Iain Thomson
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Claranet top UK ISP, on the pitch at least
By Iain Thomson published
News Britain's top ISPs battle it out on the pitch at Wembley to raise money for IT charity
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Virgin pulls viral web marketing campaign
By Iain Thomson published
News Competition pulled after Virgin finds out web users are more disturbed than it thought
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BT buys into Bruce Schneier
By Iain Thomson published
News Security guru's company snapped up by BT and key personnel stay on
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Data losses up over last year
By Iain Thomson published
News New survey shows the losses from data theft are mounting fast, up nearly a third on last year
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Virus hides in lesbian pop duo
By Iain Thomson published
News Malware writers use the launch of new Tatu album to recruit more PCs to botnet and harvest information
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Microsoft and IBM sign storage deal
By Iain Thomson published
News Redmond and Big Blue ink deal to co-market archiving software and hardware
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Industry missing out on encryption
By Iain Thomson published
News Despite encryption being available and free users are continuing to leave unencrypted data lying around
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UK's first 'internet rage' attack
By Iain Thomson published
News Man convicted of hunting down fellow chat room user and making a serious attack
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UK leads Europe in Wi-Fi deployment
By Iain Thomson published
News Britain in front in rapidly maturing market for public subscription Wi-Fi
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Lenovo and Apple top reliability poll
By Iain Thomson published
News Brand name laptops win reliability survey but Dell and Gateway have cause for concern
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Free malware from McDonalds
By Iain Thomson published
News Malware infested MP3 players sent out as prizes by McDonalds in Japan
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Mass MySpace spam attack as phishers strike
By Iain Thomson published
News Spam filters need update as phishers start using MySpace IDs
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Oracle pays up for price gouging
By Iain Thomson published
News Peoplesoft's mispricing costs parent company dear as Oracle agrees $98.5 million fine
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BEA gives timeline for shift to microservices
By Iain Thomson published
News SOA 360 project will shift products into new microService architecture as part of shift to collaborative services
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BEA chief calls for "enterprise MySpace"
By Iain Thomson published
News New generation used to social networking software and will expect to use it in business
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IBM plans mainframe simplification
By Iain Thomson published
News As mainframes fall out of fashion IBM begins a five year program to make its System z computer easier to use.
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Chip sales hit record levels
By Iain Thomson published
News August shows largest sales yet as manufacturers gear up for Christmas
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Ebbers enters the Big House today
By Iain Thomson published
News Big Bernie starts his new job, earning around $5 a month, after $11bn fraud
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Pew study predicts brave new world of 2020
By Iain Thomson published
News Report from the IT great and good predicts global networks and no privacy being "obsolete"
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Web surfing without a trace
By Iain Thomson published
News Hacktivismo's innovation allows users to turn any PC into an anonymous web browser
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Global teams need mix of technology to work
By Iain Thomson published
News Research highlights the failings of using single communication systems to manage geographically dispersed teams
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IT security staff need to reduce workload
By Iain Thomson published
News Common security functions need to be offloaded onto ops staff, saving valuable security specialists for tough jobs