Google Rumoured To Be Buying Twitter

Reports say the search giant may be on the verge of acquiring the micro-blogging service - with a view to…

16 years ago

Red Hat UK MD: Recession Will “Legitimise” Open Source

The recession has been good for open source vendors but not so good that Red Hat 's UK boss wants…

16 years ago

HP And Dell Admit To Toxic Tech Delays

Lenovo, HP, Dell and Lenovo have admitted they cannot remove BFRs and PVC from their products by the end of…

16 years ago

Cambridge University To Offer Cloud-Based HPC

The University of Cambridge is planning a commercial high performance computing cloud, driven partly by a successful move to meter…

16 years ago

Reports Claim IBM Is Close To Sun Buyout

Sun has agreed to accept a lower price in return for stronger commitments from IBM that it will complete the…

16 years ago

Hackers Target PowerPoint Vulnerability

If successfully exploited, the PowerPoint bug could enable hackers to take control of the victim's computer

16 years ago

Amazon Launches Hadoop Cloud Computing Beta

Amazon Web Services is rolling out a public beta of a service that makes it easier to provision capacity for…

16 years ago

Security Expert To Demo SQL Injection At Black Hat

If successfully exploited, the attacks give the hacker complete control over the database server operating system, file system and the…

16 years ago

Nokia Unveils Green Apps For Ovi Store

Nokia's Ovi Store is the company's big chance to compete against Apple App Store and RIM's new BlackBerry App World

16 years ago

Servers Can Be Both Eco and Logical, Claims Rackable

Is there room in the market for a specialist builder of data-centre servers? Rod Evans, the boss of Rackable Systems'…

16 years ago

More Wi-Fi In Smartphones = A Security Risk

Wi-Fi has become an essential feature of smartphones, and more apps are using it. But they may not be secure,…

16 years ago

Microsoft Office Coming To iPhone And The Web?

Mobile devices and the Web? We've heard of them, says business division president

16 years ago

Companies Are Not Using IT Tools, Despite Recession

Even when competition is more intense, companies are not making the best use of technology, according to two surveys just…

16 years ago

Greenpeace Slams PC Makers Over Toxic PCs

Dell, Lenovo and HP are still using toxic BFRs and PVC, and won't honour a promise to phase them out…

16 years ago

Rackable CEO Explains SGI purchase

It's a tiny deal compared to the proposed IBM-Sun Merger, but Rackable will do well with SGI, says Mark Barrenechea

16 years ago

HTC Launches Email Focused Snap Handset

The new smartphone features a dedicated button on its large, domed keys that allows users to preselect e-mail senders

16 years ago

Rackable Plucks SGI From Chapter 11

Rackable's announcement came the same day that SGI filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years

16 years ago

Earth Hour Fails To Slow Internet Usage

Internet usage continued to suck down power with no slowdown before, during and after Earth Hour

16 years ago

Microsoft Launches New Cloud Applications

Microsoft, like Google, Salesforce.com and other major IT entities, have been exploring ways to bring software-as-a-service (SaaS) to an ever-broader…

16 years ago

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