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Motorola crawls back into profit

Angelica Mari — 2008-08-01T11:41:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Friday 1 August 2008 at 11:41:00

Mobile devices maker posts positive results ahead of spin off

Motorola exceeded analysts’ predictions by reporting strong financial results fuelled by a boost in mobile phone sales. Net income at the mobile devices manufacturer during the second quarter reached a...

PC shipments reach highest level since 1999

Angelica Mari — 2008-07-31T17:07:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 31 July 2008 at 17:07:00

Dramatic price cuts for PCs helped drive sales growth in the UK

The number of PC deliveries in the UK in the second quarter of 2008 represents the highest level of growth since 1999 because of a dramatic fall in selling prices,...

Sainsbury’s introduces environmental-friendly till printers

Angelica Mari — 2008-07-21T17:21:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Monday 21 July 2008 at 17:21:00

Plans for ambitious carbon reduction targets by 2012

Sainsbury’s is introducing simultaneous two-sided thermal receipt printers in its tills to speed up customer service and achieve a reduction of its overall carbon emissions by 25 per cent in...

Toshiba cuts waiting times at Erotica shows

Computing — 2008-07-16T15:26:00.000Z

Computing, Computing, Wednesday 16 July 2008 at 15:26:00

Printing system cuts forgery, costs and entry speeds

UK adult exhibition Erotica has cut ticket printing costs for 80,000 visitors. The three-day show had problems with long queues and visitors who had not pre-booked, prompting organisers to invest...

HBOS streamlines printing process

Angelica Mari — 2008-05-06T10:30:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 10:30:00

Bank hopes to increase efficiency by improving print management of over three billion pages

HBOS has started a document management programme to cover the three billion pages that are expected to be printed by the bank’s 70,000 employees over a six-year period....

We will all become more touchy-feely

Mark Samuels — 2008-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Mark Samuels, Computing, Thursday 3 April 2008 at 00:00:00

The reign of the mouse could be at an end as motion-sensing devices become more popular and easy to use, says Mark Samuels

The information age is about evolution and transformation. Applications, hardware and other devices are quickly out of date because of the rapid nature of change....

Buying at EAT goes contactless

Angelica Mari — 2008-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Wednesday 26 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Food chain hopes to provide faster service to its customers with the "touch and go" technology

Food chain EAT has introduced contactless card payments to serve customers quicker and reduce the need to handle change. Using the chip-and-PIN system with contactless technology, the coffee shop will...

Co-operative Group revamps food store tills

Angelica Mari — 2008-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 20 March 2008 at 00:00:00

More than 2000 shops will be ugraded with the new electronic point of sale system

The Co-operative Group is investing £8.3m in an electronic point of sale system for its expanded food store network. The system consists of touchscreen tills with a customer-facing advertising screen...

Contactless cards trial begins

Angelica Mari — 2008-02-14T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 14 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Lloyds TSB scheme is first step to cash-free 2012 Olympics

Lloyds TSB has started a multimillion-pound contactless card payments trial in London, ahead of plans to create a totally cash-free environment for the 2012 Olympics....

Buoyant Christmas for PC sales

Angelica Mari — 2008-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Monday 21 January 2008 at 00:00:00

But market consolidation will challenge the industry in the coming year, say analysts

Sales of PCs during the Christmas season in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) were up 14 per cent increase compared with 2006, with shipments passing the 88 million...

Dell to buy back $10bn-worth of shares

Neon Kelly — 2007-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Neon Kelly, Computing, Wednesday 5 December 2007 at 00:00:00

The company is to make its first stock purchases since August 2006

Dell is to spend $10bn (£4.9bn) on buying back company shares, the first stock re-purchase for more than a year....

Half of employees send emails to wrong address

Tom Young — 2007-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Friday 16 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Firms should consider encrypting sensitive emails, say security experts

More than half of employees have accidentally sent a sensitive email to the wrong address, according to research by Sophos....

Mobile data devices present security risk

Lisa Kelly — 2007-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

Lisa Kelly, Computing, Friday 23 February 2007 at 00:00:00

Over 80 per cent of mobile media is not protected

Over 80 per cent of mobile media is unprotected and posing a security threat to mobile working, according to research published today....

Switching technology gives boost to Nasa supercomputer

James Brown — 2006-11-13T00:00:00.000Z

James Brown, Computing, Monday 13 November 2006 at 00:00:00

Space administration's high performance system uses large capacity links to ensure quick transfer of information

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has bolstered its Columbia supercomputer with high capacity switches for data transfer....

New science research council gets official name

James Brown — 2006-11-10T00:00:00.000Z

James Brown, Computing, Friday 10 November 2006 at 00:00:00

Proposed Large Facilites Council is re-named to help clarify role

A new large facilities science research council has been officially named by former science minister, Lord Sainsbury. The Science and Technology Facilities Council will bring together existing research work being...