27th December 2005 Archive

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UK poised for broadband choice

2005 in review Decisions, decisions...

BT chief exec Ben Verwaayen described it as the "biggest change since BT was privatised more than twenty years ago" while John Pluthero, chief exec of Energis (which is now owned by Cable & Wireless) said it was a "good start point". The 'it' both men were talking about was BT's regulatory deal with Ofcom earlier this year …

Networks 27 Dec 2005, 07:03
Progress takes SOA to mainframe with Neon buy

Analysis And why not ...

Last week Progress Software announced it will acquire Neon Systems and merge that company with its DataDirect operating division. Simple question: why? For those of you unfamiliar with either DataDirect or Neon, a brief exposition may be appropriate. First: DataDirect. DataDirect started life as SequeLink which, a decade ago, …

Software 27 Dec 2005, 08:02
Consumers don't recycle enough, say manufacturers

Waste not, want not ...

The UK government must do more to raise consumer awareness of the need for recycling old electrical and electronic equipment, according to a survey commissioned by a consortium of electrical product manufacturers. The survey, carried out by YouGov for the Recycling Electrical Producers’ Industry Consortium (REPIC) assessed …

Channel Register 27 Dec 2005, 08:02
Rootkits, cybercrime and OneCare

2005 in review The year in IT security

The year 2005 in net security will likely be remembered as the year of the Sony rootkit DRM controversy. In other ways the last 12 months continued the trend of profit becoming a primary driver for the creation of computer viruses. The last 12 months also witnessed a number of high-profile cybercrime prosecutions, including the …

Spam 27 Dec 2005, 08:02