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Tech Workers Confirm UK Skills Gap Still A Problem
Sector skills body e-skills UK said around 140,000 vacancies a year need to be filled across IT professions, yet pointed out the UK only has around 12,000 computer scien... More »
Hong Kong Man Pleads Guilty In Spam Scam
A Hong Kong resident has pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court for his part in a scam where tens of millions of spam emails were sent, artificially pumping up the stock... More »
IBM Tops Climate Change Governance League Table
IBM, Tesco and Dell have taken the gold, solver and bronze positions in a new league table assessing firms' response to climate change, released last week by the Ceres&n... More »
US And Australia Spurn Web Porn Filters
Australia and America are fighting similar battles at the moment to keep the internet free from filtration. In the US, The Bush administration has announced that it... More »
Medion Akoya P8610 Notebook Hits The UK
Medion is once again stalking the supermarket shelves, with the Akoya 8610 notebook offering big-screen Blu-ray for a seriously tempting price. The 18.4-inch 1680 x 945 display ... More »
IBM Readies Microsoft-Free Desktop
IBM has created a Microsoft-free virtual desktop, which bundles Linux with a set of productivity applications. In partnership with Canonical, IBM has developed a virtual desktop ... More »
Facebook Connect Appears Set For Expansion
Facebook Connect - the service launched last spring that lets members log onto other Web sites using their Facebook profile - appears to be entering a new phase. In the next few w... More »
Online Retailers Get Ready For Cyber Monday
Despite the heavy duty deals for online companies during "Cyber Monday", the sales are expected to be fairly flat after years of strong growth. Things like offering free... More »
U.S. Army Spending $50M On Videogames
The U.S. Army has announced plans to shell out $50 million over five years on a video game unit designed to help soldiers prepare for battle. In addition to the $50 million, the ... More »
Indian Space Agency Isro To Roll Out A Rival To Google Earth
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), which is based in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of the sub-continent, will roll-out a rival to Google Earth, the hugely popular onlin... More »
UK Citizens Ready For Biometrics
Public and private sector organisations considering rolling out biometric-based authentication technologies for customers received a boost this week with the findings of the latest... More »
Google To Seek Pre-Installation Of Chrome On PCs
Google reportedly plans to convince computer makers to pre-install its Chrome Web browser on PCs, a move that would escalate the battle against market leader Internet Explorer from... More »
PayPal Expands Service to Mexican Peso
The arm of San Jose-based ebay Inc. said Mexican buyers will be able pay for online purchases using their credit cards or bank accounts with pesos as currency. The peso is the firs... More »
Microsoft Grants XP Another Stay
Microsoft is planning to further extend the retail life of Windows XP. The company said that it will be adding another six months to the time in which vendors will be allowed to of... More »
Hate The Way Gmail Looks? Now You Can Change It
Google just announced that it is finally offering themes to Gmail users. Gmail fans have been building unofficial extensions to spice up their inboxes for a while, but up til now t... More »
McAffee Retains Security in Intel MIDS and Laptops
McAfee has opted to extend its security products to Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and Intel-based laptops. The security vendor said it will provide mobile content security ... More »
