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Iran Sees ‘Stars’ Virus As A Second Cyber-Attack
An Iranian military official accused the US and Israel of launching another virus to compromise Iranian systems
Itanium Users Focus Anger On Cynical Oracle
Users of Itanium servers, angry at Oracle’s decision to stop software development, are seeking alternatives
IBM’s High-Flying Hardware Business
IBM’s Systems & Technology Group saw its best quarter in a decade, based on hardware sales
Cyber-Threats Could Engulf National Infrastructures
Cyber-attacks are increasing but national infrastructures are ill-prepared to defend themselves. Urgent action, not endless planning, is required, argues Eric Doyle
RightScale, Zend Offer Cloud PHP Platform
RightScale and Zend have announced an open platform-as-a-service offering for PHP developers
Amazon Web Problems Persist On Second Day
More than 40 hours after the initial outage, numerous AWS-hosted Websites were still offline
Google Takes $5M Hit In Bedrock Linux Patent Case
Google must pay Bedrock for infringing on Linux core patents which may also hit Android and other distributions
Infosec: Missing Laptops Lose Over A Billion Euros
A European survey on the economic costs of almost 73,000 lost or stolen laptops puts the bill into billions
Windows For IBM System z Mainframes This Year
IBM will launch blade servers running Windows on its zEnterprise mainframes by the end of this year
Amazon Cloud Outage Hits Social Startups
Amazon's Cloud service (EC2) experienced a partial failure bringing down a number of websites
TalkTalk And 3 Lead Ofcom Complaints Table
TalkTalk and 3 are the top two telecom providers that us Brits complain about the most
Infosec: PCI Compliant Companies See Fewer Breaches
Most businesses fail to see how PCI-DSS compliance brings overall data security to their organisation
One In Eight Readers Has A Tablet For Work
You tell us that Tablets are ready for the office. Next, what do you want from Windows 8?
UK Government Signs Cloud Deal With Huddle
The Government continues to embrace the Cloud with a new deal designed to cut costs and maximise departmental efficiencies
Google Hosts Geospatial Data On Earth Builder Cloud
Businesses can customise geospatial data on Google's cloud computing network with Earth Builder
Storage Remains Top Reason For Cloud Adoption
Small businesses are increasingly using the Cloud, mostly for storage and website hosting
EU Launches Net Neutrality Probe
The European Union is to investigate the techniques used by ISPs to manage network traffic
Green IT Gets Real As The Hype Disperses
Mindless publicity distorted the Green IT message, says Andrew Donoghue. Now it's time to get real, and use green tools to measure the cloud
Why Seagate Had To Buy Samsung’s Hard Disks
Hard disks are waning but Seagate can't afford to give in to market-leading WD, says Chris Preimesberger
Seagate Buys Samsung’s Hard Disk Unit In £0.8bn Deal
Seagate snaps up Samsung's hard disks, and the pair gear up for the solid-state drives that will replace them
What Windows 8 Wants: Kinect And Cloud
The next version of Windows will have an App Store, cloud integration and a Kinect-based UI, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Greenpeace Praises Facebook’s Solar Effort
Facebook gets a cheer for using a bit of solar energy, but Greenpace isn't satisfied yet
Cisco Opens Green Data Centre In Texas
Cisco's new data centre will be a showcase for technologies to reduce power and cooling costs
Data Centre Cabling Gets Built-In Monitoring Capability
TE Connectivity's Quareo uses chips in data centre cabling to trace, monitor and authenticate every connection
Microsoft Opens Up Office 365 Beta
Microsoft's cloud based Office package is now ready for users to try: does it match Google Apps?
European Space Agency Confirms FTP Server Hack
Romanian hacker TinKode has taken user names and passwords from the European Space Agency
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Report: Apple Poaches Microsoft Cloud Executive
Apple has poached a Microsoft cloud computing and green data centre executive, say reports
Stepping Up To Storage
Dell provides the systems that allow customers to vault up to a more powerful, manageable and agile storage environment.