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Oracle To Pay £5bn For Sun Microsystems

The terms of the deal represent significantly more money than the £4.5 billion cash offer that IBM reported had put…

16 years ago

Darling Warned IT Budget Cuts Could Cost Billions

Groups have called for budget support to UK digital media companies - while government IT pros fear losing their budgets

16 years ago

Lenovo Launches Hardware Password Manager

Lenovo is encouraging the end of passwords taped to PCs, with its Hardware Password Manager, a server solution that enables…

16 years ago

Gartner: 2009 A Gap Year For Green IT

The analyst claims that spending on sustainable tech projects in some countries could be on hold for the rest of…

16 years ago

Ebay Releases Details Of Skype IPO

An IPO is planned for the first half of 2010, although eBay says the specific timing of the IPO will…

16 years ago

Criminal Gangs Step Up Database Attacks

Employing sophisticated tools such as memory-scraping malware and unique packet sniffers, organised crime led a record assault on databases in…

16 years ago

Google Loses Brilliant To Climate Change Fund

Google "Chief Philanthropic Evangelist" Larry Brilliant is leaving to become president of the climate change fund which produced films such…

16 years ago

RSA Conference Offers Help To Jobless

In a nod to the economic climate, the conference offered laid-off security pros scholarships to attend the event in 2009,…

16 years ago

Research: Most “Green IT” Not Green Enough

Only around 16 percent of supposedly green IT products are actually sustainable, according to a new report

16 years ago

Job Cuts – The Biggest Security Risk Of All?

The recession is creating an army of disaffected ex-employees - many of whom will still have access to their former…

16 years ago

Report Points to Positive Glimmer For UK IT Jobs

Reports conflict on how IT is weathering the downturn compared to other professions but the outlook is bleak across the…

16 years ago

Netbooks and Google Android Defy Downturn

Google's Android mobile operating system is likely to see increased adoption as hardware buyers tightening their purse strings consider netbooks…

16 years ago

UK Staff In Firing Line From More IBM Cuts

IBM is reportedly planning to shift its workforce to countries with cheaper workers such as India and China

16 years ago

IT Security Must Enable Business, Not Disable It

Security professionals should try to add value to business and make new business models possible, instead of focusing on restricting…

16 years ago

IBM Offering Sustainable Procurement Service

IBM's new Sustainable Procurement consulting service helps businesses and government agencies develop and enforce green guidelines for suppliers

16 years ago

Windows 7 May Have XP Downgrade Option

Reports claim users will still have the option of downgrading to Windows XP from Windows 7 after the latter is…

16 years ago

IDC: Virtualisation Software Will Grow 20 Percent

IDC says the market for virtual server management software will grow more than 21 percent by 2013

16 years ago

Can IT Win The Green Turf Wars?

The recession has put IT and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on a collision course. Will IT grow up , and…

16 years ago

Microsoft Hires Top Chip Expert From Sun

According to reports, Tremblay will be joining Microsoft's Strategic Software/Silicon Architectures group, also known as SiArch

16 years ago

Ex-Microsoft Space Tourist Returns To Earth

Simonyi is perhaps most famous for spearheading the development of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and other productivity applications

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

Salesforce.com Launches Free Mobile Service

Launched in London, and runs on iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

Google Springs AI April Fool

The search giant makes light of rumours about its intentions for artificial intelligence

16 years ago

Gartner: IT Spending Down Nearly 4 Percent in ’09

Gartner has released a new report that shows the overall gloomy global economy is forcing enterprises to cut back on…

16 years ago

Oracle Improves Enterprise Database Admin

The database maker has announced tighter integration between Oracle Database Vault, the company's database access control technology, and Enterprise Manager

16 years ago

Google Succumbs To Downturn With Job Cuts

Google announces plans to lay off 200 employees on its sales and marketing teams

16 years ago

Union Puts IBM Job Cuts At 10,000

By the time the latest round of layoffs are completed, IBM will have cut nearly 10,000 jobs, according to unions

16 years ago

Can Dell Deliver The Full Monty?

Dell is wasting time with claims about server performance. The real story is the management tools it says can free…

16 years ago