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London businesses are facing multiple challenges to maintain business as usual during the Olympic Games.
Feb 6, 2012 By Clare MuskerSome London businesses are already planning for the expected chaos of the 2012 London Olympic Games. With transport expected to be almost impossible for the duration of the Games, many businesses are advocating employees working from home to ensure business hours are not lost through extreme...
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App to help disabled individuals move around London more easily
Jan 31, 2012 By Clare MuskerAfter the bombing attack in London 7/7 one man’s life was dramatically altered. Daniel Briddle was in the same tube carriage as one of the bombers- the attack left him with severely injured and the result was the loss of both his legs and other severe injuries. Since being confined to a...
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Profits increase steadily for Symantec
Jan 27, 2012 By Clare MuskerSymantec an IT company specialising in anti- virus protection which boasts 100% SLAs and a solution for your organisation which will secure and manage the information you hold internally has shown steady profits this quarter. Recent reports show that there is really nothing threatening...
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O2 caught in the middle of a phone number confidentiality scandal
Jan 25, 2012 By Clare MuskerThe IT security flaw was highlighted by an O2 customer who was able to create a web tool which is able to display the HTTP header information which is sent to sites by connecting to the web browser.Though the issue does not affect every O2 user the concept has angered many. When accessing a...
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Internet users see the first stages of the response to the Megaupload arrests
Jan 23, 2012 By Clare MuskerIt has been suggested that the unwelcome legislation a current example being that from the SOPA acts has come about as the current file sharing industry has shown that it is unable or unwilling to react to piracy and illegal actions in commonplace on their sites. The arrest of the two...
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PIPA and SOPA support vanishes as scale of Wednesdays protest is felt
Jan 20, 2012 By Clare MuskerAn estimated 7000 websites joined the blackout on Wednesday 18 th January 2012 including giants such as Google and WordPress. Since this point only 2 days ago, at least 8 key lawmakers have withdrawn their support for the acts and the American President has declared concerns regarding their...
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Nationwide broadband downtime result of a routing hardware issue
Jan 18, 2012 By Clare MuskerFor the 5 million customers of Virgin Media broadband an as of yet undefined number experienced a loss of internet between 5pm and 8pm on Tuesday 17 th January 2012. It was during this time that a national outage was experienced. The IT company noted a broadband service blackout last...
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Wearable computer- soon to be on sale in China
Jan 11, 2012 By Clare MuskerChina has closed the gap between science fiction and real life with a new ‘wearable’ computer. The prototype is already in use and plans are in place to have the computer on sale to the consumer market in March. Small portable computers which can be attached to our bodies littered the market...
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Google Chrome web browser exhibits new ways to speed up browsing
Jan 10, 2012 By Clare MuskerIn an attempt to speed up browsing, a new technology has been announced which will allow for some web pages to appear almost instantly. The plan is to have several pages in the background that are partially rendered before the final page is selected cutting the loading time of the chosen page. ...
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New Year brings large scale security patching
Jan 9, 2012 By Clare MuskerJanuary is looking to be a busy month with regards to patching with 3 large IT companies announcing updates to be released. Oracle, Adobe and Microsoft have all announced a patching schedule for January. Adobe has announced a timetabled quarterly update, which will go live on the 10...
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