Microsoft plans to acquire Yahoo, claims Reuters. No such plans, counters Bloomberg. Who’s right?
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2011
Steve Jobs: The Search For The Insanely Great Idea
Cancer has taken a true visionary away from us; we won't forget his lesson: to keep dreaming, imagining and innovating, writes Wayne Rash
Steve Jobs, IT’s Great Innovator, Dies At 56
Apple's co-founder, innovator and entrepreneur dies after a long struggle with cancer
Technology In Ghana: A Blessing Or A Curse?
Ghana is at the forefront of Africa's technological development, but can it overcome its chronic e-waste problem, asks Sophie Curtis
Samsung To Block iPhone 4S Sales In France, Italy
Samsung has filed an injunction against Apple's newly launched iPhone 4S in Italy and France
Cloud Security Remains Top Business Worry
The Cloud continues to vex and challenge most businesses, with security leading their list of concerns
Microsoft .NET Skills In Short Supply
A survey has found a significant shortage of developers working on Microsoft's .NET technology
Fujitsu Staff Back At Work As Unite Calls Off Strike
Fujitsu workers belonging to the Unite union have called off their planned protest at the Tory party conference
UK Carbon Emissions Target On Standby For Disaster
The growth in home devices and appliances is threatening the 2020 carbon reduction targets
BT Promises 300Mbps Broadband For The Lucky Few
BT is to increase the speeds of its FTTC and FTTP offerings, but questions remain over its reach
Can Amazon’s Silk Slip Past Google’s Ads?
Amazon's Silk browser uses a proxy to speed up browsing. Clint Boulton thinks it might allow Amazon to steal a march on Google
Mobile Software Used To Monitor Education In Ghana
Camfed volunteers are using mobile software to monitor the management of educational resources in Ghana
Datapipe Plugs Into Verne’s Icelandic Data Centre
Datapipe signs up, as the modules start to ship to build Verne Global's green data centre
Red Hat Buys Gluster For Cloud-Ready Storage
Red Hat enters the storage software business by acquiring a virtual appliance-style file system vendor
SAP Makes ‘Living Lab’ For Cashew Farmers In Ghana
Ghanaian cashew nut farmers are testing a smartphone app that improves efficiency in the supply chain
McAfee To Acquire SIEM Specialist Nitro Security
McAfee plans to buy Nitro Security to expand into the blossoming security analytics field
Teradata Merges Big Data Into Warehouse Appliance
Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance 2690 triples the data storage processing capacity of its predecessor
IBM Secures Q1 Labs SIEM For Data Analytics
IBM is buying Q1 Labs to expand its business security portfolio with deep analytics capabilities
Apple Goes Global With Launch Of iPhone 4S
Apple CEO Tim Cook's vision of all mobiles being smartphones, dominated by Apple, relies on the iPhone 4S, says Wayne Rash
iPhone 4S Has Higher Specs, iOS 5, iCloud And Siri
Apple's new phone has a fast A5 processor, 8Mp camera with HD video, iCloud and Siri assistant
Nokia’s Elop Expects WP7 Handset By Christmas
Nokia's boss Stephen Elop expects Nokia handsets running Windows Phone 7 to launch before Christmas
Microsoft Tweaks Hotmail To Target Email Clutter
Microsoft is targeting so-called 'Graymail' (including spam) with a number of new Hotmail features
4G Rollout Delay To Cost British Businesses Dear
A survey has warned that the delay in rolling out 4G will cost British businesses £730m a year
Live Blog: Apple Product Launch – iPhone 4S
Sadly, not the iPhone 5 but the cheaper 4S with amazing technology on board and new iPods
Ballmer’s Bonus Suffers As Windows Phone 7 Stalls
Ongoing concerns at Microsoft's mobile and tablet options has led to another 'modest' bonus for Steve Ballmer
Nominet Raises £3m In Short UK Domain Auction
Single-character domain names were in hot demand at Nominet's .uk auction, selling for an average of £39,000
Oracle Expands BI Focus With Exalytics Appliance
Larry Ellison used his keynote speech at Oracle OpenWorld to tout Oracle's forthcoming Exalytics appliance
HP Promises New Tablet, Could It Be Windows 8?
HP says a non-webOS tablet is on its way, and the PC business will only spin off if it makes it stronger
Government To Fund Graphene Research Hub
Wonder-material graphene will get its own £50m research hub as part of the government's IT investment package
HP Seals The Deal On Autonomy Acquisition
HP has completed its £6.7bn acquisition of UK firm Autonomy, following approval by shareholders