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McAfee vs. Symantec

Reuters reports that security giants McAfee and Symantec are having a bit of an argument about sales figures.

Symantec has claimed it is taking market share from McAfee while McAfee says the opposite.

There is a strong suggestion that McAfee'...
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Koobface Facebook Fiasco.

I had intended to add my views on SOPA, Wikipedia and Piracy to those aired by Kirstin Gillan however something more urgent has arisen.

This morning on the Radio 4 Today programme I heard the dulcet tones of Graham Cluley from Sophos and assumed ...
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The internet blackout and SOPA: what’s it all about?

Today, we are seeing a ‘day of darkness’ on the internet, as a number of major websites take themselves offline for 24 hours. Wikipedia is a high-profile participant, along with Reddit and the blog site Boing Boing. Google is showing solidarity with...

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Time is running out for tax returns…..IT to the rescue

A commonly seen new year resolution in various social media arenas is to improve efficiency in the accounting practice. With time fast running out for tax return filing (too fast for a few people), it is probably too late to make drastic change...

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Benchmarking Excel proficiency

Excel with Business (EwB) and the ICAEW have started a project to measure the Excel skills of accountants. An 'Excel Benchmarking Report' (EBR), analysing the strengths and weaknesses of the group that has taken the test, describes the first resul...
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Intel Inside Phones

Lots of news from the annual tech jamboree that is CES (Consumer Electronic Show) in Las Vegas. The headlines are fixated on 3D TV and next generation games consoles from Microsoft and Sony but the thing that caught my eye is Intel's Medfield chip f...
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CloudExpo 2012 (and an update on CIF)

In a fortnight, the latest cloud exhibition will appear at Olympia National Hall, London. Called “CloudExpo Europe 2012” , it runs for the two days Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th January.

I’m not in any way involved in the event, other than as ...
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Could an Apple Mac really be my next business computer?

All our mainstream office software is Windows based - personal and corporate tax, accounts production, practice management, document management, integration with Microsoft Word, Excel etc. So how can a Mac be used?

With son number 1 home from ...

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Are you an analogue firm in a digital world?

I was shocked, but on reflection not surprised, to read about the imminent demise of Kodak, a corporate and cultural icon that we have all grown up with - when I say all, I mean those of us over forty.  Add to this the current travails of other...