A report on IT security by value-added distributor Bell Micro reveals that most UK companies are still casual in their approach towards IT security. The report, while acknowledging growing awareness of adverse implications and increases in the usage of firewalls and mail filters, points out that companies are lagging far behind in the implementation of […]

New mobile phones, which are being developed by Google along with more than 30 partners based on software called Android, are expected to debut in the fourth quarter. The carriers and programme makers are struggling to meet this deadline. In November last year, Google had said the phones were due to arrive by the second […]

Now, for the first time, women in Britain can avoid seeing doctors for their contraceptive pill needs. The contraceptive pill can now be legally obtained on a website; DrThom. The online medical resource offers them under a new service by DrThom that assures three month’s supply for just £29.99.
A simple procedure needs to be followed […]

There is no letup in the growing demand for data centre computing. Take the case of Digital Realty Trust, a data centre landlord that has over 70 facilities. They state that client demand for new space is almost 50 per cent ahead of its capacity for building and equipping data centres for the next couple […]

The acute shortage of skilled IT workers in the UK has created an opportunity for the inmates of London’s largest prison, HMP Wandsworth to acquire IT skills. The Wandsworth prison has the reputation for offering training to its inmates in various fields like industrial cleaning, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, tailoring and painting. It also trains prisoners […]

The NHS trust in Wales has upgraded its laboratory information system at nine locations. This upgrade is the part of the Welsh Assembly Government’s programme under a £1 million contract with Informing Healthcare, signed in September 2007.
The system up-gradation by iSOFT will improve patient care through better application of IT. The version will improve performance […]

HP will soon be replacing BT as the biggest IT supplier to the UK government. This has been made possible by the friendly takeover of EDS by HP for £7bn.
The Kable research, ‘The supplier landscape in the UK public sector marketplace 2007’, indicates that combined ICT spending of £2.235bn with EDS and HP by the […]

ConnectingForCare.co.uk, the virtual network, is the first of its kind, claims IT giant Intel. The firm has come up with a new online service so that carers in Britain can seek advice from professionals and also support each other.
The virtual network looks to bring together not only family carers and healthcare professionals but also social […]

A supercomputer constructed with components designed for the Sony PlayStation 3 has scaled a new computing peak. The IBM machine, code-named Roadrunner, has been showcased to run at ‘petaflop speeds’. The speed is equivalent of a whopping one thousand trillion calculations per second. The benchmark means that the computer is at least twice as nimble […]

Researchers at IBM have revealed that a network of tiny pipes of water could be used to cool next-generation PC chips. Scientists at the firm have shown off a prototype device layered with thousands of “hair-width” cooling arteries. They believe it could be a solution to the increasing amount of heat pumped out by chips […]

Microsoft has given a new lease of life to its Windows XP system a few weeks before PC makers were to stop selling it. Windows XP is slated to reach the end of its run on 30th June. However, the firm has now decided that it can continue to be on the market until June […]

Individual BBC online services comprising sport and news will need to prove that they really offer ‘distinctive’ content or be subjected to greater scrutiny, according to the BBC Trust. This was stated when it unveiled the findings of its first review of BBC.co.uk.
Patricia Hodgson, the BBC Trust member, pointed on the Radio 4 Today programme […]

Dell is joining the burgeoning ranks of firms that are offering ‘cut-down’ laptops, termed netbooks. These are aimed at the developing world as well as general consumers. The laptop was shown at the All Things Digital Conference by Michael Dell. Michael Dell termed it as the ideal device for the next billion internet users, according […]

Nvidia has joined an increasing band of hardware makers who are producing low-power, portable laptops. Nvidia, better known for graphics cards, has just shown off its two Tegra processors designed for tiny netbooks or laptops.
It stated devices that were fitted with the chips would be capable of browsing the web, showing high-definition video and also […]

GPS-enabled products are increasingly popular. GPS capability is one of the most prominent features on new-age Smartphones. GPS functionality makes cutting-edge devices more useful and attractive from the consumers’ perspective. However, the features also make them consume more power resulting in reduced battery life.
The semiconductor company NemeriX has come up with a new multi-band GNSS […]

Microsoft’s new operating system (OS) version will incorporate multi-touch features, serving as an able alternative to the mouse. Slated to be unveiled next year this new fingertip interface will allow users to paint pictures, trace routes on maps, shrink as well as enlarge photos, and play the piano.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates informed at the All […]

It was reported a couple of months ago that Intel was well on its way to unveil its Montevina-based Centrino 2 platform this June. The Centrino 2 is expected to bring new Penryn processors that run on a 1066MHz FSB, three new northbridges (with upgraded graphics; GM45, GM47, PM45) as well as new 802.11n/WiMAX wireless […]

A web site has been set up to let people check whether a bank is set up to receive faster payments, utilising the receiving account’s sort code. The web site www.canipayfaster.co.uk will facilitate a banking scheme that allows one-day cash transfers on the Web and over the telephone.
The scheme is expected to hasten up the […]

Many large enterprises are now looking to server and storage virtualisation to get more efficient and retain more IT equipment at their central sites. Centralisation certainly helps drive the requirement for WAN acceleration since branch-office employees are reliant on far-away data centres for running their applications.
Certeon is a venture-capital-backed startup based in Burlington, Massachusetts. The […]

In the small, generic plastic box, which actually is the new Netflix Player from Roku, you can probably see the future of video. The Netflix player comprises most of the interface ideas and technology required for revolutionising how we get television in our house.
Saul Hansell, mentions in the New York Times:
The future of video is […]