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Obama Victory Tweet Breaks Record
A Tweet by the campaign staff of US president Barack Obama became the most-retweeted Twitter post in history, surpassing a record previously set by Justin Bieber
Report: Microsoft Preparing Office For iOS, Android Debut
Microsoft will finally release Office for Android as well as Apple's iPhone and iPad devices early next year, according to a report
Windows Live Messenger To Be Retired In Favour of Skype
Users are invited to merge accounts with Skype before shutdown in Q1 2013
Terracotta Launches ISV Partner Programme For Big Data Memory
Terracotta is to work with software vendors on offering real-time big data access to their customers using the BigMemory Go big-data memory product
Maude Launches Government Digital Strategy: FT Innovate 2012
We will make public services agile, flexible and digital by default, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude
TechWeekEurope Survey Reveals IT Decision Process
Our survey will reveal Europe's IT buying process - and give one lucky winner an AR Drone helicopter
European Software R&D Investment Is Increasing Says Truffle
EUROPE: SAP tops rankings again as European software R&D investment continues to rise
Vyatta: Software Defined Networking Depends On Standards
The key thing for software defined networking is open standards and commodity hardware, says Vyatta's Kelly Herrell
Facebook Shares Dip After Sandberg Offloads Shares
Another executive has offloaded FAcebook shares, further denting the market's confidence in the social networking giant
Google Drive Files Open To Share On Google+
Files on Google Drive can now be shared directly with the world via the Google+ social networking platform
UK Government Adopts Open Standards
Government departments will have to consider open source when choosing suppliers
Riverbed Buys Opnet To Bolster APM Abilities
Riverbed Technology has paid a cool $1 billion for application performance management specialist Opnet
Splunk Gets High Availability Update
Splunk wants a bigger piece of the Big Data pie
Fast-Growing PayPal Cuts Jobs
PayPal will cut nearly 3 percent of its workforce as president David Marcus looks to speed up product development
Yahoo To Blank ‘Do Not Track’ By Default In IE10
Yahoo plans to shun DNT requests from Microsoft's IE10
SMB Fined £18k For Unlicensed Software Use
Fine is on top of £81,000 in extra licence purchases
Google Adds Grand Canyon, Terrain Features To Maps
Google has added information about terrain, vegetation and other features to its Google Maps, while also bringing in Street View images of the Grand Canyon and New England's autumn leaves
TechWeekEurope Readers Plan To Shun Windows 8
TechWeekEurope readers are not enamoured with Microsoft's new OS
Microsoft Finally Brings Hadoop Big Data To Windows Azure
Redmond and Hortonworks are bringing big data to Windows users, with previews of Hadoop solutions for Windows Server and Windows Azure
Dell Lends An ARM Server Concept To Open Source Community
Dell donates a concept to the Apache Software Foundation, as ARM server revolution gets going
Platfora App Promises Much Easier Hadoop Analytics
The new Platfora application promises to make deep analytical Hadoop queries much simpler and easier
Google Renames Chrome Productivity Apps
Google has quietly renamed its business productivity apps and better integrated them for Chromebook users
Project Impala Gives Cloudera’s Hadoop A Real Time Boost
Hadoop goes beyond batch to real time with Impala
Facebook Posts Losses But Improves On Mobile
Shares climb again despite negative overall result
Gartner: Big Data To Create 4.4 Million Jobs
Gartner has predicted a 3.8 percent increase in global IT spending next year, with one of the main beneficiaries being big data systems
Windows 8 Gets ‘Truly Modern Skype’
The new Skype doesn't do much different, but it looks a little slicker
What Happens If We Can’t Get Big Data Skills?
Big Data may be risky, but it's cheap enough to learn on the job, says Peter Judge
Ancestry.com To Be Sold For $1.6 Billion
New owners are planning a European expansion
Companies Value Big Data But Are Still Hesitating, Says IBM
Lack of understanding may be holding up Big Data, says a study from IBM and Oxford University