Nokia is merging Navteq with its other location operations, with the aim of kickstarting new services
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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
DNS-Based Malware Protection Service From OpenDNS
The OpenDNS malware protection service will detect and block all DNS requests to known malicious servers
Skype Beta Increases Integration With Facebook
A new Skype beta is offering deeper integration with the social networking platform of Facebook
Does HPC Belong In The Cloud?
The cloud makes high performance computing more widely available - but introduces several problems of its own, says John Hengeveld
There Is No Android Tablet Market – Here Is Why
Android tablets lack three things, says Clint Boulton: developers, users and the chance to make decent money from apps
Cisco Quad Moves To The Cloud
Cisco is to offer its Quad enterprise social software as a hosted or managed service
Customers Increasingly Turn To Twitter To Vent Anger
Disgruntled customers are turning to Twitter to voice complaints that can damage brand reputations
Intel Promises Exascale Supercomputing By 2020
Intel aims for 'exaflop' performance by the end of this decade, enabling more industries to access supercomputing
Router Maker AVM Claims Copyright On GPL Code
AVM, maker of the Fritz!Box routers, is trying to stop a software maker altering Linux based free software
Facebook ‘Working On iPad Application’
Facebook has been working on an official iPad application for the past year, according to a report
British Student Faces Extradition For Web Piracy
A student at Sheffield Hallam could be extradited to the US for linking to copyrighted content on his website
Oracle Won’t Give An Inch On Google Android
What is the cost to Google of offering Android free to 100 million-plus users? Oracle reckons billions of dollars, says Clint Boulton
Bridging The Gap Between Private And Public Clouds
Scaling IT means using tools and services on both sides of the cloud divide
Facebook Takes On Apple App Store With ‘Project Spartan’
Facebook is mounting a challenge to Apple’s App Store with a HTML5-based platform for mobile apps
Survey Points To Positive Impact Of Social Networking
The Facebook generation are apparently a trusting lot according to a new survey of American users
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook: Review
The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook is a fine cloud client - but users may find it hard to adapt to the lack of local storage
Facebook Juror Jailed For Eight Months
A juror in a major drugs trial has been jailed after contacting one of the defendants on Facebook
Gartner Touts Reprovisioning For Threat Protection
Analysts at Gartner are advocating workload reprovisioning as the best protection against advanced attacks
MoD Videos Warn Of The Perils Of Twitter
The MoD has begun a video campaign warning of the dangers of social networking sites such as Twitter
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
Adobe Update Patches 36 Critical Bugs
Adobe's security update has patched some critical vulnerabilities for Reader, Acrobat, Shockwave and Flash
Microsoft’s Defeat By i4i Will Alter Patent Cases
Microsoft's losing battle with i4i before the US Supreme Court could affect future patent-infringement lawsuits, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Google Expands Voice Search To Desktop Machines
PC users can now speak their search inquiries after Google expanded its Voice Search to desktop platforms
APT Detection Appliance Launched By Trend Micro
Trend Micro adds real-time, network monitoring and remediation tools to detect advanced persistent threats
Facebook Juror Faces Prison For Contempt Of Court
Juror Joanne Fraill, who used Facebook to contact a defendant, is now facing up to two years in prison
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
Cisco And Polycom View Telepresence Growth
Cisco and Polycom are rolling out telepresence products, especially for the midmarket and smaller businesses
Hitachi Converged Cloud Adds Microsoft Exchange
Hitachi Data Systems features its own compute blade infrastructures with a dedicated Microsoft Exchange blade
Calxeda Forms Partner Program For ARM Servers
Calxeda has created a partner program to help push its ARM-based server processors to the industry