Recent articles by Robert Jaques

Global demand for mobile data services soars

Global demand for mobile data services soars

Global mobile data revenues from services other than SMS exceeded US$10bn in the first quarter of 2007, research revealed today.
Robert Jaques Jul 19 2007 1:22PM Telco/ISP
Orbiting X-ray telescopes watch galaxies collide

Orbiting X-ray telescopes watch galaxies collide

A pair of orbiting X-ray telescopes have captured images of two galaxies merging into a giant cluster.
Robert Jaques Jul 19 2007 12:36PM Hardware
Second-hand PCs still full of sensitive data

Second-hand PCs still full of sensitive data

Despite recent high-profile data breaches and heightened awareness of the need to delete data prior to selling a PC, many second-hand computers contain highly sensitive personal information.
Robert Jaques Jul 19 2007 10:58AM Security
Honeywell sweetens flat panel process

Honeywell sweetens flat panel process

Newly developed materials could help to reduce flat panel display manufacturing costs and power consumption, it was claimed today.
Robert Jaques Jul 19 2007 10:42AM Hardware
Oracle buys Bharosa to bolster fraud prevention

Oracle buys Bharosa to bolster fraud prevention

Oracle has agreed to acquire Bharosa, a provider of software designed to combat online identity theft and fraud. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
Robert Jaques Jul 19 2007 10:24AM Software
Boffins rev up electric Porsche

Boffins rev up electric Porsche

Top gear developed by MIT researchers. Engineering students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have succeeded in converting a Porsche 914 into an electric vehicle.
Robert Jaques Jul 19 2007 7:09AM Hardware
Mainstream global mobile video 'years away'

Mainstream global mobile video 'years away'

Market has great potential, but is far from mature, reports In-Stat. The global market for mobile video services offers great potential, but is in a state a flux and will take "quite a few years" to settle down, according to researchers.
Robert Jaques Jul 18 2007 2:07PM Telco/ISP
Hard drive failures down to 'magnetic avalanche'

Hard drive failures down to 'magnetic avalanche'

Wobbly polarity key to preventing data loss. Scientists have published new research that can help prevent the "magnetic avalanches" that wipe computer hard drives clean.
Robert Jaques Jul 18 2007 1:29PM Hardware
Bluetooth device checks for heart attacks

Bluetooth device checks for heart attacks

And phones the local hospital if you're about to have one. Indian boffins have developed a Bluetooth heart monitor that will send a text message to the nearest hospital if the wearer is about to have a heart attack.
Robert Jaques Jul 18 2007 1:26PM Telco/ISP
Ad-supported gaming takes off

Ad-supported gaming takes off

83 percent of casual gamers are willing to view ads to access free games. Casual video gamers are showing a fast growing acceptance of in-game advertisements, new research claims.
Robert Jaques Jul 18 2007 12:53PM Strategy
Dell Vostro 'largely a branding exercise'

Dell Vostro 'largely a branding exercise'

Dell's newly launched Vostro initiative "looks more like a branding exercise than a finely tuned small business strategy", according to Gartner.
Robert Jaques Jul 18 2007 12:50PM Strategy
IBM boosts business info with DataMirror buy

IBM boosts business info with DataMirror buy

Big Blue buys Canadian business information firm.
Robert Jaques Jul 17 2007 2:06PM Software
Boffins unveil tandem solar cell

Boffins unveil tandem solar cell

Global team boosts efficiency of solar energy cells.
Robert Jaques Jul 17 2007 1:58PM Hardware
Solid state drives poised for mega growth

Solid state drives poised for mega growth

24 million to ship by 2011, reports In-Stat.
Robert Jaques Jul 17 2007 1:56PM Hardware
Postini to boost Gmail's enterprise appeal

Postini to boost Gmail's enterprise appeal

Gartner gives thumbs up to acquisition.
Robert Jaques Jul 17 2007 12:11PM Security
Boffins tout formula for e-commerce success

Boffins tout formula for e-commerce success

Researchers develop 'simple method' for measuring e-business.
Robert Jaques Jul 17 2007 6:55AM Software
Zombie botnet targets iPhone buyers

Zombie botnet targets iPhone buyers

'One of the most sophisticated' scams in recent times.
Robert Jaques Jul 17 2007 6:47AM Security
Google and BlackBerry make the e-commerce top 10

Google and BlackBerry make the e-commerce top 10

SIIA publishes list of most important e-commerce developments of the past
decade.
Robert Jaques Jul 16 2007 1:00PM Hardware
Broadband video to rake in billions

Broadband video to rake in billions

Consumers to jump from 300 million today to a billion by 2012.
Robert Jaques Jul 16 2007 6:59AM Telco/ISP
Astronomers find water on planet beyond solar system

Astronomers find water on planet beyond solar system

But not a drop to drink.
Robert Jaques Jul 16 2007 5:13AM Software

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