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news It's official - most PC vendors will ship with Windows XP

September 30th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Infoworld reckons that around 35 per cent of PCs shipped so far this year to the US business community have come with Windows XP. This confirms reports that several vendors - including Dell and HP - will happily supply Windows XP on request.
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news LS Simple helps firms get 30 per cent of costs back

September 26th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Modem, Networking & infrastructure, WiFi
LS Simple has announced its Simple Intelligent Power Management (Simple IPM) cabling technology
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news Small Business Week 2008

September 22nd 2008
Posted by: gareth
Small Business Week 2008 in association with BT Business (13th – 17th October) is a week-long campaign dedicated to championing the 4.6million-plus small businesses across the UK.
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blog Taking a holistic approach to security

September 22nd 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Data protection, IT security, Security & data
IT security systems and software have been with us since the earliest days of the PC and there are many different vendors all clamouring to sell you their latest and greatest IT security applications. But which are the best, and how do you go about choosing the applications you really need?
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news Marshal warns over blended attacks

September 19th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Data protection, Malware, Online security, Security & data
It's been coming for a while, but IT security vendor Marshal has confirmed that 45 per cent of Internet users are at risk from a new generation of blended threats.
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blog The Importance of PCI Compliance

September 19th 2008
Posted by: MRBITG
Keywords: Data protection, Fraud, IT security
In an effort to combat credit card fraud, especially card holder not present fraud, merchant rules and regulations have been tightened up.
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news Dell quietly introduces instant-ON laptops

September 16th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Email , General help, Laptop, Web Browser
Dell has quietly come up with a must-have facility for road warriors using laptops. It's called Latitude ON and allows users to gain access to a laptop's e-mail, Web browser and other basic functions without having to boot up Windows.
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blog Blogging

September 15th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Blog, Communications, Customer service, General help
Over the last few years, blogging has come from nowhere to becoming one of the latest innovations to take the Web by storm.
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article Open source software - What it is and the pros and cons

September 12th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Buying equipment, General help, Software
Even though Microsoft, its dealers, and its retailers are quietly reducing the cost of Windows Vista, the successor to the popular Windows XP platform, the cost of applications software for Windows from mainstream vendors remains quite high. Because of this, a growing number of companies are turning to open source software for their business applications.
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blog Gaining customer confidence online

September 11th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Business promotion, Customer service, Customers, General help, Online promotion, Reputation
Gaining customer confidence online is not an easy task with banks and other institutions putting the Fear of God into experienced Internet users and so frightening novice user’s offline.
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news At last - a laptop workstation alternative

September 11th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Buying equipment, General help, Laptop
As the number of dinky low-power Netbooks - mini-notebook PCs - seems to expand on a weekly basis, it's good to know that there are some viable machines at the other end of the power scale.
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blog Green IT Utilities

September 10th 2008
Posted by: MRBITG
Keywords: General help, IT support, PC
The good news is that green computing need not be as onerous as it sounds, as there are a number of IT utilities available that can plug into your existing PCs and start to reduce power consumption and your carbon footprint.
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news Are you missing $250K? Well, Cisco might have it.

September 10th 2008
Posted by: gareth
Cisco, the multinational networking and communications technology providers, are offering entrepreneurs and small businesses the chance to collaborate, pitch ideas, and compete for the Cisco I-Prize.
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blog Search engine optimisation

September 09th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: General help, SEO
Search engine optimisation, or SEO for short, has been portrayed by many Internet industry professionals as something of a black art - and for a very good reason.
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news Massive surge in fake CNN spam

September 09th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Spam
If you use email, you can't fail to have noticed a massive surge in fake CNN-generated spam in the last few weeks
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news Royal Mail cuts email and phone enquiries in half

September 08th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Web development, Website set-up
Now here's an interesting report from Royal Mail, which claims to have halved the number of phone and email enquiries made by users of its website after it developed an interactive frequently asked questions (FAQs) section on the site.
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news Dutch high-tech crime unit uncovers massive botnet

September 08th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Malware, Viruses
The high tech crime unit in the Netherlands arrested a 19-year-old Dutch man in mid-August. The man is thought to be at the centre of one of the world's largest modern botnets, the Shadow botnet.
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news E-BCM credit agency says registrations soaring

September 08th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Customers
It's interesting to note that the E-BCM small business credit reference company, which offers a variety of credit-related services is reporting a surge in registrations.
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news Law firm uses two-factor authentication for remote access

September 04th 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Remote Workers, Remote access
Remote access to office IT resources is becoming increasingly popular in these days of hot-desking, mobile workforces and staff working from home, but what about the IT security issues?
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news SiteImprove can improve your Web site

September 03rd 2008
Posted by: Steve_Gold
Keywords: Buying equipment, Customer service, General help
SiteImprove.com, the website checking service launched last year to critical acclaim, is now offering all comers a 14-day free trial of its SiteCheck service.
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