Microsoft releases 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community under the popular GPLv2 license
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2009
IBM Offers Cost-Cutting Office-In-A-Box
IBM is offering cost-conscious businesses a unified communications and collaboration UC(2) solutions based on an open platform
Microsoft And Apple Sued Over Touch-Screen Technology
Microsoft and Apple, along with a handful of other tech companies, find themselves strange bedfellows after being sued by a small company over a touch-screen patent
Yahoo Investor Supports Microsoft Deal
Microsoft and Yahoo's potential deal over search and advertising got public approval from investor Carl Icahn, who owns around 5 percent of Yahoo
McAfee Discusses Saas Security Strategy
McAfee lays out its plans to expand its software-as-a-service business with an eye toward gaining traction among enterprises
Would You Cough Up For Google Web Services?
Has Google gone as far as it can go with its free software model? The release of its Chrome OS has provoked a lot of discussion summarised here by Clint Boulton
Microsoft Makes It Easier To Avoid Internet Explorer
IE8 browser won't try to take over as default when you install it, promises Microsoft
Twitter’s Google Docs Hack – A Warning For Cloud App Users
Twitter lost its data through a hack on Google Docs. Learn from this to be very careful how much trust you place on cloud apps and Web 2.0, says Eric Lundquist
Kingston Launches Mammoth 256GB USB Drive
£665 for the Monster 256G drive from Kingston, but it would take seven hours to read a full one
GlassHouse Takes Aim At Data Centre Energy Impact
New service is aimed at helping enterprises tame power-hungry data centres, harness cost savings and gain environmental benefits
Government Funds Website That Says Buy Less IT
Do The Green Thing site gets DECC money. Sweating assets may be good for the environment, but does not do much to stimulate economic growth
Cash-Strapped Operators Risk Overheating The Internet
Operators who delay network expansion may overload their Internet switches, warns Ovum. Users may have to buy premium IP services instead
Anti-regulation Lord Appointed To Regulator Ofcom
Lord Blackwell who criticised the government for getting in the way of free enterprise before the dot com crash has joined the board of Ofcom
Microsoft And Yahoo Search Deal May Be Back On
Microsoft and Yahoo have returned to the bargaining table for a possible search and online advertising partnership, according to AllThingsDigital
CloudClimate Cloud Comparison Service Launched
The goal is to give customers a way to compare services and to help service providers find problems in their environments
Cisco Partners With UnitedHealth Group To Boost Virtual Treatment
The goal is to use the technology along with such platforms as electronic medical records to make the care given in virtual doctor visits as good as that from in-person visits
Pressure Grows on Google’s Schmidt To Leave Apple Board
Despite the threat of Google Chrome OS as another competitive front versus Apple, Google CEO Eric Schmidt refuses to step down from Apple's board of directors.
Bing Edges Up Search Ranking But Still Lagging
Microsoft Bing increased its U.S. search engine market share by 0.4 percent during its first month of release
UK Councils Use Content Management To Boost Efficiency
Two major councils in England are using content and document management technology to play a central transformational role in process efficiency
Google: Cloud Apps Are MORE Secure, Not Less
When Twitter lost data from Google Docs, the idea of cloud apps took a knock. Google's Eran Feigenbaum says we're missing the point - the cloud is more secure than the data centre
Can Schmidt Make Money from Google Chrome OS?
It doesn't exist yet, but already analysts are pressing Google's CEO Eric Schmidt to tell us how Google will make money from the Chrome OS
Apple Is Throwing Away The Netbook Opportunity, Say Analysts
While netbooks are booming, Apple is losing share because it refuses to make a cheap notebook, analysts say
Office 2010 Tech Preview – All Round Improvements
Microsoft's Office 2010 shows plenty of updates to core Office abilities - but also takes Office out to the web, where it performs within Explorer Firefox and Safari browsers
Struggling BT Gets A Lift From Cash-Strapped MOD
A £99m, five year contract could help off-set BT's poor performance over the 12 months
UK Uses Web To Gather Nanotech Intelligence
The benefits as well as the risks will be assessed says science minister
UK Sustainability Priorities Dominated By ‘Quick Wins’ Mindset
Companies are grasping easy options for greening up, because of poor quality data, according to an Oracle performance management study
Reports: Amazon Plans Kindle In UK
Amazon's popular electronic book reader will need a make-over to run on British mobile networks
Research Finds SaaS The Greenest Option
NetSuite drives another nail into the coffin of the traditional cost of ownership of on-premise business software
Google Sees 19 Percent Growth Despite Downturn
Google enjoys a small rebound in the second quarter, posting a profit of $1.48 billion (£907m) on $4.66 per share, a 19 percent growth over the second quarter of 2008
Bill Gates’ Latest Act Of Good: Stopping Acts Of God
Bill Gates and a team of co-inventors have proposed an idea for killing hurricanes before they can potentially make devastating landfall