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Facebook Beats Winklevosses, Second Case Looms
The Winklevoss twins have decided to settle with Facebook but another case is shaping up for court hearings
Another Certificate Authority Compromised Online
The fifth certificate authority to be hacked this year, StartSSL has suspended its free SSL offer indefinitely
A Billion Visitors A Month Call On Google
Google is facing stiff competition from Facebook online, despite topping the billion unique visitor mark in May
Low Voltage Ultrabook Core Chips Rolled Out By Intel
Intel announces three low-voltage chips to power its “ultrabook” category of super-thin mobile computers
AWS Virtual Machines Deployed With Security Holes
Researchers found security holes in VMs created on Amazon Web Services but Amazon is not at fault
Dropbox And Microsoft Snags Raise Cloud Questions
Microsoft and Dropbox problems revive questions and doubts about embracing the cloud for varied IT needs
Jobs’ Apple Doughnut Has Green Aspirations
Apple’s next headquarters may look like a fattening doughnut but it will be lean and green, Steve Jobs maintains
Nokia Finalises Symbian Handover To Accenture
Nokia has finalised the agreement to hand over the Symbian operating system to services giant Accenture
New Case Design For August Debut Of iPhone 5?
Rumours fly that Apple's iPhone 5 will feature a new case design when it appears, maybe, in August
HP Boosts Its Big Data Analytics With Vertica 5.0
More than a petabyte of data can be analysed in real time with HP's release of Vertica Analytics Platform 5.0
Microsoft Trials Kinect Developer Kit
Microsoft has released a test version of its development kit for the hands-free Kinect gaming technology
Appcelerator Delivers Speedy IDE For Mobile Cloud
Appcelerator's Titanium Studio IDE speeds up app development on mobile, desktop and web platforms
HP Sues Oracle Over Itanium Support
Oracle maintains Intel has plans to kill Itanium, while HP says Oracle wants to force users onto Sun Sparc servers
Power Saving Promise Brings JouleX $17m Investment
Joulex has just received a $17 million injection to fund the promotion of data centre energy monitoring software
Apache Server Cloud Content Delivery Is All Go
Apache Software Foundation’s Traffic Server 3.0 serves terabytes of data for large-scale cloud deployments
AWS Uses Low-Density Containers To Cut Cooling
Amazon Web Services says its data centre custom containers are cost-effective, greener building blocks
PCI SSC And Cisco Guides On Securing Virtual Systems
The PCI Council's latest guide explores virtual environment security while Cisco shows how to achieve compliance
Cable & Wireless Mulls Services Move With 2e2 Buy
Cable & Wireless Worldwide is reportedly in talks to acquire British system integrator 2e2
Facebook Sees Regional Dips But Overall Growth
Facebook lost users in the US and Canada in May but its worldwide tally continues to climb towards 700 million
User Data Stolen In Codemasters Hack Attack
Codemasters has closed its Website after substantial customer Information was stolen over a week ago
Vendors Converge On Packaged Clouds
HP and Oracle extend their converged infrastructure products but smaller packages are also appearing
Illegal Spam Firms Run Like Legitimate Businesses
Spam operations are run like legal business enterprises and rely on banks’ merchant services to function
IBM Uses Graphene Nano-Chips For Wireless Devices
Minute graphene-based integrated circuits for wireless devices offer better performance for much lower prices
Google Sued For Chromebook Trademark Infringement
ISYS, a Chrome OS proponent, has slapped a trademark infringement suit on Google over the Chromebook name
Wave Developer Slams Google’s Creaking Dev Tools
Dhanji Prasanna, a former Wave developer at Google, loved his job but really hated using 'outmoded' tools
Google Adds App Compatibility Check To Webstore
Android Market Webstore users can now check to see if an app will run on their particular smartphone
Open University Looks To Close IT Skills Gap In UK
The Open University has launched new undergraduate degrees to help with the IT skills shortage in the UK
IPv6: Pathetic Tools And Poor Hardware Support
World IPv6 Day proved there is a lot of IPv6 out there, but adoption is still disappointing. The industry needs to get up to speed, says Wayne Rash
Microsoft Open To $300m Claim As Court Appeal Fails
US court rejects Microsoft's appeal in an IP suit with i4i, makes it vulnerable to a $300 million judgement