Computing is free
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This week’s podcast takes on an unexpected theme of ‘Free Stuff’ as we discuss so-called ‘Free’ laptops with mobile broadband contracts, ‘Free’ computers for low-income families with children, ‘Free’ broadband for small business telephony customers.
We also look at the potential scrapping of Transport for London’s Oyster card system, following the termination of its contract with service provider TranSys. This came about after several technical and securoty problems, including the publishing of details on how to clone Oyster cards, allowing ‘Free’ travel.
To wrap up, we discuss the hacking of French president Sarkozy’s bank account - that will be ‘Free’ money then.
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In this week’s podcast we discuss the fallout from HP’s acquisiton of EDS along with the impact on IT staff and service providers following this week’s financial implosion in the City and Wall Street.
We also look at Orange’s efforts to woo more business customers, another government data loss, the danger of texting while driving and the appearance of Mick Jagger at the EU to discuss ecommerce issues.
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Loading ...When flip phones and atoms collide
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It’s the end of the world as we know it…. Or not as the CERN team successfully tested the Large Hadron Collider, the device that it hopes will reveal the so-called ‘God particle’. We discuss what the LHC project is all about, as well as reveal the IT implications of the project.
Also in the news, we look at RIM’s new flip phone BlackBerry, the government taking action against PA Consulting after it lost sensitive data and the cost of a potential fibre broadband rollout is shooting up even before a length of fibre has even been laid.
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Loading ...In-flight surfing and when customers go missing
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In this week’s podcast, Chris and Benny look at Delta’s introduction of in-flight Wi-Fi, the launch of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, the latest on the TK Maxx data theft case, yet another Asus Eee PC model and how nearly 20,000 deserted cable operator Virgin Media in the last quarter.
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Loading ...Bill’s last day
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As Bill Gates exits from day-to-day operations from Microsoft, we discuss whether he has had a positive or negative impact on the IT industry, and look at how Microsoft has changed in preparation for his departure.
We also look at data security, as two independent reports blast HMRC and the Ministry of Defence for their poor data protection and we talk about intelligent CCTV cameras (albeit briefly).
And of course we discuss Nokia’s shock takeover and open source plan for Symbian.
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Loading ...More confidential data goes missing
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The IT PRO team sits down for another audio discussion of the week’s news.
It has been a hectic seven days for the IT industry, with the focus on mergers and acquisitions. Enterprise storage maker EMC surprised many with its purchase of Iomega, the inventor of the Zip drive and more recently the Rev storage system. The acquisition marks EMC’s move into the small business and home office market.
Ian Livingstone is named as the new chief executive of BT, businesses are calling for a dedicated e-crime police unit to fight the growing problem of electronic fraud, and Yahoo may be doing a deal with AOL to counter Microsoft’s takeover ambitions.
However, the big news of the week was that high street bank HSBC has lost nearly 400,000 customer records after a disc containing the information was lost in the post, in transit to reinsurer Swiss Re. It’s a carbon copy of the HM Revenue and Customs data loss, showing that nothing has been learned.
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