http://www.silicon.com Results for society en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/virtualisation/virtualisation-real-life-tales-of-how-to-get-it-right-39661656.htm Zahl Limbuwala, chair of the British Computer Society datacentre specialist group says some of the coolness towards virtualisation is down to the economic downturn making any new IT projects harder to execute. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817732p,00.htm As a society, it has established and lives by a set of rules designed to keep merchandise and services intended for adults out of the reach of children. In most states, alcohol sales are restricted to anyone under 21 and 18 to buy tobacco. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813013p,00.htm Computers continue to increase their influence in many aspects of today's society, and that trend shows no signs of slowing down. It sees computers in almost all walks of life, from satellites to cell phones, and from cars to coffee machines. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812957p,00.htm Social security is declared as a human right in the major United Nations human rights instruments. However, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, access to any form of social protection remains a dream for 80 per cent of the world's... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812864p,00.htm Grids today generally assume that concurrent network connections are possible among many processors attached to high-capacity networks. However, inter-network boundaries dividing independent institutions often have firewalls, typically to restrict... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39629406,00.htm Speaking on Monday at the Royal Society of Arts, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said: "[the public] will not accept such powers being used to spy on people who put their rubbish out on the wrong day, or let their dogs foul the streets, because this... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:39:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39617380,00.htm Viviane Reding, information society and media commissioner for the EC, said she wants EU countries to have made the move by 2012. The European Commission has called for EU members to speed their switchover to digital television, and therefore in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:15:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60690712p,00.htm IBM has developed a strategy for a dynamic infrastructure that will help organizations address higher service expectations, rising cost pressures and new risks and threats, while also laying a foundation for breakthrough productivity, accelerated... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:25:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39582320,00.htm Apparently so, according to David Wall, professor of criminal justice and information society at the University of Leeds. Scareware is bad for your PC and your pocket - but the fake security warning messages popping up on your screen are only the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39558609,00.htm We have seen industry and society transformed by technology with government generally out on a limb at the back of the pack. If politicians start to use online social networking in the same way as the rest of society and business - and I can't see... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:57:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721370p,00.htm To maintain its leading position, Spanish building society La Caja de Canarias wanted to improve performance, management effectiveness, and energy efficiency across the desktop estate. Through Dell services, La Caja trialled Windows Vista and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:23:10 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721360p,00.htm To protect business continuity and sensitive data, Chelsea Building Society needed to migrate legacy software onto a robust hardware platform. This infrastructure had to integrate with an existing Storage Area Network (SAN). editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:23:10 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721514p,00.htm A modernized grid is a necessary enabler for a successful society in the future. Given the vision, one can create the alignment necessary to inspire passion, investment, and progress toward an advanced US grid for the 21st century. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:23:10 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721394p,00.htm Every product designed, leaves an indelible imprint on the social, economic and environmental fabric of the society. Sustainable Designs are achievable for higher efficiency, lower cost and greater reliability. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:23:10 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/duncan-watts-39547913.htm As both pioneer and evangelist for network theory, Watts has helped to change our conceptions of society, according to one panellist. Columbia University sociology professor Duncan Watts is also principal research scientist at Yahoo! editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:04:33 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/evan-williams-39547888.htm Yet another dubbed it "a truly disruptive technology", adding it "could impact and change many areas of business, society, politics, economics etc". It's been a spectacular year for Twitter, the microblogging site that started life back in 2006 as... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:10:46 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39532789,00.htm Speaking at a British Computer Society (BCS) panel debate this morning, Timms said: "The levy on telephone lines - 50p a month… will be in the finance bill which I'm also responsible for at the Treasury and my aim is that we should legislate for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:32:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39532787,00.htm A panel assembled by the British Computer Society (BCS) were asked to consider whether IT could lead the UK out of recession. More must be done to convince grey-haired business leaders to embrace web 2.0 developments, a panel of experts has warned. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:12:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39531019,00.htm The British Computer Society is changing the way it assesses the Chartered IT Professional certifications. As of Wednesday, CITP applicants will be able to choose to specialise in areas such as project management. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:15:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60694276p,00.htm With its vision of providing "A world where it is absolutely safe to exchange digital information," Trend Micro provides a range of antivirus and other network security products to protect society from unpredictable threats such as the malignant... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:22:37 +0000