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An SEC affidavit filed by Sun Microsystems reveals the back story of how IBM, Hewlett-Packard and ultimate victor Oracle submitted competing bids as Sun dealt with the inevitability of a takeover
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
New from Dell is an update to its Inspiron Mini 10 netbook, along with colours and more colours for the Mini 10v, Inspiron 15 laptop and Inspiron slim and mini-tower desktops
Microsoft has denied having a Zune-specific phone in the works, but attention-grabbing Tweets from a Microsoft account are saying otherwise
If you are using Citrix XenApp to distribute applications to Windows machines, you should look at Citrix Receiver for iPhone as a possible way to get them to mobile users
The Thinkpad-maker's netbook offering gets thinner and lighter, with a bigger keyboard
Energy Star for servers won't be a simple matter, because users will have to take account of the load on their servers and the amount of work they want to do, says Dell's David Lear
The UK government has announced more details of a "world leading" plan to roll out smart meters to every home in the country
EU Commissioner Viviane Reding calls for a well developed broadband infrastructure, smart cities and smart energy grids
SAP announces its planned acquisition of Clear Standards, which designs applications for measuring greenhouse gas emissions
Enterprises need to have proper plans and oversight in place to protect their information
Yahoo continues to wrestle with the global recession and strong competition from rivals Google and Microsoft
The Apple iPhone OS will follow behind it, as the second fastest-growing smartphone OS
Oracle, which intends to acquire Sun and doesn't appear to be worried, said it knew about the report before it tendered its $7.4 billion offer
What does the name of Fujitsu's new blade-based data centre system, the Dynamic Cube, actually mean? Forget the speeds and feeds - Peter Judge wants occult significance
Remote networking made easy, says the wireless specialist
Cisco and HP should fear the German engineering in this brute's cooling system, and its two extra blades, says Fujitsu
The UK Department for Work and Pensions says it won't pay extra for information about the carbon impact and efficiency of IT products and services
Green IT is not just about energy efficiency, the length of time that equipment is used is also key to improving sustainability, according to the government
RIM, Microsoft Windows and Symbian are “first-class enterprise citizens” but the Apple iPhone and Google's Android OS don't make the cut
The legal actions claim that the £4.8bn compensation proposed by Oracle is unfair and inadequate
Novell announced it will create a Moblin-based product for netbooks that it will push to OEMs and ODMs.
At least one consumer advocacy group has decided to refute the search engine giant's claims in a particularly high-profile way
Mainframe vendors such as IBM and CA are aggressively pushing forward the mainframe as an alternative to more distributed environments
Ten years in the making, Javascript 5 doesn't break new ground but contains useful enhancements.
An update to the Greening Government ICT strategy this July will include 10 "mandated targets".. but will that mandate be backed with penalties?
If your blades can go to sleep, then your hot standby network can be a bit cooler, says Extreme Networks
Updated: There's life in 3Com yet. It's pressing its home-market advantage... from its Chinese customer base
There's more to sustainable IT than low-power servers. consider the materials with which your equipment is made, and you may get a shock, says Simon Perry
There's no qwerty keyboard, but this slim beauty looks like the answer to the predictive-text-capable executive's prayers
SAN-in-a-box specialist Compellent has revealed its technology roadmap for the next two years. It includes SSD, which the company said will deliver big cost, energy and efficiency savings.