Day: November 12, 2013

Thales and MagTek deliver open source mobile point of sale (mPOS) solution for independent Payment Gateways

Support for PIN based payment card transactions at mPOS lowers risk and transaction fees for mobile merchants moving away from cashCambridge, UK – 12 November 2013 – Thales, leader in information systems and communications security, and MagTek, a leading provider of secure transaction technology to the payment card industry, announce an integrated open source mobile…

Quake Live won't support Linux

Today in Open Source: No Linux support for Quake Live. Plus: Pear OS 8 review, and Mark Shuttleworth apologizes for Tea Party remarks No Linux Support for Quake Live Despite advances being made in Linux gaming by Valve, id Software won’t be supporting Linux in Quake Live. Source: Tech

Retailers, Manufacturers and Brand Managers Gain Competitive Advantage From New Website Pricing Comparison Tool

Leading retail intelligence technology group Cogenta (www.cogenta.com) has launched Web Advantage, an innovative new tool, which for the first time, enables retailers, manufacturers and brand managers to compare real-time pricing across multiple product categories.Developed in response to client demand, Web Advantage provides highly accurate up to the minute price intelligence data and competitive price tracking…

Thin End of the Wedge? Research on UK Housing Association Desktop IT Strategy

Improved management and security with reduced costs are key benefits, report IT ManagersReading, UK November 12th, 2013 UK Housing Associations are adopting a thin client desktop infrastructure to improve management and security while cutting costs, industry research has revealed.60% of UK Housing Associations are using thin clients, with 43% of these associations using them for…