More Enterprise News
- 04 September 2011
-
News: CIA, Mossad, MI6 targeted by Iranian DigiNotar-hackers
After breaching the Dutch CA (Certification Authority) DigiNotar, Iranian hackers managed to sign forged certificates for the domains of spy agencies CIA, Mossad and MI6. Leading certification authorities like VeriSign and Thawte were also targeted, as were Iranian dissident sites.
-
News: British Police Nab Men Believed Linked to HBGary Breach
HBGary Federal was just one of many low-profile security contractors peddling its wares to clients with secrets to protect -- until earlier this year when the U.S. firm drew the attention of hackers.
-
News: Window shopping goes high tech with gesture recognition
German researchers have given a new meaning to window shopping. At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute showed a prototype that lets shoppers learn more about what's in a store display window when the store is closed.
-
News: ACAS publishes social media usage guide
Employment relations body ACAS has published an employers' guide on the use of social networks in the workplace, to help them avoid disputes.
- 03 September 2011
-
News: Philips demos fatigue-fighting monitor tech
Philips has announced a new tool in the fight against office fatigue. Rather than prescribing shorter working days or more frequent breaks, Philips believes technology itself can be used to improve time spent at our desks staring at our screens. Ergo Sensors built into office monitors will check users' posture
-
News: Lufthansa opens major data centre in Hertfordshire
Lufthansa Systems, an IT services company that is part of the German airline group, has opened a major data centre in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, to serve the travel industry.
-
News: GCHQ unit launches information security qualification
A unit of spy centre GCHQ is launching an information assurance certification scheme for the public sector, through the BCS.
- 02 September 2011
-
News: Software testing back of queue for govt agencies
If a project runs over time and over budget, then commitment to software testing is the first thing to go by the board. That's according to the chief executive of one vendor who doesn't want to be named, as he deals largely with government departments.
-
News: Delphi, C++ to goose desktop apps
In an attempt to enliven staid business applications, development tools vendor Embarcadero has updated its RAD Studio IDE (integrated developer environment) for Delphi and C++ applications, the company announced Friday.
-
News: Syncplicity expands its cloud storage to the iPad
The cloud-storage service Syncplicity has revamped its iOS app, expanding the previously iPhone-only offering into a iPad-friendly universal version that will let users access their documents from just about any device they own.
-
News: Ex-employee wiped financial data from bikini bar
At the Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill in Austin, Texas, you can get burgers and beer served to you by cute waitresses wearing denim shorts and bikini tops. And if you're David Palmer, a recently fired IT worker, you can also break into a U.S. military contractor's computer systems and wipe out payroll files, wreaking havoc at its customers.
-
News: Facebook CIO: Enterprises no longer organised to do business
When you’re the CIO of Facebook, moving quickly is par of the course. Tim Campos, who took the stage for the second day of keynotes at Dreamforce 2011, said massive IT implementations take place in a matter of just weeks to months.
-
News: 'Ego' drives Oracle, law firm fracas over $1,500
Oracle and a large New York law firm are in a legal dispute over US$1,500 that has likely already rung up many times that amount in costs, according to recent court documents in Oracle's lawsuit against third-party software support provider Rimini Street.
-
News: Six energy-efficient data center practices
Many data centers are up against the maximum electric power available to them from their utility. Others are facing management challenges: the amount of time to deploy new capacity, and to manage existing capacity and systems. And gains made by virtualizing and consolidating servers are often lost again as more gear is added in.
-
News: A crash course in PostgreSQL, Part 1
PostgreSQL is a first-rate, enterprise-worthy open source RDBMS (relational database management system) that compares very favorably to high-priced closed-source commercial databases. Databases are complex, tricksy beasts full of pitfalls. In this two-part crash course, we'll get a new PostgreSQL database up and running with elegant ease, and learn important fundamentals.
-
News: IT Outsourcing: What Can Be Learned from Midsize Companies
While midsize companies came later to the IT outsourcing party than their big company counterparts, recent research shows that they may get more out of their IT services deals.
-
News: IT employment grows, but barely
The U.S. Labor Department reported Friday that no new net jobs across all industries were added in August, but IT hiring may have fared a little better.
-
News: Concur agrees with Salesforce.com cloud strategy
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) using Salesforce.com will soon have another option to track their travel expenses with the announcement of a new offering built on Force.com yesterday.
-
News: DHS warns of planned Anonymous attacks.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today issued a somewhat unusual bulletin warning the security community about the planned activities of hacking collective Anonymous over the next few months.
-
News: Google investors sue Page, Schmidt over $500M settlement with DOJ
Google's board of directors and several of its executives, including CEO Larry Page and chairman Eric Schmidt, were sued this week in a pair of lawsuits that claimed they breached their fiduciary duties by facilitating illegal imports of prescription drugs.
-
1:
New Xbox One release date, specs, features and price in UK
-
2:
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone 5 comparison review
-
3:
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Nexus 4 smartphone comparison review: what's the best Android?
-
4:
Galaxy S4 vs BlackBerry Z10 comparison review - which is best, the Samsung or the BlackBerry?
-
5:
Microsoft Windows 8 review
-
1:
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone 5 comparison review
-
2:
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Nexus 4 smartphone comparison review: what's the best Android?
-
3:
Galaxy S4 vs BlackBerry Z10 comparison review - which is best, the Samsung or the BlackBerry?
-
4:
Microsoft Windows 8 review
-
5:
Surface Pro review - Microsoft tablet offers true power computing on the move
Latest Videos
Samsung Galaxy S4 video review
Samsung is back with a new flagship Android smartphone. The Galaxy S4 is here to take on the heavyweights including Apple, HTC and Sony. Here's our Samsung Galaxy S4 video review.
Latest Reviews
-
WD My Passport Ultra review: portable USB 3.0 hard drive
This slim, small USB 3.0 hard drive is quick and quiet. Read our WD My Passport Ultra review to…
-
Foxit PhantomPDF 6 review: PDF software that does more for less
Foxit PhantomPDF 6 is PDF software that shines in the paperless office. Here's our Foxit…
-
Chord Electronics QuteHD review: reference point for audio quality
Chord’s DAC64 sets a reference point for audio quality that’s going to be hard follow. Read our…
Latest How-To
-
How to control the volume of other web pages when listening to web radio
Shut down the volume on other pages and tabs
-
How to use Microsoft Word's online app
The Word Web App is Microsoft’s online tool that gives you a recognisable version of Word to use wherever you can get online
-
How to set up email on your iPhone
Get Gmail contacts and other email on your smartphone



