Articles Posted on 09 April 2008
Can You Really Get ITIL Out of the Box?
News Hardware
IT organizations are under intense pressure to reduce the cost of managing IT and ensure that decisions are based on business value and business priorities.Many are turning to the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) for...
Internet telephony security is flawed says Canadian firm
News Security
A report from VOIPShield Systems, a Canadian IT security firm, claims to have identified mote than 100 security flaws on IP telephony phones and systems from the likes of Avaya, Cisco and Nortel Networks.VOIPShield Systems' study...
Say hello to Greynets
News Security
Had a very interesting chat earlier today with Nick Sears, EMEA vice president with FaceTime Communications, on the subject of Greynets.Greynets are a new term in IP communications and refer to those applications and/or Web...
BBC and Tiscali bickering about streaming videos and iPlayer
News Mobile & Telco
Under-fire Internet Service Provider Tiscali has attacked BBC's proposals to boycott ISPs who would throttle, block or hinder their users' ability to access the Beeb's popular iPlayer online shows. ISPs are worried that the...
Microsoft's Red Dog to compete with Google Apps Engine and Amazon's EC2
News Cloud
Microsoft has been particularly mum in recent times as Amazon, and just in the past few days Google, took the lead in the hotly contested field of Cloud computing. Ray Ozzie provided a few scant details last year (as reported by...
Confirmation : Apple 3G next gen iPhone to appear very soon
News Consumer
The makers of the ZiPhone iPhone tool have unearthed the most compelling evidence to date about the forthcoming 3G iPhone in Apple's latest Beta of its iPhone Software Development Kit. Deep into the thousand of lines of codes is...
Microsoft sets Integrated Security System Forefront “Stirling” Beta free
News Security
Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of the public beta release of its next-generation Microsoft Forefront security solution, currently code-named “Stirling.” Microsoft Forefront “Stirling” is an...
N-Gage - A decade in development
News Mobile & Telco
The launch of the N-Gage platform is to be welcomed, especially as the technologies to bring it to life have taken over 10 years to develop. 3G/HSPA, large colour screens, graphic accelerators, storage and many other handset and...
Featured Tech Deal : Xerox Phaser 6115 Laser Colour Printer, from £351
News Hardware
The Phaser 6115MFP Series multifunction printer is your all-in-one office solution. Easy to use and surprisingly affordable, it delivers the tools you need for fast-paced office productivity - printing, copying, faxing and...
EMC grabs Zip manufacturer Iomega for $213 million
News Hardware
Falling star Iomega has been purchased by Storage giant EMC for $213 million, a month after EMC initially started acquisition talks with Iomega. The first proposal valued Iomega at only $178 million which the storage firm...
Microsoft Vista Loophole means more than £120 savings
News Hardware
There's a loophole in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 that allows consumers to upgrade to the latest Microsoft's Operating System without having to actually own earlier versions of Windows. According to Computerworld, although you...
Research : Parents are more web savvy than other adults
News Web
Adults with kids around are likely to engage more with the web (and know how to use it) than those who don't have families. A report compiled by the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA) shows that people living...
Asus Eee PC 4G-X, Windows XP Unboxing Preview
News Hardware
Though the machine isn't due out until sometime in the next few weeks, we were able to get our hands on a full retail bundle well before they hit store shelves in the US. The included operating system, software and add-in...
Civil liberties groups challenge Data Retention Directive in ECJ
News Security
UK groups the Open Rights Group (ORG), Statewatch and Privacy International, amongst 40 others, have submitted their arguments in support of Ireland's ongoing case to have the Directive repealed.Ireland supports the aims of the...
MyIdentityDefender Beta beta
News Security
MyIdentityDefender provides users protection from online identity theft, scams, spyware, adware, viruses and phishing by blocking visits to harmful sites that could infect computers with viruses and spyware, capture personal data...
Acer Aspire Gemstone Blue 8920G - Dual Core, 4GB, 320GB, Blu ray, 18-inch lappy
News Software
The starlit backlight shines below the floating Acer logo, the focal point of the iridescent midnight sapphire sub-layer, which sparkles with varying gradations of black and blue when viewed from differentangles.The Enlightener...
File virtualization
News Hardware
It involves uniting multiple storage devices into a single logical pool of files. It is a vital part of both file area network (FAN) and network file management (NFM) concepts.As with most other virtualization designs, a primary...
HP 2133 mini laptop challenges Asus's EEE PC
News Hardware
HP is the first major contender to challenge Asus's already-classic EEE Laptop with a new miniature, low cost computer, the HP 2133 Mini-note PC. Destined at the education market, the 2133 is bound to make waves in the business...
Double Take : Reporting from Business Continuity Expo
News Security
I was planning on commenting from the BC Expo show but I was taken down by one of the various illnesses that are circulating the UK at the moment and missed itThe show was not quite as big as previous years, personally I think...
