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Microsoft was ordered to cease sales and support of Microsoft Word after a U.S. District Court judge in Texas ruled that the company violated an XML-related patent held by small Canada-based technology company i4i
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mySociety is looking for input on how it can use the Internet to give the UK more information about its government
But the the decline in IT budgets may have bottomed out according to analysts
Google's sudden invitation to Web users to try out a new sandbox search engine it is calling Caffeine is a reminder to Website managers everywhere that it is time to pay closer attention to page rankings
Apple, Nokia and BlackBerry maker RIM are well-positioned to meet the strongest demands of the mobile handset market, which are for high-end and entry-level phones, says a new report from Juniper Research
Combined with a wireless monitor, the new Accent RF pacemaker allows a patient's clinic to be informed on the status of the pacemaker through a home monitoring system
Authentec, like competitor Upek, is thinking of new ways to revive the authentication market
The Panasonic Toughbook 19, Toughbook 30 and Toughbook U1 mobile computers now meet more demanding military specifications for drops, vibration and use in all types of miserable weather, Panasonic says
Twitter experiences another distributed-denial-of-service attack, knocking out the microblogging service for a time
The EPEAT rating has now been extended to Europe in a move which should make it easier for UK organisations to purchase sustainable tech
Service to rate hospitals online launches in same week the opposition tout plans to use the web to give patients more say over healthcare
Microsoft now plans to issue the same version of Windows 7 in Europe as in the rest of the world, only with a ballot screen that allows users to choose a specific Web browse
Facebook aims to plug its real-time content gap by buying FriendFeed, a social network aggregator that lets users create custom feeds of content from Facebook, Digg, YouTube and other services
USAA, a private bank and insurer in the US, is updating its Apple iPhone app so account holders can simply photograph both sides of a cheques and then deposit it straight to an account.
Fortune Data Centers, as part of PG&E's High Tech Energy Efficiency Program, now saves enough energy to power 1,500 homes annually after making mechanical and infrastructural improvements.
Google says it is working on faster, more accurate search and invites users to test out the platform in a sandbox
Make your own made to measure Linux distribution with this versatile online tool
Open source advocates claim that a Swiss government department must open its doors to non-proprietary software
Increasing reliance on IT systems combined with concern about their effectiveness could force governments to more tightly regulate the sector say analysts
Disappointingly minor changes in this update, mainly focussed on Keynote software may disappoint some users
Military authorities have outlined how service personnel should use social networks while the US appears to have taken a stricter approach
The host profile feature of vSphere 4 is useful in streamlining host profile set up and eases diagnostics
But privacy advocates have voiced concern about the plan
In order to make amends for legions of iPhone users upset at the first rejection, Apple needs to take advantage of this second opportunity with the Google Voice app and accept that new app with open arms
Google is building a Web browser-based application for Google Voice to run on Apple's iPhone.
Fujitsu says the new supercomputer system achieved a LINPACK benchmark performance of 97.94 teraflops
Followers of the Large Hadron Collider project run by the European Center for Nuclear Research will be pleased to know the collider will soon be back up and running. However, the LHC will run only at half power, CERN says.
A recent report by Deutsche Bank suggests that the take-up for Windows 7 could exceed that of both Windows XP and Vista
The Apple tablet PC would be cheaper than a MacBook but still more expensive than the mininotebooks or netbooks that are currently dominating sales on the lower end of the PC market
The fallout from the DDOS attack that hit Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other Web 2.0 sites continued even after the attack had officially ended