The Register – Microsoft Office for the iPhone (without the Microsoft)
Quickoffice, hass launched the Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite 1.4.1 iPhone application. With this $9.99 app, you can view a broad range of files, including Word and Excel files, mount your Apple handheld on your desktop as a wireless drive, access and email files from your MobileMe iDisk, and more.
Computing – Brent Council relies on Google
The London Borough of Brent is a keen proponent of internet technology – its web site offers 12,000 pages organised around 450 different council services, handling traffic of around one million page views and 100,000 unique visitors per month.
CRB – Business intelligence and analytics top priority for CIOs: IBM study
Business intelligence and analytics is now the top priority for CIOs to gain competitive advantage and improve business decision-making, according to a study by IBM. The study, ‘The New Voice of the CIO’ represents the insights and vision of 2,500 CIOs from 78 countries and 19 industries. It shows that more than four out of five (83%) respondents identified business intelligence and analytics, as the way they will enhance their organisations’ competitiveness.
Computer World – IBM develops Google-beating video search tool
IBM, working with researchers in Europe, claims to have developed a better way to search online for photos and videos than current methods used by Google and Yahoo.
IT PRO – Government not learning from IT mistakes
The government keeps repeating mistakes when it comes to rolling out innovation, the Public Accounts Committee said in a report. The committee has reported many mistakes in public sector IT, and keeps seeing the same ones over and over again, according to committee chairman Edward Leigh.
