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Forrester Research predicts customer-facing web 2.0 technologies will rocket in next five yearsSpending on Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis, mashups, widgets, social networks and RSS is set to rocket by 43 per cent a year over the next five years to reach $4.6 billion globally by 2013, according to new research from analyst firm Forrester Research.Global Enterprise Web 2.0 Market

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Hosting providers affected by privilege elevation problemMicrosoft is investigating a newly reported flaw that could put websites at risk of attack.The company has issued an advisory on the vulnerability, which affects Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.The problem exists in Windows' handling of code within its Internet Information Services (

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800 million customers by 2011, says JuniperThe number of consumers accessing banking services via mobile phones will reach 816 million by 2011, according to Juniper Research.The analyst firm said that this figure represents a tenfold increase on the number using such services in 2007.China and the Far East will have the greatest number of users of mobile banking services, followed by Western

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42 per cent year-on-year riseGoogle's report on the first quarter of 2008 shows an unexpectedly strong start to the year for the search giant.The company logged $1.31bn in profit between January and March on total income of $5.19bn.The $5.19bn in revenues marks a 42 per cent increase from the first quarter of 2007, and a seven per cent rise on the last quarter of 2007.The majority of Google's

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More children saved, more sex offenders foundThe number of suspected sex offenders arrested in the UK who target children has tripled in the past year, according to the organisation set up to tackle abuse.In its second annual review the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre said 297 suspects had been arrested.In the past year it said it had helped a total of 131 children. Of this

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$2bn offer extended to 16 MayElectronic Arts has extended the deadline in its attempt to buy out rival game firm Take-Two Interactive.The original offer was set to expire on 18 April, but EA has extended this until 16 May citing a Take-Two stockholder meeting on 24 April.EA has also adjusted the price on the offering to $25.74 per share, estimating the total cost of the acquisition at roughly $

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Rechargables are the way forward, research house saysInnovation in battery design continues to meet consumer and product demands, and some rechargeable cells are now outlasting disposables.Research firm SBI said that sales of rechargeable batteries grew at a compound annual growth rate of five per cent from 2002 to 2007, compared with flat growth for disposables.SBI expects the overall battery

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Company among Select Few to Earn Top Honors in VARBusiness’ Annual Five-Star Partner Program Guide, to Win Two CRN Channel Champ AwardsMumbai — Hailed by Everything Channel as one of North America’s top information-technology vendors, Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today announced its ChannelConnect Global Partner Program once again earned top honors in the annual VARBusiness Partner Program Guide

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FSM-60S offers upgrade replacement to world’s best selling fusion splicerFujikura Europe Ltd has today announced the launch of the FSM-60S Fusion Splicer – the next generation to the best-selling FSM-50S. The new splicer will continue to target the European telecommunications market.The new ruggedized machine is smaller and lighter than its predecessor, and offers increased protection from dust,

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Mumbai - Four Soft Netherlands BV, a subsidiary of Four Soft Limited, India (NSE: "FOURSOFT", BSE: 532521), a global leader in software solutions for transportation and logistics verticals, is pleased to announce today the signing of contract with Colvan Netherlands BV, for implementation of its freight forwarding software - 4S eTrans SME.As per the terms of the contract, Four Soft

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New York - Created by renowned audio pioneers David and Norman Chesky, HDtracks.com is the world's first high resolution digital music site offering DRM-free music in multiple formats, as well as cover art and complete liner notes."High quality recordings have been my life's passion, and I wanted to create a digital music site that music lovers would enjoy. With HDtracks you truly get the same

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Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, NEC, NextWave Wireless, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks and Sony Ericsson have today announced a mutual commitment to a framework for establishing predictable and more transparent maximum aggregate costs for licensing intellectual property rights (IPR) that relate to 3GPP Long Term Evolution and Service Architecture Evolution standards (LTE/SAE). The companies invite all

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“HDCAM SR technology is the industry format of choice for digital TV and motion picture production, as well as for high-end post production and computer graphics.”Sony is expanding the functionality of its HDCAM SR videotape recorders, adding new file transfer capabilities to its SRW-5800 deck, and introducing an affordable companion player deck, model SRW-5100, to the product line.“HDCAM SR

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HDVF-200 Offers Cost-Effective Solution for HD ProductionSony’s new high-definition viewfinder is designed to provide a lower-cost of entry into HD for production professionals needing an affordable, versatile eye-piece that delivers high levels of color accuracy and reproduction.The new viewfinder, model HDVF-200, is designed for use with many of Sony’s professional high-definition cameras and

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Jim Bates sentenced for making false written witness statements and perjuryThe founding father of the UK's computer forensic industry was today sentenced at Leicester Crown Court for making false witness statements and committing perjury.Jim Bates, 67, was found guilty on the 6 March of four counts of making a false written witness statement claiming he had a degree in electronic engineering, and

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Deaf telecoms not yet in the 21st century, says TAGThe Telecommunications Action Group (TAG) has accused the Government of letting down deaf and hard-of-hearing citizens by failing to enable them to have access to modernised, fairly-priced telecom services suited to their needs.TAG is a consortium of all the UK's main deaf and hard-of-hearing organisations and is encouraging deaf people to lobby

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Financial details not disclosedIBM today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FilesX, a privately held storage software company based in Massachusetts and Israel.FilesX specialises in continuous data protection and 'nearly instant' data and application recovery software for enterprises and remote/branch offices running Windows.After completing the deal, IBM said it intends

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NCSA warns over danger posed by cyber criminals' weapon of choiceThe US-based National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today published research revealing that 71 per cent of consumers are dangerously ignorant when it comes to protecting themselves against botnets.Describing the results as "alarming", NCSA noted that botnets are rapidly becoming the cyber criminals' weapon of choice and the

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Bochum employee representatives reach agreement with mobile giantMobile phone giant Nokia has reached agreement on key elements of a reconciliation of interests and social plan for employees affected by the company's closure of its Bochum site in Germany.Nokia announced its intention to shut down the site in January.The €200m package will see the Bochum factory shut down by 30 June, after which

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The battle for Yahoo hots up as AOL and News Corp enter the frayYahoo is understood to be close to joining forces with AOL to ward off the predatory attention from Microsoft.Under a deal being discussed Yahoo would buy back billions of dollars worth of its own shares, receive an investment from AOL's parent Time Warner, gain control of AOL and in return give up 20 per cent of the merged group,

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iPlayer causing network overload, claim operatorsInternet service providers (ISPs) are asking the BBC to fund network upgrades to cope with the popularity of the iPlayer viewing system.The stunning success of the BBC iPlayer has seen one million programmes watched online every month, but now ISPs are claiming that the increased traffic is overloading broadband networks and they want the BBC to

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Experts give early word on simulated attackGroups involved in the Cyber Storm 2 security exercise presented their first thoughts on the simulated attack drill.Members of five corporate and government groups, including Microsoft, the US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-Cert) and Dow Chemical all spoke about the study on Wednesday at the RSA conference in San Francisco.The exercise involved 18

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Water cooling system saves plentyIBM is turning to water cooling for its new server range and is claiming a 40 per cent reduction in power costs.The new Power 575 supercomputer uses water-cooled copper baffles to keep the heat from the 448 processor cores. The method is so efficient that 80 per cent fewer cooling modules are needed and this translates into a 40 per cent cost saving on power."The

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Market for hijacked PCs fuels online crimeThe world of cybercrime is thriving on spam and the means of distributing it, say security experts.A panel of security and anti-spam experts discussed the market that has grown around spam, malware and identity theft today at the RSA security conference in San Francisco.The most serious of those problems is the legions of remotely-controlled botnet PCs,

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One small problem, they don’t work very wellThe US Army is shipping portable lie detectors to Afghanistan to help test the loyalty of local staff.The Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening System (PCASS) is a handheld lie detector that measures the electrical conductivity of skin and heart rate. The computer then gives an estimate of whether the person is lying, telling the truth or if it

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