According to an Accredited Supplier poll, Microsoft is losing their grip on the UK small business market under increasing pressure from cloud computing and open source software. Accredited Suppliers poll of 1400 Microsoft customers, all small businesses in the UK, has raised concerns over Microsofts future in this market segment.
Accredited Supplier: Microsoft Loses Grip On UK Small Business Market Says New Poll
The much-maligned Milton Keynes is included as a host city in England’s World Cup bid for 2018, meaning foreign football fans could be visiting it in their thousands. So what do they need to know?
BBC News: 10 things tourists should know about Milton Keynes
Local councils have been warned over a slew of jargon that baffles ordinary people, but why do they love to obfuscate?
The Local Government Association’s list of 100 words that should not be used in communication with the general public makes for alarming reading.
BBC News: Why do councils love jargon?
After months of speculation, O2 has officially been announced as the exclusive network to sell the Apple iPhone. It will go on sale on 9 November at a price of 269
Mobile Today: O2 confirmed as iPhone network
This is the Website for the Office of Communications’s ‘Sitefinder’ Mobile Phone Base Station Database application, which allows members of the public to find the location of and access information on mobile phone base stations across Great Britain.
‘Sitefinder’ Mobile Phone Base Station Database
An up-to-date list of addresses is vital for local authorities – but they have to pay for the data they created themselves
The Guardian: A one-way street to postcode madness
This website is an essential resource for the precise Global Positioning System (GPS) user in Great Britain. It also contains useful information for ALL users of GPS, both recreational and professional.
Ordinance Survey: A guide to coordinate systems in Great Britain
This is the story of how the UK banking system could have collapsed in the early 1990s, but for the forbearance of a junior barrister who also happened to be an expert in computer law – and who discovered that at that time the computing department of one of the banks issuing ATM cards had “gone rogue”, cracking PINs and taking money from customers’ accounts with abandon.
The Register: How ATM fraud nearly brought down British banking