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Most IT staff would steal company secrets: survey

Most IT staff would steal company secrets: survey

Most IT staff would steal sensitive company information, including CEO's passwords and customer details, if they were laid off, according to a new survey from Cyber-Ark.

MoD in £14m asset management rollout

MoD in £14m asset management rollout

Defence contractor Lockheed Martin has signed a £13.9m deal for software to run a new management information system for the Ministry of Defence.

Forrester: Poor database archiving is compliance risk

Forrester: Poor database archiving is compliance risk

Businesses could fall foul of regulation because of their failure to optimise database archiving and make information readily accessible, Forrester has warned.

PDAs will speed up police work, says govt

PDAs will speed up police work, says govt

Equipping police officers with PDAs will cut stop and search times by almost 20 minutes, or 75 percent, the Home Office has claimed.

Bloomberg accidentally kills Steve Jobs

Bloomberg accidentally kills Steve Jobs

In an error that could have cost Apple investors millions of dollars the Bloomberg financial newswire accidentally published a 17-page obituary of Apple CEO Steve Jobs yesterday.

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IT users struggle on email archiving - survey

IT users struggle on email archiving - survey

Employees are failing to properly archive emails, according to research, because they are often too busy or too unsure of their IT skills.

Microsoft wins $20m payout for Immersion touch technology

Microsoft wins $20m payout for Immersion touch technology

A company that makes touch sensors for interacting with computer applications and games has agreed to pay Microsoft more than $20m to settle a patent suit.

US terror threat system ‘crippled’ by technical flaws

US terror threat system ‘crippled’ by technical flaws

A $500 million (£272 million) IT project led by Boeing to prevent terrorist attacks is a failure, and cannot even handle basic search terms like "and, or and not", a US government subcommittee has said.

Cisco to add email to WebEx collaboration platform

Cisco to add email to WebEx collaboration platform

Cisco is set to buy email vendor PostPath, to add mail and calendaring functions its on-demand Web Ex Connect collaboration platform.

Study: Grim outlook for US IT spending

Study: Grim outlook for US IT spending

US companies are pulling back hard on IT spending as the economic downturn continues, a new study by ChangeWave Research has found.

Police to get access to child protection database

Police to get access to child protection database

The Department for Children, Schools and Families is trying to play down reports that its ContactPoint database of children will be used by police to prosecute offenders.

Hackers attack those taking revenge on phishers

Hackers attack those taking revenge on phishers

Net users that have been retaliating against hackers are being targeted with exploits that hijack their computers says a malware researcher.

Fujitsu prepares 8-core Sparc64 chip

Fujitsu prepares 8-core Sparc64 chip

Fujitsu is developing an eight-core version of its Sparc64 processor, which should give a performance boost to the Sparc Enterprise Servers that Fujitsu jointly develops with Sun Microsystems.

EMC releases low-end storage for SMEs

EMC releases low-end storage for SMEs

EMC is targeting small businesses and branch offices with a new low-end Celerra storage device.

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 auto-update begins

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 auto-update begins

Mozilla has triggered an automatic update to Firefox 3.0, a week after the company said it would start offering the newest version of its browser to users of the older Firefox 2.0.0.16.

Storage market thrives in down economy

Storage market thrives in down economy

The storage market is thriving despite a tough economy, as exploding digital information growth has forced customers to add more capacity and upgrade to newer storage systems that are faster and more efficient, analysts say.

FSA warns banks to keep back office staff

FSA warns banks to keep back office staff

The Financial Services Authority has warned UK investment banks to stop culling their back office staff involved in crucial valuation control functions.

Computer problems delay US flights

Computer problems delay US flights

The US Federal Aviation Administration's traffic management computer system caused flight delays at USairports yesterday.

HP completes EDS purchase

HP completes EDS purchase

Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that it has completed its US$13.9 billion purchase of massive systems integrator Electronic Data Systems, and it also revealed that EDS' top-level management structure would remain largely unchanged.

Citrix upgrades flagship software

Citrix upgrades flagship software

Citrix has launched the latest version of its application delivery software, now known as XenApp, following the company's acquisition of XenSource last year

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