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Firefox and Safari lose market share, marginally (09 May 2008)
Firefox and Safari have dropped their market shares, but only by a small amount, according to Net Applications...
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Virtualisation of storage slow to catch on (09 May 2008)
Virtualisation of storage is not catching on as quickly as many people predicted, according to a research analyst...
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India to create 8m more outsourcing jobs (08 May 2008)
India will outsource eight million jobs in the next ten years, as the practice of offshoring booms...
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Microsoft releases XP SP3 for the second time (08 May 2008)
Microsoft has released the Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to the public a week after it had originally been due...
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Microsoft ditches Yahoo offer (07 May 2008)
Microsoft has walked away from its bid to buyout Yahoo, after three months of negotiations...
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Internet browsers could be safer (07 May 2008)
Employees browsing on the internet on work time will be a little safer today, after Yahoo! and McAfee have announced plans to highlight websites at risk...
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Young girls think IT industry is geeky (06 May 2008)
Despite a majority of young girls thinking technology is "cool" most do not want to pursue a career in the industry...
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Rising energy costs threatens IT industry (06 May 2008)
The rising cost of electricity id threatening the IT industry, with the UK having some of the highest rates in Europe...
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Customer satisfaction key to outsourcing (06 May 2008)
Customer satisfaction is the key to successful outsourcing, according to the research firm Gartner...
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Researchers have cracked world's largest botnet (02 May 2008)
Researchers claim they have broken into the Kraken botnet, one of the world's largest, but that they can not bring it down...
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Managing virtualisation is key issue (02 May 2008)
Virtualisation is proving to be the major networking challenge, according to a poll of IT managers...
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Microsoft delays XP SP3 release (01 May 2008)
Microsoft has postponed the release of its third service pack (SP3) for Windows XP, in an unexpected move...
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IT workers looking for new jobs, despite good salaries (01 May 2008)
Many IT professionals are looking for a new job, despite being paid 30 per cent more than the average UK worker...
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House of Lords backs making data loss illegal (30 April 2008)
The House of Lords has backed a move to make data loss illegal, which was proposed by the Liberal Democrats last week...
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Vista adoption is 'inevitable' (30 April 2008)
It is "inevitable" that businesses will adopt Vista as an operating system, as it is "the only viable choice", according to one analyst...
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Internet to 'remain strong' (29 April 2008)
The internet industry is looking strong and is not as likely to be affected by the current economic downturn in the US as other sectors, according to a group of experts...
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Vista blamed for Windows poor revenues (29 April 2008)
Vista has been blamed for Microsoft's loss in Windows revenues across the first three months of 2008...
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IT professional keep pledge for new jobs (28 April 2008)
It seems IT professionals keep their New Year's revolutions, with almost a third maintaining their pledge to find a new job...
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Microsoft denies web attacks is its fault (28 April 2008)
Microsoft has denied claims that weaknesses in its Web and SQL servers had been exploited to hack hundreds of web pages...
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E-crime unit is "a no brainer" (25 April 2008)
A former security officer at chemical firm ICI has criticised the lack of a national e-crime unit, according to reports...
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Vista SP1 now on automatic updates (25 April 2008)
Vista users can now receive the first Service Pack (SP1) via its Automatic Update system...
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Yahoo releases better than expected results (24 April 2008)
Yahoo has exceeded expectations with its quarter one (Q1) earnings, showing a nine per cent increase on last year's...
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Economic downturn means increase in offshoring (24 April 2008)
The current economic slowdown will lead to more companies choosing to outsource, it has been predicted...
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Rise in web-based attacks (23 April 2008)
Businesses face new attacks from web-based criminals, with Microsoft data showing that malware distributors have changed their tactics recently...
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Protecting a firm's reputation is top priority (23 April 2008)
Security professionals say that protecting the company's reputation is their top priority, according to a new survey...
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Employees do not understand business continuity (22 April 2008)
Most employees do not understand business continuity, or whether their firm has such a plan, according to new research...
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Companies overlook IT departments' carbon savings (22 April 2008)
Nearly half of all companies overlook the carbon saving which can be made in the IT department...
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Google reports strong Q1 results (21 April 2008)
Google has reported strong results for quarter one (Q1) of this year, announcing revenues of $5.19 billion (£2.6 billion)...
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Vista is "a work in progress" (21 April 2008)
The chief executive officer of Microsoft has said the Vista operating system is "a work in progress"...
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Hackers attack computer chips (18 April 2008)
A new method of hacking computers has been revealed: targeting the microprocessor, reports Computer World UK...
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Economic downturn causes IT spending cuts (18 April 2008)
The IT industry could find itself affected by recent economic conditions, as profit warnings were issued by 13 London-based IT companies, reported IT Pro...
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Malware lists have "no practical use" (17 April 2008)
PC Tools has said that threat lists warning of potential and current malware attacks are "of no practical use"...
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Intel reports record revenue, but a drop in income (17 April 2008)
Intel has reported a 12 per cent drop in income for the first quarter of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007...
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Datacentres running out of power (17 April 2008)
Almost half of all IT professional say they are running out of room at their datacentres, according to a new survey...
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Oracle releases 41 patches (16 April 2008)
Oracle has released a series of security patches including one which will allows an external user to access information without a username or password...
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Date revealed for XP SP3 release (16 April 2008)
The date Microsoft is due to release Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP has been leaked, with IT professionals now expecting it next week...
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Companies should train staff to protect the business (16 April 2008)
Companies should not ignore training their staff on security and network management, as it may put their firm at risk...
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Most SaaS providers will use open source by 2010 (15 April 2008)
The majority of all software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers will incorporate open source technology in two years time, according to Gartner...
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CIOs have more of a leadership position then before (15 April 2008)
Chief information officers (CIOs) have begun to be recognised more in the leadership of companies, due to the increasingly important role of technology within firms...
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Employees' use of flash disks put companies at risk (14 April 2008)
Employees are increasingly putting their companies at risk by bringing in personal flash drives, according to a data storage expert...
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Gartner warns of Windows collapse (14 April 2008)
Microsoft needs to make radical changes to its Windows operating system, as Gartner warns that it is "collapsing"...
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IT firms more reluctant to outsource (14 April 2008)
European IT firms are less likely to offshore their work, to countries like India, than their US and UK counterparts, according to a new study...
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Businesses taking risks with confidential information (11 April 2008)
Business people are increasingly taking risks by having discussing corporate information in public, according to an industry expert...
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Should IT departments have centralised control? (11 April 2008)
Gartner has made controversial views about whether IT departments should have total control over their company's infrastructure...
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