The ramifcations of the MegaUpload shutdown continue to be felt as Filesonic disables file sharing and its reward programme
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KC Trumps BT, With Fibre-To-The-Premise In Yorkshire
While the rest of the country gets fibre to street cabinets, homes and offices in Hull and East Yorkshire will get fibre direct, says local telecom hero KC
Google Shuts Down Picnik, Message Continuity, Urchin
Google is to close down or open-source several products, including the Picnik photo editor, Google Sky Maps and the Message Continuity disaster recovery tool
Boffins Propose Secure Method For Quantum Computing In The Cloud
A research team has managed to extend quantum computing to the Cloud, with the advantage of enhanced security
DOE Olympus Supercomputer Cooled By Groundwater
US Department of Energy makes big savings cooling Olympus supercomputer with 65 degree groundwater
Polycom Looks To SMBs With Cloudy VaaS Platform
Polycom has outlined its strategy to allow service providers to offer Cloud-based video as a service solutions
Fujitsu Agrees Union Deal To End Strikes
The bitter and long industrial dispute between Fujitsu and Unite has ended after the two sides agreed a deal
Megaupload File Storage Site Closed By FBI For IPR Breaches
Megaupload has been closed down and its organisers arrested in a multinational action led by the US Justice Department
Google Shares Drop Despite Increased Q4 Revenues
Wall Street reacts as cost-per-click advertising revenues fall
Olympic Media Centre Could Become “Innovation City”
Infinity will turn Olympic press and broadcast centres into £500m technology and research centre if it wins bid
Venray Touts Combined CPU/DRAM Chip For Heavy-Duty Applications
A US company emerging from stealth mode says combining CPU cores and DRAM on a single piece of silicon brings benefits
Microsoft’s Business Software, Kinect And Xbox Helped Drive Last Quarter
Although Windows sales remained soft, Microsoft's quarter saw robust business software and entertainment product sales
IT Budgets Dip As Business Priorities Increase
Gartner has forecast a slight dip in IT budgets, despite the growing number of business priorities
Kodak Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Kodak has filed for chapeter 11 bankrupcy protection but vows to come out fighting in the end
World IPv6 Launch Sets 6 June As Target Date
Internet Society organised event sets out plans for IPv6
Online NoSQL Database Launched By Amazon Web Services As DynamoDB
DynamoDB, a cloud-based database, delivers fast and predictable performance with all the scalability you can ask for, claims AWS
Virgin Broadband Blacked Out By ‘Routing Issue’
Virgin Media's broadband services across the UK have been restored after customers experienced a blackout
Regional Broadband Scheme Faces Investigation
Taxpayers' money could be needed to prop up regional broadband infrastructure scheme, as local councils begin an investigation
TechWeek Europe Readers Are All-Rounders
Our latest poll reveals TechWeekEurope readers tend to have responsibility across the board, although all the different IT disciplines are covered
Symantec Adds Cloud-Based Archiving By Acquiring LiveOffice
Symantec's LiveOffice uses the SaaS-based CloudMerge platform to integrate email services with archiving in the cloud or on-site
Simplified Licensing Scheme Announced For Microsoft System Center 2012
Microsoft is looking to spur the adoption of its private cloud offerings with a simplified licensing plan for System Center 2012
Consumers Trade Privacy For Better Shopping Experience
Shoppers are willing to sacrifice their privacy in order to ensure a better shopping experience, an IBM survey has revealed
Amazon Touts Free Windows Server Processing For EC2 Cloud
Amazon is offering 750 hours of free Windows Server processing per month in its cloud service
TechWeekEurope Launches Events Channel
A new service on TechWeekEurope: a list of IT events
Google Apologises For Kenyan Startup Data Scraping
Google employee apologises on Google+ for scraping details of Kenyan businesses from Mocality
Wikipedia Blackout To Go Ahead Despite SOPA Pullout
Wikipedia and other high-profile websites will shut down for 24 hours in protest against 'devastating' anti-piracy bills, while Twitter's CEO has called the action 'foolish'
Everything Everywhere Could Unify Orange and T-Mobile Brands
Everything Everywhere is investigating the possibility of phasing out its existing brands
IBM Debuts Social Business Event
The two-day IBM Connect event focuses on how businesses can meld social media, the cloud and mobile technologies
HP Expands Macca’s Digital Archive
Paul McCartney's new interactive portal, orchestrated by HP, showcases a half-century of digitised assets
Chinese Web Users Pass 500m Mark
More and more Chinese people are logging onto the Web, after a 12 percent surge in those using the internet