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AppLabs Case Study: Friends Provident: Friends Provident is one of the leading financial services groups in the UK and a member of the FTSE100 Index of leading UK companies. The FRIENDS strategy is to build on its position as one of the leading Life and Pensions and Asset Management groups in the UK. Central to...; Tags: Information Technology, U.K., AppLabs Technologies, Friends Provident, FRIENDS Strategy, IT Department, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management; Case studies 2007-04-24

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Talent development: Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...; Tags: Talent, Collaboration, CEO, HCL, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Britain moves against illegal file sharing: CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...; Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users: Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...; Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptops: Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptopsjust thinknow instead of being stuck in a little puddle they can go out there and swim in the ocean of windows applications like the rest of us - a zillion kids just smiledlinuxhelp.net:~# apt-get install mozilla-firefoxReading Package Lists... DoneBuilding Dependency Tree... DoneThe following...; Tags: Operating systems, Vista-64, Microsoft Windows XP, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., OLPC Laptop, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-07-25

Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity: Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarityBingo! ntnt"insanely profitable"Yes, IBM retained those parts of its business in which it was possible to obtain a huge markup and not worry as much about performance compared to alternatives.Microsoft already has part of that approach, as witness the markup on software. ...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
10 essential gadgets for students: 10 essential gadgets for studentsImpressive...A laptop with the same specs as a laptop! Wow!Only 2 are "essential"Out of the list of 10 only #1 is "essential" for students. If in college #10 is also needed, but the other 8 are nothing but luxuries and two are just plain useless....; Tags: Scanners, Digital music, ONLY 2, essential gadget, Digital Pen, phone, laptop computer; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?: If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?Different goals, maybe. Similar imperatives, yes.While the open source community is driven by solving mutual problems and then making the solutions available to everyone, if open source communities hope to make inroads into large organizations,...; Tags: Desktops, Xen, VMware Inc., open-source community, open source, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
10 essential gadgets for students: I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...; Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-25
|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploitSo, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...So, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...Nice work!CoolNate, nice post and analysis!Wasn't the replacing the ns.victim.com cache entry part of the Halvar Flake speculation? I thought first part of the exploit was to...; Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Operating systems, Alecco, DNS, ruid, exploit, HD Moore, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
COPA suffers another blow: InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent children from "content harmful to minors." If you're asking just what constitutes "harmful to minors", so...; Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-23
How sick is Steve Jobs?: How sick is Steve Jobs?Not appropriate to ...discuss someone's health in a public blog. Privacy should remain private.how long before M$ goes belly up?with Gate$ gone, M$ is even in a worst position since he too was relying on brainless drones.RE: How sick is Steve Jobs?[i]Jobs has insisted to friends...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Steve Jobs, health care; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?: Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?Sure it canIf you are using gnome (Ubuntu's default desktop envrionment) just go to gnomelook.org and look at the screen shots people have posted. There are a lot of creative folks out there. It's pretty easy to make gnome look and act like auqa....; Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Compiz-fusion, Even Linux, Ubuntu, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience: Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experienceNow, why can't they get their OS right?I'm probably too old to be a fan boy here, especially since I love about every game platform. But as a XBL user I can say Microsoft has seriously earned some respect points with the whole...; Tags: Game players, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., Xbox 360 experience, new Xbox 360, PC, hard drive, Microsoft Xbox 360, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience: Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....; Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot; News items 2008-07-23
Another student hacks another police website: Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the long chain of attacks over the years from egotistical teenagers trying to get a kick out of life without sticking...; Tags: Web Site, Attack, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-23
The $200 web tablet ... dream on!: The $200 web tablet ... dream on!Reinventing the wheelIt's been done albeit not quite $200 but the technology has been here--The Nokia N800/810. I've got an 800. The 800 shares the same multi-core TI ARM processor as the 810, except the 810 has a slide out keyboard. ...; Tags: Notebooks, Channel management, Keyboards, Operating systems, OS 2008, web tablet, laptop computer, Web, Nokia Corp., Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
The tribes of open source gather at OSCON: If every show is a trial, users are the jury. You make your decisions signing support contracts, ordering online, in stores, in what you tell your friends. Without you there's no show. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Geek, OSCON, Wannabes, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-22
ArenaXcape (zip): ArenaXcape is a multiplayer arena shooter game based on AlienXcape. In ArenaXcape you can battle with three of your friends over a LAN or the Internet. ArenaXcape is designed for the high-end graphics possible with Windows Vista and DirectX 10. In this three story level, you can pick up multiple...; Tags: OTS Software, ArenaXcape, Internet, Microsoft Windows, LANs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Games, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Network Technology, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Human Resources; Software downloads 2008-07-22
Loober (for Mac) (dmg): Loober is a peer-to-peer voice chat system with integrated text messaging. You control your own talkshow chatroom where you load your own photo or select an avatar that suits you. You can even broadcast live to your Facebook, myspace or other website through our flash 'radio' widget. Meet new friends...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, P2P, Voice Chat, Confabulate, Loober, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet; Software downloads 2008-07-22