, 2008
HP has closed the US$13.9bn purchase of EDS in a deal it hopes will renew its challenge to IBM's dominance of the IT services market.
Storage
Citrix boosts virtual application delivery
By
Daniel Robinson
| August 27, 2008
Citrix has announced a new release of its XenApp application virtualisation tool, adding Windows Server 2008 compatibility and speeding application performance for end-users.
Linux & Open Source
Democrats can't run Linux
By
Nick Farrell
| August 27, 2008
The U.S. Democratic Party has been touting its IT credentials as proof that it is a better bet than luddite John McCain who has never turned on a computer.
Security
Employers slack on Web 2.0 security
By
Rosalie Marshall
| August 27, 2008
Organisations should do more to police their employee's use of social networking sites and instant messaging (IM) applications, according to recent research conducted by FaceTime Communications, a Web 2.0 security firm.
Mobility
HTC unveils GPS slider phone
By
Daniel Robinson
| August 27, 2008
HTC has added a new slider phone with GPS support to its range of Windows Mobile handsets for business users and professionals.
Security
Banks lose credit card data
By
Rosalie Marshall
| August 27, 2008
A computer holding UK bank customers' credit card data has been sold on internet auction site eBay for about $75.
Internet
Facebook shuts down Scrabulous internationally
By
Iain Thomson
| August 27, 2008
Facebook has removed the popular application Scrabulous from its servers for international users, nearly a month after it banned users in the US from using it.
Jobs Centre
IT should adopt social trend trackers
By
Rosalie Marshall
| August 27, 2008
IT should assign a group to keep watch of societal trends as social factors become increasingly important in business and commercial systems, according to new research from analyst Gartner.
Internet
Google Suggest hits the homepage
By
Phil Muncaster
| August 27, 2008
Google has launched new functionality developed in its labs, which is designed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of searches..
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