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Facebook Users More Media Loyal Than Google
Facebook users are more loyal media websites than visitors from Google News, signalling it as a strong driver for traffic beyond its own site
Virgin Media First To Demo 200Mb UK Broadband
Home of the Future will host the nation’s fastest broadband, provided by Virgin Media, at the Ideal Home Show 2010
Microsoft Partners Citrix For Desktop Virtualisation
Microsoft and Citrix Systems have announced a partnership designed to promote the companies' end-to-end solutions for virtualisation
Siemens Announces 4,200 Job Cuts
Siemens is downsizing 4,200 jobs over the next two years, while reportedly preparing to spin off its IT division in the autumn of 2010
VMware Offers Discount On vSphere Essentials
Virtualisation solutions company VMware announced a 50 percent discount on its vSphere Essentials solution, aimed at cost-conscious businesses
NoSQL Database Movement Gains Ground
Recent announcements from Twitter and Digg underscore the growing awareness of NoSQL as an alternative to relational database management systems
New Server Cooling System Puts Blades In A Bucket
GRC's data centre cooling system saves energy costs and keeps things simple - by dunking standard blades vertically in a bath of coolant
Google Adds Latitude Widget to Mobile Maps
Google has improved search and added a widget for the Google Latitude location-sharing application to Google Maps for mobile 4.1
Nortel’s Old VoIP Business To Demo Hosted Solution
Officials with Nortel’s VOIP business, which is in the process of being sold, will demonstrate their Hosted IP Communications solution at VoiceCon
RSA Reveals Zeus Trojan Cyber-Crime Infrastructure
Security researchers at RSA spotlight the cyber-infrastructure that props up malware like the Zeus Trojan by providing so-called bulletproof hosting to attackers
Tory Broadband Plans Could Lose Rural Votes
A new report analysing the distribution of rural broadband subsidies has found the Tories' "wait and see" policy could do them out of the rural vote
Hardware Vendors Line Up Storage Offerings
Storage is the uncontrolled part of IT expenditure. That's a temptation that few hardware vendors can resist.
MOD Uses Hurt Locker Robots To Lure Banking Graduates
Too many graduates are being diverted into lucrative jobs in finance when they could be engineers or techies, defence experts believe
Microsoft Plans To Appeal Latest Patent Case
Microsoft plans to appeal the $105.7 million legal judgment leveled against it in a patent-infringement suit brought by VirnetX
Red Hat Virtualisation To Power IBM Cloud Service
By including the new Red Hat virtualisation-layer offering, IBM is making available another option for IT systems that didn't exist previously
Google Apps Tool Targets Exchange Users
Google releases tool to help Microsoft Exchange customers move their email, calendar and contact data to Google Apps
Cisco Touts Borderless Networks With Revamped Switches
Cisco unveiled a refreshed line of fixed Ethernet switches, new services and enhanced routers as part of its larger Borderless Networks strategy
Cost-Conscious SMBs Dependent On Wireless Technologies
A survey by AT&T finds nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of small businesses could not survive without wireless technology
Carbon Monitoring Vendor Speaks Out Against CRC
While activity around CRC is increasing, businesses are in the dark about achieving compliance, according to CloudApps chief executive
Facebook: Does Social Beat Search?
If Facebook traffic really is going to be bigger than Google traffic, then a lot of people will have to change the way they operate on the web, says Peter Judge
Now Is The Time To Switch To Free Software
The CEO of free software firm Global Graphics is urging companies to adopt free software models in order to reap financial rewards
Microsoft Supporting Open Source Cloud Tools
Microsoft has upped its ante in support of the open source JavaScript library known as jQuery
Watchdog Investigates US Law Enforcement Social Networking Tactics
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has obtained documents on federal law enforcement approaches to gathering data on Facebook and other social networks
US Announces 100Mbps National Broadband Plan For 2020
The US FCC officially unveiled its National Broadband Plan on 16 March which looks to connect up to 100 million American households to high-speed broadband service
Twitter @anywhere Follows Facebook Connect
Twitter today unveiled @anywhere, a service resembling Facebook Connect that will extend much of the functionality of its successful microblogging platform to third-party sites
Report: Nexus One Must Learn Lessons After 74 Days
Apple sold 1m iPhone handsets in its first 74 days on the market and 1.05 million Motorola Droids were sold in the US in the same time, but Google has failed to move even 200,000 Nexus Ones
CA Has Head In the Cloud With 3Tera Acquisition
Another CA cloud buy will integrate 3Tera’s AppLogic with other technologies to provide cloud management tools as part of overall enterprise IT environment
Salesforce.com Follows Twitter Trend With Chatter
Salesforce Chatter preview promises to make social networking features available for developers to build enterprise social apps
Intel Xeon 5600 Launch Targets Data Centre Upgrades
New Westmere-based server chip range aims at single-core server refresh lifecycles, touting a 15:1 server consolidation ratio and 5-month payback