July 31, 2007
Public sector wastes £70m a year on IT disposal
Link: Public sector wastes £70m a year on IT disposal
Filed under: Hardware News, Technology News
by Jan Harris
According to a National Audit Office (NAO) report - 'Improving the disposal of public sector ICT Equipment' - the public sector could save £70m a year by replacing its hardware more frequently.
At the moment, the average public sector organisation replaces its hardware every ...
Google adds copyright protection to YouTube
Link: Google adds copyright protection to YouTube
Filed under: Google News, Internet News
by Jan Harris
Google has revealed plans to use sophisticated copyright protection technology to prevent the unauthorised posting of copyright video on YouTube.
The search engine hopes to have the content filtering software running on YouTube by September.
The plans were revealed by Philip Beck, ...
July 30, 2007
Wikia acquires Grub in open source search project
Link: Wikia acquires Grub in open source search project
Filed under: Internet News
by Jan Harris
Wikipedia's founder, Jimmy Wales, is planning to go head to head with Google and Yahoo with a community-developed web search service. The open-source search engine will be developed with the help of volunteers.
At a conference of software developers in Oregon Wales ...
More Governments curtailing free speech on Internet
Link: More Governments curtailing free speech on Internet
Filed under: Internet News
by Jan Harris
According to a new report there is a growing and accelerating trend for Governments and state organisations to impose restrictions on the use of the Internet.
The report - 'Governing the Internet' - from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe ...
July 28, 2007
UK farming faces flooding crisis
Link: UK farming faces flooding crisis
Filed under: Business News
by Brian Turner
Representatives of the English farming industry have warned that it faces a crisis after extensive damage to crops and livestock by the severe flooding in June and July.
Entire crops have been wiped out, and other farms only expect to be able to harvest around 40% of normal. Additionally, the loss ...
July 26, 2007
Artic Systems wins tax case in Lords
Link: Artic Systems wins tax case in Lords
Filed under: Business News
by Brian Turner
Article Systems have won their landmark case against HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in the House of Lords.
The case began in 2003, when the Inland Revenues disputed how the company distributed its dividends.
While Geoff and Diana Jones were both ...
July 23, 2007
SME’s not worried on interest rates
Link: SME’s not worried on interest rates
Filed under: Business News, Economy News
by Brian Turner
A study by The Royal Bank of Scotland has found that SME's are generally unconcerned with interest rate rises, with only 1% listing it as a concern.
The survey covered 1,400 companies with a turnover of less than £1 million.
Main ...
July 20, 2007
Ask announces anonymous Web search tool
Link: Ask announces anonymous Web search tool
Filed under: Search Engine News, Internet News
by Jan Harris
Search engine Ask has announced a new 'AskEraser' tool that will allow users to search the Web anonymously. Ask is the first major search engine to offer this option.
AskEraser will allow users to adjust their privacy preferences to stop their Web ...
Multi-gigabit technology could soon eliminate wires
Link: Multi-gigabit technology could soon eliminate wires
Filed under: Wireless News, Technology News
by Jan Harris
Scientists at the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing wireless technology for super-fast connectivity which could soon consign wired computers to the history books.
GEDC researchers are investigating the use of extremely high radio frequencies to achieve ...
July 19, 2007
Firms unaware of employee Internet legalities
Link: Firms unaware of employee Internet legalities
Filed under: Internet News
by Jan Harris
Chambers Ireland has released its eBusiness Survey 2007, which analyses the use of information and communications technologies among companies in Ireland.
According to the survey around two-thirds of companies are ill-informed about the legalities surrounding their employee's online activities.
The survey found that ...
July 18, 2007
Adobe unveils Flash successor: AIR
Link: Adobe unveils Flash successor: AIR
Filed under: Adobe News, Software News, Web Development News, Internet News
by Jan Harris
Adobe has unveiled AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime), the successor to its Flash application which has long dominated the interactive web.
AIR, which was previously codenamed Apollo, is designed to further enhance cross-platform interactivity and to ultimately succeed Flash.
It is described by Adobe ...
EZURiO extends Bluetooth range
Link: EZURiO extends Bluetooth range
Filed under: Wireless News, Technology News
by Jan Harris
EZURiO has launched a Bluetooth wireless module which significantly extends the range of the technology which is usually considered to have limited application.
EZUIiO's technology allows Bluetooth to be used for embedded and M2M (machine-to-machine) applications where additional range and high-performance are essential.
The ...
July 17, 2007
Logitech unveils motion-controlled laser mouse
Link: Logitech unveils motion-controlled laser mouse
Filed under: Hardware News, Companies News, Technology News
by Jan Harris
Logitech has announced an innovative laser mouse with motion-control and wireless technology.
The Logitech MX Air rechargeable cordless air mouse doesn't even need a surface to work on. It can be used to click and scroll while being held in the air up to 30 ...
Firefox gains market share in Europe
Link: Firefox gains market share in Europe
Filed under: Firefox News, Browsers, Internet News
by Jan Harris
New research from French Web-monitoring company XiTi Monitor, shows that the Mozilla Foundations's Web browser, Firefox, gained on average an extra 3.1 per cent of the market in 32 European countries in the four months to July.
In the first week of ...
July 16, 2007
Google cookie cut unlikely to satisfy privacy concerns
Link: Google cookie cut unlikely to satisfy privacy concerns
Filed under: Google News, Internet News
by Brian Turner
An announcement by Google that it will auto-delete cookies after two years is unlikely to satisfy privacy campaigners.
Google have already agreed with the EU to ensure user data is anonynimised after 18 months. The latest move in stating that cookies storing user information will ...
Google to launch new webmaster tag
Link: Google to launch new webmaster tag
Filed under: Google News, Webmaster News, Internet News
by Brian Turner
Google have revealed that they are introducing a new tag for webmasters to use, to prevent Google displaying temporary webpages.
Dan Crow, director of crawl systems at Google, while speaking at a presentation in New England, revealed that Google planned to launch the new tag ...
Veoh Networks tests internet video browser
Link: Veoh Networks tests internet video browser
Filed under: Companies News, Internet News
by Jan Harris
San Diego based company Veoh Networks is testing a new piece of software which acts like a Web browser but displays only Internet video.
The new software programme, VeohTV, presents full-length television shows and popular clips from leading video sites such as ...
Chinese company sues Google over brand name
Link: Chinese company sues Google over brand name
Filed under: Google News, Internet News
by Jan Harris
Google's subsidiary in China, which was launched in 2005, is being sued by a Chinese company who says the search engine's registered Chinese name is too similar to its own.
The company, Beijing Guge Science and Technology, claims that similarities between the names ...
July 13, 2007
Google tops list of 10 leading e-commerce developments
Link: Google tops list of 10 leading e-commerce developments
Filed under: Google News, Technology News, Internet News
by Jan Harris
The Software & Information Industry Association has published a list of the top 10 most significant developments in e-commerce over the past decade.
The list recognises the importance of e-commerce in the growth of the global economy. The listed developments have acted ...
Apple files iPod, web tools and mice patents
Link: Apple files iPod, web tools and mice patents
Filed under: Apple News, Technology News
by Jan Harris
Apple has filed several new patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for innovations to iPods, web pages and mice.
The patent applications, which have been posted on the PTO's web site, have caused speculation that WiFi-capable iPods could soon be ...
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