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Microsoft To Turn Windows Live Into Social Networking Service Provider

Microsoft is set to massively update Windows Live and finally bring all the bits together, breaking apart the silos that have been preventing communication tools from working together and creating what they call an "integrated personal communication service"

Thu, 13 Nov., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Technology

Oracle Launches CRM Social Widgets

Oracle has unveiled its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Gadgets for Sales; a set of sophisticated applications that are designed to assist salespersons in carrying out desktop search

Thu, 13 Nov., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Technology

Northampton nurses banned from Facebook

My thanks to the Northampton Evening Telegraph for reporting that nurses at the Northampton General Hospital have been banned from using Facebook.

Thu, 23 Oct., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Security

The Productivity Advantages of Empty Client AJAX

While conventional AJAX requires developers to program using a number of different client side and server side languages in multi level architecture

Tue, 14 Oct., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Technology

UK's MI6 Uses Facebook To Recruit More James Bond Wannabees

Maybe MI6's definition of the ideal spy recruit is one who can navigate the maze of social network with ease, which is perhaps why, her Majesty's secret services, the Secret Intelligence Service, have now turned to Facebook to try to get new agents, not administrative staff, onboard

Mon, 29 Sept., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Technology

Intel and Oracle Join Forces To Make Cloud Computing Mainstream

In a move aimed at giving a major boost to cloud computing, Oracle has announced its plans of collaborating with Intel for developing a cloud computing software stack that would essentially allow companies to develop public IT services and then deploy them over the internet

Thu, 25 Sept., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Technology