AMD has put aside its bitter rivally with chip giant Intel and joined it and Nokia to help develop MeeGo, the open source mobile operating system
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2010
Samsung Galaxy Tab Prices Slashed
Samsung has slashed the price of its Galaxy Tab to less than £500, having initially disappointed gadget lovers with the steep costs
Brocade And Juniper Show Off Faster Fabrics
Juniper and Brocade have both released new equipment promising to assist data centres struggling with bandwidth consumption
Cyberwar And Smartphones Top Threats For 2011
Government cyber attacks and smartphone vulnerabilities top Imperva's list of security risks for 2011
Cisco Unveils Desktop Virtualisation System
The new system, called VXI, is intended to better integrate desktop virtualisation into companies' existing IT infrastructure
Facebook Could Defeat Google Over Social Ads
Facebook's behavioural advertising is growing more powerful thanks to its Like button and other social tools. Clint Boulton asks, can Google keep up?
Bug Bounties: Why The Controversy?
Software companies have offered payment for bugs before. Peter Judge asks why it is any different for security vendors to do the same?
Web-Users Fall For Fake AV
Organised gangs are tricking security-conscious Internet users with fake anti-virus
Saudi Arabia ‘Accidentally’ Blocks Facebook
Saudi Arabia has reportedly blocked access to Facebook, but officials called the incident an 'accidental error'
Barracuda Offers $3,000 Bug Bounty
Barracuda Networks has a rewards scheme for researchers who find flaws in its security products.
RockMelt Social Browsing: Review
RockMelt is the ultimate web browser for sharing Facebook and Twitter content, but search needs more speed and less clutter
IBM Looks Ahead To Future With Netezza
IBM has completed its acquisition of data warehousing vendor Netezza and is looking for integration opportunities with other IBM products
Intel Drops SSD Prices
Intel has dropped prices on its line of solid-state disk drives ahead of the Christmas shopping season
Koobface Botnet Made $2m From Social Network Users
The Koobface malware made more than $2m by drawing users of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks into its botnet, according to a new study
Top Google Execs Get Fat Pay Hikes
Four Google senior managers will see their base pay rise 30 percent, as the company seeks to keep staff from fleeing to Facebook
Twitter Supports Bomb Joker With #IAmSpartacus Tag
Twitter users stand up to be counted, as bomb joke becomes a free speech issue
Facebook To Launch Webmail Client
Facebook is to launch Project Titan, a messaging system to compete with the webmail offerings of Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and others
EU Initiates Cloud Storage Research With €15.7m Funding
The EU is funding research into better ways of storing and accessing data in a federated cloud
Palm Pre 2 Handset To Hit UK Shores This Monday
HP has reportedly confirmed that the Palm Pre 2 handset, running WebOS 2, will hit UK shores on Monday
Comtek Lab Offers Lifeline For Old Nortel Equipment
Comtek is offering a vital lifeline for Nortel customers after it opened a state of the art telecoms repair and training lab facility in North Wales
eWEEK Readers Plump For Facebook Pages
You say Facebook pages are better than groups, and LinkedIn beats Twitter. Next up: What do you think of BlackBerry?
Afghan Military Secrets Found On eBay Laptop
Personal details of Afghan police and army volunteers were found on a “scrapped” laptop belonging to a British soldier
Study Claims iPhones Are The Most Reliable Smartphones
The iPhone 3GS is least likely to fail but BlackBerrys are most likely to survive a fall, says a phone-reliability survey
Web Pioneer Calls For IPv6 Incentives
Vint Cerf, the 'godfather' of the net, has said the UK government should offer tax credits for upgrading to IPv6
IBM Claims Record Migrations From Competitors In Q3
IBM claims 400 Oracle/Sun and HP migrations to its servers and storage systems in the last quarter
Avaya Launches Its Virtualisation Architecture
The Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture (VENA) creates a private cloud to increase flexibility and scalability
Gartner Predicts Business Email Switch-off Due To Social Networking
Gartner believes the increasing use of social networking in businesses could see email being replaced by 20 percent of business users
Massive Apple Security Update Locks Out PGP Users
PGP customers are being warned not to apply Apple's mammoth security update for Mac OS X, after it locked users out of their computers
Ask.com Axes Workforce And Retreats From Search
Ask.com is to axe 130 staff and close two offices, as the competition with Google over search and indexing takes its toll
Amazon Consulting Buys Into Channel Alliances
Amazon Consulting will now help clients cash in on alliances by expanding its focus to services and strategy