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BCS In Turmoil Over Rebranding And Changes

Attempts to update the venerable British Computer Society have not proved popular: members are revolting

BT Strike Ballot Looms As Union Rejects Offer

Both sides say they are ready to talk in the BT pay dispute, but a strike ballot looks more likely

Government Signals Fibre Broadband Intent

The government has labelled Labour's commitment to universal 2Mbps broadband as "pitifully unambitious" and outlined steps to drive nationwide fibre rollout

IBM: System Z Is Not A Cash Cow

Other systems can't match mainframe reliability, says IBM's Jim Porell, and he dismisses any talk of IBM abusing a monopoly

Random Chip Errors Can Improve Performance

Mistakes in silicon chips could help computers continue to get more powerful, according to US researchers

IBM Opens Research Lab In Brazil

IBM, which is focusing more and more on delivering IT services, is opening a new research facility in Brazil

US Extends Energy Star Rating To Data Centres

Data centres can now earn the familiar aqua-and-white Energy Star label if they pass the agency's qualification requirements

Oracle To Axe Sun Workforce, Again

Oracle is looking to make yet more job cuts in the wake of its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, according to a regulatory filing

BT Says Strike ‘In No One’s Interest’

The Communications Workers Union claims BT's pay offer is not in line with the company's £1billion profits

Red Hat CEO Whitehurst Blasts Software Patents

The open source giant aims to be a $1 billion company, but CEO Jim Whitehurst was diplomatic about government contracts on a London visit

Disk Storage Sector Grows In 2010

EMC narrowly took the top spot as the storage market returned to double-digit growth

Canonical Delivers Ubuntu Advantage Offering

Canonical is preparing to introduce a new service option for Ubuntu Linux desktop and server users, known as Ubuntu Advantage

Gartner Raises 2010 Chip Sales Projection

Good news for chip makers after Gartner predicted that semiconductor sales will grow 27.1 percent in 2010, an increase over earlier projections of 19.9 percent

BT Told To Share Fibre Network

BT is to regain some control over its fibre network under new regulations, but the EC has called upon it to share its network with rival ISPs

Cloud Adoption Still Faces The Trust Issue

Most IT professionals see the cloud as something for the future, according to a web seminar chaired by eWEEK Europe

SGI Creates Petaflop Single Cabinet Computing Platform

SGI announced a new computing platform that scales up to a petaflop of computing power in a single server cabinet

Cost Cutting Remains Top CIO Priority, Survey Finds

A new survey from Micro Focus has found that, despite the more positive economic outlook, cost-cutting is still top of the agenda for British CIOs

Intel Introduces Knights Corner HPC Platform

Intel officials have introduced "Knights Corner", a processing architecture aimed at the parallel computing applications

Intel Shows Off New Atom Chips At Computex

Intel officials are talking up an Atom platform, code-named Oak Trail, that the company is preparing for the burgeoning tablet PC space

Microsoft, Novell Point To Increased HPC Interest

More and more businesses are seeking high-performance computing (HPC) interoperability solutions, at least according to Microsoft and Novell

China Touts Supercomputing Credentials

China is touting its superpower credentials in the field of supercomputers, boasting of two of the world's top ten fastest supercomputers

UK Leads The Way In Carbon Reduction Targets

The UK is a better position than most to meet proposed tougher EU emissions targets, but it still has a long way to go

HP Overtakes IBM In Server Market, Say Analysts

HP overtook IBM in worldwide server revenues in the first quarter accoprding to Gartner and IDC

Virtualisation, Cloud And Voice Drive Ethernet Growth

Ethernet switch and router spaces are seeing strong revenue growth, driven by virtualisation, cloud computing, and voice and video-over IP, according to IDC

Chip Implant Virus Research Debunked

Claims that implanted identity chips can pick up computer viruses have got the bad science police up in arms

EMC $87.5M To Settle US Pricing Fraud Lawsuit

The storage giant settles suit claiming it induced the General Services Administration (GSA) to sign a contract including pricing based on false misrepresentations