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VeriSign Sells Authentication Business to Symantec for $1.3bn
Barely a day after the rumours started to fly, Symantec confirms plans to buy VeriSign's identity and authentication security business
Google Touts Enterprise Cloud With VMware
Google launches new version of hosting platform and a VMware partnership to help bring enterprise Java developers to the cloud
Google Sets Its Wave Platform Free
Google has opened up Google Wave to everyone for free, one year after introducing the real-time collaboration platform to Google Apps users
Evidence Mounts of Facebook Backlash
A survey found two thirds of Facebook users are thinking of quitting amid privacy criticism
UC Standards Group Doesn’t Include Cisco or Avaya
HP, Polycom and Microsoft have launched a Unified Communications group, but Cisco and Avaya are playing a different game
Europe Finally Gets Digital Agenda
Digital manifesto for the region faces criticism on open source and copyright expectations
US Reps Call In FTC Over Google Wi-Fi Fiasco
Two US politicians have called for an investigation of Google, while in Europe the probes into its Wi-Fi snooping get wider
The Cloud Is Green, But Don’t Expect It To Be Easy
UK Government departments plan to cut their carbon by ten percent in a year. The cloud will help, says Peter Judge, but it will take time
Microsoft Hits Salesforce With Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Microsoft has gone legal and slapped Salesforce.com with a patent infringement lawsuit, alleging its CRM service infringed nine Redmond patents
Rackspace Plans UK Cloud Services
Hosting company Rackspace is bringing its cloud services to the UK, using a green data centre in Slough
CA Launches Chorus To Make Mainframes Cool
CA's Chorus is intended to give mainframes the kind of tools that younger staff need
Reding Says Google Does Not Respect EU Rules
Google flouted EU rules in its Wi-Fi data harvest, says Commissioner Reding. There will be a reckoning
Spiceworks Finds Growing Confidence And Expanding IT Budgets
IT departments within the SMB community are expanding their budgets and jumping on the virtualisation and cloud bandwagon
Electoral Commission’s Data Protection Policies In Question
The UK Electoral Commission admits that it has no system in place to monitor the activities of users who are accessing the electoral registers
CEOs Want To Get Creative, Says IBM
Chief executives see the world getting more complex, and want to get creative in response, according to an IBM survey
Green Expert Warns Energy Execs About Complacency
Smart grids could save our world, but the planet itself doesn't care – it has seen worse, says climate change expert Gabrielle Walker
Utilities Blamed For Stalling Smart Grid Roll-outs
Large energy companies are worried about handing over too much information to customers via smart grid and meter projects, experts have warned
IT Industry Hit Hard By UK Government Cuts
The IT industry will be hit by spending cuts in the UK budget, but green vendors could see fresh opportunities
Will Facebook Fears Make Users More Aware?
Now ordinary people are concerned about Facebook's privacy practices, Larry Walsh asks: will they change their behaviour?
Microsoft Gives Hotmail Social Networking Update
Microsoft has announced substantial updates to Windows Live Hotmail
Microsoft Pays £138m To Settle VirnetX Lawsuit
Microsoft is to pay $200 million (£138 million) in order to settle a patent-infringement suit from communications specialist VirnetX
CA Looks To Cloud With Name Change
The marketing people have been busy once again after CA (formerly known as Computer Associates) changed its name again, this time to CA Technologies
EcoCooling Touts Cleaner Data Centre Cooling
Could evaporation cool data centres in a greener way than traditional refrigeration units?
HP: Sensors May Prevent Repeat Of BP Oil Disaster
HP envisions a future with trillions of sensors around the world helping to prevent man-made and natural disasters
Microsoft Hits Back At Google Docs
Microsoft claims that Google Docs does not enhance its Office products and shows how migrating documents to the Google Apps cloud can lead to data loss
Amazon Cloud Service Hit By Car Crash
One of Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing data centres was knocked offline after it failed to cope with a power outage caused by a car crash
Microsoft And Google Clash Over Office 2010
Alex Payne, director of Microsoft's online product management team, argues that Google Docs does not enhance Microsoft Office
Experts Celebrate 50 Years Of The Laser
The laser was 50 years old on 16 May. Theodore Maiman built the first laser at Hughes Research Labs
Amazon Helps US Government Leap Into The Cloud
The US Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board has moved its Recovery.gov site to a cloud computing infrastructure powered by Amazon