IT planners are being told to 'believe the hype' surrounding big data, according to new research from Ovum
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The White House Announces National Civic Hacking Day
Hackers to improve America?
Yahoo! Swallows Social News Startup Snip.It
The revamp of Yahoo! continues as it acquires social news clipping service Snip.it...and then shuts it down
Mozilla Tempts Developers With Firefox Smartphones
Mozilla is to offer developers a preview of the Keon and the Peak smartphones running the Firefox OS
IBM Posts Healthy Profits After Growth Market Focus
IBM's profits were up in the fourth quarter due to strong software and hardware performance, but revenues declined
TweetDeck Closure Letter Is A Sign Of Closer Ties With Twitter
TweetDeck will close as a company but client will continue as Twitter builds up its walled garden
Go Daddy Sued For Hosting ‘Ex-Girlfriend’ Porn Site
Plaintiffs demand the hosting company shares responsibility for violating their privacy
Rackspace Plans New UK Data Centre And Adopts Open Compute
New Rackspace site to get no-frills servers, it seems
Social Internet ‘Could Split Britain Further Apart’
Government advised to think about the negative impact of technology on social integration
BT Joins StartUp Britain Initiative
As part of the deal, the telecoms provider has launched a digital start-up hub
Google Docs To End Support For Old Office Formats On 31 January
Google Docs' end of support for older Microsoft Office formats was originally scheduled for last autumn, but was pushed back due to user pressure
Twitter Adds Nine Companies To The “Nice” List
Hundreds of developers still fear for the future of their projects
European Commission Backtracks On Net Neutrality
Neelie Kroes encourages the introduction of cheap, “limited” broadband connections
Quiz Of The Week: Android
What do you know about Google's mobile OS? test yourself and take our quiz!
VIA Sells Android PC In Book-Shaped Cardboard Case
Android based Rock board in Paper housing. Will Via run with Scissors?
Instagram Readies Revised ‘Terms of Service’
Instragram will at the weekend implement its new Privacy Policy and Terms of Service that has previously drawn controversy
Huddle: Don’t Bother Starting Up A Content Cloud – You’re Too Late
Alastair Mitchell, CEO of Huddle, tells TechWeek the content cloud space is overcrowded and is many will fall
Open Compute: Facebook And Co Shake Up Data Centre Industry
Open Compute's latest initiatives might just re-define how the data centre industry works
Aaron Swartz Prosecutor Defends Her Office
Carmen Ortiz says she recommended a reduced sentence of six months in a low security setting
Microsoft HelpBridge App To Be Disaster Lifeline
Post Hurricane Sandy, Microsoft offers a free communication lifeline app that will contact friends and family
Judge Orders Apple, Amazon To Settle App Store Bust Up
A US judge has ordered Apple and Amazon to settle their respective lawsuits over the app store concept
Chrome Browser Beta Gets Voice Recognition API
The new beta of Google'a Chrome web browser will allow users to complete tasks by using voice commands
Twitter Expands Influence With The Help Of Feature Phones
Putting simplified Twitter services on cheaper phones helps the company add users
HP Confirms Autonomy Job Losses, R&D Investment
New Autonomy head hires 50 new engineers and wants to integrate closer with HP
Flex Graduates To Top-Level Project Status At Apache
Apache Flex, formerly Adobe Flex, is an open-source platform for rich Internet applications originally developed by Macromedia
Alfresco Appoints New CEO To Lead It Towards NASDAQ Listing
Former president of SucessFactors Doug Dennerline will replace co-founder John Powell
Facebook UK User Base Shrinks By 600,000 In December
Facebook user base declines in the UK, but there are still 33 million British users
TechWeekEurope Readers Can’t Wait To Get Their Hands On Sailfish
MeeGo is alive, and still capable of exciting the techies
Raspberry Pi Sells One Million Units – Maybe
500,000 sales from one of the distributors allow for optimistic estimates
MIT To Probe Suicide Of Reddit Co-Founder Aaron Swartz
Was MIT to blame for the death of activist Aaron Swartz?