A study claims that Wikipedia's volunteer editors are deserting the site in their thousands, but founder Jimmy Wales contests the accuracy of the report
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Virtualisation Moves On To Conquer Networks And Desktops
With claimed annual savings of £2500 per server and £78 per desktop, virtualisation is moving on to conquer networks and desktops, say reports.
Google And Microsoft Face Fresh Web OS Challenge
TransMedia will launch a fresh version of its Glide operating system with a focus on desktop and Web search
Reports Emerge Of Google Smartphone Running Google Voice
Reports suggest that Google in 2010 will launch an advanced smartphone with a larger-than-usual touch screen and a speedy Qualcomm processor
US Senate Asks EC To Roll-Over On MySQL Oracle Concerns
A group of US senators have asked European Commission antitrust regulators to end their investigation of Oracle's acquisition of Sun and simply approve the deal
Microsoft Opens Up With Five Web Specs
Redmond has made five web specifications available under the Open Web Foundation Agreement.
European Software Lacks Innovation – Especially SAP
SAP is top of the European software league but has been slated for not innovating - and the rest of the sector has been told off by Viviane Reding
GE Combating Identity Theft With Plastic Holographic Storage Advance
GE claims it is able to mesh holographic material with the plastic of ID cards to produce an animated image of the user's face, in a move designed to help the authorities combat ID theft
EU Telecoms Package Finally Approved
The EU telecoms package has finally been approved, following repeated delays due to the net cut-off row. Now governments need to focus on setting up a Europe-wide telecoms regulator in 2010
Review: Outlook 2010 Gets Up To Speed With Office Suite
With Microsoft Outlook 2010, the mail client has caught up with the rest of the Office suite. eWEEK Labs' tests show some significant improvements, but also some room for confusion.
Analysts Dismiss News Corp’s Bing Gamble
Analyst have poured cold water on rumoured plans by News Corp/Microsoft to delist content from Google search
Murdoch-Bing Deal – Treating News Like Oil?
News Corp is reported to be pulling out of Google in exchange for money. The move - if it happens - represents a misunderstanding of the nature of news on the web, says Peter Judge
First Else Linux Phone Gets Teasing London Launch
You can't touch it yet, but the iPhone-killing entrepeneurs behind this Linux device claim it really is something Else
Microsoft Admits To Zero-Day Flaw In IE 6 And 7
Microsoft confirms the existence of proof-of-concept attack code for a flaw affecting Internet Explorer 6 and 7
Microsoft And News Corp Reportedley Allying Against Google
Microsoft and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp are rumoured to be in talks over an agreement that would see News Corp's websites delisted from Google search in exchange for payment by Microsoft.
Oracle Bemoans Length Of EC Sun Ruling Then Asks For Extension
Despite arguing vehementally that every day the EC didn't make a ruling on its acquistion of Sun, Oracle has asked for and been granted a six day extension to its next hearing with EU authorities
Spotify Launches Symbian Client
The hugely popular music-streaming service, Spotify, is now available on Nokia handsets as well as other Symbian-based devices
Google Founder Points To Chrome-Android Merger
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has said that Android and Chrome will likely converge over time into a single operating system
Open Source Poses “Huge Risk” To Organisations
European CIO of GE has said that open source is only useful for internal "playground" uses, despite other parts of GE having deployed Linux for healthcare platforms
Climate Researchers Respond To Email Hack
The Climatic Research Institute says that some of the hacked emails may not be genuine while others are being taken out of context
Climate Change Deniers Quote Hacked University Data
Hacked emails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit are being used to criticise climate scientists in the run-up to the Copenhagen summit
ISPs Hit Back At Digital Economy Bill
The ISPA has mounted an attack against Lord Mandelson's strategy to deal with illegal file-sharers, laid out in the government's Digital Economy Bill
Microsoft Responds to Chrome OS By Pushing Windows 7
Microsoft issued an official response to news of Google releasing its Chrome Operating System to open source for developers
Analyst Questions Business Uptake Of Google Chrome OS
IDC analyst Al Hilwa said Chrome Operating system will take some hard selling by Google and its partners to get on netbooks
Banned XBox Users Urged To Take Legal Action
A boutique Texas law firm establishes a forum for Microsoft Xbox 360 owners who feel they were unfairly banned from the company's Xbox Live service, in the interest of filing a class action suit against Microsoft
Twitter To Launch Paid-For Business Accounts
Twitter has confirmed its plans to launch paid-for corporate accounts, designed to bring in new revenue streams for the micro-blogging site
Call of Duty Carries Recruitment Ad For GCHQ
Gamers playing Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the Xbox Live platform will encounter recruitment adverts for a secretive arm of British intelligence
10 Things Google Needs To Remember About OS Security
The history of Windows security has shown that desktop operating systems are vulnerable, but there are even more potential attack strategies for an online OS. Google needs to ensure that Chrome's defenses are prepared
Google Reveals Chrome OS Security Details
After months of extravagant claims, Google has given more detail on why its new operating system is more secure than the competition
Microsoft Pushes Parallel Programming For The Masses
Parallelising data will be easy enough for ordinary programmers, according to speakers at Microsoft's PDC