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Anti-spyware software is big business in the UK

Anti-virus software has long been a staple in corporate PCs. This trend continues, with the exception that the majority of businesses in the UK now use anti-spyware scanning software as well. We have no real reason to expect the trend to be different over in the US. ...

Tags: Software, U.K., Anti-spyware, Anti-spyware Software, Anti-virus Software, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2008-04-28

The Big Brother Awards

In Montreal, Canada, at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference in May 2007, Privacy International presented the first International Big Brother Awards. The "winners" of the Big Brother Awards are, in the words of Privacy International: the government and private sector organisations which have done the...

Tags: Nominee, Privacy International, U.K., ChoicePoint Inc., Wikipedia, Wiki, Government, Web Site Development, Online Communications, Internet, Chad Perrin

Blog posts 2008-03-22

Geek Trivia: Launching a radio star

There's an old axiom for career aspirants that goes something like this: "Dress for the job you want, not the job you have." Now, as a general rule, this probably works, but considering that a spacesuit will run you about $2 million retail, that's a pretty hefty price tag for...

Tags: Job, Juno Online Services Inc., Radio, Sharman Networks Ltd., U.K., European Space Agency, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2008-03-11

Fixing Three: Solving connectivity issues with the Huawei E220 and Three Mobile broadband

Over the last few months I've tested several of the new HSDPA mobile broadband solutions on the UK market and have been pretty impressed. One of the most competitive packages is offered by Three Mobile--while their top speed and Internet coverage can't match that of Vodafone, for an average...

Tags: Huawei Technologies, Mobile, Firmware Update, Broadband, U.K., Firmware, Connection Manager, Modems, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Components, Marketing, Justin Fielding

Blog posts 2008-01-29

French accord could herald the end of file-sharing

While you folks in the United States were having your Black Friday last week, an anti-piracy accord was being signed in France that could have far-ranging repercussions where file-sharing is concerned. What it means is this, according to The Register: The plan has been drawn up...

Tags: Accord, France, U.K., File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-11-25

iPhone hype hits UK

The long awaited iPhone hit the UK market on Friday; over 300 people queued outside Apple's central London store for the launch. The first unit was bought by 20-year-old student Tom Jasinski who had been waiting in line for 26 hours. He told one BBC reporter, "It was...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Handset, U.K., Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Justin Fielding

Blog posts 2007-11-11

No more Ubuntu on Dell in the United Kingdom

Remember our report in August about Dell offering Ubuntu pre-installed on selected hardware as an option? There were some of you folks who got very excited about it then. Well, it appears that Dell has stopped offering Ubuntu pre-installed in the United Kingdom. Excerpt...

Tags: Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., U.K., Linux, Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-11-07

Research shows that SMEs in UK lag behind in Web usage

A study by the research organization Eurostat suggests that small businesses in the United Kingdom lag behind their counterparts in other European countries. An excerpt from VNUnet: Being online is fundamental as the internet has placed almost unlimited information and choice in the hands of the...

Tags: Web, Small And Medium Enterprise, U.K., Small Business, Channel Management, Marketing, Arun Radhakrishnan

Blog posts 2007-11-05

U.K. government in support of anti-file-sharing laws?

Lord Triesman, the parliamentary Under Secretary for Innovation, Universities and Skills told the BBC's iPM programme that the U.K. government may consider legislation against illegal file-sharing on the Internet. An excerpt from the article: While he said that the government had no interest in "hounding 14-year-olds...

Tags: U.K., Music, Government, Vertical Industries, Peer To Peer (P2P), Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Arun Radhakrishnan

Blog posts 2007-10-29

Law that compels the surrender of encryption keys goes into effect in the United Kingdom

According to Ars Technica, new laws go into effect in the United Kingdom that make it a crime to refuse to decrypt almost any encrypted data that's requested as part of a police investigation. Individuals who refuse to comply with orders to hand over either cryptographic keys...

Tags: Law, U.K., Encryption Key, Government, Security, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-10-01

Expert claims 95 percent of CCTV in the United Kingdom are operating illegally

According to a closed-circuit television CCTV expert, up to 95 percent of the CCTV systems operating in the United Kingdom are doing so illegally. Apparently, companies operating CCTV systems in the United Kingdom are required to alert the Information Commissioner of what they are doing and to put up...

Tags: U.K., Camera, CCTV, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-09-30

Photos: IBM lifts lid on Web 2.0 tech

Go behind the scenes at Big Blue's U.K. research lab to see what's up with projects like DIY Shopper and QEDwiki.IBM has been showing off some of the tech at its research and development labs at Hursley, near Winchester, England. Silicon.com popped over to take a look at, among other...

Tags: Tablets, Channel management, Notebooks, photograph, DIY Shopper, Second Life, IBM Corp., mashup, Web, mobile, Web 2.0, buddy list, coast, vessel, ATM, tablet PC, tablet, shipping company, vicinity, occupant, banking, withdrawal, avatar, bar code, lid, mobile phone, England, aircraf

Image galleries 2007-08-09

Do you have a nose for technology news?

TechRepublic is seeking two bloggers -- one from the West Coast and one from the U.K. -- who are interested in posting information about the latest and greatest news stories that are aimed at or appeal to techies. Potential blogger candidates should not only have a nose for tech news...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., U.K., Nose, E-mail, Blogging, Online Communications, Internet, Sonja Thompson

Blog posts 2007-05-09

British drivers who don't steer clear of mobile phones will pay the price

In June of 2006, I blogged about the dangers of using a cell phone while driving: "Driving under the influence of a cell phone." TechRepublic members responded with a total of 75 comments at the time of this writing, clearly demonstrating that this is a subject that people care about -...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, U.K., Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sonja Thompson

Blog posts 2007-02-07

Images: UK flies with unmanned stealth plane

BAE Systems was awarded a contract to develop the unmanned Taranis air vehicle for the UK armed forces.

Tags: U.K., stealth, BAE Systems Plc.

Image galleries 2006-12-12

Photos: Speed cameras vex U.K. drivers

Cameras mounted alongside roads in Britain catch speeders in action--and take their share of abuse.

Tags: Britain, camera, photograph, U.K.

Image galleries 2006-10-27

Photos: The new face of e-passports

The U.K. has started issuing e-passports while the U.S. tests its own plan.

Tags: e-passport, photograph, U.K., U.S.

Image galleries 2006-02-21

Photos: Google doodling at U.K.'s Googleplex

Hosting a contest for kids, Google is trying to draw a favorable first impression as it expands into the U.K.

Tags: Google Inc., photograph, U.K.

Image galleries 2005-11-17

Are IT women appreciated in the United States?

A News.com story that I came across today discusses the slow decline in the number of female IT employees in the United Kingdom, "Why women leave IT in the U.K." (http://techrepublic.com.com/2100-10881_11-5857022.html) According to the results of a recent study, the IT industry in the U.K. has experienced a 6% decline in...

Tags: Women, Information Technology, U.K., Gender And Diversity, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, Sonja Thompson

Blog posts 2005-09-12

CompanyCrawler 1 (Windows)

Company Crawler is one of the most powerful and exciting pieces of mailing list software developed to date. Company Crawler gives users the ability to perform a detailed search of over half a million UK businesses, extract the results, and create mail merged envelopes in seconds. Whether you require thousands...

Tags: Phone, Microsoft Windows, U.K., Mailing List, Arfa17, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2005-11-14