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Iceland’s EVE Online “third best game ever”


computersReaders of PC-Gamer magazine have voted the Icelandic online computer game EVE Online as the third best computer game ever. Read the full story

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Blue surfing Swedish rail worker causes repeated train delays


computersA 52-year-old Swedish rail worker, who was reprimanded just two years ago for repeatedly visiting pornographic websites at work, has again escaped dismissal. Read the full story

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Pornography and gambling among most popular city-worker sites


computersIllegal file sharing, surfing the net for pornography and online gambling are the most common themes for municipality-owned computer users in central Sweden’s Jonkoping, according to recent analysis. Read the full story

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Army of Iceland on Facebook


facebookMore than 150,000 Icelanders are logging in to the popular social networking website Facebook, according to the market research company Buzzpoint. Read the full story

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Groundbreaking new SharePoint backup system from SecurStore


how_it_worksContent management is on the way to being an integral part of business operational infrastructure and is therefore being increasingly developed and distributed by the world’s largest enterprise infrastructure suppliers. These new applications often suffer from backup solutions that are simply not good enough. Read the full story

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ISO/IEC 27001 compliance? Look to Risk Management Studio software


risk-management-01Risk assessment according to ISO/IEC 27001 is causing headaches for IT experts in thousands of companies. Luckily Stiki Information Security has now released a new state-of –the art risk management tool for risk assessment according to ISO/IEC 27001. Read the full story

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Denmark reigns the IT world


bo1Once again, Denmark has ranked first in the world when it comes to using Information Technology (IT), by the World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report for 2008-2009. The report rates nations on their readiness and competence concerning IT. Read the full story

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Iceland loves Facebook


confused_computer_keyboardThe social networking website, Facebook is a global phenomenon, and one of the most striking communications developments of the last couple of years.

As with many things to do with technology and the internet, Iceland has become rather enthusiastic about Facebook. Read the full story

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Swedish teen collapses from video game binge


dataIt’s no urban myth that youngsters can literally play video games to the point of medical danger. The latest example comes from western Sweden, where a 15 year-old boy dropped to the floor in a convulsive fit after playing the popular game World of Warcraft for 20 straight hours. Read the full story

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Norway tries to crack open Apple iTunes


norwegian-flagThe leading consumer advocate group in Norway has launched legal action against Apple Computers in a bid to force the company to allow digital music players other than its own iPod to utilise its popular iTunes download music store. At present, all songs purchased and downloaded on Apple’s iTunes website can only be played on an Apple iPod.

This exclusionary business model excludes the myriad other digital music players sold by competing companies. Read the full story

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