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Dell Made Less Profit On Bigger Revenue
Dell's revenues grew in all areas, but its profits fell by five percent - because component costs went up and it;'s not getting consumer
Cisco And HP Decide To Part Ways
IT giants Cisco and HP will continue to honour contracts with existing customers, but the intensified competition to build data centres of the future has driven the two apart
Neon Expands Mainframe Complaint Against IBM
Neon Enterprise Software has expanded its mainframe lawsuit against IBM after it provided 'specific examples' of how Big Blue is allegedly abusing its monopolistic position
Microsoft Blames Malware For XP’s ‘Blue Screen Of Death’
Microsoft has confirmed that the “blue screen of death” that last week plagued some Windows XP machines following Patch Tuesday, was caused by a rootkit
Orange, T-Mobile To Swap Spectrum For Merger Approval
Mobile operators Orange UK and T-Mobile have offered to sell part of their combined radio spectrum to persuade the EU to approve their merger
Cisco Donates Green Tech To Help Emerald Isle
Networking specialist Cisco has pledged to make an Irish innovation competition more sustainable through the use of video-conferencing
Salesforce Takes On SharePoint With Chatter Beta
Salesforce.com has launched a private beta of its Salesforce Chatter enterprise real-time enterprise collaboration application and platform
Survey Reveals Continuing Office Romance With Paper
There seems to be no sign of the so called 'paperless office', at least not yet, after a new survey revealed that office staff are loath to give up their paper copies
Telecoms Charity Connects Haiti Victims With Relatives
Charity TSF says it is using satellite phones to connect thousands of victims of the Haitian earthquake with relatives abroad
IBM Claims Low-Cost Solar Cell Breakthrough
Technology giant IBM claims it has developed a method of making solar cells that don't rely on expensive semiconductors
DWP Swaps Strike-Hit HP For Strike-Hit Fujitsu
Japanese IT services specialist Fujitsu has been awarded one of the biggest desktop services contracts in the UK to provide energy efficient thin clients
MWC: GSMA Talks About Future Of VoLTE
The GSMA has announced plans to continue the work of the One Voice Initiative under the banner of Voice over LTE, or VoLTE
MWC: Juniper Launches Mobile Networking Platform
Juniper has unveiled a mobile networking platform that addresses such issues as security, video content and traffic management
Dell Beefs Up Systems Management With Kace Acquisition
Dell has signalled its commitment to building up its data centre software portfolio after announcing the acquisition of Kace Networks
eWEEK’s Top 25 Technologies Of The Decade
From virtualisation to Linux to the Apple iPhone, eWEEK names the products, applications and technologies of the last decade that have changed the way we work, play and live
Review: Lenovo RD210 Server Holds Its Ground In 1U Arena
Lenovo's RD210 midrange server packs a management punch while using power-efficient components to keep cool while processing general-purpose workloads
MOD Showcases Real-Life Bond Gadgets
Frontline troops could benefit from tech innovations such as a surveillance drone that can stay airborne for three months
Cisco OTV Extends Layer 2 Between Data Centres
Cisco is extending the benefits of Layer 2 networking between geographically separated data centres with a new OTV feature in the Nexus 7000 platform, says Cameron Sturdevant
UK Company Brings £63 Smartphone To Developing Countries
A British company has developed a low-cost smartphone, which could bring mobile Internet to emerging economies, ahead of the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona
Insider Points To EC Approval Of HP 3Com
An unnamed source close to the Hewlett-Packard acquisition of 3Com tells Reuters that European regulators will OK the deal by the 12 Feb. deadline
Google To Build High-Speed Broadband Network
The search giant says it plans to build a series of 1G-bps ultrahigh-speed broadband networks in selected areas around the US
Space-Based Internet Could Slash Carbon Emissions
Report claims that broadband delivered from space could cut carbon emissions and plug holes in rural Internet provision
Cisco Develops Faster Mobile Network Technology
Cisco introduces the ASR 5000, a platform dedicated to the mobile network to create an end-to-end Internet IP Protocol next-generation network
Ex-Intel Exec Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud
Rajiv Goel, an ex-Intel executive, pleads guilty to securities fraud and conspiracy in connection with the massive Wall Street insider trading scandal
Green Data Centres: Energy Efficiency Is No Longer Enough
Companies should stop scrambling for PUE and concentrate on extending the lifespan of their facilities, according to Charles-Antoine Beyney, president of the first "sustainable" data centre in France
IBM Hopes To Trigger UK Nuclear Renaissance
IBM says smart information systems could help improve the image of nuclear energy, but green groups claim such efforts are a dangerous distraction from renewables
IBM Releases Energy Efficient Power7 System
IBM launches a set of Power7 systems that it says deliver up to four times the energy efficiency and twice the performance
Plastic Supercapacitor Points To End Of Batteries
British boffins may have signalled the end of the traditional battery as we know it, after they developed a composite plastic that can store and release electricity
BT Opens Up Cable Ducting To Rival ISPs
In a significant move for the provision of fibre in the UK, BT has revealed it will open up its underground network of ducts so that rival ISPs can lay their own fibre cables