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Mac developers get free Windows 8 licences for web compatibility testing
Apr 4, 2013 By ClareOn the 3 rd of April, Redmond launched an offer for Mac- using developers whereby they would get a copy of Windows 8, Parallels desktop virtualisation software and a USB containing both if they made a small donation of $25 (US) to a charity through a service called Swish. The reason behind this...
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Users Microsoft Outlook.com and Hotmail experiencing prolonged outages
Mar 13, 2013 By ClareThe backlash of the current outage has been swift for IT company Microsoft after both their Outlook.com online e-mail service and Hotmail were knocked offline for a large number of users for over 17 hours. Twitter is full of tweets telling Microsoft to ‘get your act together’ and alongside...
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Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) A Disaster for IT departments?
Mar 12, 2013 By ClareUsers are usually very naive when thinking about bringing in their home devices to the office, assuming that they can simply ‘plug and go’ and have the capacity to work as though they were on their office PC on their tablet or mobile phone. Few consider the dangers for the corporate network...
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Cloud computing from an outsourced IT team is cost cutting effective
Mar 8, 2013 By ClareSince 2009 many organisations with an internal IT department have found that their IT budgets have been cut while the demand for IT services has increased. This demand at a low cost is exacerbated by the increased utilisation of remote users- away from the internal IT support network. Time...
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The .uk movement does not have enough support to move forward
Feb 28, 2013 By ClareNominet the IT company which overseas UK web addresses has stated that there is insufficient support for an optional service which would allow companies to take the name company.uk rather than the longer company.co.uk. At the end of a 3 month consultation, it was decided that too few...
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Twitter response to high profile hackings by adding e-mail security features
Feb 25, 2013 By ClareIn response to the recent series of high profile account hacking occurrences, Twitter has implemented a security protocol designed to make it harder for fraudsters to send out emails that appear to come from Twitter.com addresses. The effort is aimed to help protect users from people sending out...
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Kaspersky anti- virus update cuts off XP users from the web
Feb 19, 2013 By ClareThe IT security firm issued an apology statement after thousands of corporate computers running IT company Microsoft’s XP operating system were cut off from the internet last week by an antivirus software update. The security firm told affected users to disable its antivirus software or...
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Daisy Group is contracted to manage 2e2 datacentres
Feb 15, 2013 By ClareScores of jobs could be salvaged today (15/02/2013) through a deal to rescue the data centre operations of 2e2, the collapsed IT services group. AIM-listed communications services firm Daisy Group has been contracted to manage failed 2e2’s datacentres on behalf of Oakley Capital Private...
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Internet Explorer at risk of malware attack- 57 flaws identified in total
Feb 11, 2013 By ClareMicrosoft will release 12 patches for 57 vulnerabilities next week for Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office. Five of the updates are labelled "critical," in which malicious code can be remotely executed on users' machines. The IT company's pre-release bulletin warns of two major...
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Three not to charge users for 4G upgrade
Feb 5, 2013 By ClareThe IT services provider EE was the first company to be able to offer access to the 4G network in the UK but immediately came under criticism regarding its pricing structure. EE asked existing customers to pay an extra £5.00 for the same amount of data as they had on their current 3G...
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