Downturn Forces Wales To Shut Down Wikia Search Project

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced that Wikia Search, a community-based search engine, is officially shutting down.

16 years ago

Skype for iPhone: Pleasantly Surprising

Skype for iPhone worked well in eWEEK Labs tests despite iPhone limitations.

16 years ago

Question All Your Cloud Assumptions

Cloud computing has benefits, but there are downsides. One successful cloud user tells us how to get it right

16 years ago

Conficker – No Big Outbreak, But Threat Remains

April 1 has come without major trouble from the worm, but users should remain vigilant, apply the existing defences -…

16 years ago

May Launch for Skype On Blackberry

With the iPhone done - Blackberry pretty much completes the set for Skype

16 years ago

HP to put Android on Netbooks?

HP has confirmed that it is looking at Google's Android as a possible operating system. Could it make for cheaper…

16 years ago

UK Start-Up Plans Pedal-Powered Green Data Centre

Financial services companies looking to cut IT costs could make use of pedal power

16 years ago

Google Springs AI April Fool

The search giant makes light of rumours about its intentions for artificial intelligence

16 years ago

iPhone Users Can Cut Costs With Skype

After a long wait, Apple iPhone and iPod touch owners are finally able to download the much-requested Skype application onto…

16 years ago

Google Plans Venture Capital Fund Despite Downturn

Google is setting up Google Ventures, a venture capital fund with the capacity to invest in emerging areas such as…

16 years ago

Gartner: IT Spending Down Nearly 4 Percent in ’09

Gartner has released a new report that shows the overall gloomy global economy is forcing enterprises to cut back on…

16 years ago

HP launches Cloud Assure Service

Hewlett-Packard announces a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering for the business community that integrates security, performance and availability applications and analytics into…

16 years ago

Exec Floats Idea Of Cloud Computing Trade Association

One cloud computing enthusiast believes there should be a cloud computing trade association

16 years ago

Is Microsoft Pleasing Embedded Developers?

With more smart devices hooking onto the Internet, Microsoft has had to raise its  game in what it offers to…

16 years ago

Legal & General Adopts Sustainable Printing Plan

The UK financial services company has cut its printers, faxes and other output devices from 150 to 50

16 years ago

F5 Merges WAN and Web Acceleration in One Box

With new software, one BIG-IP box could replace as many as five others, says F5

16 years ago

EC: Major Cyberattack Could Cost £179bn

There is a 10 to 20 percent risk of a major failure in communications networks within the next 10 years,…

16 years ago

Lantronix ManageLinx: Mixed Bag

ManageLinx establishes machine-to-machine secure remote access to just about any IP-enabled equipment, but it's not as easy as it sounds.

16 years ago

Microsoft and Tom Tom Settle Lawsuits

Microsoft and TomTom have come to an agreement to settle patent infringement claims the companies made against each other

16 years ago

Intel Launches Nehalem “Virtualisation” Chip

Intel officials, touting new performance, energy efficiency and virtualisation capabilities, unveiled the new Xeon 5500 series—once known as Nehalem EP—for…

16 years ago

Labs Verdict: Nehalem Boosts Virtualisation

Intel's Xeon 5500 processor includes a lot of improvements that will reduce server power demands and allow more virtualisation

16 years ago

VOIP Grows Despite Recession

A new survey shows Internet voice services topping the list of industries that are defying the recession.

16 years ago

Worldwide Enterprise Software Sales Flat In ’09

Software revenue will be virtually flat in 2009, rising only 0.3 percent from 2008, according to research firm Gartner.

16 years ago

Security Researchers Open New Front In Conficker War

Security vendors are taking advantage of a discovery by two members of the Honeynet Project who uncovered a new way…

16 years ago

Beware Of Nehalem’s Virtualisation Risk

Intel's new flagship can cut your data centre's power and space demands by packing more virtual machines in, but think…

16 years ago

Open Cloud Manifesto: Blighted From Birth?

Is the Open Coud Manifesto doomed even as it is officially announced? The top three cloud platforms have backed off,…

16 years ago

Open Cloud Manifesto – Open For Business

Critics say the IBM-backed Open Cloud Manifesto is a bid to use standards to slow down faster-moving competitors

16 years ago

Avaya Launches Cost-Cutting SIP Network

Avaya has launched a product which can de-couple applications from companies' networks, so users can simplify their communications even if…

16 years ago

Novell Desktop Linux: Solid, But Lacks Features

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is ready for business. It's a strong alternative to Windows, but limited in its software packages

16 years ago

UK IT Departments Face Remote Working Rise

New government regulations could extend flexible working to an extra 4.5 million UK staff

16 years ago