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Ballmer Admits Windows Licensing “Gotchas”
Some of the Windows licence fine print includes deliberate "gotchas", Microsoft CEO Ballmer admitted - and he has no plans to make things simpler
IT Industry Will Contribute 5.8m Jobs To Help Recovery
A Microsoft sponsored study says that the IT giant and the companies in its "ecosystem" will generate $535bn (£334bn) in revenues this year
Compliance May Hinder Cloud Early Adopters, Warns Provider
Users may have to choose which apps to put in the cloud, and some should wait till their industry accepts it, warns cloud provider Savvis
Savvis Says Spirit Will Convince Cloud Skeptics
With the Spirit cloud infrastructure project on the launchpad, Savvis' CTO Bryan Doerr has plenty to say when we ask him whether users are ready to trust the cloud
EC Wants e-Commerce To Flow Like “Oil In Broadband Pipelines”
Digital services must be Europe-wide says commissioner Vivian Reding
MEP Continues To Support Intel Amid EC Anti-Trust Case
European legal committee member Brian Crowley has publicly supported an Irish investment by Intel - which was recently fined €1 million for market abuse
ICANN Community Awaits New gTLD Rules
People wanting to start their own "dot-anything" domain, will have to wait for ICANN to rule on potential trademark conflicts
Romanian Phishers Extradited To US
Two men authorities tied to a phishing scheme pleaded not guilty to charges of identity theft and bank fraud after being extradited to the United States
British Broadband Needs To Address Quality
Broadband Britain may have concentrated too hard on coverage, while quality will have more impact on society, according to a study
Gartner: Cloud Computing Will Replace IT Departments
But internal tech staff will be kept busy on the roll-out of internal IT private cloud technology for the near future
Cisco To Acquire Video Conference Specialist Tandberg
The networking giant has made an offer of $3bn (£1.9bn) for its Norwegian rival in the market for video calls
Google Wave Store Could Host SAP, Salesforce Apps
Salesforce.com, SAP and several other companies have lined up to show off applications they created using the APIs from the open-source Google Wave platform.
US Loosens Hold On ICANN
A new permanent agreement between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration declares ICANN is independent and not controlled by any one entity.
Oracle Fined for Ad Claims
Database giant Oracle is fined $10,000 and directed to take corrective action after running an ad in The Wall Street Journal and The Economist
Cloud Scare: Bank Closes “Innocent” Gmail User Down
A US bank has had a Gmail user's account closed down, simply because the bank accidentally sent private data to it. Cloud services expose us to the consequences of others' stupidity, says Jim Rapoza
MOD Rolls Out Smart Meters Despite Security Concerns
Defence sites across the UK will be fitted with energy efficiency monitoring technology despite security concerns raised by experts about the technology
From 2010, Legislation, Not Cost, Will Drive Green IT
Environmental laws will replace cost cutting as the main motivation for developing energy efficient data centres, says analyst Gartner
Review: Parallels Desktop 4.0 “Switch To Mac” Edition
Not only does it virtualise Windows, and move all your software and files with the bundled cable and migration tools included, it teaches you Mac too
Broadband Policy Makers Need To Balance Quality And Reach
While Broadband Britain is concentrating on penetration, a study shows that quality may be just as important
Enron Broadband Boss Jailed For Wire Fraud
Joseph Hirko, former co-CEO of Enron Broadband Services, gets 16 months in prison and is ordered to pay $7 million in restitution after pleading guilty to wire fraud.
Xerox Follows Dell and HP With ACS Purchase
Xerox's proposed $6.4 billion (£4bn) purchase of ACS is part of a trend of major tech vendors buying services companies to expand their offerings
Apple Snow Leopard Server Review
Among a number of feature upgrades, content producers will enjoy the ability to serve up podcasts and Wikis more easily with the server version of Apple's latest OS.
HM Treasury Signs With Fujitsu For Green IT
The Treasury is buying energy efficient Fujitsu servers, as part of wider moves to make government IT more sustainable
Mainframe Maker Points To Energy Savings
In a recent survey, BMC found that mainframe users believe the systems can play a significant role for them as the economic recession begins to ebb
Market For Cloud Computing Databases Growing
Though cloud computing is increasingly becoming part of enterprise IT strategy, it will likely be a while until large-scale, mission-critical databases make their way to the cloud
Business Set To Trial Google Wave
Google's Wave collaboration platform will soon face its first true test when the company rolls it out to 100,000 consumer and business users
Review: Acronis Backup and Recovery 10
Acronis Backup and Recovery 10 is an inexpensive, robust backup solution, especially for disk to disk backup situations and bare metal recovery tasks
Government Open Source Policy Lacks Teeth
The UK government's open source policy is not policed effectively, leaving UK public sector in thrall to greedy proprietary software vendors, according to open source leaders
Are Clouds Compliant?
Never mind security and cost. There's one question around cloud computing that could be a show-stopper, says Peter Judge. Do cloud services comply with regulations, and can you safely use them?