The US Department of Justice DoJ has said it is still not satisfied with a deal that would allow search giant Google to build a vast digital library. In 2004 Google began a scheme to digitise the texts of out-of-print books and make them accessible through its services online. The scheme was put on hold [...]
Us still unhappy with google book scheme
Bt to launch content connect broadband tv platform…
Network monster Ciscos Content Delivery System CDS will form the backbone on account of BTs wholesale broadband TV platform, Content Connect, following a deal between the two companies announced today. The platform will launch in 2011. ISPs determine be able to buy BT Wholesale Content Connect WCC to relinquish digital content to computers, TVs and [...]
Digital divide between wales and rest of uk narrow…
The uptake of broadband and digital services in Wales is take up with the rest of the UK, according to industry regulator Ofcom. Ofcom’s Communications Market Report without ceasing the TV, radio, broadband and telecoms industries in Wales shows that upper the past year the gap between broadband uptake in Wales and the UK of [...]
Making things worse with it security technology…
CSO Its an observation a lot of IT security practitioners are making of late That companies are so obsessed about compliance and getting through a list of checkboxes that security technology is being haphazardly implemented in ways that actually increase a companys risk. At the recent ShmooCon security conference in Washington D. C. CSO Senior [...]
Office 2010 free upgrade deal leaks to web…
Computerworld Details of an impending free upgrade to Office 2010 leaked to the Web on Wednesday before Microsoft yanked a post on its partner community site. The information, posted by Charles Van Heusen, a Texas-based Microsoft technology specialist, was still available in Googles search cache as of late Wednesday. A company spokeswoman neither confirmed nor [...]
Saps sustainability report card out
MUMBAI, INDIA The unused SAP Sustainability Report, is claimed to have moved miles away from the static and the wonted. SAPs innovative Web-based report, which achieved an A+ rating from the Global Reporting Initiative GRI, is rare because it allows readers to drill into SAPs sustainability entertainment information and invites them to participate in discussions [...]
Health care orgs endure data breach epidemic…
Patients corporal data is being exposed at an alarming rate, according to the latest safety report from the Identity Theft Resource Center, a trend that illustrates for what reason hackers and identity thieves are targeting less secure data sources beneficial to their nefarious projects. As eSecurity Planet reports, more than 100 soundness-care providers reported significant [...]
Apple apologizes for iphone 4 problem
NEW YORK, USA Apple Inc came ~ly on Friday about an embarrassing software glitch that overstates network remarkable strength in its hot-selling iPhone, as complaints mounted about the phones wraparound antenna. Apple admitted its notable strength miscalculation dates back to its original 2007 iPhone. It promised to place the glitch in a few weeks, but [...]
Hackers raid university of maines servers…
The IT corollary to Willie Suttons famous quip that he robbed banks for “thats where the money is,” might be that hackers rend into servers because thats where the valuable data is. Security breaches be constant to bedevil businesses and institutions despite efforts to protect their servers. eSecurityPlanet details the latest breach at the University [...]
Survey security is the top priority for ceos…
The wired world has its pluses and minuses, and for most CEOs, that connection to the outside world and the Internet at large has a major negative. Its not their employees goldbricking by messing with March Madness brackets or playing FarmVille on Facebook, its security threats. What percentage consider security as their top priority? eSecurity [...]