Regulation

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

Research Finds SaaS The Greenest Option

NetSuite drives another nail into the coffin of the traditional cost of ownership of on-premise business software

15 years ago

Bill Gates’ Latest Act Of Good: Stopping Acts Of God

Bill Gates and a team of co-inventors have proposed an idea for killing hurricanes before they can potentially make devastating…

15 years ago

ICANN’s New Internet Domains Hit Trademark Issues

Trademark-owners and Internet users are scared, but ICANN wants to press ahead with a move to allow an unlimited number…

15 years ago

Government Continues Online Public Services Drive

The UK can learn from innovative online services from around the world says government

15 years ago

Rogue Trader Talks Financial Crisis at IT Security Event

Who better to speak on the importance of data management and security than Nick Leeson say organisers of RSA Conference…

15 years ago

How Secure Is VMware’s Virtualisation Lead?

There's plenty of competition for VMware in making virtualised data centres, despite its strong lead. Is now the time to…

15 years ago