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TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2009
Timber Tech Specialist Plants Itself At Copenhagen Climate Talks
Another IT company is pushing the contribution tech can make to climate change - even if it does provide technology to the timber industry
Microsoft Admits To Zero-Day Flaw In IE 6 And 7
Microsoft confirms the existence of proof-of-concept attack code for a flaw affecting Internet Explorer 6 and 7
EDS Purchase Helps HP Report Solid Quarter
Services delivered a solid quarter for HP, generating $8.9 billion (£5.38bn) in revenue
Microsoft And News Corp Reportedley Allying Against Google
Microsoft and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp are rumoured to be in talks over an agreement that would see News Corp's websites delisted from Google search in exchange for payment by Microsoft.
Oracle Bemoans Length Of EC Sun Ruling Then Asks For Extension
Despite arguing vehementally that every day the EC didn't make a ruling on its acquistion of Sun, Oracle has asked for and been granted a six day extension to its next hearing with EU authorities
Ciena Snaps Up Nortel’s Optical And Ethernet Assets
Ciena has won an auction to acquire the optical networking and carrier ethernet businesses of former communications giant Nortel
Spotify Launches Symbian Client
The hugely popular music-streaming service, Spotify, is now available on Nokia handsets as well as other Symbian-based devices
CERN’s Hadron Collider Back In Action
The world's largest atom smasher has been restarted at the weekend in Geneva, after nearly a year of repairs
Smokers Burned By Apple Warranty
Smoking is hazardous to your warranty, at least it is if you are an Apple user, after the Mac maker refused to repair computers exposed to cigarette smoke
Security Firm Unearths Malicious iPhone Worm
Security firm F-Secure has discovered a malicious worm which recruits jailbroken iPhones for botnets
The Climate Email Hack Won’t Change the Regulations
Critics are trying to use hacked emails to discredit climate change scientists - but however that campaign plays out, UK companies will still have to deal with carbon credits next year, says Peter Judge
Google Founder Points To Chrome-Android Merger
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has said that Android and Chrome will likely converge over time into a single operating system
FOG Is The Key To Successful Cloud Computing
Cloud computing has a lot of potential as long as companies remember to keep their Feet On the Ground, says HP
Open Source Poses “Huge Risk” To Organisations
European CIO of GE has said that open source is only useful for internal "playground" uses, despite other parts of GE having deployed Linux for healthcare platforms
Climate Researchers Respond To Email Hack
The Climatic Research Institute says that some of the hacked emails may not be genuine while others are being taken out of context
IBM Looks to Emerging Markets To Expand Green Strategy
IBM's latest green data centre deals in emerging markets point towards the rapid adoption energy-efficient IT solutions outside the United States
Climate Change Deniers Quote Hacked University Data
Hacked emails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit are being used to criticise climate scientists in the run-up to the Copenhagen summit
ISPs Hit Back At Digital Economy Bill
The ISPA has mounted an attack against Lord Mandelson's strategy to deal with illegal file-sharers, laid out in the government's Digital Economy Bill
IBM Tops Green Supercomputer Ranking
Which is the greenest supercomputer of them all? Well, unsurprisingly, it turns out to be a supercomputer from IBM
Three Men Indicted Over Comcast Re-Direct Hack
Three men were charged by federal indictment on 19 Nov. in connection with attacking Comcast.net and redirecting traffic to sites under their control
Microsoft Responds to Chrome OS By Pushing Windows 7
Microsoft issued an official response to news of Google releasing its Chrome Operating System to open source for developers
Analyst Questions Business Uptake Of Google Chrome OS
IDC analyst Al Hilwa said Chrome Operating system will take some hard selling by Google and its partners to get on netbooks
Banned XBox Users Urged To Take Legal Action
A boutique Texas law firm establishes a forum for Microsoft Xbox 360 owners who feel they were unfairly banned from the company's Xbox Live service, in the interest of filing a class action suit against Microsoft
Energy Efficient IBM Supercomputer Will Investigate Climate Change
The IBM supercomputer at Brown University is 50 times more powerful, six times more energy efficient and can hold 70 times more memory than the system it's replacing
IBM And CA Ease Mainframe Management Burden
IBM has announced more software to help businesses manage their mainframe environments. And CA has also decided to join the party with its own offerings
Smartphone Uptake Drives Alternative Communication
The increasing uptake of smartphones is resulting in more and more users opting to use “non-voice communications”, a new study has revealed
Twitter To Launch Paid-For Business Accounts
Twitter has confirmed its plans to launch paid-for corporate accounts, designed to bring in new revenue streams for the micro-blogging site
Call of Duty Carries Recruitment Ad For GCHQ
Gamers playing Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the Xbox Live platform will encounter recruitment adverts for a secretive arm of British intelligence
Spiceworks Plug-in To Rein In Power Hungry PCs
Spiceworks has teamed up with Intel to offer a green plug-in that will allow companies to regulate the power consumption of their computers