Recent articles by Robert Jaques

Mobile search 'critical' to web publishing

Mobile search 'critical' to web publishing

Mobile search will become a global business worth US$5 billion by 2013, according to new research published today..
Robert Jaques Apr 18 2008 1:19PM Software
Microsoft releases BizTalk RFID Mobile

Microsoft releases BizTalk RFID Mobile

Microsoft has unveiled its BizTalk RFID Mobile platform designed to enable delivery of information from mobile devices to core business processes..
Robert Jaques Apr 18 2008 1:19PM Software
Business should come clean over 'digital dirty laundry'

Business should come clean over 'digital dirty laundry'

Businesses have been warned to "come clean about the dirty laundry" when staff send ill-judged emails containing offensive material..
Robert Jaques Apr 18 2008 1:19PM Strategy
Voice biometrics touted for financial services firms

Voice biometrics touted for financial services firms

The financial services industry should consider voice biometrics as a more secure and convenient method of multi-factor authentication for phone or online banking..
Robert Jaques Apr 18 2008 7:15AM Software
Businesses wake up to web 2.0

Businesses wake up to web 2.0

Web 2.0 is most obviously associated with consumer social networking websites, but businesses are fast waking up to the power of applications based on the platform, experts revealed today..
Robert Jaques Apr 18 2008 7:15AM Networking
Vendors plug-in to connected navigation

Vendors plug-in to connected navigation

Growing demand for real-time updates on traffic, live local search and map information is prompting personal navigation device (PND) vendors to develop connected devices with two-way real-time connectivity based on cellular or Wi-Fi technology..
Robert Jaques Apr 17 2008 4:08PM Hardware
Microsoft ties up Danger acquisition

Microsoft ties up Danger acquisition

Microsoft has completed its acquisition of mobile client software developer Danger..
Robert Jaques Apr 17 2008 7:20AM Software
New spam site found every three seconds

New spam site found every three seconds

New figures suggest that 92.3 percent of all email sent globally during the first three months of 2008 was spam..
Robert Jaques Apr 17 2008 7:20AM Security
iPhone Wi-Fi positioning 'open to spoofing'

iPhone Wi-Fi positioning 'open to spoofing'

The Wi-Fi positioning system used in Apple's iPhone is vulnerable to "relatively simple" location spoofing attacks, computer experts warned today..
Robert Jaques Apr 16 2008 2:28PM Security
Microsoft claims growing Silverlight support

Microsoft claims growing Silverlight support

Microsoft is claiming growing momentum for its Silverlight web platform, building on existing support from content providers such as AOL and NBC Olympics on MSN..
Robert Jaques Apr 16 2008 2:28PM Software
US boffins look to terahertz optical computers

US boffins look to terahertz optical computers

Engineers at the University of Utah have demonstrated "an early step" towards creating superfast computers that run on far-infrared light instead of electricity..
Robert Jaques Apr 16 2008 7:45AM Hardware
Mobile browser market taking off

Mobile browser market taking off

The mobile browser market is currently "transforming" and sophisticated web browsing software will be installed on 1.5 billion handsets by 2013, analysts predict..
Robert Jaques Apr 16 2008 7:45AM Software
Consumers plug-in to network storage

Consumers plug-in to network storage

Spiralling storage demands imposed by downloading digital video and music are pushing consumers to network storage technology, market watchers reported today..
Robert Jaques Apr 15 2008 3:02PM Storage
Boffins build non-flammable lithium ion battery

Boffins build non-flammable lithium ion battery

German researchers have unveiled details of a non-flammable lithium-ion battery based on a polymer electrolyte..
Robert Jaques Apr 15 2008 3:02PM Hardware
Telcos boost wired network capacities

Telcos boost wired network capacities

Global telecoms service providers snapped up more than US$36 billion of equipment to enhance wireline networks in 2007, according to recently published reports..
Robert Jaques Apr 15 2008 7:17AM Telco/ISP
US surfers 'alarmingly' ignorant over botnet danger

US surfers 'alarmingly' ignorant over botnet danger

The US-based National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today published research revealing that 71 percent of consumers are dangerously ignorant when it comes to protecting themselves against botnets..
Robert Jaques Apr 11 2008 8:00AM Security
Microsoft bites back at Yahoo rejection

Microsoft bites back at Yahoo rejection

In the game of tit for tat going on between Microsoft and Yahoo, the Redmond Giant issued a response late yesterday to Yahoo’s rejection earlier in the week..
Robert Jaques Apr 11 2008 8:00AM Software
IBM buys FilesX

IBM buys FilesX

IBM today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FilesX, a privately held storage software company based in Massachusetts and Israel..
Robert Jaques Apr 11 2008 7:52AM Software
IT vendors reduce marketing spend

IT vendors reduce marketing spend

In 2008 IT vendors will boost their marketing budgets by an average of just 4 percent while sales budgets climb by 7.9 percent, experts predict..
Robert Jaques Apr 10 2008 7:32AM Hardware
Boffins fire up world's most powerful laser

Boffins fire up world's most powerful laser

The Texas Petawatt laser has become the highest powered laser in the world, after delivering more than one petawatt (one quadrillion watts) of laser power..
Robert Jaques Apr 10 2008 7:31AM Hardware

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