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Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
CIO Jury: Brains are not enough to create a British software powerhouse

Tags: google, microsoft, oracle, cio jury

'Incompetent': Watchdog's verdict on prisoner database
News in brief: Parliament's Public Accounts Committee slams C-Nomis

Tags: pac, database, c-nomis, prison

'You're responsible for your own wi-fi security' say ISPs
News in brief: BBC hack demo sheds light on hotspot holes

Tags: t-mobile, openzone, bt

Maemo and Android: Symbian's open source rivals up the pressure
The next operating system war has already begun

Tags: open source, nokia, maemo, symbian foundation

Microsoft to Office Accounting: Your number's up
News in brief: Redmond calls time on accounting product

Tags: online software, microsoft, office accounting

Taxman to save £110m by taking an axe to its IT estate
HMRC trims one of UK's largest outsourcing contracts

'UK must up privacy safeguards following Phorm'
News in brief: Government must boost privacy safeguards

Tags: european commission, uk government, phorm

Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
Open source finds favour with IT chiefs - but what about end users?

Tags: it budgets, cio, linux, open source

How will you use Google Wave? Recruiting, decision-making, dealing with complaints
Wave's co-creator on why businesses are already eyeing Google's collaboration platform

Tags: sap, web 2.0, google, web apps

Server virtualisation: Why CIOs should start small but think big
Market stats, tips and why your virtualisation projects could lead you up into the clouds

Tags: microsoft virtual server 2005, vmware server, vmware esx, server virtualisation


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Hackers breach Guardian Jobs site
News in brief: Job seekers' data may have been exposed

Tags: job seekers, guardian jobs, hack

Augmented reality's time is coming thanks to smarter smartphones
Mobile apps, marketing kick tech into the mainstream

Tags: marketing, mobile apps, augmented reality

'Cross-border shopping must be made easier'
News in brief: EC calls for simplified retailing

Tags: european commission, eu, shopping, online

UK software industry - alive and kicking
Sage, Misys and Autonomy leading the way - but more needs to be done to help young software companies

Tags: fidessa, misys, sage, autonomy

Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
CIO Jury: Hidden costs mean open source software isn't always an IT budget stretcher

Tags: it budgets, cost cutting, cio jury, open source

How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
bwin working on helping gamers get social

Tags: betfair, innovation, platform, development

Barclays CIO finds a new home with SAP
Don Trotta swaps banking for ERP

Tags: don trotta, barclays cio

The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
From pod datacentres to smarter analytics…

Tags: security audit, datacentre planning, mobile apps, flash memory

Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
Should you be keeping an eye on the inboxes of your workers or not?

Tags: office policy, privacy policy, hr, monitoring staff email

Vista jilted for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
Business warming to Redmond's latest OS

Tags: windows 7, operating systems, microsoft, windows vista

Twitter puts real-time tweets in Google search
News in brief: Just hours after Microsoft's Bing announces the same thing

Tags: twitter, google search, bing, google

Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
Hasta la Vista... Redmond's latest OS set to trample on predecessor

Tags: operating systems, microsoft, it director, windows 7

Apple unveils iMac, MacBook revamp
News in brief: And iPhone influence shows up in new Magic Mouse

Tags: magic mouse, iphone, imac, macbook

Cost conscious CIOs: Unified comms' biggest fans
The benefits - and potential pitfalls - of bringing your comms together

Tags: implementation, communication, voip, uc

2010: When IT budgets start to grow again
But CIOs should ask the CFO for more money now, before all that ageing hardware fails

Tags: it spending, it budgets, equipment failures

Windows 7 will be business standard by next year
XP is yesterday's news

Tags: operating system, corporate desktop, windows 7

ID cards: 10,000 Brits want to sign up
Out of 61 million? Well, that's a start...

Tags: manchester, directgov, id cards

Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
Scareware networks are bad for your PC - and your pocket

Tags: phishing, scareware, scam


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