UN Secures IT’s Role In Limited Copenhagen Agreements

Even getting IT on the agenda at the UN talks was a "painful challenge" according to insiders

15 years ago

Obama Finally Appoints US Cyber-Security Chief

U.S. President Barack Obama has chosen Howard Schmidt to step into the role of cyber-security coordinator

15 years ago

Microsoft Facing Word Sales Ban In Jan 2010

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upholds lower court decision that orders world's largest software maker to stop…

15 years ago

HP Investigates African-American Facial Recognition Issues

Hewlett-Packard is investigating the facial recognition software used with some of its PCs after a YouTube video seemed to show…

15 years ago

Scareware On The Rise Over 2009 Says FBI

From serving malicious ads to poisoning search engine results for recently deceased actress Brittany Murphy, rogue antivirus operations have been…

15 years ago

Red Hat Announces 18 percent Q3 Rise In Profits

Red Hat reported financial results for its fiscal year 2010 third quarter, showing revenues up 18 percent

15 years ago

IT Firm Aims To Make Buildings Green

Telent plans to cut costs by making buildings smarter, uniting heating and lighting with IT, and modernising the facilities management…

15 years ago

Testers Get Speedy Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha

The pre-alpha version of the Opera 10.5 browser has been released, which Opera is claiming is up to seven times…

15 years ago

Sales Of Mobile Devices To Almost Double In Five Years

Shipments of mobile devices, including smartphones, netbooks, and consumer electronics are expected to nearly double by 2014

15 years ago

Users Risk Christmas Penalty From Too Much Online TV

An increasing number of people are watching their favourite TV shows online, but are risking a penalty for excessive downloading

15 years ago

Apple Ships Firmware Update For Problem iMacs

Apple has issued a firmware update after complaints that some of its 27-inch iMacs were suffering from flickering screens

15 years ago

Companies Warned About Christmas Switch Off

If British businesses were to switch off their electronic equipment in empty offices during the Christmas period, they could save…

15 years ago

IBM And Vodafone Use Mobile Tech To Combat Malaria

IBM and Vodafone are using SMS and web technology to manage the supply of anti-malarial drugs in Tanzania

15 years ago

Project Canvas Wins Provisional Approval From BBC Trust

The BBC Trust has given its provisional approval for the BBC to participate in Project Canvas, a video-on-demand service in…

15 years ago

Wind-Powered Data Centre Launched in Illinois

Other World Computing (OWC) has become the first US data centre operator to run its entire operation using an on-site…

15 years ago

Hungary Backs Open Standards But Lags On Open Source

Hungary's decision to back open standards is seen as evidence that the government is ahead in adopting open approaches to…

15 years ago

BT Targets Olympic Deadline For NGA Rollout

The rollout of superfast broadband is ahead of schedule and BT has said it should be installed in 40 percent…

15 years ago

Dell Updates Inspiron Mini 10 Notebook

Dell will offer an updated Inspiron Mini 10 netbook in early January

15 years ago

Palm Releases Ares Mobile Development Tools Beta

Palm announces the public beta availability of Project Ares, which the company says is the first complete set of integrated…

15 years ago

IBM Plans To Boost Cloud Tech In 2010

IBM will ramp up its cloud computing efforts in the messaging and collaboration market in 2010

15 years ago

Ford Turns Hot-Rods Into Hot-Spots

Ford says it will introduce the second generation of its Sync in-car connectivity system

15 years ago

Microsoft CFO Drives Off To GM

Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell will become the vice chairman and chief financial officer of General Motors in 2010, with plans…

15 years ago

Twitter Makes A Profit Thanks To Google And Microsoft

Twitter is now making a profit thanks to two lucrative search deals with Google and Microsoft

15 years ago

E-Reader Content Deals Signal Increasing Competition

A number of content deals is pointing to an intensifying battle between the various makers of e-readers devices

15 years ago

Intel Readies New Atom Chips

Intel has unveiled its next-generation Atom chip platform, which will integrate graphics with the central processing unit for the first…

15 years ago

Windows 7: Looking Back On A Pivotal Year For Microsoft

With a lot riding on the acceptance of Windows 7 by both consumers and the enterprise, eWEEK looks back on…

15 years ago

Vodafone Opts Not To Trigger iPhone Price War

Consumer hopes of a price war for the ever-popular iPhone were dashed after Vodafone confirmed that it would not undercut…

15 years ago

O2 Admits Data Network Failure

O2 has admitted responsibility for some iPhone users being unable to connect to the Internet over the past 48 hours,…

15 years ago

Cisco Helps Cops Capture Crooks With Video Cloud

The networking giant's technology is being used to underpin an online evidence repository developed by stun-gun maker Taser International

15 years ago

EU Breaks Down National Boundaries With Telecoms Rules

Borders no longer count when it comes to providing telecoms services across Europe says the European Union, with new rules…

15 years ago