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BT: Digital Britain Needs New Thinking | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Ofcom/Gov need big intcentives/stick to force transparent data transport to force swop out of legacy services. [...] 21C was concieved as a cost saving exercise, but the primary benefit to UK users is an open and transparent data transport service good enough to run replacement communications services. [...] BT's current plans for rolling out broadband services predate the Government's Digital Britain initiative. Digital Britain, announced in April, proposes that some money leftover from the switchover to Digital TV could be used to bring everyone in the country up to a universal service of 2Mbps, while a £6 levy on all phone lines will go towards rolling out the next generation of super-fast (20Mbps) services. [...]
Cisco Launches Giant Router | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Video is the killer app, said Cisco CEO John Chambers, pointing out how moving pictures are generating massive increases in traffic. The product also integrates Internet and cloud services - and offers unprecendented savings to those operators currently running CRS-1s, who stick with Cisco. [...] The system integrates with Cisco's Unified Computing System UCS, the system it offers to provide combined network and server systems in data centres, which it launched one year ago to good reviews but which competitors have derided. The CRS-3 also provides carrier-grade IPv6 services, along with layer 3 to 7 traffic information for optimisation purposes, and VPN services for cloud providers wanting to support customers securely. [...]
Xobni Plus Review | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] One quibble I have with Xobni Plus, which is probably a reflection on the tool itself, not the paid service upgrade, is that the plug-in sometimes stalls my inbox. So, if I have Xobni Plus open for a while, when I go to click on e-mails, and especially switching back and forth between e-mails, Outlook gets stuck with a 1- to 3-second latency snag. [...] You could even stick to the basic Xobni service if you like. [...]
» Print OLPC OS Now Available For Netbooks And Old PCs | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] In a statement released this week, Sugar Labs announced that the platform will be now be available on a USB stick and can load on Linux, Mac and even Windows machines using virtualisation. Sugar on a stick version 1. Strawberry' as it is colourfully known is still in the trial phase with a more fully functioning spec expected at the end of the year based on feedback from the strawberry release. [...] One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), designed to bring computers to developing nations, was criticised for using new hardware. Now it's available on a stick. [...] The One Laptop Per Child's strategy to bring computing to developing countries was criticised for requiring completely new hardware, instead of making use of existing systems. Now a former OLPC executive has put the operating system on a memory stick to be used on any system. [...]
OLPC OS Now Available For Netbooks And Old PCs | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] According to Sugar Labs, Sugar on a Stick reduces costs by providing flexibility in hardware choices, allowing schools to keep their existing investment in hardware . Learners can benefit from the increased household ownership of computers. by bringing Sugar on a Stick home, every student has a consistent, comparable computing environment that parents can share in as well. [...] Bender added that as well as still being available on the OLPC XO-1 and XO-1.5 laptops, due later this year, Sugar on a Stick is also well suited to slower, older PCs and low-powered netbooks . [...]
NHS Takes Action Over Data Security | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] The incident at Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust involved the loss of an unencrypted memory stick containing medical treatment details of 741 patients. The stick was lost after a member of staff left it in an unattended car. The stick was discovered by a car wash attendant who was able to access the contents to find out who it belonged to. [...]
Windows 7 RTM Review: Improvements But Security Issues Remain | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] By default, BitLocker requires that the computer have an onboard TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chip in which to store the encryption keys. Users without a TPM chip can opt to use a USB stick instead, but that will necessitate some changes in Group Policy. [...] I tested BitLocker on the Lenovo T60p using the laptop's TPM chip, as well as on the Dell XPS M1330 using a USB stick for the key. Depending on the size of the hard drive and the amount of data that needs to be protected, encryption can take several hours. [...] Specifically, the hypervisor would not virtualize the TPM chip, and the OS could not recognize a USB stick early enough in the boot process to work for BitLocker. Those who want to protect data within a VM running on Windows 7 should probably look into file or folder encryption instead of full-disk protection. [...]
Ubuntu 9.04: Modest Desktop Improvements And New Server Apps | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Along similar lines, I would like to see the project come up with a ready-to-install directory server implementation, based on LDAP, Fedora Directory Server or perhaps Red Hat's identity, policy and audit, (FreeIPA) project. As Microsoft has demonstrated with Active Directory, well-integrated directory services can be a powerful addition to a server operating system and can make life easier when implementing other server roles, such as mail services. [...] I tried out the stick on an MSI Wind U100 with a 10-inch display, and I found that the remixed Jaunty release did indeed make the most of the small screen. The system did away with the familiar desktop, window and menu structure, and offered me instead an interface more akin to a smartphone. [...] I used a utility available in Ubuntu's repositories, called usb-imagewriter, to turn a 1GB USB memory stick, into an installer and live test environment, for Jaunty's netbook remix edition. [...]
Networking | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] BT's poor results and shock redundancy plan have come about because of problems in its Global Services division, says Bathwick Group's Katy Ring. But there could be hope. [...] Google Buzz won't threaten Facebook in the social networking arena because users are comfortable with the service and have created a lot of content there, says eWEEK's Clint Boulton. [...] BT's Problems Come From Global Services Unit. [...]
Oracle Is Nuts To Stick With Sun Hardware | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Oracle Is Nuts To Stick With Sun Hardware. eWEEK Europe UK. [...] HP, likewise, does increasingly standard blades, and moves towards software and services. And Dell's approach has been based on standard processors from the start. [...]
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