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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
Ray Ozzie Resignation Signals Microsoft Brain Drain
Ray Ozzie's departure from Microsoft creates the need for another visionary to take the company forward in the cloud, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Microsoft Launches Office 365 Cloud Beta
Microsoft has introduced Office 365 which combines Office, SharePoint, Exchange and Lync in a unified cloud
Costly Google Instant Prepares To Go Mobile
Google Instant cost a lot to build and it burns through computing resources - but people like it and so it is going mobile
Microsoft Reports Over Six Million Java Attacks In Q3
Six million attacks in the third quarter of 2010 targeted just three Java vulnerabilities, Microsoft reported
Scientists Advance Toward ‘Spin’ Computers
A breakthrough at a California university could mean faster computers with no need to boot up
Salesforce.com Chatter Social Media Tool: Review
Salesforce.com Chatter eases user adoption while adding significant search and recommendations to the business-class social media platform
Skype 5 For Windows: Review
Skype 5.0 for Windows delivers decent multiparty video calling, along with new Facebook integration, and simpler call quality troubleshooting tools
UK Ranked 18th For Broadband
Developed countries are upgrading their copper broadband, while emerging economies leapfrog ahead on quality
Unified Comms Suite From Star Targets SME Market
A unified communications service is being offered by Star as a SaaS service for £45 per user per month
Half Of Broadband Users ‘Don’t Care’ About Speed
Only 6 percent of broadband users think speed is the top priority, with most people preferring value for money
Blade Launches 40G RackSwitch For Data Centres
New RackSwitch G8264 brings 40G capabilities to the data centre with advanced network management and virtualisation capabilities
Google Reports 32 Percent Profit Hike
Google reported a 32 percent third-quarter profit jump of $2.17 billion, with display and mobile ads providing the bang analysts have been expecting
Mark Zuckerberg Believes Google Lacks Innovation
Facebook's Zuckerberg believes Google is no longer leading innovation, which he why he chose to partner with Microsoft on social search, says Clint Boulton
Why Oracle Won’t Buy EMC Anytime Soon
A merger between Oracle and EMC would not simply create a larger Oracle but a conglomeration of some of the most powerful IT companies on earth