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Nanotech advances

A favourite of sci-fi films, nanotechnology is a not a new concept but it’s only now beginning to have an impact in the business world. Broadly speaking, it’s the art and science of manipulating and rearranging individual atoms and molecules to create useful materials, devices, and systems. A nanometre is a billionth of a metre – about 1/80,000th the diameter of a human hair.

RFID goes mainstream

Manufacturers, event organisers, theme park operators – even Government departments; everyone seems to be heralding the potential of radio frequency identification these days. But what exactly is the rather cryptically monikered RFID and why should growing businesses care about it?

DIY power

Environmentally-sound methods of producing energy have been around for years, but powering your business by sustainable means could be closer than you think, if you listen to would-be saviour of the Tory party (and, apparently, now the planet), David Cameron. The Leader of the Opposition is having solar panels and a wind turbine installed at his west London abode.

UK tech market soars

The UK has beaten off burgeoning tech markets in Europe to become the fastest-growing IT market in Western Europe, according to new figures released by the European Information Technology Observatory.

Benefit from podcasting

Even in the fad-friendly world of the internet, podcasting has become something of a phenomenon of late. In fact, new research from the UK Association of Online Publishers found that more than half of the publishing firms interviewed said that they intended to launch their own podcasts over the next 12 months.

Measuring business potential

Discerning between up-and-coming businesses on the verge of world domination and those merely destined to meander along is far from an exact science. Some, however, are starting to suggest that this needn’t necessarily be the case.

Leap targets Macs

It has been a long-held belief that Apple Mac computers are far superior to PCs when it comes to repelling viruses and up until now it has been true. But that could be about to change with the appearance of Leap A, one of the first pieces of malicious software aimed at Macs.

Smarter working scheme to launch

UK firms are being urged to use technology to adopt smarter working practices, through a new three-year initiative that has been established by not-for-profit group the IT Forum Foundation.

Assess and minimise your IT risks

New research from Business Link has found that over 20 per cent of small businesses have been subjected to a breach in online security and 47 per cent said they anticipate an IT security breach in the next year.

Smart watches

Never mind Blackberrys, Palm Pilots and 3G mobiles: in a development that would make James Bond proud, you’ll soon be able to access news headlines, weather, sports news, stock reports and email on the humble wristwatch.

Is .eu for you?

From 7 April, businesses will be able to register websites with the suffix ‘.eu’ – a development German web-hosting business STRATO claims has already seen it take more than 200,000 pre-orders from across the continent.

Email archiving

Electronic communication is now integral to corporate success. However, as we’ve all probably come to realise, email has drawbacks, most notably that it doesn’t necessarily leave a paper trail and that it can be hard to find a particular missive among the thousands you’ve received,

Email threats rise in 2005

Around 2.5 per cent of all the emails sent worldwide in 2005 either contained spam, viruses or other high-tech security threats, according to new research from message management business Postini. This represents a sharp increase on the figure of 1.5 per cent reported in 2004

Firefox eats into Explorer

Businesses with websites, or those thinking of setting one up, should bear in mind that internet users are increasingly using browsers other than Internet Explorer, says website tester SciVisum.

Microsoft on-demand?

Bill Gates has announced that Microsoft is launching a series of internet-based software in order to compete with the new wave of on-demand software providers. But has this come too late?

Beware WiFi hijacking

Businesses using laptops are advised to heed the recent case of a worker fined by the courts and given a 12-month conditional discharge for hijacking a nearby company’s wireless broadband connection with his laptop.

SMEs overlook data back-up

Many UK businesses are flirting with IT disaster, with fewer than 20 per cent of SMEs backing up data remotely, according to new research from telecoms giant BT and the Institute of Directors.

PDAs: the bane of British business?

Mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) are fast becoming the bane of British businesses, with almost two-thirds of employees complaining of poor mobile habits amongst their co-workers, according to polling organisation YouGov.

iPod threat to IT security

With sales of MP3 players, digital cameras and a swathe of other new gadgets rising exponentially, it appears the age of the data-carrying device is well and truly upon us. Yet for some the mass proliferation of these technologies actually represents a serious threat to business security.

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