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New York Times Downed By Syrian Electronic Army
The website of the New York Times has been taken offline in the latest Syrian Electronic Army attack
BlackBerry Mulls BBM Spin Off – Report
BlackBerry reportedly considers spinning off its popular BBM Messenger into its own company
SUSE Linux Arrives On VMware Hybrid Cloud
VMware's newly launched vCloud Hybrid Service now offers the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
VMworld 2013: Red Hat Shows Future CloudForms Tools
Red Hat's plans for CloudForms, its hybrid cloud management technology, include Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation interoperability and OpenStack integration
VMware: We will virtualise all IT
At VMworld 2013, VMware chief executive Pat Gelsinger laid out his vision for the future of the cloud
Amazon Web Services Hit By Service Interruption
Customers using Amazon Web Services' US-East data centre availability zone experienced service problems for several hours due to a device failure
HP’s Whitman Remains Committed To Acquisitions
HP chief executive Meg Whitman has said the company will continue to look for acquisition targets, while avoiding multi-billion dollar deals
Small-Business Optimism Shows Boost
US small businesses are showing more optimism, largely due to the increased availability of credit, according to a new survey
MakerBot Releases 3D Scanner To Market
A 3D scanner has gone on sale so people can scan in everyday objects and then reproduce them with a 3D printer
NASDAQ Downed By Technical Issue
Trading on the NASDAQ in New York was suspended for a time on Thursday thanks to a 'glitch'
Google Seeks Testers For Balloon-Based Internet
Google wants you, or more specifically Google's Project Loon wants people who live in California's Central Valley and who would be willing to let Google install some Loon equipment on their property. The search engine giant wants he ...
Box Doubles Free Storage To 10GB And Launches £3.20 SMB Starter Plan
Box hopes more free storage and cheaper plans will help make IT more egalitarian
Annoying A Dragon In His Den, Starring Piers Linney
New star of Dragon's Den, Piers Linney, doesn't like certain journalists and he doesn't like it when you question Microsoft's virtual credentials either
Yahoo Regains Crown As US Traffic King
Yahoo gets more hits in July, but data doesn't include mobile app traffic
HP’s Whitman Warns On Growth After Sales Slump
HP CEO Meg Whitman insists turnaround strategy is working despite another difficult quarter
HP Enterprise Boss ‘Reassigned’ By Whitman
The man in charge of HP's enterprise business has been reassigned as Whitman's management shakeup continues
SDN Market Set To Boom, Study Predicts
The software-defined networking (SDN) space will be a boom market over the next five years, predicts a new study
Avaya Takes First SDN Step And Unveils Framework
Avaya has unveiled a data centre framework as part of its first move into the crowded SDN space
F-Secure Plans ‘Cool’ Consumer Cloud Products
F-Secure has new products on the way. CEO Christian Fredrikson says they will cooler and more attractive than Dropbox
Government Backed Project Aims To Take Internet of Things Into Schools
Coalition pumps £800,000 into Internet of School Things initiative
Big Data Must Make Explorers Of Us All
The rise of Big Data means everyone in business needs to have analytic skills, says Brian Gentile
Facebook And Partners Back Internet.org For Global Internet Access
Mark Zuckerberg announces the Internet.org project that aims to bring cheaper internet access to the world's developing countries
IT Consumes Ten Percent Of The World’s Electricity – Report
Data centres and TVs are hungry for power and growth sees no limit
VeriSign Makes Diversity Move With FreeBSD Sponsorship
VeriSign backs FreeBSD with new sponsorship, so that the Global DNS does not just rely on one OS
Intel Readies LTE Chips For Qualcomm Challenge
Intel is to beef up its LTE mobile chip portfolio, in a move that will heighten its competition with Qualcomm
Dell Foglight Upgraded For Virtualisation Management
Dell has updated its virtualisation management tools that can now detect inactive and zombie VMs
AMD Releases R-Series CPUs For Embedded Systems
AMD expands its embedded CPU portfolio, one of the key strategic areas for the company going forward
Video: How To Overcome Green Fatigue
Users might be fed up with the Green IT buzzword, but they still need to get more efficient, says Microsoft's Andrew Fryer
Study: Enterprises Prefer Hybrid Cloud
A Rackspace-backed study has found a surprisingly high proportion of organisations prefer the hybrid cloud approach, partly due to security concerns