Amazon has begun shipping its answer to the iPad 2 in the US, but there is no word on any UK launch
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2011
Japan Retains Supercomputer Lead With Fujitsu
Fujitsu’s K Computer helped Japan retain the supercomputing crown after it passed the 10 petaflop barrier
Sunderland Partners IBM For Cloudy Smart City
IBM is working with Sunderland City Council on a cloud platform to encourage economic growth
SAP Sapphire: New Paradigm Needed?
SAP co-CEO Jim Snabe made some ambitious claims at the software giant's conference, but were they justified?
Search Engines Can Expose Open Source Holes
Tools such as Google Code Search can provide hackers with a wealth of information hidden in open source code, writes Eric Doyle
Iran Fights Off Duqu Malware Attack
Iran confirmed its government systems were attacked by the Duqu worm, but says all is under control
Everything Everywhere To Refinance
Everything Everywhere is preparing to pay back £875m to parents Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom
Diaspora Co-founder Found Dead
The privacy-conscious Facebook challenger has lost one of its creators, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, aged 22
HMRC Nets £126m Savings From Online Filing
The tax office has done well with its online filing roll-out but faces challenges on customer services
eBay Tells Government We Need 4G
eBay's 'mobile manifesto' calls on the government and retailers to ease mobile shopping for customers
AMD Launches 16-Core Opterons For Cloud
AMD has introduced the first 16-core x86 processors. HP is using them for databases, HPC and the cloud
O2 Claims 4G First With Plan For 2012 London Trials
O2 is setting up a 40 square kilometre LTE test network in the capital next year
Are You Operating A Legal Cloud?
Cloud computing did not exist when data protection regulations came in. John Roberts of Redstone explains how to keep within the law
Google Automates Circles With Katango
Google has purchased Katango to automate the Circles process in the Google+ social network
IBM Introduces Mobile Management Service
IBM is aiming to help IT departments support more personal mobile devices while protecting data
Bing Market Share Closes In On Yahoo
Google's search market share remains at about 65 percent, while Bing is on track to overtake Yahoo
iPhone 4S Users Report Continuing Battery Problems
Users say the iPhone 4S is still having battery drain issues, despite a fix issued by Apple
Logitech Axes Google TV Efforts
Logitech has given up on its Google TV-based Revue device, after losing $100 million
Europe Likely To Miss Broadband Targets
Europe might not get there, but the UK seems strangely complacent about broadband delivery before 2015
EDF Fined €1.5m For Greenpeace Computer Hack
EDF has been found guilty of hacking into the computers of Greenpeace, and has been issued a hefty bill
Amazon Buys Speech Startup Yap For Kindle
Amazon could be looking to bolster its Kindle device with the acquisition of speech specialist Yap
Thai Flooding To Hurt HDD And PC Shipments
The flooding in Thailand has resulted in significant damage to the world's HDD supply chain, IDC warns
Survey Reveals Consumer Interest For Kindle Fire
Amazon could be about to have a runaway success on its hands with the Kindle Fire, hints another survey
World’s First Business Computer, LEO, Turns 60
The world's business computer from the food maker JD Lyons, dubbed LEO, is celebrating its 60th birthday
NGD Opens New Hall At Container Based Data Centre
A 140,000 square foot data hall opens at a sustainable container-based data centre in South Wales
Letting The Air Out Of The Google+ Balloon
Critics say Google+ will one day be a ghost town. Clint Boulton thinks this is too harsh a judgement and too early
Cook Plus Ive Is Jobs-like Pairing, Says Biographer
Apple CEO Tim Cook and chief designer Jonathan Ive can keep Apple going, says Walter Isaacson
OpenTouch UC Platform Launched By Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent’s OpenTouch platform offers communications links to any devices, plus multimedia support
Salesforce Takes On Microsoft With Do.com
Salesforce has released a Heroku-based project management app using Gmail and Google Docs
Facebook And FTC Close To Privacy Settlement
Facebook will agree to 20 years of privacy audits to end privacy investigation