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Micro Cloud Foundry Beta Launched By VMware
Micro Cloud Foundry runs an implementation of VMware’s open PaaS offering on a developer’s computer
Could Net Neutrality Be A Bad Thing?
The aim of net neutrality is a good thing, but innovation will require non-neutral services, argues Tekelec's Randy Fuller
Amazon Web Services Launches ElastiCache
AWS announces the release of ElastiCache to run an in-memory cache for apps addressing the AWS cloud
Atos Healthcare Accuses Online Critics Of Libel
The company responsible for doling out government incapacity benefit is waging war against its online critics
Microsoft Drops Respawning Cookies From MSN
Microsoft removed cookies that were able to regenerate even after the user deleted them
Microsoft Opens Windows Phone Mango Marketplace
Developers can now submit applications to the Windows Phone Mango 'App Hub', according to Microsoft
Microsoft Makes Play For WebOS Developers
Microsoft is coaxing webOS developers left in the lurch by HP's shock move to switch to Windows Phone
IBM Chip Prototypes Mirror The Human Brain
IBM's prototype “cognitive computing” chips act like a brain, collecting and analysing information
HP’s webOS Ambitions Were Doomed To Fail
Hewlett-Packard is killing, or selling, its much-publicised webOS but a Gartner analyst said it never stood a chance, says Nicholas Kolakowski
UCAS Website Back Online After Crash
The UCAS Track website is now back online, after an agonising period of down time on A-Level results day
Microsoft’s Office 365 Outage Hits US Customers
Microsoft’s Office 365 was hit by outages in North America but Europe and the Pacific Rim were not affected
Poor SSL Setups Leave Websites Open To Attack
Organisations are transmitting sensitive data without any security due to improper SSL configuration
Facebook Exec Takes Swipe At Google+
A Facebook executive has hit out at Google's increasingly popular social networking site, Google+
Amazon GovCloud Secured For US Government
Amazon Web Services has launched a tightly secured cloud offering, AWS GovCloud, for the US government
Microsoft Blog Ramps Windows 8 Build-Up
Microsoft has launched a Windows 8 blog as the beginning of its massive marketing campaign
Google+ Battles Facebook For Game Developers
Google+ has introduced social games with competitive developer rates as it looks to challenge Facebook
Hong Kong Exchange News Site Blocked By DDoS
A distributed denial of service attack hit the HK Stock Exchange News Web but trading was relatively unaffected
Lush Hack Leads ICO To Warn Other Online Retailers
Lush Cosmetics avoided an ICO fine for a recent security breach but had to pay for an expensive redesign
Citrix Buys RingCube For Virtual Desktop Technologies
RingCube controls security and file access to authorise various mobile devices to access a VDI system
Amazon Sidesteps Apple With Kindle Browser Launch
Amazon has bypassed Apple's strict app policies after allowing Kindle e-books to be read in a browser
RIM Blog Hacked After Police Offered BBM Access
As London burned, Team Poison hacked RIM's Inside BlackBerry blog to protest against company helping police
Google Updates Google+ Mobile Features
Google+ has been updated with more Huddle messaging controls and support for Apple iPad and iPod Touch
Lightning Takes Down Amazon And Microsoft Clouds
Lightning strikes in Dublin disabled two major data centres and knocked back-up power supplies offline
Apple Surprises Developers With iOS 5 Beta Update
Apple surprised developers this weekend after it issued an update to its iOS 5 platform beta
AMD Offers Up Fusion SDK For Developers
AMD is offering developers a SDK in order to the exploit the capabilities of its Fusion processors
Malware Wave Infects Six Million e-Commerce Pages
A malware infection, based on known flaws, has hit millions of e-commerce Web pages in the past two weeks
Facial Recognition, Social Networks Threaten Privacy
At Black Hat, a researcher showed how facial-recognition could link passers-by to Facebook profiles
Microsoft Researcher Slams Google+ Real-Name Policy
Google+'s real-name policy is an abuse of power and harms privacy, according to Microsoft researcher Dana Boyd
Rackspace Adds Critical Sites Support For Enterprises
Mission critical Web applications can be supported and monitored 24x7 under Rackspace's latest service