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UK Data Centre Power Could Fuel 6m Homes
UK data centres currently cover three square miles - says DatacenterDynamics Research
8.43 Million UK Adults Have Never Used The Internet
More people are coming online but the Office of National Statistics says 16.8 percent remain non-users
British Engineer Accuses Huawei Of Race Discrimination
A former British employee of Huawei claims he was made redundant because he wasn't Chinese
Apple Appoints Chairman As Jobs’ Successor
Art Levinson, a long-term Apple board member appointed and Robert Iger, Disney president, joins board
UK Broadband Speeds Drop By Third At Peak Times
Connection speeds drop by 35 percent in the evening thanks to TV streaming, says uSwitch
Model Metrics Consultancy Bought By Salesforce
Salesforce acquires mobile, social cloud specialist to bolster itself against Oracle, SAP and other rivals
Symantec IM Security Cloud Addresses Compliance
IMS.cloud blocks messages that are malicious or violate corporate policy and the user is notified
Study Points To SMB Optimism For Future
Owners of small businesses remain optimistic despite the bleak outlook about the global economy
‘Fastest Ever’ BT Broadband For Lucky Few
BT Retail says it has leapfrogged Virgin Media with 100Mbps down / 15Mbps up - but only on fibre
New AMD Chips, Nvidia GPUs In Cray Supercomputer
Cray's £118m Blue Waters machine will use new XK6 blades based on AMD and Nvidia technology
EU Builds Hybrid ARM-Based Supercomputer
The Mont Blanc Project's new low-power supercomputer in Barcelona will use Tegra and GPU chips
Google Offers 24/7 Support For Apps For Business
Google is hoping to make Google Apps for Business 'enterprise ready' by offering full 24x7 support
Japan Retains Supercomputer Lead With Fujitsu
Fujitsu’s K Computer helped Japan retain the supercomputing crown after it passed the 10 petaflop barrier
Sunderland Partners IBM For Cloudy Smart City
IBM is working with Sunderland City Council on a cloud platform to encourage economic growth
Everything Everywhere To Refinance
Everything Everywhere is preparing to pay back £875m to parents Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom
HMRC Nets £126m Savings From Online Filing
The tax office has done well with its online filing roll-out but faces challenges on customer services
AMD Launches 16-Core Opterons For Cloud
AMD has introduced the first 16-core x86 processors. HP is using them for databases, HPC and the cloud
O2 Claims 4G First With Plan For 2012 London Trials
O2 is setting up a 40 square kilometre LTE test network in the capital next year
Are You Operating A Legal Cloud?
Cloud computing did not exist when data protection regulations came in. John Roberts of Redstone explains how to keep within the law
Europe Likely To Miss Broadband Targets
Europe might not get there, but the UK seems strangely complacent about broadband delivery before 2015
World’s First Business Computer, LEO, Turns 60
The world's business computer from the food maker JD Lyons, dubbed LEO, is celebrating its 60th birthday
NGD Opens New Hall At Container Based Data Centre
A 140,000 square foot data hall opens at a sustainable container-based data centre in South Wales
Cook Plus Ive Is Jobs-like Pairing, Says Biographer
Apple CEO Tim Cook and chief designer Jonathan Ive can keep Apple going, says Walter Isaacson
Salesforce Takes On Microsoft With Do.com
Salesforce has released a Heroku-based project management app using Gmail and Google Docs
Apple iPhone 4S Battery-Life Bug Patched In iOS 5
Apple has fixed its mobile device battery life problem, which mainly hit the iPhone 4S, with an iOS 5 update
A Guide to Successfully Adopting the Cloud for IT Managers
Virtualisation & Cloud Computing Executive Summit UK
Solaris 11 Released As Cloud Virtualisation OS
The first Solaris release under Oracle is tuned for Sparc chips and Oracle applications but targets the cloud
Brits Find Big Brands On Social Networks A Turn-Off
Two-thirds of British social network users do not wish to engage with "social" businesses, a survey says