Regulation

EC Confirms Microsoft Browser Offer In Antitrust Dispute

The European Commission confirms that Microsoft will offer European users a special edition of Windows 7 will be called the…

15 years ago

Nokia, LG, Samsung Boost Handset Shipments

Nokia, LG and Samsung all grew market share, as an analyst reports that 269 million handsets were shipped in the…

15 years ago

One In Four SMBs Say IT Failing To Support Tough Times

The IT Effectiveness Index Mid-Year Report has found small-to-medium-sized businesses with failing IT are at a competitive disadvantage

15 years ago

Water Overlooked In Energy Plans, Reports Claim

Two reports have this week thrown a spotlight on the impact of water on carbon-saving programmes in the data centre

15 years ago

Palm Takes Aim At Enterprise With WebOS 1.1

Palm has released Palm webOS 1.1 to target its Pre smartphone at enterprises, according to a Palm executive

15 years ago

Yahoo Board Discuss Microsoft Deal, Fears Scrutiny

Yahoo's board was reportedly due to meet yesterday to discuss a potential search engine and online advertising partnership with Microsoft

15 years ago

Microsoft Earnings Put Pressure On Windows 7 Launch

Microsoft is feeling the effects of the recession, with declines in the PC and server sales, as earnings decline 17…

15 years ago

AMD Ships 500th x86 Processor, Despite Disappointing Quarter

AMD said it has shipped it 500-millionth chip shipped comes days after reporting a $330 million loss on disappointing revenue…

15 years ago

Government Criticised For Lack Of Science And Tech Vision

The UK needs a chief engineer and chief scientist to create a "vision" for science and technology

15 years ago

“Unbearable interrogation” Linked To Apple iPhone Contractor Suicide

A Foxconn worker who had been overseeing 16 prototypes of Apple's fourth-generation iPhone is reported to have killed himself after…

15 years ago

Intel Appeals $880m EC Fine

Intel officials are appealing the European Commission's $1.45 billion fine for antitrust violations, saying European regulators ignored the realities of…

15 years ago

Emerging Markets Increase Investments in Hardware

Larger enterprises in emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, China and India were more likely to increase investments in IT hardware…

15 years ago

VMware Reports Revenue Down 36 Percent

Storage virtualisation software maker VMware reports profits of $33 million (£20m) or 8 cents per share, compared with $52 million…

15 years ago

The Ten Commandments of Social Network Security (For IT Managers)

Don Reisinger advocates maintaining your perspective and an open mind to employee use of Web 2.0 with his ten top…

15 years ago

Recession-Busting Space Centre To Combat Climate Change

The creation of a new European space center will add to the £6.5bn the sector already contributes to the UK…

15 years ago

IT CEO On £650K Bemoans State Of UK Tech Industry

Micro Focus chief Stephen Kelly has called for tax incentives to help the IT industry despite his company claiming "20…

15 years ago

Apple Profits Up Despite iPhone “cannibalising” iPod Sales

Apple reports quarterly profits and revenue exceeding Wall Street analyst predictions, and says both iPhones and Macs experienced year-over-year growth…

15 years ago

Samsung dedicates £2.4bn To Energy Efficiency

The Korean manufacturer Samsung commits to cut emissions - and may be hoping to benefit from government tax breaks for…

15 years ago

MOD Admits Losing An Entire Server

During 2008, the UK Ministry of Defence admits it lost an entire server from a secure building - as well…

15 years ago

IBM Offers Cost-Cutting Office-In-A-Box

IBM is offering cost-conscious businesses a unified communications and collaboration UC(2) solutions based on an open platform

15 years ago

Twitter’s Google Docs Hack – A Warning For Cloud App Users

Twitter lost its data through a hack on Google Docs. Learn from this to be very careful how much trust…

15 years ago

GlassHouse Takes Aim At Data Centre Energy Impact

New service is aimed at helping enterprises tame power-hungry data centres, harness cost savings and gain environmental benefits

15 years ago

Government Funds Website That Says Buy Less IT

Do The Green Thing site gets DECC money. Sweating assets may be good for the environment, but does not do…

15 years ago

Anti-regulation Lord Appointed To Regulator Ofcom

Lord Blackwell who criticised the government for getting in the way of free enterprise before the dot com crash has…

15 years ago

CloudClimate Cloud Comparison Service Launched

The goal is to give customers a way to compare services and to help service providers find problems in their…

15 years ago

Pressure Grows on Google’s Schmidt To Leave Apple Board

Despite the threat of Google Chrome OS as another competitive front versus Apple, Google CEO Eric Schmidt refuses to step…

15 years ago

UK Councils Use Content Management To Boost Efficiency

Two major councils in England are using content and document management technology to play a central transformational role in process…

15 years ago

Struggling BT Gets A Lift From Cash-Strapped MOD

A £99m, five year contract could help off-set BT's poor performance over the 12 months

15 years ago

UK Uses Web To Gather Nanotech Intelligence

The benefits as well as the risks will be assessed says science minister

15 years ago

UK Sustainability Priorities Dominated By ‘Quick Wins’ Mindset

Companies are grasping easy options for greening up, because of poor quality data, according to an Oracle performance management study

15 years ago