The traditional structure by which payments are made in the UK needs to be vastly simplified, with retailers and other merchants dealing directly with customers' banks - not via "merchant acquirers" and other middlemen. The new structure ...
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US retail giant Target is rolling out a system that can offer customers discount vouchers over social networking sites in a bid to lure them back into bricks-and-mortar stores. The systems enables people to select the deals marketed to ...
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The government has snuck in new proposals to investigate cybercrime in the Queen's Speech, after the controversial Communications Data Bill was dropped. The Bill, dubbed a 'Snooping Charter' by critics, was to allow unparalleled ...
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Los Alamos National Labs, the famous US government laboratory founded in 1943 to develop the atomic bomb, has been operating a "quantum internet" for two-and-a-half years, the organisation has revealed. A quantum internet system ...
Sainsbury's Bank, the 50/50 joint venture between the supermarket chain and Lloyds Bank, will outsource its entire banking IT platform when Sainsbury's takes complete control of the financial services organisation. Further reading ...
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Co-founder and CEO of systems integrator Cloudreach Pontus Noren has warned firms that the US government is capable of taking data it deems important to its security, without needing to rely on the Patriot Act. Many firms are wary of ...
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Mobile telecommunications provider Everything Everywhere has stated it is "absolutely focused" on the enterprise, in responding to recent comments from enterprise provider Teliqo accusing EE of being "crazy not to embrace" the enterprise ...
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Supercomputer manufacturer Cray has expanded its portfolio of systems for the technical enterprise market. The company’s newest machine, the Cray XC30-AC, starting at $500,000, was built for mid-sized organisations that need some ...
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SAP is set to offer customers the option of running their applications on top of a cloud-based version of its HANA in-memory database technology. The SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud service, which was announced Tuesday, will be offered by SAP ...
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A NEW wave of Star Wars videogames is coming, thanks to a deal announced by The Walt Disney Compnay and Electronic Arts. The deal calls for Electronic Arts, a videogames giant, to develop new game titles across interactive platforms such ...
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Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up won't be released to consumers and ...
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The move by some employers to set targets for recruiting women means technology should be a more attractive career option for females, a hiring expert says. Peoplebank chief executive officer Peter Acheson said quotas were necessary to ...
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Intel-owned security software vendor McAfee is to acquire Finnish firewall software maker Stonesoft in a $389m (£250m) cash deal. The deal, subject to the agreement of Helsinki Stock Exchange-listed Stonesoft's shareholders, will ...
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said that the "lack of a delete button on the internet is... a significant issue". In an interview by economist Nouriel Roubini at New York University's business school, Schmidt was asked what he believed ...
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Amitabh Srivastava, President, Advanced Storage Division, EMC There may have been a few people spitting out their coffee this morning when they read that EMC had unveiled what it called the “world’s first” ...
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