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Czech Republic Cloud Development Centre Opened By NetSuite
Netsuite's development centre in the Czech Republic will focus on marketing its services and partners' products
Apple Approves App That Streams Flash To iOS Users
Apple has approved an app that will finally allow Flash videos to run on iOS devices
Firms To Bid For New Short UK Domains
The UK's Internet registry is making one- and two-character domains available to the highest bidder
Microsoft’s Cloudy Thinking Could Stunt Windows 8
Microsoft is making wrong assumptions about cloud adoption in a world still tied to XP, compounding the risks surrounding Windows 8 development
Twitter Promotes Advertising Tweets In Its Timeline
Twitter is testing non-intrusive advertising with Promoted Tweets in its timelines, bringing paid ads to its 175 million users
Broadcom Releases Samples Of Its 100Gb Ethernet Silicon
Broadcom unveiled the BCM88600 chip for 100GbE switches to meet the growing demands of data and video network traffic
Oracle Snaps Up Art Technology Group for £624 Million
Oracle is once again splashing the cash, this time over half a billion pounds for e-commerce software provider Art Technology Group
IBM, General Motors Collaborate On Electric Car
IBM's software was used to build a 'system of systems' to drive the Volt's propulsion system
Endgame Systems’ Reputation Service Sniffs Out Botnets
Startup ipTrust will warn businesses when botnets strike by revealing links form specific IP addresses to Web-threats
SSD Group Promises PCIe Standard
A five-company consortium wants to make PCIe-connected SSDs as easy to use as hard disks
Microsoft Talks Cloud Apps At Developer Show
Microsoft is looking to show developers new ways to build cloud apps at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2010
Intel Forms Open Standards Alliance For The Cloud
Open standards are needed for cloud-based data centres, says Intel and its new Open Data Center Alliance
Local Business Boost As Google Places Launches
Place Search groups together local information when Google users search for a restaurant, landmark or business
UK Twitter Session Hijacking Tool Follows Firesheep Flock
The Firesheep extension for Firefox has helped to give birth to a similar tool that targets Twitter sessions
Court Closure As Limewire Runs Out Of Juice
The RIAA is celebrating the closure of Limewire, the word’s biggest music and film file-sharing service
PayPal Launches Mobile Micropayments Service
PayPal is launching a micropayments platform that will allow consumers to purchase goods and content online
Access Adds Green XML For Financial Carbon Footprints
BASDA Green XML is being tested by Access in a sustainability module for its financial and reporting package
Amazon Offers Free Access To EC2 Cloud
Amazon wants to tempt users into the cloud with a year's free access to the its EC2 service
Social Media Giants Pump $250m Into Startups
Amazon, Facebook and others invest in KPCB's sFund to encourage social applications startups
Street View Could Face Privacy Backlash In Germany
Google said that 244,327 of the 8.5 million German households have opted out of Street View, but not every request will be fulfilled at launch
Programmers Code Down At Qt Developer Days 2010
Nokia's CTO Rich Green joined executives at the Qt Developer conference last week to spell out the company's 2011 roadmap and latest tools
Nokia Announces Layoffs Despite Q3 Profit
In a major strategy shift, Nokia will focus on the Qt framework for its mobile platform, rather than both MeeGo and Symbian individually
HP Launches Business-Focused Windows 7 Slate
HP is positioning its Slate 500 in a different category from Apple's iPad, which it considers a "media-oriented tablet" for consumers
HP Builds For The Future With Data Centre Training
Building a data centre requires a specialised skills set, HP is offering an education path with its new training programme
IBM Includes Windows In Its Test Cloud
IBM has enhanced its Smart Business Development and Test package for the IBM Cloud and added support for Windows
Windows Phone 7: Review
Microsoft had to do something pretty special with Windows Phone 7, to match iPhone and Android. It looks to us as if it might have done just that
Amid Cuts, Government invests £530m In Broadband
Amongst the UK government's spending review cuts, broadband looks set to receive some investment
BT Openreach To Offer 110Mbps Broadband
BT's wholesale arm will allow rival ISPs to rent its fibre, in order to provide super-fast broadband to more of the UK
Salesforce’s Benioff Calls Zuckerberg ‘Next Bill Gates’
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff used his Gartner conference keynote to talk cloud evolution, Mark Zuckerberg, and his recent Oracle spat