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IBM Acquires Lighthouse Security To Improve Identity Management
The deal follows the purchase of identity management specialist CrossIdeas, which was announced last last week
Gartner Says Chromebook Sales Will Be Up 79 Percent In 2014, Will Triple By 2017
More vendors are now making Chromebooks, helping them grow beyond the education sector into banking, retail and other markets
Google-Led Consortium To Build 60Tbps Trans-Pacific Subsea Cable
Google and partners club together to build a cable connecting the US and Japan which will go live in 2016
Xiaomi Apologises For Unauthorised Personal Data Transmission
Xiaomi says the data transfer was necessary for its cloud messaging service but issues a fix that prevents it from happening
US Judge Rejects Settlement From Adobe, Apple, Google And Intel To End ‘No-Poaching’ Lawsuit
US judge says settlement from Adobe, Apple, Google and Intel over an alleged pact not to hire each others' employees is too low
IBM’s Neurosynaptic Chip Aims To Transform Science And Technology
IBM deepens its cognitive computing capabilities with new energy-efficient chip the size of a postage stamp
IBM Agrees Chinese Cloud Partnership
IBM is touting its cloud service as a way to allay Chinese security concerns about foreign technology
Facebook Tightens Security With PrivateCore Purchase
The social network is beefing up the securtity of its servers with the purchase of a US software start-up
Quiz Of The Week: Famous Hackers
What do you know about the men who became famous by breaking stuff?
Former BBC CTO Wins Claim For Unfair Dismissal
Employment tribunal agrees with former BBC CTO John Linwood's claim that he was made a scapegoat for the failed DMI project
Microsoft Tip Off Leads To Child Abuse Arrest In The US
Microsoft becomes the latest tech vendor to aid law officials in their fight against child abuse
Ofcom: UK Adults Consuming More 4G, Fibre, VoIP And Public Wi-Fi
Ofcom Communications Market Report says smartphones, 4G and superfast broadband are encouraging the use of VoIP and public Wi-Fi services
O2 Launches ‘No.10’ £10 Public Sector 4G Mobile Tariff
O2 wants to encourage flexible working with new government price plan
Virgin Media Expands Network To 100,000 More Premises In East London
Virgin Media starts biggest ever expansion of its cable network as it announces Q2 results
‘Risk-Averse’ Technology Operation Powers Successful Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
The Glasgow 2014 team needed 2400 PCs, 520Gbps of bandwidth and 123TB of storage to deliver a successful Commonwealth Games, but it wasn't ready for the cloud
HP To Sue Former Autonomy CFO And Accuses Mike Lynch Of ‘Fraud’
HP steps up war of words, promises to sue former Autonomy CFO and says Mike Lynch conducted “fraud”
Google Reveals Gmail User ID, After Child Abuse Discovery
Google reports a Gmail user to the police after discovering illegal images in his email
BT Offers 4G To Business Mobile Customers As Standard
BT continues mobility push, promising 4G will help SMBs be more productive on the move
HP Grants OpenVMS New Lease Of Life
HP gives the mainframe-oriented operating system OpenVMS, a new lease of life
Microsoft Ordered To Hand Over Irish Emails
An American judge sets a legal precedent by ordering Microsoft to surrender emails stored in an Irish data centre
AMD Releases ‘Seattle’ 64-Bit ARM Developer Kit
AMD offers its Seattle ARM-based server chips to the developer community
Applied Micro Issues Data Centre Challenge As Sales Slide
Intel's server unit can expect more competition as Applied Micro signals a data centre challenge
Twitter Adds MadBits Image Search, Reports Growth
Twitter acquires an image search startup, and reports encouraging financial results
Driverless Cars To Join British Roads Next Year
The AA thinks few motorists will be interested when driverless cars are allowed on public roads from next year
HP Warns Of Internet Of Things Danger
Connecting devices to the Internet is a great idea, but shouldn't we do it securely?
Mozilla Appoints Chris Beard As Permanent CEO
Mozilla resolves its leadership troubles as interim CEO Chris Beard is appointed permanent chief exec
CoreOS Linux Distribution Pushed To Stable Release
The new Linux version CoreOS is now production ready after being released to the stable release channel
Cisco Adds Entry-Level UCS Server To Portfolio
Cisco releases a new UCS server for smaller businesses that don't need to scale to hundreds of blades
Teradata Acquires Two Hadoop-Related Start-Ups
Revelytix and Hadapt will become part of Teradata’s R&D arm