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RPS 4 day outage- fault revealed
Jun 25, 2012 By ClareA failure in a piece of batch scheduling software CA-7, which has been unofficially named as the cause of the problem where millions of people were left without access to their bank accounts for 4 days last week. It has also been revealed that a section of the support staff responsible for the...
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Computer virus side effect causes printers to malfunction
Jun 22, 2012 By ClareA computer virus, named as the Milicenso has been confirmed as the culprit of the recent problems experienced by hundreds of companies throughout the US, India, Europe and South America. The malicious program was first discovered in 2010 and since then has been used frequently by hi- tech crime...
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Neck pain, back pain and stress related illnesses linked to excessive smartphone use
Jun 19, 2012 By ClareThe average office workers day in 6- 7 hours long. A recent survey into the working habits of these individuals has shown that well over 50 % are continuing to work during their commute and when they get home. Some individual are working up to 2 ½ hours extra each day using IT products such...
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USA able to claim worlds fastest super computer for first time in two years
Jun 18, 2012 By ClareThe US was over taken by China two years ago in the struggle to hold the name of 'owner of the world’s fastest super computer'. The IBM Saquoia has over taken Japan’s K Computer- a Fujitsu design. The IT product has been designed to assist in simulations to enable the extension of the life of...
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Competitors ARM and AMD team up to ensure the highest level of PC security
Jun 15, 2012 By ClareThe leading competitors of Intel have joined forces to ensure higher levels of IT security are met within their chipsets. AMD is going to licence the use of an ARM based processor within its x86- based CPU and GPU, the function being an increased safeguard for actions such as online...
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Australia electronics dealer Ruslan Kogan creates IE7 tax for customers
Jun 14, 2012 By ClareWhile rendering a new website for a site relaunch, Mr Kogan- the Chief Executive at Ruslan Kogan noted that the time it took for his team to create a website which would look normal on IE7 was equal to that in which the Chrome, Safari and Firefox pages were designed. To create the IE7 design,...
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Lingering Capita threats of job cuts affecting staff moral
Jun 13, 2012 By ClareAfter IT support company Capita made the initial threat that 1000 staff members would lost their jobs in March, today however, those who could be affected by the cuts are still waiting for a final decision on their futures as those plans subsequently did not materialise at that time. The...
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Flame commanded to self-destruct
Jun 11, 2012 By ClareThe command which Symantec has aptly named ‘urgent suicide’ seems to have been created by the controllers of the Flame malware in light of the publicity surrounding the attack, since its reveal to the general public in May. IT company Symantec stated that some ‘command and control machines’...
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