Good planning and a “dense mesh” design kept the Internet intact in Japan despite the earthquake, says Wayne Rash
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3UK Joins Orange And T-Mobile In Selling iPad 2
3UK will be selling the iPad 2 alongside Orange and T-Mobile, most likely with competitive data bundles
Twitter Ordered To Hand Over Data To US Government
Twitter has been ordered to hand over users' data to the US government in the ongoing Wikileaks investigation
Google Denies Rumours Of ‘Circles’ Social Network
Google has denied reports that it is preparing a Facebook competitor called Circles
Politician Is First Brit To Be Fined For Twitter Libel
Colin Elsbury has been ordered to pay damages and legal costs for a libellous tweet during a local by-election
Blekko Antispam Search Engine Could Teach Google A Thing Or Two
Google should learn from Blekko, a search engine startup that helps users avoid spam with slashtags, said Clint Boulton
Microsoft To Delay March Windows Phone Update
Problems with a previous Windows Phone update have forced Microsoft to push back its planned March update
Japan Earthquake Could Shake Up Semiconductor Industry
The recent earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan could have a major impact on the semiconductor industry
4chan Founder: Zuckerberg Is Wrong About Anonymity
4chan founder Christopher Poole says Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is wrong to equate anonymity with cowardice
Developers Lash Out Against New Twitter Restrictions
Twitter has restricted third-party programmers from building new client apps for the platform, causing uproar
Spamina Launches UK-Based Cloud Email Security
Spamina has teamed up with In-Tuition Networks to offer cloud email security from a London-based data centre
London App Targets Grime Ahead of Olympics
Boris Johnson backs Lewisham's ‘Love Clean London’ tool for graffiti reports by iPhone and Android
eWEEK Research Rates Social Media For Buyers
Next month, eWEEK Europe will present new research into how social media affects IT buying
Apple Updates iOS For iPhone, iPad
iOS 4.3 update issued in time for 11 March iPad 2 release, speeding Safari and adding iTunes Sharing
Safari, IE 8 Fall To Pwn2Own Hackers
Pwnd! Safari on MacOS X and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 fall on first day of contest
Red Hat Updates JBoss SOA Platform
Red Hat extends data services integration with JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5.1
EU Agency Report Targets Botnets
Cyber security agency ENISA has made recommendations on tackling criminal networks
Internet Explorer 6 Is Microsoft’s Personal Vampire
Microsoft is trying to kill off Internet Explorer 6, as it continues to suck the life out of its browser strategy, says Nicholas Kolakowski
SAS & MeLLmo Bringing BI Apps To The iPad
SAS apps Apple's hardware is indicative of the increasing demand for mobile business intelligence apps
UK Gets Microsoft IE9 On March 15
Updated: Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 enters the fray against Firefox and Chrome early on March 15 UK time
WebOS Will Be Running On All HP PCs In 2012
HP CEO Apotheker wants all HP computers to be able to run webOS, as well as Microsoft Office, by next year
Dell, Rackspace & Opscode Demo Bare Metal Magic
The companies provisioned an OpenStack compute cloud from bare metal hardware in one hour
Insights Provide View On Facebook Metrics
Real-time analytics for social plugins develops traffic and clickthrough visibility
Chrome Plugs More Holes Ahead Of Hack Contest
Google patched 25 new flaws ahead of Pwn2Own contest and Chrome 10 release
Nimbula Director Cloud OS Prepares For Launch
Nimbula’s forthcoming cloud OS, Nimbula Director, will become generally available within a month
Virtual Offices Offer Savings, Finds Survey
Virtual PBX survey finds midmarket companies saving with virtual office implementations
Metadata Could Tame Unstructured Information
Organisations are drowning in unstructured data - the only way to get control is metadata, says IDC
Rightmove House Info To Include Broadband Speed
What matters to buyers? Location, location and connection, says online estate agent
Unified Comms Gets Cultural
Unified communications vendors are finally waking up to the fact that the issues are social, not technical, says Bryan Betts
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Fixes Windows, Office
Microsoft's latest round of patches includes only one 'critical' bug and several 'important' flaws