Cloud

Google Launches Chrome Web Store

The search giant introduces Chrome Web Store so 70 million users of its web browser can find create shortcuts to…

14 years ago

VeriSign Sells Authentication Business to Symantec for $1.3bn

Barely a day after the rumours started to fly, Symantec confirms plans to buy VeriSign's identity and authentication security business

14 years ago

Google Touts Enterprise Cloud With VMware

Google launches new version of hosting platform and a VMware partnership to help bring enterprise Java developers to the cloud

14 years ago

Google Sets Its Wave Platform Free

Google has opened up Google Wave to everyone for free, one year after introducing the real-time collaboration platform to Google…

14 years ago

Evidence Mounts of Facebook Backlash

A survey found two thirds of Facebook users are thinking of quitting amid privacy criticism

14 years ago

UC Standards Group Doesn’t Include Cisco or Avaya

HP, Polycom and Microsoft have launched a Unified Communications group, but Cisco and Avaya are playing a different game

14 years ago

Europe Finally Gets Digital Agenda

Digital manifesto for the region faces criticism on open source and copyright expectations

14 years ago

US Reps Call In FTC Over Google Wi-Fi Fiasco

Two US politicians have called for an investigation of Google, while in Europe the probes into its Wi-Fi snooping get…

14 years ago

The Cloud Is Green, But Don’t Expect It To Be Easy

UK Government departments plan to cut their carbon by ten percent in a year. The cloud will help, says Peter…

14 years ago

Microsoft Hits Salesforce With Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Microsoft has gone legal and slapped Salesforce.com with a patent infringement lawsuit, alleging its CRM service infringed nine Redmond patents

14 years ago

Rackspace Plans UK Cloud Services

Hosting company Rackspace is bringing its cloud services to the UK, using a green data centre in Slough

14 years ago

CA Launches Chorus To Make Mainframes Cool

CA's Chorus is intended to give mainframes the kind of tools that younger staff need

14 years ago

Reding Says Google Does Not Respect EU Rules

Google flouted EU rules in its Wi-Fi data harvest, says Commissioner Reding. There will be a reckoning

14 years ago

Spiceworks Finds Growing Confidence And Expanding IT Budgets

IT departments within the SMB community are expanding their budgets and jumping on the virtualisation and cloud bandwagon

14 years ago

Electoral Commission’s Data Protection Policies In Question

The UK Electoral Commission admits that it has no system in place to monitor the activities of users who are…

14 years ago

CEOs Want To Get Creative, Says IBM

Chief executives see the world getting more complex, and want to get creative in response, according to an IBM survey

14 years ago

Green Expert Warns Energy Execs About Complacency

Smart grids could save our world, but the planet itself doesn't care – it has seen worse, says climate change…

14 years ago

Utilities Blamed For Stalling Smart Grid Roll-outs

Large energy companies are worried about handing over too much information to customers via smart grid and meter projects, experts…

14 years ago

IT Industry Hit Hard By UK Government Cuts

The IT industry will be hit by spending cuts in the UK budget, but green vendors could see fresh opportunities

14 years ago

Will Facebook Fears Make Users More Aware?

Now ordinary people are concerned about Facebook's privacy practices, Larry Walsh asks: will they change their behaviour?

14 years ago

Microsoft Gives Hotmail Social Networking Update

Microsoft has announced substantial updates to Windows Live Hotmail

14 years ago

Microsoft Pays £138m To Settle VirnetX Lawsuit

Microsoft is to pay $200 million (£138 million) in order to settle a patent-infringement suit from communications specialist VirnetX

14 years ago

CA Looks To Cloud With Name Change

The marketing people have been busy once again after CA (formerly known as Computer Associates) changed its name again, this…

14 years ago

EcoCooling Touts Cleaner Data Centre Cooling

Could evaporation cool data centres in a greener way than traditional refrigeration units?

14 years ago

HP: Sensors May Prevent Repeat Of BP Oil Disaster

HP envisions a future with trillions of sensors around the world helping to prevent man-made and natural disasters

14 years ago

Microsoft Hits Back At Google Docs

Microsoft claims that Google Docs does not enhance its Office products and shows how migrating documents to the Google Apps…

14 years ago

Amazon Cloud Service Hit By Car Crash

One of Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing data centres was knocked offline after it failed to cope with a power outage…

14 years ago

Microsoft And Google Clash Over Office 2010

Alex Payne, director of Microsoft's online product management team, argues that Google Docs does not enhance Microsoft Office

14 years ago

Experts Celebrate 50 Years Of The Laser

The laser was 50 years old on 16 May. Theodore Maiman built the first laser at Hughes Research Labs

14 years ago

Amazon Helps US Government Leap Into The Cloud

The US Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board has moved its Recovery.gov site to a cloud computing infrastructure powered by Amazon

14 years ago