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Security Researchers Reveal Browser Tab Threat
A new attack technique takes advantage of open browser tabs to launch phishing sites without the user's knowledge
IT Spending Recovering Claims Analyst Group
IDC is predicting that worldwide IT spending will jump 3.8 percent this year, to $1.47 trillion (£1.02bn)
EMC $87.5M To Settle US Pricing Fraud Lawsuit
The storage giant settles suit claiming it induced the General Services Administration (GSA) to sign a contract including pricing based on false misrepresentations
Analysts Warn Vendors On Software Liability
The UK is leading the way in turning the tables on software vendors and providers in terms of liability
Salesforce CEO Hits Out at Microsoft ‘Ally Thugs’
Salesforce chief Marc Benioff used strong language during a recent earnings call to describe a patent-infringement lawsuit brought by Microsoft
London’s Olympic Wi-Fi: Did Boris Jump The Gun?
Mayor Boris Johnson's plan for public Wi-Fi in London might not make it through the cuts, warns the Cloud
Do We Really Want To Break Google?
Successful IT companies get targetted by regulators, says Clint Boulton. First it was Microsoft, soon it will be Google, and Facebook won't be far behind
Enterprise IT Drives Solid State Adoption
A new report finds high performance needs are driving early successes for flash SSDs in the enterprise server sector
IBM Pushes Sybase Migration to DB2
IBM has introduced pushing a new technology to allow Sybase ASE applications to connect to a DB2 DBMS
Coalition Eyes BBC Licence Fee For Broadband
The Tory / Lib Dem government plans to top-slice the BBC licence fee to pay for faster broadband
Dell Looks to Tablets After Strong First Quarter
Dell reports net income of $584 million for its first fiscal quarter and considers the tablet PC will create a new purchasing patterns
German Court Declares Software Patents Legal
A German decision has gone against EU policy and advice from open source experts, making software patentable
Bin Men Get BlackBerry Comms
While bankers bin their BlackBerries for iPhones, Biffa is giving them to bin men
Google Launches Chrome Web Store
The search giant introduces Chrome Web Store so 70 million users of its web browser can find create shortcuts to web apps
Google Touts Enterprise Cloud With VMware
Google launches new version of hosting platform and a VMware partnership to help bring enterprise Java developers to the cloud
Google Sets Its Wave Platform Free
Google has opened up Google Wave to everyone for free, one year after introducing the real-time collaboration platform to Google Apps users
Europe Finally Gets Digital Agenda
Digital manifesto for the region faces criticism on open source and copyright expectations
Microsoft Hits Salesforce With Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Microsoft has gone legal and slapped Salesforce.com with a patent infringement lawsuit, alleging its CRM service infringed nine Redmond patents
Spiceworks Finds Growing Confidence And Expanding IT Budgets
IT departments within the SMB community are expanding their budgets and jumping on the virtualisation and cloud bandwagon
Electoral Commission’s Data Protection Policies In Question
The UK Electoral Commission admits that it has no system in place to monitor the activities of users who are accessing the electoral registers
IT Industry Hit Hard By UK Government Cuts
The IT industry will be hit by spending cuts in the UK budget, but green vendors could see fresh opportunities
Will Facebook Fears Make Users More Aware?
Now ordinary people are concerned about Facebook's privacy practices, Larry Walsh asks: will they change their behaviour?
Microsoft Pays £138m To Settle VirnetX Lawsuit
Microsoft is to pay $200 million (£138 million) in order to settle a patent-infringement suit from communications specialist VirnetX
Tech CFOs Optimistic Over Economy And Jobs
The bean counters at tech companies are sounding an optimistic note over the state of the economy and jobs market
Gartner: Data Centres Set For Fresh Headaches
Data centres are set to face a rapid rise in problems associated with power, cooling and space, thanks to the new generation of high-density equipment
Proprietary Vendors Don’t Help Disabled, Says FSF
The open source FSF group has recruited a former proprietary software exec to make the GNU Project's work more accessible
Orange And T-Mobile Merge Into ‘Everything Everywhere’
The combined entity of Orange and T-Mobile has been named Everything Everywhere, but the two brands will remain autonomous
Tech Jobs Rise In April Despite Volatile Economy
The US IT industry added a net gain of 8,800 jobs in April, reversing job losses in March
Twitter Bomb Joker Guilty Of ‘Menacing’ Tweet
A man has been fined £1000 after posting a joke on Twitter about blowing up a snow-bound airport