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US Power Grid Hacked: Is The Smart Grid Safe?
Foreign spies placed malware on the US electricity grid. Where does this leave government security, and the Green Grid?
Enterprise Networks Can Cut Emissions, Too
From Energy Efficient Ethernet to a company's own supply network, there's a lot that networks can do to reduce a company's environmental footprint, says 3Com's Matt Walmsley
Microsoft’s XP Support Still Beats The Competition
From next week, Microsoft Windows XP and Office 2003 support and fixes will cost money. But that is much better than competitors' offerings, says Larry Seltzer - and that includes open source
Thin Client Add-In Card Prolongs PC Life
Booting from an add-in card slims a PC down and gives it a new lease of life, says IGEL
Data Robotics Launches Self-Managing Storage For SMBs
Self-monitoring and self-healing without IT intervention, says vendor
Sun’s Board Mulls Next Steps In IBM Deal
It is possible that a deal still can be reached but it will most likely be at a lower price than previously discussed
Start-up Takes On Virtualisation Security
The HyTrust Appliance is designed to give IT administrators greater control over their virtual environments and ensure greater security and compliance
AMD Offers Customer Discounts
AMD officials say the program will help customers weather the recession and also highlights the stability of the Opteron platform
Salesforce.com Launches Free Mobile Service
Launched in London, and runs on iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices
CBI Urges UK To Back Smart Meters
But security concerns may force the government to take a slower approach
UK Reveals £650m ID Card Contracts
The government has awarded contracts to CSC and IBM to upgrade biometric passports and other systems that will pave the way for ID Cards
Analysts Claim IBM Still Sun’s Best Option
IBM offers Sun the best chance at a good selling price, and is the best option among HP, Oracle and Cisco, analysts say
Sun Targets Growing Healthcare Sector
Creating a more efficient and secure way to exchange such medical information will lead to better patient treatment and improved public health, supporters say
Sun, Do You Have A Plan B?
As its deal with IBM evaporates, Sun needs a backup plan. Chris Preimesberger thinks there might be another deal on the table - from HP and Oracle, or maybe from Cisco
IBM’s Sun Acquisition Breaks Down
Sun Microsystems rejected IBM's $7 billion bid, according to reports - or is it a negotiation tactic?
Double-Take Offers Any-To-Any Server Migration
Fail-over vendor moves to physical and virtual server migration
Red Hat UK MD: Recession Will “Legitimise” Open Source
The recession has been good for open source vendors but not so good that Red Hat 's UK boss wants to see it go on any longer than necessary
Cambridge University To Offer Cloud-Based HPC
The University of Cambridge is planning a commercial high performance computing cloud, driven partly by a successful move to meter electricity usage in its departments.
Reports Claim IBM Is Close To Sun Buyout
Sun has agreed to accept a lower price in return for stronger commitments from IBM that it will complete the deal even if it faces intense regulatory scrutiny, according to reports
Amazon Launches Hadoop Cloud Computing Beta
Amazon Web Services is rolling out a public beta of a service that makes it easier to provision capacity for data-intensive tasks being run on Amazon's EC2 cloud computing platform
Servers Can Be Both Eco and Logical, Claims Rackable
Is there room in the market for a specialist builder of data-centre servers? Rod Evans, the boss of Rackable Systems' new European operation, clearly thinks so
More Wi-Fi In Smartphones = A Security Risk
Wi-Fi has become an essential feature of smartphones, and more apps are using it. But they may not be secure, warns Andrew Garcia
Rackable CEO Explains SGI purchase
It's a tiny deal compared to the proposed IBM-Sun Merger, but Rackable will do well with SGI, says Mark Barrenechea
Rackable Plucks SGI From Chapter 11
Rackable's announcement came the same day that SGI filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years
Earth Hour Fails To Slow Internet Usage
Internet usage continued to suck down power with no slowdown before, during and after Earth Hour
Microsoft Launches New Cloud Applications
Microsoft, like Google, Salesforce.com and other major IT entities, have been exploring ways to bring software-as-a-service (SaaS) to an ever-broader range of institutional and enterprise audiences.
UK Start-Up Plans Pedal-Powered Green Data Centre
Financial services companies looking to cut IT costs could make use of pedal power
Google Springs AI April Fool
The search giant makes light of rumours about its intentions for artificial intelligence
Google Plans Venture Capital Fund Despite Downturn
Google is setting up Google Ventures, a venture capital fund with the capacity to invest in emerging areas such as clean-tech, bio-tech, health care, and Green IT