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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
Symantec Reveals Integrated Backup Solution
Symantec has released new backup software that can make use of tape, disk, physical or even virtual environments
Virgin Media 100Mbps Rollout Hits 10m Homes
Virgin Media is ahead of schedule for its 100Mbps rollout, which now reaches up to ten million homes
Windows Phone Executive Migrates To Amazon
Brandon Watson, who helped oversee the development of Windows Phone, will be using his talents to help Kindle Fire prosper
The Dangerous World Of Bring Your Own Devastation (BYOD)
A Bring Your Own Device policy has many attractive attributes but the security risks can be enormous and, as yet, unfathomed, says Eric Doyle
Ofcom Proposes New BT Line Rental Cap
BT plans to appeal proposals that it should cut the price it charges its rivals for access to its network
Micron Technology Appoints Mark Durcan As CEO
Previous president and chief operating officer of Micron will take over in the wake of Steve Appleton's death last Friday
Virtual Network Start-Up Gets Backing From VMware Founder
Nicira officially launches its Network Virtualisation Platform, already in use by AT&T, eBay and Rackspace
Government Warns Of Olympic Internet Threat
Government warns of slow Internet access: one more reason to be less excited by the London 2012 Olympics
Google Hires Senior Apple Executive
Former Apple director of integrity Simon Prakash is hired by Google to work on a 'secret' project
Dell Hires Former CA CEO To Head New Software Division
John Swainson, former CEO of CA, has been hired by Dell to create its new Software Group and develop its products and services
The Fear Of Integrating Apple In A Microsoft-centric World
As the BYOD trend continues, IT departments face a number of challenges integrating Apple devices into a Wintel work environment, says Mark Williams