Google Chrome poses no threat to established web browsers
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Google's surprise launch of its...
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Nokia launches iTunes rival with Carphone Warehouse
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Nokia has said the UK will be the first market in the world to launch its music service "Comes With Music". Comes With Music gives people a year of...
M&S whistleblower worked in IT
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008A senior IT worker at Marks & Spencer faces the sack this week for blowing the whistle on the retailer's plans to cut redundancy pay to 70,000 workers.
Shropshire fire service improves delivery of risk data to fire engines
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Fire crews at the Shropshire Fire & Rescue service are being given improved access to emergency incident risk data on route to incidents. They are being...
Google launches beta version of Chrome web browser
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Google is to launch a beta version of a web browser, dubbed Chrome, in 100 countries today as it steps up competition against Microsoft. Chrome was...
Information Commissioner calls for end of Data Protection Act ‘duck outs’
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is urging organisations not to hide behind the Data Protection Act unnecessarily...
Corporates go live with RBS e-invoicing
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Three large businesses will this month start using a service that enables them to automate the distribution and payment of invoices. The companies...
Fujitsu Siemens Computers debuts mobile notebooks
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Fujitsu Siemens Computers has unveiled two mobile notebooks. The AMILO Mini Ui 3520 is 32.2cm x 17.5cm in size and is equipped with an Intel Atom N270...
London Olympics IT to be the greenest yet
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008The IT systems for the London Olympics in 2012 will be the most environmentally friendly yet, says the games' integrator Atos Origin.
London Stock Exchange lures investment firms with sub-millisecond service
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008From today (1 September) investment firms using algorithmic trading can cut the time taken to complete trades by hosting their servers next to the London Stock Exchange's Tradelect trading platform.
Police PDAs cut red tape
Monday, September 1st, 2008Issuing police with PDAs has cut through bureaucracy and saved police between six to 25 minutes for each stop, according to the Home Office. Police...
Barts underestimated impact of IT system
Monday, September 1st, 2008Barts and The London NHS Trust said today [1 September 2008] it had underestimated the impact of going live with a new system under the NHS's £12.7bn National...
Fujitsu seeking £700m over NHS IT contract termination
Monday, September 1st, 2008Fujitsu is reported to be seeking £700m from the Department...
German bank IT integration could be a challenge
Monday, September 1st, 2008The integration of the IT operations of German banks, Commerzbank and Dresdner Bank, which announced a merger yesterday, will be a challenge because of each...
Scale of bank data breach takes three months to reveal
Monday, September 1st, 2008Scale of bank data loss take three months to reveal The Bank of New York Mellon took almost three months to assess the full impact of the loss of two...