Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's fight against extradition to the US takes a blow after judge denies him bail
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2012
Microsoft Azure Support Comes To Cloud9 IDE Developers
Architecting and deploying applications on Windows Azure is now supported in Cloud9's development environment
Webcasts
O2’s Customer Phone Number Leakage: A Cock-Up?
O2 users' numbers are given to every site they visit. Security experts suspect a mistake, not malice
Microsoft Abandons Its Mix Conference To Build A New One
Microsoft has cancelled its Mix 2012 conference for Web developers and designers in favour of a bigger event later
Running Analytics On iPads Now Possible With Splunk’s Flashless Edition
Splunk, the data monitor, searcher, analyser, and visualiser can now show Big Data on Apple iOS mobile devices
Apple Loses Dutch Samsung Galaxy Tab Ban Appeal
A Dutch Court rules that the design of the Samsung Galaxy Tab is sufficiently different from Apple's iPad
Ultrabooks Poised For Growth But Pricing Is A Concern
Ultrabooks will expand in the market over the next five years, according to Juniper Research, but price is an issue
Twitter Tackles Anti-Malvertising Security Through Acquisition Of Dasient
Twitter is buying Dasient for its malware-detecting Website scanner to combat malicious online links and ads
PCIe Virtualisation Boosted As Micron Aquires Virtensys
Micron's aquisition of Virtensys enables data centres to share local storage across multiple servers with more efficient virtualisation of NAND flash storage.
TfL To Announce London Tube Wi-Fi Provider This Spring
Winner will provide data services to 120 London Underground stations in time for the Olympic Games
iPhone And iPad Sales Give Apple A Record Quarter
More than 50 million iOS devices gave Apple its best quarter, with £29.75 billion in revenues
Growth In Private Cloud Adoption Continues To Rise
More businesses are signing up to join private cloud services as record growth becomes the norm, says Frank Ohlhorst
Microsoft Names Developer Behind The Kelihos Spam Botnet
Microsoft has amended its original Kelihos civil lawsuit to add a Russian security professional as the developer of the spamming malware
YouTube Video Uploads Hit 60 Hours Per Minute
One hour of video is being uploaded to YouTube every single second according to new stats from Google's video unit
Risk Of Tech Job Redundancy Minimal, Says Study
Technology jobs are less unlikely to be at risk in the year ahead, despite hiring concerns for 2012
Apple Now Top Global Semiconductor Buyer
Apple now purchases more semiconductor chips than any other tech vendor according to Gartner
Orange promises free Wikipedia in Africa and the Middle East
Councils Face ‘Big Ask’ For Broadband Not-Spot Funds
Socitm report says local councils will find it difficult to match BDUK funding required to roll out fibre into broadband not-spots,
Huddle Package Now Extends To Customers’ Partners
Cloud collaboration company lets its customers Huddle with users in different organisations
Tate Galleries Take Pictures Into the Cloud
Tate have raised their profile with a virtual gallery in the cloud, which will launch next month
HP Settles Exploding Batteries Claim With £272,000 Penalty
HP settles over claims it knowingly sold batteries which could overheat and put users at risk
Ofcom Borrows Military Spectrum For Olympics
The Ministry of Defence, and other agencies will all surrender spectrum to help meet demand during the Olympic Games
The Cloud Will Squeeze The Middle Men, Says IBM
Organisations moving to shared clouds may route round large service providers, an IBM White Paper implies
Sony Xperia Phones To Use Russian GLONASS Sat Nav System
Sony says using both GPS and GLONASS will make navigation and positioning more accurate
Andy Nelson To Take Over As Government CIO
Nelson will take over from Joe Harley at the end of March, while continuing in his role as CIO for the MInistry of Justice
Nokia Lumia 900 Given June UK Release Date?
A pulled Carphone Warehouse listing reveals specs and potential release date
Nokia ‘Ships More Than 1 Million Windows Phones’
Analysts have estimated a strong start for Nokia's Windows Phone strategy, which could be a good omen for the platform
Intel Buys InfiniBand IP From QLogic
Intel has acquired the intellectual property for the InfiniBand interconnect standard from QLogic, furthering its exascale computing plans
VMware Sees Sharp Profit Rise
VMware's 67 percent profit rise reflects an overall growth in virtualisation and the cloud