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Intel's chairman opens IDF by lamenting his own country's education system.
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Cut red tape to boost tech research, EU says
Europe looks to encourage commercialisation of IT research and help SMEs to take part.
Teachers split over web use in classrooms
A new survey suggests students and teachers disagree about how useful the internet is as a learning tool.
Ofcom calling on consumers for mobile consultation
Your opinion counts, according to the communications watchdog.
Nortel supplies NHS with 'remote office' memory stick
Remote workers will be able to work on their PC’s securely using memory sticks, with Liverpool NHS already having the tech.
Confusion reigns over IT services innovation
Companies using outsourced IT services have found that confusion reigns when it comes to innovation, according to research.
Another week, another few million records lost
Bank details sold on eBay, prisoners’ records escape, UK PLC looks away.
Law firm attacks paper mountain
Shepherd and Wedderburn cut printing by 40 per cent and paper filing by 80 per cent.
Stockport College signs £1.4m IT deal
Stockport College to become UK’s first ‘College of the Future’ in £100m project.
Tories enlist BCS to review NHS IT
The Conservative party has commissioned the British Computer Society to review the NHS IT.
Week in Review: IDF fever and Government IT
The Intel Developer Forum dominated IT this week, but major public sector stories have also grabbed the attention.
All 84,000 prisoner details lost on unencrypted memory stick
A USB stick containing around 130,000 prisoner and ex-offender details goes missing from private contractor PA Consulting.
IDF 2008: Intel shows robots that can clear cups and lift apples
Move over Asimov: personal robotics could put a paranoid android in every home.
Online spending defies downturn
Britons spent the equivalent of £79 per head in July, despite economic fears.
IDF 2008: Intel adds touch screen to Classmate
Low-cost portable with tablet interface to ship in Q4.
Wansbeck housing repairs go mobile
Wansbeck Homes is introducing new mobile technology to enable staff to manage repair updates remotely as part of an a major investment project.
Latest Industry & Public Sector Features
IT around the world: Russia
In the first of an on-going series examining IT markets around the globe, we look at whether investing in Russia is worth the risk – and how to go about it the right way.
SOS Bletchley Park
A very significant part of our computing and national heritage – Bletchley Park – is in dire need of the industry’s help.
NHS IT - something to celebrate?
To mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS, IT PRO examines the massive IT overhaul at the health services giant.
Becta, open source and education: Too little, too late?
Inertia, fear of the unknown and agreements with vendors have lead to slow adoption of open source and free software in UK schools.
Europe's not finished with Microsoft
Microsoft's troubles in Europe are far from over, as Neelie Kroes, The EU competition commissioner, has warned. We review the past and future options for Microsoft and the European Commission.
Demand for tougher data breach legislation
Lost laptops and missing discs could mean legal trouble, as the media spotlight on data breaches gives weight to calls for tougher legislation - but is encouraging best practice a wiser move?
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Tim Danton takes a look at the new VAIO SR which currently resides on the PC PRO A List. Weighing just 1.9 kilos including battery and drive, the ultra light SR-Series is a masterpiece of mobility. Yet it still costs less than £1,000.
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