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Robert Jaques
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Feature: Strength through unity
Friction between finance and IT has no place.
Jul 10 2009 3:05PM
Spammers tout 'nude' Angelina Jolie pix
A new wave of spam messages related to Angelina Jolie are spreading with the intention to trick users into downloading and installing malware.
Jul 18 2008 9:10AM
Alitheia tool tests open source quality
The European Commission's Software Quality Observatory for Open Source Software (SQO-OSS) project has announced the release of its Alitheia Core checking platform.
Jul 17 2008 3:12PM
Nasa robots survey the Arctic
Nasa has developed "toy like" autonomous robots to carry out scientific surveys of treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Jul 17 2008 7:52AM
Education makes consumers fear nanotech
The more information consumers are given about nanotechnology and other emerging sciences the more "worried and cautious" they become, new research reveals.
Jul 17 2008 7:52AM
Companies ignoring unified comms security
Companies are leaving their unified communications (UC) systems wide open to hackers, newly published research claims.
Jul 17 2008 7:52AM
Unified comms 'primary threat' to IP phones
Established IP telephony vendors are not being adversely affected by the arrival of unified communications offerings from Microsoft and IBM, analysts report.
Jul 15 2008 9:18AM
Sun claims first with terabyte tape drive
Sun Microsystems has unveiled what it claims is the industry's first one terabyte tape storage drive.
Jul 15 2008 9:18AM
US boffins tout personal identity verification
US engineers have developed software that can be used with Windows and Linux systems to perform log-ins, digital signing and verification.
Jul 15 2008 9:18AM
ZoneLabs details Microsoft patch workarounds
ZoneLabs has issued an advisory detailing workarounds for those locked out of their internet connections by Microsoft's latest round of bug fixes.
Jul 10 2008 11:40AM
Spammers announce World War III
Hackers are deluging web users with malware-laden spam claiming that World War III has started following a US invasion of Iran.
Jul 10 2008 9:05AM
Global businesses take to IP telephony
Almost three-quarters of business telephone lines shipped globally last year were at least capable of carrying IP traffic, new research reveals.
Jul 10 2008 9:05AM
Doctors turn to the web for disease tracking
US researchers believe that data from sources including discussion forums and news websites can help them better cope with outbreaks of disease..
Jul 9 2008 9:07AM
IBM steals back server lead from HP
IBM has stolen back the lead in the worldwide server market after losing out to HP earlier this year, according to new research..
Jul 8 2008 9:04AM
Bill Gates granted first Einstein Award
Bill Gates has been awarded the first Einstein Award from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the American Friends of the Hebrew University (AFHU)..
Jul 8 2008 9:04AM
Data leaks emerge as worst security threat
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..
Jul 8 2008 9:04AM
Location-based services on the move
Location-based services are shifting away from North America to Asia and Europe, new research reveals..
Jul 4 2008 5:08AM
Trojans stop play for web gamers
Malware aimed at online gamers posed the most serious online security threat in June, a security firm reported today..
Jul 4 2008 2:08AM
Boffins promise flexible laptops
Pioneering work to develop next-generation plastics could pave the way for electronic billboards, flexible laptops and high-definition television screens only 1cm thick.
Jul 3 2008 6:45AM
Adobe passes PDF format to ISO
Adobe has passed control of its Portable Document Format to the International Organisation for Standardisation..
Jul 3 2008 2:52AM
