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16th March 2007 Archive

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  • Headphone wearing dinobots will raise our children

    CeBIT FSC's research reveals society's ideal digital home

    The children of the future will be raised by robot dinosaurs, will only communicate with their parents via blogs, and their best friends will be people they've seen on YouTube. At least that's one way of looking at the technology future sketched out by Fujitsu Siemens after a year's worth of trend tracking by research agency …

    PC Builder 16 Mar 2007, 11:48

  • Ballmer says Google growth strategy 'insane'

    Tech world amazed by relative politeness

    Chair-flinging Microsoft kingpin Steve Ballmer has continued his public campaign against Google, characterising the search firm's growth strategy as "insane." The famously irascible billionaire, currently fourteenth on the Forbes' richest-yanks-on-the-planet list, made the remarks during a talk to Stanford Business School …

    Software & Security 16 Mar 2007, 12:13

  • Researchers take internet back to the drawing board

    Schtop, this internet is not ready...

    The internet as it stands has numerous shortcomings, so researchers at Stanford University have gone back to the drawing board in an effort to design a better system of communications. In an overview of the project, the researchers explain: "We believe that the current internet has significant deficiencies that need to be …

    Software & Security 16 Mar 2007, 12:24

  • CeBIT clips vulture's wing

    CeBIT blog As furry purple letters spell trouble

    Things just aren't as big as they used to be at CeBIT. The trade show has slipped down the industry's to-do list almost as quickly as it has vacated the number of the halls it used to pack out. Even Greenpeace couldn't be bothered turning up this year to harangue show goers and point out how much rubbish they're creating. When …

    PC Builder 16 Mar 2007, 13:50

  • Phoenix makes tentative offer for ICM

    Conditions apply

    Phoenix IT Group, a publicly-listed managed services company, has tabled a conditional offer to buy business continuity firm ICM Computer Group. The firms announced in January that they were chatting. Phoenix has put in an offer equating to 415 pence per share. At the time this article went to press, ICM last closed trading …

    IT Channel 16 Mar 2007, 14:50

  • CeBIT 2007: The package

    These are a few of my favourite things

    Several vultures descended on Hannover this week to bring you the latest news on all that's new and exciting in digital IT and telecoms. From mini PCs and new Commodore gaming machines, to dino robots and roaming, it's all right here. Unwrap and enjoy. CeBIT clips vulture's wing Things just aren't as big as they used to be …

    PC Builder 16 Mar 2007, 15:09

  • Horizon digests year of feasting

    Burp

    Horizon Technology Group has been showing off after a year of gorging on high-margin acquisitions. The firm's preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2006 show a 29.8 per cent in profit after tax and a 49.8 per cent jump in revenue. It acquired three firms in the year - IP networking reseller Equip, Irish SAP …

    IT Channel 16 Mar 2007, 15:56

  • Prosecutors swoop on Cisco reseller fraud (again)

    SMARTNet dragnet widens

    Federal prosecutors in California have indicted four former employees of a defunct networking resellers for allegedly scamming Cisco's replacement parts program. which could land them long jail terms. The four, who worked for Minnesota firm Interlink Communications Corp, are accused of conspiring to defraud Cisco's SMARTnet …

    IT Channel 16 Mar 2007, 21:51