A five-company consortium wants to make PCIe-connected SSDs as easy to use as hard disks
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2010
IBM Tops Gartner And WWF’s Green IT List
Lenovo and Verizon didn't do so well in Gartner and WWF's list of the 19 greenest ICT companies
Ofcom Wants 2G Spectrum Open To Mobile Broadband
Ofcom has begun a consultation process over opening up the 2G radio spectrum for 3G services
Apple Working With Gemalto For Special iPhone SIM Card
Apple is reportedly working with Gemalto in order to create a SIM card for the iPhone, leading to speculation that Apple could be considering cutting out the carriers
Microsoft Talks Cloud Apps At Developer Show
Microsoft is looking to show developers new ways to build cloud apps at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2010
Businesses Delaying Office 2010 Migration
A new survey has revealed that business concerns over the complexity of migrating to Windows Office 2010 software is leading to delayed deployments
MP Slams ICO Over Google WiSpy
The US FTC has cleared Google, but British MPs want the ICO to get tough over it's Wi-Fi snooping
Intel Forms Open Standards Alliance For The Cloud
Open standards are needed for cloud-based data centres, says Intel and its new Open Data Center Alliance
Google Nexus Two Rumours: Samsung Or Motorola?
Google said there would be no Nexus Two, but rumours say Samsung or Motorola may be making one
Adobe gives RIM’s PlayBook An Airing For The Healthcare Market
Adobe shows Client Outlook's eUnity medical imaging application in the first live demonstration of the PlayBook tablet
White iPhone Delayed Again Until Spring 2011
Apple fans holding out for a white version of the iPhone 4 to match their Mac colour scheme will have to wait until next spring
CRC Change Could Hurt Businesses
The government CRC scheme has changed to a green tax. That may be a sensible move in the long run, says Peter Judge, but the lack of warning could serioulsy hurt some organisations
Local Business Boost As Google Places Launches
Place Search groups together local information when Google users search for a restaurant, landmark or business
UK Twitter Session Hijacking Tool Follows Firesheep Flock
The Firesheep extension for Firefox has helped to give birth to a similar tool that targets Twitter sessions
Extreme Switches To Target Virtualised Data Centres And Cloud
Extreme releases Ethernet switches offering greater flexibility in virtualised and cloud computing environments
Barnes & Noble Shows Off Colour Nook E-Reader
Barnes & Noble has showed off its new full-colour Nook e-reader that runs the Android operating system
Apple Opens Online Store In China
Apple is hoping to exploit the commerical potential of China after opening an online store for that country
SAP Preps For Oracle Trial As Revenues Rise
The looming Oracle lawsuit has cast something of a shadow over SAP, despite the company reporting robust revenues and profits
Court Closure As Limewire Runs Out Of Juice
The RIAA is celebrating the closure of Limewire, the word’s biggest music and film file-sharing service
BT Warns Home Hardware Could Hold Back Fibre
100Mbps fibre speeds might be held up by users' routers and Wi-Fi, as well as cloud applications, says BT
Hackers Exploit Firefox Flaw On Nobel Site
A Norwegian security firm has warned that a new Trojan malware has infected the Nobel Peace Prize website
Symbian Foundation Faces Possible Closure
But Symbian critic, Nick Jones of Gartner, say the operating system will be better off without the Foundation
Google Nexus Two Rumoured From Carphone Warehouse
Carphone Warehouse could sell a successor to Google's Nexus One phone this year, according to rumours
Ozzie: Is Microsoft Doomed In The Post-PC World?
Ray Ozzie leaves Microsoft with a warning that it failing to adapt to the cloud-centric world after PCs. Nicholas Kolakowski says he may be right
Android Hits 100K Apps Milestone, 200K Less Than iPhone
The Google Android Market app count reaches the 100,000 mark, a week after Apple's iOS topped 300,000 apps
Release Candidate Of WinServer 2008 SP1 Improves Virtualisation
Microsoft has unveiled a Release Candidate (RC) for Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
Smartphone Market Growth Bubble Driven By Apple, BlackBerry And HTC
Apple, HTC and RIM lead a smartphone market growing at an “extraordinary” pace but analyst says this growth will not last
RIM And HP Show Tablets Can Be Any Flavour
Rim and HP are fragmenting the market with their different takes on the tablet. About time too, says Wayne Rash - the market is big enough to take it
PayPal Launches Mobile Micropayments Service
PayPal is launching a micropayments platform that will allow consumers to purchase goods and content online
StorageTek Library Extension For Mainframes Released
Oracle has released a highly-scalable additional tier of storage for mainframes which can also be used in x86-based systems