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‘Cavalier’ GCHQ online spy centre loses 35 laptops

‘Cavalier’ GCHQ online spy centre loses 35 laptops

GCHQ lost 35 laptops in seven months last year, potentially containing highly sensitive data.

Microsoft targets NetSuite users with new deal

Microsoft is offering financial enticements to customers of on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor NetSuite to switch over to Microsoft's Dynamics family of business applications.

Ex-TSA worker allegedly sabotaged computer containing terrorist data

A former Transport Security Administration analyst has been indicted with trying to sabotage a computer that contained a database for screening potential terrorists who may be trying to fly in the US.

CA buys Nimsoft for $350m

CA inks a deal to acquire for $350 million Nimsoft, an IT service management player with customers in the managed service provider market.

Morrison boosts IT investment by £200 million

Morrison boosts IT investment by £200 million

WM Morrison is planning to invest a further £200 million in rejuvenating its IT systems over the next three years.

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Hackers target PDF bugs more than Microsoft Word, says F-Secure

Hackers adore Adobe Reader, and have pushed it into first place as the software most often exploited in targeted attacks, F-Secure said today.

Citrix boosts Windows access from mobile with XenApp 6

Citrix Systems has launched version 6 of XenApp, its platform for centralised application delivery that features centralised management and access to Windows applications from Android-based smartphones and Apple computers, the company said.

Standard Life targets £350m efficiency gain with IT

Standard Life has raised its cost cutting targets by nearly half to £350 million by 2012, as it reported strong progress on a technology and process overhaul.

Microsoft warns of zero-day IE bug on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has warned of a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is already being exploited by hackers, the second such admission in the last two months.

Google unveils Apps software store

Google unveils Apps software store

Google has launched Google Apps Marketplace, a site designed to provide a venue for third-party applications for Google users.

Google buys DocVerse to take on Microsoft

With its acquisition of DocVerse, Google is offering an online component to Microsoft Word before Microsoft does so itself.

Ford gets scrappage boost from modelling software

Ford has improved its understanding of its sales leads process using a business process modelling software from Metastorm.

Energizer Bunny infects PCs with Trojan

The Energizer Bunny infects PCs with backdoor malware, the Department of Homeland Security's US-CERT said.

Office 2010 to launch 12 May

The Office 2010 application suite will be formally launched by Microsoft at an event scheduled for 12 May, the company announced.

Former NSA tech chief: I don't trust the cloud

The former National Security Agency technical director told the RSA Conference he doesn't trust cloud services and bluntly admonished vendors for leaving software vulnerabilities unpatched sometimes for years.

European IT managers have cloud aversion

Barely one in five of European IT managers think that cloud computing represents a game-changing change in methodology for enterprises, roughly the same proportion that believes that cloud computing is a fad.

North Korea develops Red Star operating system

The North Korean government appears to have developed its own graphical Linux-based operating system, though its people still prefer that symbol of Yankee high-tech imperialism, Microsoft Windows.

Reading FC beefs up PCI compliance

Reading Football Club has bought Tripwire Express, software from IT security solutions provider Tripwire, to monitor its virtual IT infrastructure.

Amazon Web Services CTO touts cloud for enterprise

Companies with customer-facing Web systems should adopt cloud services immediately, Werner Vogels said

SAP's new CEOs pledge to listen and innovate

SAP is headed toward a new era of growth and rapid innovation, said new co-CEOs Jim Hagemann Snabe and Bill McDermott during a press conference at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, on Tuesday.

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