Poor communications pushes IT projects over budget

Survey reveals more than 60 per cent of IT directors think poor communications are the key reason for failed IT projects and 30 per cent say this puts more than half over budget. A survey of 75 senior IT directors conducted by Borland found that 41 per cent of respondents said the problem was serious enough for them to adopt Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) products within a year, to help keep dialogue at the various stages of a project fluid. It comes as no surprise then to discover that Borland has just such products up its sleeve. ...more

Microsoft's Office Live moniker under threat

Following the news that it was ordered to pay $1.5 billion in patent infringement damages to Alcatel-Lucent, Microsoft has been hit with another legal whammy, this time regarding its Office Live offerings. Online media company Office Live has announced that it is suing Microsoft for federal trademark infringement of its moniker. ...more

Gigabyte readies rock solid SLI board

Gigabyte boasts the first 'high-performance' SLI solution for the Intel Pentium 4 platform' with the launch of its new i-DNA series of motherboards. Specifically, it has added the GA-8N-SLI Royal mainboard to its SLI range, aimed squarely at hard-core gaming enthusiasts. As well as supporting 1066MHz FSB LGA775 Intel Pentium 4 Processors and DDR-2 667 memory, it is built around Nvidia's nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition chipset. ...more

Sony joins forces with Vodafone

Vodafone has announced that that it's forged an alliance with Sony that sees both companies moving into mobile phone games. The news comes as no surprise after it was announced that Sony has signed a deal with NTT DoCoMo to provide games over the i-mode service. The companies have said that they would research how they could get the PlayStation experience into the mobile phone environment. ...more

Samsung strengthens notebook security with its Trusted Platform Module

Security is going to be the by-word for next year's laptops. Barely two weeks ago IBM announced its ThinkPad T42 with a fingerprint reader and data encryption. Now Samsung says its laptop range will incorporate what it is calling a Trusted Platform Module, using public/private key encryption infrastructures and fingerprint authentication. ...more