Archive for February, 2008
Combination of market saturation in the West and economic issues set to curtail mobile handset and services sales.
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VMware moves to plug security holes
Virtualisation vendor places itself at centre of data centre infrastructure security with publication of APIs and security vendor partnerships.
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IT grads lack continuity skills
Study suggests training programmes need to focus more on continuity training, as the threat hasn't disappeared.
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Reinsurer cuts costs with virtual desktop strategy
Aspen Re reduces IT costs and administration requirements to support rapid, global business expansion.
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Cool Rules for the FCC: In the Lions’s Den
Bennett goes to Boston
Opinion Testifying as an expert witness on bandwidth management at the FCC's field hearing in snowy Cambridge this Monday was a heady experience. The hearing took place in a cramped corner of the Harvard Law School, a building that was already decorated with pickets, banners, and reporters when I arrived. Gingerly stepping through the snow in my California sailing shoes enabled me to avoid the protesters and find my way into the hallowed Ames courtroom. The room itself was full of buzz, and packed with a heavily Comcast-friendly crowd thanks to the cable giant's exploitation of the...Read More »
Filesharers petition Downing Street on ‘three strikes’
BPI, government and ISPA should be first to sign
Comment A petition urging the Prime Minister not to introduce "three strikes" legislation against illegal filesharing has made its debut on the 10 Downing Street website.…
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Ofcom scuppered 61 pirate broadcasters in 2007
Plus one Rubber Duck and half a dozen dodgy radios
Updated: Sixty-one people were prosecuted for illegally broadcasting in the UK during the 2006/7 financial year, according to Ofcom's latest figures.…
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Comcast pays Americans to oppose net neutrality
Sleeping meat puppets
Comcast is now paying Americans to believe in deceptive ISPs.…
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Public don’t want internet filters, MS tells MPs
Filters understood, but ignored
The Select Committee looking at harmful content on the internet and in video games was told yesterday that forcing companies to include "internet filters" on equipment was unrealistic.…
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Go!Messenger VoIP for ‘fat’ PSPs coming on Friday
Skype? Pah!
The PlayStation Portable’s (PSP) Go!Messenger service will finally go live on Friday, bringing VoIP and IM to owners of the first-gen PSP left in the cold by the recent Skype release.…
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