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  • UK broadband users in the dark over bandwidth caps

    The rules governing fair usage policies and download limits need to be taken out of the small print and made clear and easy for everybody to understand.Phillips also said that while broadband users should take responsibility for their downloading…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Unlimited • Policies • Package • Limit • Isps • Broadband

  • Microsoft Windows 7 steams ahead, XP drops share

    Windows 7's share typically climbs on weekends and holidays, as more of the people online are running home computers, which are more likely to run the new operating system.During January, Windows 7's weekly averages increased steadily from 7.2% to…
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Record • Windows Vista • Percentage • Decline • Benchmark • Operating Systems

  • Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle release security fixes

    Take the time this month to find every out-of-date Microsoft system and apply any necessary patches from those 2009 vulnerabilities.Adobe and Oracle Join the FrayWhile Adobe and Oracle don't follow the same security update and patch release cycle…
    13 January 2010
    Tags: Smb • Reader • Network Security • Javascript • Execution • Crash

  • Sony struggles to ship ebook readers before christmas

    When Sony unveiled the Reader Daily Edition, its first e-reader with a wireless connection, it said it would be available in December in time for the holidays. When Sony unveiled the Reader Daily Edition, its first e-reader with a wireless…
    19 November 2009
    Tags: Sony • Edition • Reader • Ship • Wireless Connection • Holidays

  • Carriers mount concerted attack on EU proposal

    According ECTA this amounts to a regulatory holiday for the incumbents.We are surprised and disappointed that the European Commission, which is meant to be the guardian of competition, appears to have compromised its strong stand against…
    12 June 2009
    Tags: Sector • Draft • Member • Person • Requested • Bear

  • EU rubber-stamps law to slash mobile roaming costs

    Currently European consumers are paying as up 24 percent too much because their calls are rounded up to the nearest minute, according to the European Commission, the regulatory and executive branch of the EU.The European Parliament rubber-stamped…
    23 April 2009
    Tags: Bill • Law • Charged • Vote • Eu • Roaming

Latest Features

  • Cloud computing will change data management

    Just before the holidays I had a really interesting conversation with my friend Bill Takacs, who works at Gear6. The scale of data is exploding. Unstructured data storage requirements will increase seven-fold over the next five years.
    12 January 2010
    Tags: Virtualization • Telephone • Scalability • Resource • Operator • Adjust

  • FAQ for CIOs: 'Will you fix my PC?'

    Crawford adjusted the wire and was an instant hero.Crawford says he's especially busy with requests around the holidays when friends and family want to know which electronic gadgets he recommends for gift-giving.
    08 October 2009
    Tags: Family • Cios • Cio • Vice President • Friends • Tech

  • Can Microsoft hang on to netbooks with Windows 7?

    Ultrathins also have chips that draw less power than standard-size notebook processors but more power than netbook processors, which mostly use Intel's low-power Atom chips.Hewlett-Packard, Acer and Dell have all released ultrathin models, and…
    29 September 2009
    Tags: Charge • Act • Idc • Notebooks • Balancing

  • Proxim plans to buck the standards

    After September, shipments of 11n will slow down, because the schools are done [education is leading the 11n charge, and school and installations happen during the summer holidays]. It was probably the best-known wireless LAN player at once stage.
    01 September 2008
    Tags: Tier • Aspect • Wireless Lan • Product Line • Segments • Dominated

  • 12 top mobile and wireless issues for 2008: Part 1

    I hope you find this list to be good food for thought, and while less caloric than the rest of what we consume over the holidays, no less important.1. There's a bumper year ahead, says Craig Mathias. Well, it's that time of year again.
    03 January 2008
    Tags: Evolution • Convergence • Vpns • Craig • Universal • Mathias

  • Book Review: Heat

    Forget holidays in Madagascar or ski trips to the USA.He thinks things like restaurant patio heaters and open fridge units in heated supermarkets are near obscenities in an environmental sense. A review of probably the most important general…
    01 August 2007
    Tags: Sector • Travel • Published • Administration • Carbon • Expansion

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How-Tos

  • How to keep your data centre running over the holidays

    How to keep your data centre running over the holidays Robert Lemos Use this guide to avoid outages How-Tos Shoppers are mobbing online stores, boosting traffic numbers and making it even more important that e-commerce firms handle the demand well.
    10 December 2009
    Tags: Art • Firms • Defence • Spring • Learned • Ecommerce

  • Case Study: Overland: once bitten, nice try

    Against the background of the revenue decline these numbers are especially creditable.There was, of course, a lot of expense cutting: op ex (operating expense) declined 36.3 percent compared to Q1 07 and that must have hurt as cuts were applied to…
    01 November 2007
    Tags: House • Oem • Loss • Expense • Chris Mellor • Force

  • Things to do while the LAN is quiet

    If you're on duty over the holidays, it could be a good time for some of those network chores that you've been meaning to do for ages. Review your event logsWith enterprise use easing up over the holidays, Moeller says his team will take the time…
    21 December 2006
    Tags: Defence • Network World • Mission • Depth • Logs • Editor

  • Gear up for New Year's DNS resolutions

    For many IT organisations, the holidays provide a welcome respite from the constant chaos of the rest of the year. With many of your users out of the way, now could be the time to do some major housekeeping.
    22 December 2005
    Tags: Zone • Queries • Output • Query • Errors • Handles

  • Case Study: Bound to fail

    Over the holidays, the legacy system failed, bringing down the entire airline, cancelling or delaying 3,900 flights, and stranding nearly 200,000 passengers. As a result, Comair had to cancel all 1,100 of its flights on Christmas Day, stranding…
    10 October 2005
    Tags: Classic • Leadership • Selection • Business Processes • Crash • Reputation

  • Case Study: On-demand's early adopters

    Retailer takes on holiday sales spikes Holidays and furniture sales go hand in hand. Willey Home Furnishings, holidays require three to four times the IT processing capacity of a regular business day to handle the influx of orders and all the…
    12 October 2004
    Tags: Guide • Purchased • Cent • Deals • Movement • Programme

Reviews

  • UK's Kalender

    The program includes holidays, so that you won't need to enter them yourself; they'll already be scheduled in.You can also assign each event to a category, and then search for events using categories or via a text search, so that it's easy to find…
    22 May 2009
    Tags: Scheduled • Event • Events • Calendar • Scheduling • Import

  • Disgo Video Fun review

    But if youre after a cheap and cheerful model to take on your holidays or to the beach, its a compact little number that does the job. The Disgo Video Fun is an admirably lightweight camcorder. Powered by three AAA batteries that come supplied with…
    29 April 2009
    Tags: Lightweight • Button • Zoom • Playback • Silver • Eye

  • Boynq Sabre review

    But it's tied to the indoors on account of its lack of battery power, so not ideal for holidays, and you won't be compelled to write home about the sound, either. The Boynq Sabre is a compact and lightweight iPod and iPhone travel speaker.
    31 July 2008
    Tags: Audio • Music • Compact • Speakers • Adaptor • Drivers

  • Yahoo Calendar review

    There are other public calendars available, but they are limited to sports team schedules, financial events, and holidays. Yahoo's online calendar is free and easy to use, but lacks some of the features of Google's alternative.
    10 June 2008
    Tags: Events • Task • Account • Calendar • Pull • Business Advisor

  • Google Calendar review

    You can also subscribe to a variety of public calendars for events such as holidays, movie releases, and sports. If you use Google services such as Gmail, having Google Calendar manage your schedule is a logical choice, since it uses the same login…
    05 June 2008
    Tags: Event • Visit • Account • Calendar • Pop • Business Advisor

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