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BT Rides New Government Wave With Broadband Boost
BT has laid out its vision for the next three years, which includes commitments to more fibre coverage
Privacy Campaigners Welcome End Of ID Cards
The new government has scrapped the ID card scheme, but more action is called for in rolling back elements of the Digital Economy Act
Palm Purchase Could Propel HP Into UC
With the right partners, HP could turn a WebOS tablet into a compelling device customisable for unified communications, says Andrew Garcia
Green IT: An Unstable Coalition?
Green IT is an awkward partnership of economic motives and genuine environmental thinking, where profit has ended up dominating, says Andrew Donoghue
Concerns Over Price Plans For Microsoft Kin Mobiles
Microsoft will debut its Kin One and Kin Two phones in US stores on 13 May but analysts are concerned about the price of the devices
Citrix Reveals Self-Service Desktop Virtualisation
Citrix XenClient, coming out later in 2010, is designed to supply virtual desktops for mobile corporate workers
Cisco Boss Chambers Reports “Outstanding” Quarter
Cisco Systems saw revenue in its fiscal third quarter jump to $10.4 billion (£6.9bn) and income climb to $2.2 billion
HTC Wants iPhone, iPad and iPod Banned In US
HTC is suing Apple and asking U.S. regulators to ban Apple from selling the iPhone, iPod and iPad in the United States
Microsoft Unveils Cloud Enabled Office 2010
Microsoft has unveiled the final versions of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010
Google Hits Back At Microsoft Office 2010
Office 2010 may add a cloud version, but Google has hit back with a claim that it supports collaboration better in its Google Apps
IT Products Fail Green Accreditation Test
A new study from Probrand has found that 80 percent of IT products on the market have no stated green credentials or accreditation
IPv6 Uptake Slow Despite Internet Address Shortage
We've heard it before but apparently, this time IP version 4 really is going to run out, and we all need IPv6
HP And Dell Add Citrix Desktop Virtualisation Support
New laptops from Dell and HP support Citrix’s XenClient hypervisor technology, expanding desktop virtualisation in the mobile space
Apple Disputes Researcher’s Android Findings
Apple has labelled a market report on 150,000 US consumers as “limited”, after it concluded that Google Android had overtaken the Apple iPhone OS
EMC Aims For Speedy Dedupe With DD Boost
The product announcements continue to roll out from EMC, after the storage giant launched software designed to accelerate backup integrated with deduplication storage
Microsoft Patches Two Critical Security Flaws
One month after its record security update, Microsoft has published fixes for just two critical security bugs in this month's Patch Tuesday
Fresh Leak Of Apple iPhone 4G Prototype
New pictures of the next generation Apple iPhone have been leaked on a Vietnamese website, which has also done a full tear down of the device
Goodbye Gordon: The Labour Tech Legacy
From ID Cards and the Digital Economy Act to YouTube, Gordon Brown met tech pitfalls, but there are some bright spots for new Prime Minister David Cameron to build on
Video: Open Source Is Key To Cloud Innovation
Open source is critical in realising the benefits of the cloud and allows for greater strategic flexibility, says Red Hat's Scott Crenshaw
Why Office 2010 Needs Both Mobility And The Cloud
Microsoft's Office 2010 might finally lose dominance of productivity software, says Nicholas Kolakowski, for two reasons: the cloud and mobility
Who Named The Orange / T-Mobile Merger?
The Lib-Servatives don't yet have a name for their coalition, says Tom Jowitt. Let's hope they do better than Orange and T-Mobile: "Everything Everywhere"
BSA Says Piracy Costs Industry Billions
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) reported software theft cost the IT industry £34 billion last year, with China leading the way
US Patent Office Supports Claim Against Microsoft Word
Microsoft has bee handed another setback in the long-running patent infringement case leveled against it by Canadian firm i4i
Developers Want Bigger Slice Of App Store Sales
Many developers are dissatisfied with the 30/70 split they get from creating applications for popular app stores.
Web Consortium Launches New Business XML Tool
The World Wide Web Consortium announces the availability of the XProc specification for managing XML-rich processes
Mozilla Boss Steps Down To Join VC Firm
Mozilla CEO John Lilly has announced that he will be stepping down
Mozilla Outlines Product Plans For Firefox 4
Mozilla has begun work on Firefox 4, and in an effort to gather public feedback, has outlined early product plans for the next version of the popular browser
New Windows Attack Bypasses Most Security Software
Researchers have exposed a new attack that circumvents some of the most popular security software for Windows desktops
Google Android Overtakes iPhone OS
Google Android has overtaken the Apple iPhone after NPD found that it is now the second most popular smartphone OS in the United States