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HP PC Fate To Be Decided This Month
CEO Meg Whitman reportedly will make a decision this month about HP's £26bn PC business
Small Business Optimism Fades As Hiring Slows
Small business are not hiring, amid ongoing concerns about the state of the global economy
OpenStack Foundation Breaks Corporate Ties
The OpenStack cloud standards body will become an fully autonomous foundation in 2012
Jobs’ Huge Impact On Mobility And Technology
Apple's Steve Jobs may have gone but his impact on technology and mobility will be felt for years to come
Symantec Pledges $1bn For Acquisition Spree
CEO Enrique Salem has revealed an aggressive M&A strategy plus cloud security products
Steve Jobs: The Search For The Insanely Great Idea
Cancer has taken a true visionary away from us; we won't forget his lesson: to keep dreaming, imagining and innovating, writes Wayne Rash
Technology In Ghana: A Blessing Or A Curse?
Ghana is at the forefront of Africa's technological development, but can it overcome its chronic e-waste problem, asks Sophie Curtis
Cloud Security Remains Top Business Worry
The Cloud continues to vex and challenge most businesses, with security leading their list of concerns
Fujitsu Staff Back At Work As Unite Calls Off Strike
Fujitsu workers belonging to the Unite union have called off their planned protest at the Tory party conference
BT Promises 300Mbps Broadband For The Lucky Few
BT is to increase the speeds of its FTTC and FTTP offerings, but questions remain over its reach
Can Amazon’s Silk Slip Past Google’s Ads?
Amazon's Silk browser uses a proxy to speed up browsing. Clint Boulton thinks it might allow Amazon to steal a march on Google
Datapipe Plugs Into Verne’s Icelandic Data Centre
Datapipe signs up, as the modules start to ship to build Verne Global's green data centre
Red Hat Buys Gluster For Cloud-Ready Storage
Red Hat enters the storage software business by acquiring a virtual appliance-style file system vendor
McAfee To Acquire SIEM Specialist Nitro Security
McAfee plans to buy Nitro Security to expand into the blossoming security analytics field
Teradata Merges Big Data Into Warehouse Appliance
Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance 2690 triples the data storage processing capacity of its predecessor
IBM Secures Q1 Labs SIEM For Data Analytics
IBM is buying Q1 Labs to expand its business security portfolio with deep analytics capabilities
4G Rollout Delay To Cost British Businesses Dear
A survey has warned that the delay in rolling out 4G will cost British businesses £730m a year
Ballmer’s Bonus Suffers As Windows Phone 7 Stalls
Ongoing concerns at Microsoft's mobile and tablet options has led to another 'modest' bonus for Steve Ballmer
Nominet Raises £3m In Short UK Domain Auction
Single-character domain names were in hot demand at Nominet's .uk auction, selling for an average of £39,000
Oracle Expands BI Focus With Exalytics Appliance
Larry Ellison used his keynote speech at Oracle OpenWorld to tout Oracle's forthcoming Exalytics appliance
HP Promises New Tablet, Could It Be Windows 8?
HP says a non-webOS tablet is on its way, and the PC business will only spin off if it makes it stronger
Government To Fund Graphene Research Hub
Wonder-material graphene will get its own £50m research hub as part of the government's IT investment package
HP Seals The Deal On Autonomy Acquisition
HP has completed its £6.7bn acquisition of UK firm Autonomy, following approval by shareholders
Cloud Benefits Are Limited, Warns Analyst
Don't put your IT in the public cloud unless it is already outsourced, badly broken or new, says Canalys
Adobe Debuts ‘Creative Cloud’
Adobe Creative Cloud will allow developers to create applications using Adobe's tools in a cloud environment
Data Centre Managers Have ‘False Sense Of Security’
Data centre managers are often unaware of security measures in place at their own facilities, says McAfee
Government Pledges £150m For More Mobile Towers
The Conservatives have pledged money to improve mobile coverage in the UK's so called not-spots
Protecting Facebook Users Makes Good Websense
It's great to see Facebook shelling out on Websense security to protect its users - but who will protect us from Facebook, asks Eric Doyle
Google Launches ‘Chromezone’ Store In London
Google's branded shop within a shop is designed to promote and sell Samsung Chromebooks running Chrome OS