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Samsung Plots Home Automation With SmartThings Buy – Report
Samsung to follow Google and Apple into the smart-home market with SmartThings purchase, reports say
Should The UK Climate Change Agreement Favour Colos?
Thanks to a green tax break, co-location providers and cloud services get cheaper electricity than in-house IT, says Peter Judge
Microsoft Signs 175MW Wind Power Deal
EDF Buys Illinois wind power plant, thanks to a 20-year contract with Microsoft
Caterham: How Tech Fuelled An F1 Challenge
What IT does an F1 team need to operate both trackside and in the factory and what does the future hold for Caterham F1?
New Cash Funds D-Wave’s Quantum Ambitions
Commercial quantum firm D-Wave gets $30 million more to fund its dreams
Mobile Operators To Improve Coverage In National Parks
Mobile Operators Association and National Parks England agree partnership to help sustain businesses in National Parks
Raspberry Pi Gets More USB Ports With The Release Of Model B+
The new board doubles the number of USBs, adds more GPIO pins and support for external hard drives
Tech4Good Awards Celebrate Digital Inclusion
The eight winners include SpecialEffect, which helps victims of paralysis play video games
Samsung To Investigate Fresh Child Labour Allegations
Samsung blind-sided with child labour allegations at a factory in mainland China belonging to a supplier
IBM Pledges £1.7bn Chip Research Investment
IBM to spend $3bn on computer chip research to reinvigorate its slumping hardware unit
App Intelligence Is Just The Ticket For London Travel
As London buses say 'goodbye' to cash fares, travel and mobile payment apps will become increasingly important, predicts Tom Levey, chief technologist at AppDynamics
Metaswitch Contributes Virtualised Network Code To Open Source
Project Calico offers free, innovative virtual networking model based on IP addresses
Western Digital Launches World’s Highest Capacity 10k Hard Drive
Enterprise-ready Ultrastar C10K1800 can store 1.8TB of data in a 2.5-inch form factor
Printed Labels Could Harvest Radio Power From Phones
Radio power from mobile phones could enable sensors on printed smart labels for Internet of Things applications
Alcatel-Lucent Sends 10Gbps Over Copper Telephone Lines
Prototype XG-FAST technology could be used to vastly improve connection speeds between the street and the premises – no fibre required
European Data Centre Efficiency Standard Raises Concerns
There's a new data centre efficiency measure. Peter Judge does the maths but remains unconvinced
Tech Titans Form Consortium For IoT Connectivity
Dell, Intel, Samsung and others team up to develop the necessary connectivity for the Internet of Things
Google Gives Away 100 ‘Project Ara’ Modular Smartphones
The Do-It-Yourself mobile device platform is expected to launch by March 2015
Vodafone Predicts SMB Growth For M2M
Vodafone believes more businesses will begin to use M2M for external processes in 2014, not just internal
The Internet Of Things Waits On Standards
Great idea, but the Internet is going nowhere till it has settled on a standard, says Peter Judge
UK Cinema Trade Group Bans Google Glass
The Cinema Exhibitors' Association, representing more than 90 percent of British cinemas, said it will ban Glass from auditoriums
IBM Announces London SoftLayer Data Centre
IBM's SoftLayer business plonks a server barn down in Chessington to satisfy London customers' need to keep their data local
O2 Research Shows Support For Flexible Working As Government Legislation Takes Effect
O2 says 4G, Wi-Fi and the cloud can help workers take advantage of new laws that allow workers to request the right to work remotely
HyperCat Spec Takes Aim At Internet of Things
A consortium of British firms develops an Internet of Things (IoT) data sharing standard
Intel Opens Internet Of Things Development Lab In Swindon
Stockholm, Munich, Istanbul... Swindon?
IT Life: Quantum Computing And Gibson Guitars
Matt Finnie looks forward to quantum computers, but appreciates classic designs
Google Introduces Android Auto – A Platform That Makes Cars Smart
The company gets ready to fight Apple on a brand new battlefield
Google Announces First Android Wear Smartwatches
LG’s G Watch and Samsung’s Gear Live will ship next month, while Moto 360 is expected by the end of the summer
Why Fujitsu Grows Lettuces In Fukushima – CEO
Masami Yamamoto, head of Fujitsu, explains why the Japanese giant is growing high-tech lettuce next door to the nuclear disaster site