Business ISP Star is offering a service that will allow organisations to offload virtual server management onto its own hosted machines
October 19, 2009
Lord Digby Jones: Postal Strike Will Boost Online Economy
Small businesses won't let postal workers stop them. They will move online, a BT conference heard.
Palm Pre Finally Launches in UK
The Palm Pre has finally arrived in the UK on the O2 network, with a two year contract costing £34.26 per month
Dell Readies Rival To Apple Air Notebook
Dell has announced that its razor-thin Adamo XPS notebook will be released this Thursday, on the same day that Windows 7 will hit the streets
Win 7 Signals End Of XP’s Corporate Reign
XP's domination of business PCs looks likely to end with the arrival of Windows 7,Forrester has predicted, although question marks remain over timeframes
IBM Hardware Boss Arrested For Insider Trading
The man in charge of IBM's $20 billion a year hardware business has been arrested over an insider trading scheme that illegally netted $25 million
Windows Users Targetted As Botnet Returns
The Gumblar botnet is back, and compromised websites are now being used to host malware that exploits security flaws in Microsoft Windows and Adobe software.
UK Gives NASA Hacker More Time
The Home Office is considering some new evidence fom Gary McKinnon's lawyers
Conservative Government Would Scrap Broadband Tax
The Tories claim that the proposed 50p tax will be scrapped while the government is issuing mixed messages about its broadband ambitions
Apple Allows Developers To Bypass Apps Store
Apple developers previously had to post both paid and free versions of their mobile applications on Apple's App Store
Mozilla Blocks Microsoft Security Add-ons
Mozilla disables two Microsoft add-ons for Firefox to thwart a vulnerability that allows an attacker to take over Windows machines
NASA Says Probe Data Could Aid Long Duration Moon Missions
A week after smashing two probes into the moon, NASA says early data returns are tantalising and even reveal traces of an impact plume
Accenture Acquires Nokia Services Business
Accenture completes its acquisition of the professional services unit of Nokia, a move that will help take Accenture more directly into the business of servicing embedded and mobile operating system
IT Staff Ignorant About Server Utilisation Rates
A survey sponsored by 1E and the Alliance to Save Energy found that one in six servers—about 4.7 million worldwide—are doing nothing useful, costing businesses as much as $25 billion a year (£15.4bn)
Symantec Warns Over Rising Use Of Scareware
Cybercriminals are getting rich with online scare tactics that convince users to hand over money for useless rogue security software, says Symantec