A Sony CEO confirms a summer launch for its Android 3.0 tablet, hoping to rank second in the market after Apple
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2011
Acer Honeycomb Tablets To Hit UK In Late April
Acer's Iconia Tab A100 is one of the cheapest Google Android Honeycomb tablets yet
HTC Pays $75m For Wireless Patents
HTC has paid a US firm for dozens of patents including 4G-related intellectual property
Google’s Rosenberg Goes As Page Succeeds Schmidt
Google's product guy, Jonathan Rosenberg, will go as Larry Page takes the reins from Eric Schmidt
IEEE Lays Foundation For Cloud Computing Future
Two draft IEEE standards could help engineers minimise fragmentation and unleash the power of the cloud
BlackBerry Bold With Touch-Screen, NFC Seen In Video
A leaked video has shown a RIM BlackBerry Bold with touch capabilities and Near Field Communication
Cloud Storage Standard Seeing Commercial Adoption
The CDMI standard is turning up in more commercial cloud storage implementations, says a survey
Google Looks To Buy Nortel’s Patent Portfolio
Google, needing patents to fend off intellectual property litigation, has bid £560 million for Nortel's portfolio
TI Offers $6.5bn For National Semiconductor
Texas Instruments' bid for National Semiconductor could create the world's third-largest chip maker
Symantec: Targeted Cyber Attacks On The Rise
2010 was the year targeted attacks got serious, using multiple zero-day flaws and social engineering
Epsilon Breach Exposes Thousands Of Emails
A potentially devastating data breach has been reported by marketing company Epsilon in the US
Apple iPhone 5 Rumoured To Sport 8MP Camera
Apple's iPhone 5 will reportedly contain an 8 megapixel camera following comments from Sony's CEO
Vodafone Exits France As It Offloads SFR Stake
Vodafone has ended its French stalemate by selling off its minority stake in SFR for £7 billion
Mozilla’s Firefox 5 To Arrive In June
Mozilla is speeding up its browser development, with Firefox 5 poised for release in less that three months
RockMelt Beta Includes Facebook Chat, Twitter App
A new beta of the social web browser RockMelt now features Facebook Chat and a Twitter app
Security Depends On The Devious Human Touch
Hacking has become a dark, heavily financed force and digital defences alone are no longer enough to hold it at bay, says Eric Doyle
Dell Vostro 460 Is For Work, Not Play: Review
The Dell Vostro 460 is ideal for productivity. But for more resource-intensive needs, there are better options out there.
BT Promises 20Mbps For 80 Percent Of Britain
Faster broadband should be on the way for more people as BT promises more ADSL2+
EC Urges More Action On Cyber-Defences
Member states must act swiftly to establish Computer Emergency Response Teams by next year
Experts Play Down Scale Of LizaMoon Attack
An engineer from Google says Websense's method of measuring the scale of the attack is inaccurate
Photos Of New BlackBerry Touch Leaked Online
RIM's BlackBerry Touch phone looks exciting and will have NFC, but can it revitalise the company?
EFF Demands Better Search Privacy In Europe
The Electronic Frontier Foundation wants better EU protection for 'intimate' search records
IBM Offers ‘Five Golden’ Rules For Green IT
Companies are missing a trick by not realising how much energy is being used by dormant office equipment, says IBM's Richard Lanyon-Hogg
Android Malware Highlights Smartphones Risks
The very freedom that makes Android-based devices so attractive also makes them a malware threat, says Wayne Rash
EMC Cloud Backup Service Arrives On iPad, iPhone
EMC Mozy has launched versions of its software for Apple iOS devices, with Android versions coming soon
RSA Reveals Origins Of SecurID Breach
RSA has told analysts that the SecurID breach began with a phishing email bearing a malicious Excel spreadsheet
IBM: 2010 Saw Rise In Security Flaws
Phishing activity declined in 2010, but more vulnerabilities and targeted attacks were identified, says IBM
Developers: Mac OS X ‘Lion’ Means Business
Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' will feature multi-user screen-sharing, aimed at business users
Report Finds Disappointing ‘Sandy Bridge’ Sales
Intel's 'Sandy Bridge' processors are not stimulating laptop sales as much as expected, after a chipset design flaw
Analyst Refutes IDC Windows Phone 7 Prediction
ABI Research has disagreed with IDC's prediction that Windows Phone 7 is set to become a leading mobile OS