The prevailing economic climate has led an analyst to revise its forecast for the European IT services market down. Full published article at: Read More »

It's goodbye to the E71 and hello to the Finnish giant's smartphone sequel, the Nokia E72. Pitched as the perfect handset for work or play, the QWERTY-packing E72 offers much of what made the E72 popular, but throwing in enough enhancements to make an upgrade just about worthwhile, including a 'desktop like' email experience similar to the E75, a new optical navigation key for 'more intuitive' (or BlackBerry-like) scrolling through menus, emails and images, an upgraded camera from 3.2-megapixel up to 5-megapixel and a standard 3.5 mm audio jack. You can also set up instant messaging...Read More »

Angelica Mari, Computing, Monday 15 June 2009 at 11:06:00 Some 200 staff to support launch of new retail reward programme Barclaycard is setting up the IT infrastructure underpinning a new retail rewards scheme. The software to support the product – which is expected to cover a range of businesses, from sole traders to high street retailers – will be developed in partnership with finance specialist Welcome Real-time. Additionally, the credit card firm is reported to have set-up an in-house team comprising 200 IT, marketing and operations staff to support activity around the scheme, expected to launch...Read More »

Mobile banking is set to grow fast in developing nations and hit $5bn by 2012, say analysts. Full published article at: Read More »

Global computing giants are all vying for the green crown. Full published article at: Read More »

A job for Jim Hacker Secret operations currently carried out by parts of the intelligence and security services will be centralised in Whitehall as part of an ongoing major review of cybersecurity, according to a report.… Full published article at: Read More »

iForfeit my non-Windows Mobile Microsoft's cost-cutting measures are costing more than just jobs at the software giant - staff are also having to give up their iPhones and BlackBerries.… Full published article at: Read More »

had to laugh. Bloody Great Western!!!! http://twitpic.com/74cjc RT @Read More »

The social-networking website Facebook launches in Swahili, targeting more than 110m speakers of the language. Full published article at: Read More »

Tom Young, Computing, Monday 15 June 2009 at 10:15:00 Commission wants Europe-wide reporting and alert system The European Commission wants to introduce harsher penalties for cyber criminals, potentially increasing jail sentences to five years. At a meeting of industry body the Messaging Anti Abuse Working Group in Holland, Radomir Jansky, a senior cyber crime official in the Commission, said new legislation was vital. "We need new legislation to fight cyber attacks. Large-scale attacks are on the rise but penalties…are not severe enough to dissuade criminals," he said, according to The Financial Times. "The cost...Read More »