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Samsung Offloads LCD Display Unit
Samsung has confirmed that its loss-making LCD division will be spun off as a wholly owned separate unit
Spooks Are Looking For Skeletons In The Closet
The US government may demand access to your data in the cloud. You can encrypt your data, but that limits its value, says Eric Doyle
UK Border Agency Scraps £9m Airport Iris Scanners
The widely criticized IRIS terminals will disappear from Birmingham and Manchester airports; the rest will follow
Tougher Spending Controls Save Government £140m On ICT
Cabinet Office says it wants to save a total of £5 billion across the government by the end of the financial year
Government’s G-Cloud CloudStore Opens For Business
CloudStore allows smaller businesses to compete alongside services giants such as Microsoft, IBM and BT
Jelastic Java Platform Set For Commercial Debut
Jelastic's Java plaform-as-a-service will become commercially available in North America and Europe next month
Dell And Siemens Create Storage Cloud For Medical Images
Dell and Siemens have put together a massive cloud-based storage system for medical images
Centrify And Enterproid Tackle Mobile Management For iOS And Android
As mobile device management comes to the fore, Centrify and Enterproid have made BYOD-related announcements
Apple’s Mac OS X ‘Mountain Lion’ Borrows Heavily From iOS
Mountain Lion emphasises Apple's "mobility first" strategy and incorporates even more features from iOS – again
Iceland’s Thor Data Centre: In Pictures
Iceland's bid to be a cloud super-power is based on two data centres. We took a trip round the first one - Thor
Apache Deltacloud Graduates To Top-Level Project
Apache's Deltacloud cloud interoperability toolkit has graduated from incubator status to a top-level project
Rackspace Bolsters Expertise With SharePoint911 Purchase
Rackspace has acquired a SharePoint specialist in order to give a better service to its enterprise customers
Europe Formally Adopts Radio Spectrum Programme
The European Parliament has voted to adopt a cross border spectrum policy to harmonise mobile broadband kit
Google Could Bring Video Conferencing To Its Enterprise Apps
Google exec hints at teleconferencing move, potentially generating competition for Polycom, Cisco and Microsoft
American Express Cardmembers Get Early Access To Twitter Ad Platform
The first 10,000 American Express small business merchants to register will get vouchers to test Twitter's new ad platform
European Court Rules Social Networks Will Not Have To Hunt Pirates
The European Court Of Justice has ruled against tough anti-piracy controls, stating that it would affect freedom of speech
IBM Plans Intelligent Systems With ‘Integrated Expertise’
At its Smarter Computing Executive Summary, IBM announced plans to deliver a family of systems with expertise built in
SMBs Lead Adoption Race For Cloud Services
The SMB sector continues to lead the adoption of cloud services, according to a new report from Parallels
New Types Of Cloud Need New Types Of Security
As private and public clouds begin to interact and new types of cloud emerge, the security market is expected to grow with it, says Chris Preimesberger
House Of Lords To Investigate Government Broadband Plans
The House of Lords is to investigate the Government's claims about superfast broadband in the UK
Intel Announces Crystal Forest Platform For Faster Network Traffic
Intel says new chipset will allow manufacturers and service providers to create more-efficient, scalable networks
Calling From Landlines To Mobiles Will Be 85 Percent Cheaper
Appeal tribunal rules that the price of ringing a mobile phone from a landline should fall faster and further
Cloud Computing: Essential Risk and Security
Cloud computing appears to offer so many benefits in the current economy - high performance, low cost, low maintenance on-line applications and services. But are they secure?
Amazon Web Services Training Course
ThoughtWorks is offering a one-day training course on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for developers, systems administrators and all technologists who want to embark on a hands-on deep-dive of Amazon's powerful AWS tools.
CSC Confirms 500 Jobs At Risk After NHS Project Cancellation
CSC has confirmed in a statement that 500 jobs are at risk following the botched NHS health care records system project
Systems Security Professionals In Demand, Says (ISC)²
More than half of the companies surveyed said they will be hiring information security staff this year
Google Public DNS Hits 70bn Requests Daily
Google's Public DNS is now processing 70 billion requests a day, the search engine giant revealed
Citrix Launches Open Source CloudStack 3
Citrix promises its first CloudStack release since it acquired the product will focus on openness, flexibility and completeness
HP Makes Server And Analytics Announcements At Partner Event
At its partner conference in Las Vegas, HP announced updates to Vertica, a new chip slotting mechanism, and announced an ARM server test lab