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Stuxnet Variants Will Wreak Havoc In 2011
Stuxnet may have damaged over 1,000 centrifuges and variants will target other non-PC devices
2010: Dawn Of National Cyber Wars, says Citrix CTO
"Conficker is still out there - and that's 28 terabits/second. If that thing was pointed at any national interest, it would go down in a heartbeat," says Simon Crosby
Data Grows Apace As We Look At 2010 Storage Trends
The most significant trend continues unabated: the mounting deluge of newly created and duplicated files
Microsoft BPOS Error Exposes Cloud Customers’ Data
Microsoft has reported a Business Productivity Online Suite configuration error that exposed customer data
Skype Outage Threatens Millions Of Christmas Day Calls
Millions of Christmas day calls with friends and families may be threatened by the ongoing disruption to Skype
Santander And Halifax Hit With Christmas Woes
Santander has accidentally sent the wrong statements to thousands of customers, while Halifax's payment system suffered an outage
WiMax Network For Clackmannanshire Approved
Another rural broadband project has been given the nod with a Scottish Parliament grant for a WiMax network
Enterprises To Increase Spend On Social Software
Enterprise organisations are getting the social software bug, with spending edging towards the billion dollar mark
Shetland Fibre Project Gets European Green Light
The EU has given a green light for a new fibre optic network connecting residents to superfast broadband
CIA Responds To WikiLeaks With WTF
The US intelligence agency's WikiLeaks Task Force will assess the damage caused by the WikiLeaked cables
Oracle’s VirtualBox Opens For Heavier Workloads
Open sourced VirtualBox 4.0 features an easier-to-use interface and improved virtual appliance capabilities
IBM Helps NATO To Reach For The Cloud
The goal is to use cost-efficient cloud systems to promote data sharing among NATO's 28 member nations
Cloud Marketer Aprimo Acquired By Teradata
Aprimo provides workflows to integrate data silos, controls budgeting, and deploys multichannel campaigns
Massive Network Outage Disables Skype Users
Skype went down for several hours yesterday, affecting millions of VoIP users in its worst outage since 2007
WiMax Network Spreads To More US Cities
Sprint has extended its WiMax network in the United States to more cities including Denver and Bridgeport
Rising Costs In India Fail To Dim Offshore Attraction
Gartner says India remains the top outsourcing zone in Asia but other countries, like Vietnam, are catching on
US Regulator Investigates Former HP Boss Hurd
The US Security and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating former HP CEO, Mark Hurd
BT Blames Flooding For Telephone Exchange Fire
Christmas shopping in the West End and central London has been hit after a fire at a telephone exchange in Chinatown
Patent Monopolies Threaten Open Source Innovation
If patent holders start picking on members of the open source community, innovation will suffer, warns Eric Doyle
Nine Millionth .uk Address Activated
The .uk domain breaks the nine million registration barrier, as Britain's top-level domain continues to grow
VMware Outlines Hypervisor Security Plans
VMware is to move antivirus and antispam processing off of virtual machines and insert it directly into the hypervisor
BA Confirms Website Problems Due To Snow Demand
British Airways has confirmed that its website is “operating intermittently” due to the sheer volume of requests
Report: Intel McAfee Deal May Face EC Probe
The European Commission has expressed concerns over Intel's $7.68bn deal to acquire McAfee
Government IT Cuts Achieve Major Savings
Cuts in ICT and other sectors have helped the government achieve efficiency savings of £1 billion
Google Defends Chrome OS Cloud Model
Google has gone on the defensive following Richard Stallman's criticism of the cloud's privacy shortcomings
Rackspace Buys Cloudkick For Cloud Management
Rackspace will use Cloudkick's dashboard to manage multivendor clouds
BCS Launches Data Centre Efficiency Scheme
Data centres looking to follow energy efficiency best practice can now gain independent accreditation under a new green scheme from the BCS, says Zahl Limbuwala
Redundancy Axes Fall At Nokia And Yahoo
Nokia cuts staff in Finland and a leaked memo from Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz confirms layoffs began this week
BPI: Illegal Music Downloads Far Exceed Legal Ones
Piracy is robbing the music industry of its income, claims BPI, but rights activists dismiss this as 'whinging'