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The barbarians at your door. How to identify and defeat the cyberthreats facing your business today
Many of the cyberthreats your business faces are invisible. Learn how to shine a light on these threats and discover how to take action to protect your business
Twitter Adds “Google-like” Homepage
Twitter redesigns its home page, adding a box to enable easy access to its real-time search engine, along with hot topics
Hyper9 Takes on Virtual Machine Sprawl
Hyper9 is rolling out the second version of its flagship Virtualization Optimisation Suite, which is designed to give businesses improved insight into their virtualised environments and better ways to manage their VMs
Ingres: Why Vectorising Data Analysis Could Change Everything
Cheaper data analysis could alter the way businesses run, says Ingres' Ketan Karia
Microsoft Bing To Power Yahoo Search
Ten year deal to unseat the king of search, follows Microsoft's failed bid to buy Yahoo
Ingres Promises to Bring Moore’s Law To Data Analysis
Vectorising the database unlocks ten-fold improvement for the open source database vendor Ingres
Ten Ways To Make Twitter Useful For Government
Governments can't ignore Twitter, because it's a channel on which people might just listen. But, says Don Reisinger, they have to do it right
Spammers Use Translation To Hit Europe
Germany becomes most spammed country thanks in part to translation software, says MessageLabs
MOD Spends £23m On IBM Tech For “UK Homeland Defence”
The IBM system will help track suspicious and unidentified aircraft in UK airspace however some critics have raised concerns about funding for UK defence technology research
IBM’s SPSS Buy Threatens Oracle, SAP And SAS
Buying its data mining partner, IBM issues a challenge to its rivals Oracle, SAP and SAS to up their game
Greenpeace Paints Toxic Symbol On HP HQ
Ecology activists claim that IT giant Hewlett-Packard is doing an about-face on its public statements about eliminating key toxic chemicals in its printers, computers, servers and storage products by the end of 2009
Girlfriend Of Apple ‘Suicide’ Worker Given Laptop
Apple manufacturer Foxconn, which produces the company's iPods and iPhones, plans to compensate the family of engineer Sun Danyong, who fell to his death on 16 July after a fourth-generation iPhone prototype in his possession disappear ...
Apple Bans Google Voice Apps From iPhone
Apple shuts the door on all Google Voice applications, including third-party applications that support search engine giant Google's VOIP and telephony product, which is rolling out to more users
Hardware Savings Diverted Into Innovative Software
As businesses continue to cut back on IT infrastructure spending—on such items as PCs, telecommunications and networking devices—they are looking to roll those savings into software that can help them drive innovation and g ...
Microsoft Offers Data Recovery For Midmarket Companies
Big Blue offers midmarket companies a package of data protection products that help provide continuous data protection and recovery management for Microsoft Windows operating system-supported data and applications
Netbooks And Smartphones Collide In London
New portable devices are changing the way people work. Analysts and delegates will touch down at Heathrow to find out how
Broadband Providers Inflate Speeds – But They Are Improving
Users get half what ISPs promise them, according to an Ofcom report
Green Grid Gurus Show The Way At Online Summit
Got questions on how to get more from your data centre? This online event promises access to the experts without leaving your desk
UK Government Gets A Guide To Twitter
And it's worth worth a look for anyone with a corporate urge to get on Twitter, not just UK government departments
Government Earmarks £150m For High-Tech Manufacturing
The aerospace industry including Rolls Royce will receive funding to help boost high-tech manufacturing
Europe Moves Ahead With Mobile Broadband GSM Update
The 900MHz spectrum - designated for GSM - has been cleared for high-speed 3G broadband use
Dell Revamps Online Power Calculator
In conjunction with the recently released EPA Energy Star 5.0 standards for PCs, Dell is refreshing its online PC power calculator to include a number of new factors
Deutsche Bank: Windows 7 Will Prompt PC Refresh
A report from Deutsche Bank suggests that companies will purchase Windows 7 and use the new Microsoft operating system as an excuse to upgrade their systems
Details Of Microsoft Stores Leaked Online
Details about Microsoft's retail stores have been kept heavily under wraps ahead of their Autumn launch, at least until a massive slide show of early concepts for the stores leaked online
Microsoft Researching Bing Page Hunt Search Game
Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, could be improved at some point through the use of an online game called Page Hunt, researchers with Microsoft Research demonstrated in a new paper
Apple Tablet Could Be Coming To Town With Santa
Reports from the Financial Times and Apple Insider suggest Apple is readying a tablet, probably priced below $1,000, for a Christmas or first-quarter 2010 release.
Google Hits Back At Tory MP’s “Inaccurate Sideswipe”
Maybe Davis should have done a Google search before he challenged the shining knight of privacy
The Green Benefits Of Wireless Power
Does the world need another way to deliver power without wires? Yes, if it stops us using wasteful batteries, says Eric Giler of Witricity
University Thin Clients Win Green Award
Queen Margaret University has won an award for its sustainable approach to IT, based on the roll out of a low power, thin-client desktop infrastructure
Can Technology Be Green In Troubled Times?
Despite the recession, companies need to forge ahead with energy saving - not least because of the imminent UK mandatory Carbon Reduction Commitment