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News Corp Sells Ailing MySpace To Justin Timberlake
News Corp has confirmed the sale of struggling social network MySpace to Specific Media and Justin Timberlake
MySpace Sale Rumoured To Go Through This Week
The sale of MySpace by its owner News Corp could be imminent, according to reports in the US media
BT Awaits Court Decision Over Pirate Website Block
BT is locked in a high court appearance over whether it must block access to a file-sharing website
British Server Cabinet Maker Kell Joins APC
A British provider of innovative soundproof server cabinets for offices has become part of APC
Microsoft Office 365 Nudges SMBs Into The Cloud
Microsoft's Jacob Jaffe responds to Google's criticism of Office 365 and explains how its cloud credentials will benefit the SMB market
Symantec Compares Apple And Android Security
Symantec has analysed the security approaches in Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms
Office 365 Opens Another Front In Microsoft Google Battle
Microsoft Office 365 has Google Apps in its sights but analysts are not yet convinced it poses a threat, says Nicholas Kolakowski
AMD Chips To Offer Power-Capping Technology
Opteron chips with the "Bulldozer" core will allow power reduction without impacting performance
Flash Optimisation Software Marks FlashSoft Debut
FlashSoft SE makes flash disks more cost-effective by creating a server-tier, read-write cache
Data Centres – Watch Japan’s Energy Crisis
Japan's energy crisis is bringing about changes to data centres. The same thing will have to happen here, says Peter Judge
Google Launches Facebook-Like Google+
Google+ is a bid by the search engine to get access to another lucrative ad market in social networking
Microsoft Launches Cloud Suite, Office 365
Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer has hosted the official launch of Office 365 in New York City
Acer Chromebook Goes On Sale In The US
Acer's Chromebook notebook running Chrome OS has now gone on sale in the United States
Microsoft Office 365: A Challenge For Google Apps
Office 365's Exchange support, and Google Apps' reliance on Gmail and the Internet may decide many users, says Wayne Rash
Government Names Open Source Guru As Tech Advisor
Open source enthusiast Liam Maxell has been appointed as technology adviser to the Cabinet Office
IT Managers Must Embrace Their Consumer Shadow
Consumerisation has piled the pressure on IT departments to provide enterprise-level security for mobile devices, says Sophie Curtis
Microsoft Prepares Office 365 Launch
Microsoft is preparing to battle Google with Office 365, its cloud-based productivity suite
Oracle Releases MySQL VM Template
Oracle's new template eliminates most of the manual configuration required for virtualised MySQL environments
Unite Members Opt To Strike At Fujitsu Crewe Plant
Fujitsu staff have voted to walk out of strike because of the alleged unfair treatment of a trade unionist
HTC Opens UK Office, Launches Evo 3D Phone
HTC officially opened its European headquarters in Slough today, amid rumours of a new boss
Samsung Chromebook Hits UK Shelves
Brits can try out a notebook running Google's Chrome OS with the arrival of the Samsung Chromebook
Unix Servers Growing As Mainstay Of Data Centres
Unix systems continue to be a cornerstone in enterprise data centres, despite soaring sales of x86 servers
Holland Bans Two Tier Internet With Net Neutrality Law
The Dutch has become the first European nation to enshrine net neutrality as part of their national law
Only One Winner In HP-Oracle Battle: IBM
Analysts say IBM is likely to benefit the from dispute between Oracle and HP by offering enterprise customers stability
Google Chrome To Challenge Skype With WebRTC
Google Chrome is set to get real-time voice and video chat tools in the near future, thanks to WebRTC, says Clint Boulton
Our Readers Weather The Storage Surge
Storage is growing, but it is under control, says our poll. Next: what are your performance management aims?
A Billion Visitors A Month Call On Google
Google is facing stiff competition from Facebook online, despite topping the billion unique visitor mark in May
Wimbledon: Cool Servers Score With Tennis Viewers
This year, Wimbledon goes 3D and IBM's liquid-cooled systems serve deeper analysis to the audience
AWS Virtual Machines Deployed With Security Holes
Researchers found security holes in VMs created on Amazon Web Services but Amazon is not at fault