News Archive | December 2008

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December 31st
- Photos 2008: The top IT shots of the year
- Tech M&As 2008: All the top deals
December 30th
- Security 2008: The rise of malware
- Technology 2008: From Blu-ray to Twitter
- Mobile 2008: Recycling and surfing all the way
December 29th
- Laptops 2008: Rise of the netbook
- UK staff face up to 3,000 emails after Xmas break
December 24th
- Monthly round-up: December
- Check Point buys up Nokia’s security appliances
- Motorola blocked job offers to laid-off workers, says RIM
- Laptops outshipping desktops worldwide
December 23rd
- Google rings the changes with staff bonus
- Whitbread avoids price hikes with e-auction
- Intel counters Apple’s Imagination stake
- Security hole found in Microsoft's SQL Server
- iPhone gets HP printing app
- Mobile web page browsing has doubled
- Mobile telemedicine helping stroke patients
December 22nd
- Windows XP is the OS that will not die
- Shopping search engine comes to the iPhone
- Gartner: CDs are dead, long live downloads
- M&S and Tesco slide in top 30 online ranking
- Smartphone threats get “serious” in 2009
- Christmas Day e-shopping set to top £100 million
- Big commercial firms driving open source takeup?
- Nokia makes internet services easier to access
December 19th
- Will Dell's "Adamo" compete with Macbook Air?
- Analysis: Cloud computing boosted by portables
- Study recovers over 10,000 stolen bank details
- Britons won't cut back broadband
- Be Broadband trials non-cable 50Mb connections
- Halfords extends Salesforce.com investment
- Week in Review: The great IE fix
- BBC iPlayer developed for Macs
- Government missing out on IT savings
December 18th
- IT skills gap set to grow
- Sky brings 3D TV to life
- Analysis: Microsoft's eight-day Internet Explorer fix
- Retailers warned about the ‘Grey Grumblers’
- SETI boosted by nVidia CUDA tech
- Mobile rail ticketing standard agreed
December 17th
- Government to review security data collection
- Vodafone offers new pay-as-you-go modem
- Credit crunch creates IT upgrade stalemate
- Facebook profiles sell for less than a pound
- Mozilla's mobile browser to hit Symbian next year
- Microsoft releases emergency patch to fix Internet Explorer
- BMI rolls out inflight text – but not calls
- No Jobs keynote at Macworld
December 16th
- CMI survey adds to IT sector gloom
- Carphone Warehouse offers free PAYG Nokia
- Orange to open UK development centre
- Apple releases bumper pack of Christmas security fixes
- BCS launches 2012 cybercrime think-tank
- Video: Cisco spotlights sophisticated web attacks
- Survey: Mobile to lead web tech by 2020
- IBM wins immigration systems contract
- Pret offers free Wi-Fi
December 15th
- Google claims 'fast lane' plan not hurting net
- T-Mobile takes up Option
- JANET gets £2.7m fibre network funding
- Serco consolidates fleet management
- High costs keep VoIP the domain of big business
- Virgin Media unveils 50Mbps broadband
- Skyfire mobile browser reaches UK
- Another wave of attacks target Internet Explorer
- Big hitters sign up to .tel directory
- Google drops Firefox in favour of Chrome
December 12th
- Intel adds GPS to track stolen laptops
- Reviews round-up: Acronyms of the week
- Barnsley streamlines IT service and delivery
- Fujitsu 2.5in hard disks spin faster
- Week in Review: Who should police the internet?
- RIM acquisition targets content delivery
- Survey: Hard times encourage remote working
- Nokia to tap into 3G dongle market
- Report: Tech firms winning on climate change
December 11th
- Will Malware 2.0 replace Web 2.0 in 2009?
- PUMA improves application speed and security
- Report: Tech could change unhealthy habits
- Video: Techniques of the web criminal in 2008
- Google Chrome to emerge from Beta
- Government mobile deal to save £170 million
- Txt talk crps in2 evday lang
December 10th
- Yahoo shareholders push Microsoft deal
- Video will dominate content by 2013
- Home Office: ID cards catch first illegal immigrant
- Cineworld premieres new hosted website
- Wireless overtakes wired LAN in the enterprise
- RNID issues warning over too-loud music players
- Enterprise web use holds steady in Europe
- 3G laptops are overrated
- Bargain hunters ignore festive fraud threat
- Facebook, Obama and BBC top Google search terms for 2008
- IWF does u-turn on Wikipedia 'porn' blacklist
- Sony Ericsson and Vodafone back Android
- Yahoo staff face more redundancies today
December 9th
- BT to treat Olympic Games like “a major incident”
- HP: Watch out for cloud computing hype
- Businesses warned over VoIP PBX security
- O2 gets the BlackBerry Curve 8900
- Leeds loses memory stick with child data
- Report: US guilty of harbouring most malware
- Firms full of dirty data
- Brown calls for more investment in tech
- Morrisons signs new networks deal
- Councils divided over data protection
- Cyber criminals take advantage of credit crunch
- Microsoft planning bigger web-based software range
- Ex-Vodafone boss tipped as next Yahoo CEO
December 8th
- Southwark council goes secure with flexible working
- iPod touch becomes a phone
- Carphone co-founder quits over shares scandal
- Google to sell unlocked G1 Android phone for developers
- Morrisons to integrate Co-op IT
- IBM Lotus partners to enter VDI market
- ISPs censor Wikipedia over child porn pic
- Google staff hiding secret OS?
- Survey finds database security lacking
December 5th
- Microsoft cracks down on e-auctions
- LHC to restart in summer of 2009
- New banking threat disguised as Firefox add-on
- Photos: The art of malware
- Novell prudence narrows losses
- Week in Review: Apple confuses on security
- IT industry celebrates at the BCS Awards
- Reviews round-up: All the latest hardware
- Video: Mobile security threats and Mac complacency
- Server sales slow in Western Europe
- O2 sees green with eco-friendly charger
- Sky follows the BBC with live streaming launch
- Microsoft to issue six critical patches on Tuesday
- Five new malware threats for 2009
- Nokia warns of falling mobile phone demand
- Hackers target Facebook with virus
December 4th
- Smartphone market feeling economic pinch
- Ofcom looks to make ISPs more open on broadband speeds
- Public Sector Roundup: New tech recognised
- TomTom unveils online route planner
- Survey: ITSM job satisfaction running high
- Virtual desktop growth predicted
- IBM pushes virtual desktops without Microsoft
December 3rd
- IT jobs to go open source
- First wave of .tel domains go on sale
- Abercrombie & Fitch streamlines procurement
- NHS revamps payroll systems
- Data centre heads north for cooler climate
- Apple pulls U-turn on need for anti-virus
- Land Rover revs up rugged mobile phone
- ATOC signs £13 million contract extension
- Track your lost pet with mobile tech
- BT Wi-Fi usage doubles in 2008
- BBC, ITV and C4 VOD project ruled anti-competitive
- FCC spectrum sell-off may require free internet service
- LG predicts modest mobile phone growth in 2009
December 2nd
- Virgin beats Orange on broadband speeds
- Five online threats to be wary of this Christmas
- Jadu gets PHP and .NET talking
- Apple admits anti-virus need for Mac OS
- Nokia unveils N97 to the world
- Government to invest £30 million in tech firms
- VMware unveils new desktop virtualisation
- UK businesses don't trust the net
- Glasgow's underground gets mobile service
December 1st
- Portsmouth uses crime-detecting CCTV
- £130 Asus Eee PC expected in 2009
- Enthusiasts bring Linux to the iPhone
- Land Registry automates document management
- O2 drops 3G dongle price, Virgin Mobile drops web rates
- Scottish council staff go mobile
- Survey: IT neglects core asset skills