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Jury Confirms Novell Ownership Of Unix
SCO Group's controversial attempt to claim ownership of the Unix operating system could be at an end, after a jury confirmed that Novell legally retains ownership rights to Unix
Government Puts Copyright Clause Back Into Digital Bill
The government plans to reverse the changes made by the House of Lords to the Digital Economy Bill, and rush it through before the General Election
Enterprise Use Of Facebook, Google Apps Soars
Facebook, Twitter, and most Google applications are being heavily used within enterprise organisations, a survey has found
CIOs Tag Legacy Apps As Most Painful
Legacy applications cause the biggest headache for corporate IT management, despite them being a minor part of the overall product portfolio
File-Sharing Case Against UK Teenager Is Dropped
A teenager charged with distributing copyrighted material using the BitTorrent site Oink has been acquitted due to lack of evidence
RIM Acquires Smartphone Software Developer Viigo
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has acquired smartphone software developer Viggo for an undisclosed sum
HP Strike Action Called Off By Union
HP workers have suspended their two-day strike action as talks continue over pay freezes and redundancies
Facebook To Allow Third-Party Access To User Info
Facebook has announced another update to its privacy policy, allowing some third party applications access to users' information without prior consent
Review: YouSendIt Enables Secure File Transfer — Maybe
YouSendIt makes emailing large, sensitive files secure and manageable by avoiding the pain of using FTP clients and servers
Bletchley Park Gets £250,000 Government Funding
Second world war codebreaking centre Bletchley Park has been given a £250,000 government grant to pay for repairs to the site
Mandelson Adds Government Backing For Innovation Centres
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced Government support for the development of a network of technology and innovation centres
Oracle Absorbs Sun Without Financial Harm
After acquiring Sun Microsystems, Oracle looks tanned and healthy, with solid quarterly financial results
Spiceworks Adds Virtualisation Management To Free Tool
A developer of free IT management software, Spiceworks, has added support for virtualised machines in the new version of its product
Computer Aid Readies Container-Based Cyber Café
IT charity Computer Aid International is about to ship a solar powered shipping container that will act as a cyber café for rural communities in Africa
Twitter Wages War On Spam
Twitter engineers have brought down the level of spam on the site to just one percent, while the GSMA is testing its own reporting service against mobile spam
Businesses Heedless Of ‘Risky’ Clouds
A quarter of businesses are willing to use cloud computing, despite security concerns - but tight budgets are often holding them back
UK Pirate Party Calls For Legalised File-Sharing
On Budget day, with the Digital Economy Bill still before Parliament, the UK Pirate Party's election manifesto demands new copyright laws and legal file-sharing
Mozilla Stops Development Of Firefox For Windows Mobile
Development of a version of Firefox that would run on Windows Mobile has been halted, with Mozilla blaming Microsoft's development restrictions
Open Rights Group To Demo Against Digital Bill
The digital rights organisation has organised a demo outside Parliament to protest against the "spatchcock" Digital Economy Bill
Berners-Lee To Head Institute For Web Science
The web pioneer will head an organisation based at universities in Oxford and Southampton
UK Government Promises Fast Broadband For All By 2020
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged superfast broadband for all by 2020, as well as an online platform to deliver personalised public services
Novell Pulse Launch Hopes To Rival Google Wave
Novell plans to roll out its Google Wave-rivalling Pulse collaboration platform as a preview at Novell Brainshare
Virgin Media First To Demo 200Mb UK Broadband
Home of the Future will host the nation’s fastest broadband, provided by Virgin Media, at the Ideal Home Show 2010
Microsoft Partners Citrix For Desktop Virtualisation
Microsoft and Citrix Systems have announced a partnership designed to promote the companies' end-to-end solutions for virtualisation
Google Teams Up With Sony, Intel For Web-TV
Google, Intel and Sony are working on Google TV: a service that will funnel search, video, Twitter and other web apps through set-top boxes
Google Adds Latitude Widget to Mobile Maps
Google has improved search and added a widget for the Google Latitude location-sharing application to Google Maps for mobile 4.1
RSA Reveals Zeus Trojan Cyber-Crime Infrastructure
Security researchers at RSA spotlight the cyber-infrastructure that props up malware like the Zeus Trojan by providing so-called bulletproof hosting to attackers
Tory Broadband Plans Could Lose Rural Votes
A new report analysing the distribution of rural broadband subsidies has found the Tories' "wait and see" policy could do them out of the rural vote
Google Apps Tool Targets Exchange Users
Google releases tool to help Microsoft Exchange customers move their email, calendar and contact data to Google Apps