http://portal.itproportal.com/index/news/ The Portal. 60 <p>Companies looking to reduce their overall IT expenditure whilst retaining the ability to roll out high value applications should adopt Open Source software, according to Alistair Handyside, CEO, Simplexo</p> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/11/20/comment-dont-tie-down-it-budgets-proprietary-software-says-simplexo-ceo/ Desire Athow <p>Organisations allow employees to shop online but do not educate users about risks, exposing employees and employers alike to spam, malware, phishing and loss of productivity in the workplace</p> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/11/20/survey-organisations-fail-educate-employees-about-risks-online-shopping/ Desire Athow <p>The new Prada phone will come with a stylish bluetooth watch that not only offers time but also allows users to view incoming calls and texts</p> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/11/19/lg-prada-ii-comes-bluetooth-watch-free-orange/ Desire Athow <p>Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said at the company's annual shareholder meeting that the company was no longer interested in purchasing Yahoo, at least for now</p> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/11/19/yahoos-fate-almost-sealed-microsofts-ballmer-says-no-acquisition/ Desire Athow <p>Microsoft&rsquo;s troubles in the Smartphone space didn&rsquo;t start with Google Android, another attractive, user-friendly operating system for mobile devices</p> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/11/19/microsoft-losing-ground-smartphone-battle/ Team Derdack <p>You know when a product has become popular when manufacturers in China and elsewhere start cloning the brand (and the functionality); which is the feeling when you hear about the Sciphone Dream G2 smartphone</p> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/11/19/hidden-son-t-mobiles-g1-android-launched-far-east-dream-g2/ Desire Athow <p> <p>The BBC has announced that it will stream BBC 1 and BBC 2 live on the web through iPlayer as from the 27th of November. BBC 3, 4, CBBC and CBeebies and BBC news are already broadcast live on their respective sub-sites</p> </p> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/11/19/bbc-broadcast-flagship-channels-live-through-iplayer/ Desire Athow <p> <p>HP has just released a convertible laptop with a capacitive 12.1-inch that brings in multi-touch functionality and complemented by HP's own Mediasmart software suite, all for a mere &pound;799</p> </p> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/11/19/hp-brings-tablet-pc-concept-back-life-touchsmart-tx2-laptop/ Desire Athow <p>New and Existing Virgin Media ADSL customers will be able to test a new 16mbps ADSL2+ broadband upgrade for free until the 6th of January 2009 for three months</p> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/11/19/virgin-media-brings-16mbps-adsl2-broadband-50mbps-coming-xmas/ Desire Athow <p>Microsoft has announced that it will stop selling the Live Onecare security package and replace it by a free application called Morro to help protect users from malware, virii, spyware and phishing attempts.</p> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 http://portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/11/19/microsoft-frees-security-package-onecare-changes-name-morro/ Desire Athow