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Unified Communications Expo 2009

Desire Athow — Wed, 03 Dec 2008

National Hall, Olympia, 11th March 2009

Defining Cloud Storage : Three Key Characteristics

Team Parascale — Wed, 03 Dec 2008

Welcome to the bi-monthly cloud storage series from ParaScale presented by ITProPortal.com. In each article we will cover a new area of cloud storage and dive into topics including use cases, how to select a vendor, technology differences, architecture details, security, interoperability, and more

Apple Opens Up Mini DisplayPort License To Increase Adoption

Desire Athow — Wed, 03 Dec 2008

In its attempt to lure the open source community, Apple Inc. on Tuesday has announced that it will be licensing the specifications of its Mini DisplayPort, a video output interface linked with Apple’s new range of Macbooks, including new Macbook Pros, and upgraded Macbook Air

BT Says Wi-Fi Usage On Its Networks Surged in 2008

Desire Athow — Tue, 02 Dec 2008

BT Openzone revealed that its customers spent twice the number of minutes online between April and September 2008 compared to the same period last time, through BT Openzone and BT FON, thanks to an increase in WiFi Hotspots

The EU Data Center Code Of Conduct: Is Voluntary For The Best?

Desire Athow — Tue, 02 Dec 2008

The EU Code of Conduct for data centres was formally launched last week amidst much fanfare, but not without grumblings about its voluntary nature

Happy Birthday : The Computer Mouse is 40

Desire Athow — Tue, 02 Dec 2008

Invented by a team of researchers led by Doug Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute in California in 1968, computer’s most dynamic input device, the “mouse”, has entered into its 40s on Monday

Survey Shows Wrong IT Skills Given Priority

Desire Athow — Mon, 01 Dec 2008

A survey conducted on behalf of Legacy Systems Specialist, Micro Focus, by the European Business School INSEAD, found out that core IT skills have fell in the list of IT Priorities superseded by newer areas such as Web 2.0

20 Features For A Laptop Server (ServerTop or Lapserver)

Desire Athow — Mon, 01 Dec 2008

This week, we will be pondering over five different types of laptops with the view of producing five separate templates that we will be pushing on Asus/Intel's Wepc.com. The five laptop designs are Server Laptop, Gaming laptop, Desktop Replacement Laptops, Netbook and Ultra Mobile Laptops. We'll start today with the Server Laptop.

£2 PAYG Mobile Broadband & £30 Modems Come To O2

Desire Athow — Mon, 01 Dec 2008

The Mobile Broadband war is heating up between the big mobile phone networks as Christmas nears and O2 is the latest to fire its salvo with a special deal that allows light laptop users to surf the net for as little as £2 per day

Who’s on the line? Call hijacking and disruption

Desire Athow — Fri, 28 Nov 2008

In my first column, I highlighted the relatively little attention received by VoIP security when compared with web and email, and commented that VoIP system face a set of unique threats. Just what are these threats