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4th January 2007 Archive

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  • Reseller network back from the dead

    Local computer shops for local people

    Reseller network PCIQ, which went into administration in April last year, has been brought back from the dead. The company's assets were bought from administrators by Andrew Doe and his incubator company Gizme. The new PCIQ provides small businesses and end users with a way to find a local engineer or reseller to sort out …

    IT Channel 4 Jan 2007, 08:02

  • Blair's petition website suffers too much love

    Updated: Pesky patent petitioners

    Ten Downing street has had to stop showing signatories on its "E-Petitions" site - not this time because of daft petitions but apparently because it was overloaded with people protesting against software patents. The petition calling on Prime Minister Tony Blair to "make software patents clearly unenforceable" seems to have …

    Software & Security 4 Jan 2007, 09:17

  • Computer waste law becomes active after long delays

    WEEE hits us all

    Laws forcing suppliers of IT equipment to dispose of it free of charge in an environmentally sound manner have come into force in the UK. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive of the European Commission became law in the UK on 2nd January. It was originally intended to be transposed into all European …

    IT Channel 4 Jan 2007, 09:59

  • Gongs for OGCbs officials

    For services to procurement

    Two senior officials at OGCbuying.solutions have been rewarded in the new year honours list for their services to procurement across government. John White, the head of devolved customer relations, has been awarded an OBE for his diligence in ensuring Scotland and Northern Ireland received the same treatment as the rest of …

    IT Channel 4 Jan 2007, 10:27

  • Industry vetted for school portals

    Only 10 deemed worthy

    Ten education suppliers have been given permission by BECTA, the procurement quango for education, to sell learning portals to schools and colleges. Like other framework agreements under EU rules, the Learning Platform Services Framework, allows buyers to spend large amounts of money at a whim with vetted suppliers without …

    IT Channel 4 Jan 2007, 10:48

  • Computacenter buys services company Digica

    Gets South African datacentre

    Computacenter is buying Digica from its management shareholders and private equity groups Bridgepoint Capital and Lyceum Capital. Computacenter is paying £15.9m in cash for the firm plus taking on debt of £12.1m. Digica specialises in medium-sized businesses and public sector contracts. It has UK datacentres in Nottingham, …

    IT Channel 4 Jan 2007, 11:32

  • Lynx Technology appoints new directors

    Brief Ride the tiger

    Lynx Technology has appointed former managing director of Lynx Wealth Management Systems John Mosedale as director of its Microsoft Business Unit. The company has also appointed Tim Bodill director of its Cisco Business Unit, ex-head of Microsoft's ISV Partner Group UK Jeremy Smith as Senior Business Development Manager and Mike …

    IT Channel 4 Jan 2007, 11:48

  • Adobe scripting flaw unearthed

    Browser plug-in peril

    Users are advised to upgrade their Adobe Reader software following the discovery of a potential serious cross-site scripting bug. The vulnerability, which involves Adobe Reader 6.x and Adobe Reader 7.x, means it is possible to execute potential hostile JavaScript code simply by appending it to a PDF's URL. The flaw, …

    Software & Security 4 Jan 2007, 11:49

  • SanDisk spins Flash-fitted hard drive replacement

    But its solid-state disk is still pricey

    SanDisk has begun offering notebook manufacturers a 1.8in, 32GB Flash-based solid-state drive, the company announced today. It pitched the part as an energy efficient alternative to traditional hard drives for machines that will run Windows Vista. It's faster too, SanDisk said. The SanDisk Ultra ATA 5000 SSD will boot …

    PC Builder 4 Jan 2007, 12:21

  • Vendors partner to promote Flash-fitted hard drives

    Calling Vista-running Centrino laptop makers...

    Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Toshiba have come together to promote hard drives with integrated Flash caches, the better to persuade notebook manufacturers in particular to choose their offerings rather than rival technology from Intel. Windows Vista incorporates drive management code, dubbed ReadyDrive, that can take …

    PC Builder 4 Jan 2007, 13:22

  • CeBIT 'expecting €6m loss'

    Turning a messe into a crisis

    CeBIT, Europe's biggest IT tradeshow, is expecting a €6m loss this year due to declining visitors and exhibitors. Deutsche Messe AG has organised CeBIT in Hannover each spring since 1986, but attendance is dropping, with only 200,000 visitors in 2006. CeBIT declined to confirm the expected loss, reported earlier this week by …

    IT Channel 4 Jan 2007, 13:26

  • Cisco buys IronPort to push into anti-spam market

    Pays $830m for heavyweight spam squasher

    Networking giant Cisco Systems has agreed to buy email filtering and web security firm IronPort Systems for $830m in cash and shares. The deal, expected to close in Cisco's third quarter ending April 2007, pushes Cisco into the anti-spam market for the first time. The acquisition is Cisco's fifth largest to date, Reuters reports …

    IT Channel 4 Jan 2007, 13:54

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