Microsoft has launched an initiative to encourage job seekers to choose a career in IT. Called Skills 2000, the scheme provides advice on training and recruitment. Speaking at the launch, David Svendsen, chairman of Microsoft UK, said the skills...
Both BT and PricewaterhouseCoopers confirmed they have continuity plans in place with data back-up systems so they could continue to function in the event of a major disaster. Many large multinationals will be scrambling to put continuity plans...
Amazon.com's disaster relief fund for the victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, The Pentagon and Pennsylvania has already topped $2m only two days after being set up.
Past disasters such as the 11 September attacks in the US have given rise to email hoaxes and scams and users are urged to be on the lookout for anything suspicious preying on the current crisis in Asia.
Skype stores voicemail messages so users can play them back even when offline - a feature that sets it apart from the third-party 'answering machine' add-ons that have been available for some time, according to Zennstrom.
One other application it's working on is a modification of Facebook that would allow aid workers to see where all their nearby contacts are, as well as reach out to all their "friends of friends" in the humanitarian community in the case of a crisis.