Fifa’s president is to reveal further details of an electronic system which tracks cross-border transfer deals of footballers moving clubs.

Sepp Blatter will update national football associations on the web-based tool at the international football association’s 58th Congress, which started today in Sydney. It is hoped that the Fifa Transfer Matching System will clamp down on corruption within the sport by increasing the transparency of financial transactions between clubs.

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Sunderland University has installed what it claims is one of the UK’s first eco-friendly supercomputers, capable of handling powerful processing tasks without the need for extra cooling.

The grid computing system uses 42 Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers running Intel Xeon 5100 chipsets, cutting the energy used by the computer by 50 per cent.

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UK IT market is in danger of losing a huge portion of its workforce to overseas rivals as companies fail to evoke staff loyalty.

Almost two-thirds (66 per cent) of IT staff are looking for employment opportunities outside the UK, according to a survey of 4,967 UK professionals by recruitment firm Computer People.

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A lack of clear information is discouraging UK business from fully embracing green IT practices, say IT leaders.

The widespread adoption of eco-friendly computing policies is being disrupted by a lack of hard facts on the potential effects of such changes, according to Adrian Davey, head of IT at London Underground train operator Tube Lines.

“Because this is a new subject, there is not a huge amount of relevant data available,” said Davey.

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