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Dell: Big Buyers Are Big Winners
If you've got the infrastructure, the brand and the balance sheet, why wouldn't you grow by acquisition, asks Dell's Dave Johnson
ShareFile Purchase Moves Citrix Into Storage Cloud
ShareFile acquisition will give Citrix the technology to create a business and personal file-sharing cloud service
Apple Fixes Bugs To Give iCloud A Clean Start
Software downloads and Apple security fixes needed to access iCloud puts strain on servers
Microsoft Adopts Apache Hadoop For Data Analytics
Open source Apache Hadoop to become Microsoft's Windows Azure and Server big data analyser
Sony Protects 93,000 Users From Password Attacks
Sony locked out users when hackers tried applying user names and passwords stolen from elsewhere
Microsoft Defends Windows 8 Start Screen
Microsoft has responsed to user gripes about the use of the tile-centric Start screen in Windows 8
Adobe Launches iPad Friendly App Publishing Suite
Adobe is looking to the Apple iPad with the launch of its Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition
Oracle Open Wound Clouds The Annual Gathering
A spat between Oracle and Salesforce was the highlight of OpenWorld while cloud news took a back seat, says Eric Doyle
Oracle OpenWorld Sees NetBeans 7.1 Beta
Oracle has delivered a beta version of its enhanced NetBeans integrated development environment
Oracle Social Network Launched For Cloud
CEO Ellison took the wraps off a business Social Network to front the new Oracle Public Cloud
Managed Services Spending Set To Boom
Spending on managed services is predicted to be on the edge of rapid growth according to a new report
Webroot Security Suite Offers Cloud-Based Detection
Webroot has rewritten its security suite adding cloud-based features to analyse malware in real-time
Amazon Kindle Fire Pre-orders Head For 2.5m Units
Leaked orders for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablets show it is on track for 2.5 million sales at launch - if true
Steve Jobs’ Passing Exploited By Facebook Scammers
Facebook users shared links about Steve Jobs' death while sick scammers cashed in on the interest
OpenStack Foundation Breaks Corporate Ties
The OpenStack cloud standards body will become an fully autonomous foundation in 2012
Bounties Offered For Microsoft And Adobe Exploits
ExploitHub is offering money for client-site exploits to address 12 previously disclosed security flaws
Steve Jobs, IT’s Great Innovator, Dies At 56
Apple's co-founder, innovator and entrepreneur dies after a long struggle with cancer
Technology In Ghana: A Blessing Or A Curse?
Ghana is at the forefront of Africa's technological development, but can it overcome its chronic e-waste problem, asks Sophie Curtis
Microsoft .NET Skills In Short Supply
A survey has found a significant shortage of developers working on Microsoft's .NET technology
Red Hat Buys Gluster For Cloud-Ready Storage
Red Hat enters the storage software business by acquiring a virtual appliance-style file system vendor
Teradata Merges Big Data Into Warehouse Appliance
Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance 2690 triples the data storage processing capacity of its predecessor
Adobe Debuts ‘Creative Cloud’
Adobe Creative Cloud will allow developers to create applications using Adobe's tools in a cloud environment
Intel Buys Location Company To Boost Mobile Plans
Intel is proposing to buy Telmap in order to boost its mobile and software efforts
Google API Adds Web Font Range For Developers
With Google’s Web Fonts Developer API developers can incorporate Web Fonts into apps dynamically
Engine Yard Cloud Adds JRuby Java Tools
Engine Yard has put JRuby in its cloud to allow Java developers to work faster and scale their apps
Lack Of Tools To Protect Firms From Social Media Use
IT professionals may have accepted social media but they lack the tools to protect against cyber-threats
SoftLayer Partners Still Secure For Cloud Security
SoftLayer provides cloud security with Cloud Security Monitoring Service, a free download for its customers
LibreOffice Celebrates First Anniversary
It's one year since the Document Foundation created LibreOffice from the Oracle-controlled OpenOffice.org
Intel Drops MeeGo In Favour Of Tizen
Intel is ditching the MeeGo platform and instead throwing its weight behind Tizen to take on Android