Mandelson and IBM Say Analytics Will Make A ‘Hell Of A Lot’ of Jobs

IBM promises a flood of jobs from business analytics, while Lord Mandelson admits to failures in supporting Britain's techies

15 years ago

Google Looks To ‘Air Wands’ For Data Centre Cooling

Google's patent application for a new cooling method for its servers gives a rare insight into the workings of its…

15 years ago

Developer Ponders Release of Linux Malware

The lack of malware on Linux may be about to change after a developer admitted he has developed a 'package…

15 years ago

Vibration Energy Touted As New Power Source

Within the next five years, mobile phones could be powered by kinetic energy harvested from vibrations in the environment, according…

15 years ago

Government’s New ICT Strategy Could Save £3.2bn

UK public services will be delivered via a government cloud and app store, with an emphasis on green IT and…

15 years ago

Bit.ly Partners With Security Companies To Combat Short URL Hacks

Bit.ly, a URL shortening service popular among Twitter users, is partnering with VeriSign, Websense and Sophos to add a new…

15 years ago

Latest Ruby On Rails Web Development Framework Released

The Ruby on Rails community releases Rails 2.3.5. Version 2.3.5 of the Ruby on Rails Web development framework features improved…

15 years ago

IBM Confirms Guardium Security Acquisition

After initially refusing to comment, IBM gives in and confirms reports that it is acquiring Guardium

15 years ago

Starent Settles Lawsuits Blocking Cisco Purchase

Starent Networks, which Cisco Systems wants to buy for $2.9 billion (£1.8bn), settles one of several lawsuits seeking to block…

15 years ago

New Competition Commissioner Won’t Change Oracle Sun Case

The EC is due to make a decision on whether to sanction Oracle's $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun on 27…

15 years ago

Sun Adds ‘Teleportation’ to Virtualisation Software

Sun has updated its virtualisation software that enables users to move live virtual machines between disparate physical hosts

15 years ago

Server Market Stabilising Despite Falling Numbers

Shipments of servers in the third quarter fell 17 percent, but according to Gartner there are signs that the market…

15 years ago

IBM Posed To Acquire Database Startup Guardium

Big Blue is reportedly about to spend millions in order to acquire database security startup Guardium

15 years ago

EC Reshuffle Sees Kroes And Reding Assigned New Duties

Two of the EC's most effective commissioners have been moved to other duties following a reshuffle

15 years ago

US Air Force Upgrading Playstation 3 Linux Cluster

The US airforce is buying thousands of PS3s as part of a move to expand its supercomputing project, but there…

15 years ago

Wi-Fi Security: Home Nets Are Wide Open, Pub Gets £8000 Fine

Nineteen percent of Brits don't password-protect their home Wi-Fi, and a pub landlord has been fined £8000 for a customer's…

15 years ago

Network Startup Could Offer Broadband To BT Boss’s Neighbours

Sharedband says it could provide broadband to the neighbours of BT chairman Sir Michael Rake - using its own bonding…

15 years ago

Tories’ File-Sharing Policy Pillaged By Pirate Party

The Conservative party's attempts to paint itself as the party of tech innovation through ties with Google could be upset…

15 years ago

EU Says Supercomputing Key To Predicting Future Recessions

Traditional economics failed to predict the credit crunch - but supercomputers might stand a better chance, according to the EU

15 years ago

UK’s Printing Practices Are Worst In Europe

The UK is the worst country in Europe for sustainable printing, with companies wasting up to five percent of their…

15 years ago

BT Defends Fast Broadband For Its Chairman

BT Chairman Sir Michael Rake has jumped the queue, getting a fast broadband trial link while neighbours struggle on with…

15 years ago

University To Release All Climate Research Data

The Climatic Research Unit whose emails were leaked to bloggers has said all data will be released to defuse the…

15 years ago

South Korea Finally Gets Hands On iPhone

South Koreans finally have the chance to purchase Apple's iPhone, available this Saturday from KT, the country's second largest mobile…

15 years ago

Dell Modifies Chrome OS For Mini 10v Netbook

A Dell employee has gotten Chromium OS, the code behind Chrome OS that Google released to open source, to run…

15 years ago

Nokia And Apple Will Shake-up Netbook Market

Netbook shipments for 2009 are expected to be double those of 2008, according to a new report

15 years ago

Databases Ignored In Disaster Recovery Plans

A third of companies have admitted that their disaster recovery plans do not protect their entire database

15 years ago

EU Agency Warns Of ID Card Security Risk

A European security agency has highlighted the security risks posed by European ID cards when used as identification for online…

15 years ago

Common Mobile Blunders Revealed

One in five people has a naughty photo of themselves, or their partner, on their handsets according to a list…

15 years ago

Consumer Champion Calls For Better Online Public Services

Better online public services could promote digital inclusion - but let's stop short of a "public sector switchover" says Ofcom…

15 years ago

McKinnon Is Suicide Risk Following Appeal Rejection

Notorious hacker Gary McKinnon has been labeled a suicide risk after Home Secretary Alan Johnson said he could not prevent…

15 years ago