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CRC Scheme Triggers Rise In Data Centre Energy Management
A survey suggests that the CRC legislation is responsible for an increase in data centre energy management policies
UK Cloud Alliance And NCC Group Offer First Cloud Escrow Service
Escrow service minimises business continuity issues when buying cloud services from smaller providers
Apple Faces Protests After Manufacturing Revelations
Apple fans are to urged the company to take a more ethical manufacturing stance after recent reports of worker conditions
Google Readies Drive Cloud Storage Service
Google is potentially weeks away from launching an online storage service, dubbed Drive
Yahoo Chairman Bostock Steps Down Amid Board Shakeup
Roy Bostock and three other board member announce their departure as part of an unheaval intended to restore shareholders' faith
Montblanc Files Lawsuit Against Google Over Misleading Adverts
German maker of watchesand writing instruments takes Google to court over counterfeiters abusing AdWords program
O2 Shuts Down Slough HQ In Olympic Trial
O2 says 3.000 of its staff will work from home, showcasing the economic and environmental benefits of flexible working
Alfresco Enterprise 4 Adds Free Public Cloud Support
Open source enterprise content management can reach out into the cloud very easily, says Alfresco
Google Promises Fair Access To Motorola Patents
Google has promised FRAND access to Motorola patents, but analysts say its stance hasn't changed significantly
Commercial Open-Source Web Server Support Launched By NginX
NGINX enters the world of commercial services with support for its open-source Web server
Turing Pardon Rejected As Bletchley Park Turns To Finding Colossus Sponsors
Alan Turing's pardon has been rejected by the government. Bletchley Park seeks sponsors for a virtual rebuild of the historic Colossus computer
Oracle Seeks New Trial In On-Going Legal Dispute With SAP
Oracle rejects a settlement offer and wants a new trial to "vindicate" the original jury and the company's intellectual property rights
EMC Targets Servers With PCIe NAND Flash Card
EMC has launched a PCIe NAND flash card that is actively targeting high-transaction servers
TalkTalk Loses 50,000 Customers In Three Months
TalkTalk may have raised its profit forecasts but it has failed to stem the haemorrhaging of subscriber defections
BT And Verizon Team Up To Expand Telepresence Services
Partnership between the two telecommunications giants will broaden the reach of their face-to-face video conferencing
Google’s Existential Threat Mirrors Microsoft’s ‘Tidal Wave’ Warning
Google is facing a similar threat from Facebook that Microsoft faced with the Internet and, later, from Google itself, says Clint Boulton
Nokia Cuts Jobs And Moves Manufacturing To Asia
Nokia is to axe 4,000 jobs as it transfers its smartphone manufacturing operations to the Far East
Panasonic, Fujitsu and Renesas May Merge System Chip Operations
The three Japanese chip-makers are in talks about a potential merger in a government-backed deal
Has HP Leaked Next Week’s Server Announcement?
HP may have unwittingly revealed that next week's server-related announcement will concern its ProLiant G8 servers
Google ‘We Solve For X’ Targets The Big Technology Challenges
Google's "We Solve for X" initiative will enable some of the world's top thinkers to collaborate on worldwide challenges
IBM and Tulip Telecom Build Massive, Sustainable Data Centre In India
IBM has helped to create the largest and greenest data centre in India as a modular, stacked design for Tulip Telecom
Fast SSD Caching And App Monitor Added To IBM XIV Storage System Gen3
IBM has added performance-boosting solid-state caching to its XIV Storage System Gen3, and an monitoring iPhone app
Opposition To ACTA Grows As UK Braces For Protests
Two European countries have frozen work on ratification, and a day of protests is planned for 11 February
Amazon Reduces AWS Cloud Storage Prices
Amazon has dropped the price of its cloud storage offering, as it passes cost savings back to its customers
Government Readies G-Cloud Marketplace ‘CloudStore’
Potential cloud suppliers have been given another chance to join the government's G-Cloud framework
Researchers Integrate Electronic Components Into Optical Fibre
Transatlantic team of scientists develop technique which could make communications technology faster, cheaper and more efficient
Government Advertises £4bn ICT Framework
The new procurement framework for public-sector bodies will cover everything from desktops to servers to tablets
Civil Servants Stay Home With Operation StepChange
This week, civil servants are testing out home working. Is it for the Olympics, or is there a bigger game afoot?
IDC: Tech Spending To Rise In 2012
IT spending grew by 5 percent in 2011 as businesses invested in infrastructure, new software and mobile devices