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Alex – Pricey But Simple?
A million people could come online with a laptop as simple as Alex, says Andy Hudson. But ease of use comes at a price
Virgin Media Readies 100Mbps Broadband
All of Virgin Media's existing 3.8 million cable broadband users will be able to experience connections of up to 100 megabits per second from next year
VDI Vies To Host Client Workloads
New technology enables once-powerful desktop systems to be repurposed to host virtual desktop systems running modern operating systems
Review: Netgear Brings Enterprise Security To SMBs
Netgear’s ProSecure UTM 5 is a small business security appliance with big business features
eBay Bids High For Green Bloom Energy Server
A new fuel cell technology called Bloom Box, used to provide sustainable energy to the mass-market, owes its genesis to a NASA project to sustain life on Mars
Mortgage Company Data Protection In Arrears
Redstone Mortgages had been sending customer details by email since 2005 with no password or encryption
US Tackles P2P Data Breach Risk With New Legislation
P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act would prohibit peer-to-peer file sharing programs from being installed without the informed consent of the authorised computer user
BlackBerry Bold-ly Tops Radiation Ranking
Data from the Environmental Working Group places the BlackBerry Bold 9700 as the mobile device with the highest legal levels of cell phone radiation among popular smartphones
Oracle Dismisses Death Of OpenSolaris Reports
Oracle says it is not killing off the freely down-loadable community version of Sun's Unix-based Solaris enterprise operating system anytime soon
Salesforce.com Continues To Benefit From Rise Of Cloud
Salesforce.com reported fiscal 2010 revenue of $1.3 billion as it continue to benefit from the rapid expansion of the on-demand enterprise software market
iPhone OS May Be Ported Onto Apple TV
Apple's advertisement for an engineering manager ready to bring the iPhone OS to new platforms has encouraged thoughts of big changes for Apple TV.
British Library Launches UK Web Archive
Web data is vanishing - but copyright laws make it hard for the British Library to capture it in its archive
American University Exposed In Data Breach
An American University in the state of Georgia has suffered a serious data breach that exposed the social security numbers of up to 170,000 students and staff
Tories To Bring Government IT Spending Slowdown
An analyst group has predicted that government spending on IT will slow if the Conservative Party wins the next general election
Review: OpenOffice.org 3.2 Offers Modest Improvements
Version 3.2 of the open source OpenOffice.org productivity suite delivers a handful of file format compatibility enhancements alongside continued gains in startup speed
Twitter And Yahoo Sign Content Sharing Deal
In an effort to broaden its appeal, Yahoo has revealed plans to integrate Twitter content into its collection of websites
Google Under Attack From EC and Italian Courts
The EC has received complaints about Google's search ranking while four of its employees have been charged by an Italian court
MPs Slam Broadband Tax As “Unfair”
A cross party group of MPs has slammed the government's proposed 50 pence broadband tax as 'unfair' and called it an 'ill-directed charge'
Expert Questions HSBC’s Online Banking Security Measures
Introduction of new security software and the decision to allow customer ID's to be saved in the browser have come under scrutiny by security experts
Intel Leading £2.3bn Investment In Tech Sector
Intel is leading a group of venture capital firms and IT businesses in investing up to $3.5 billion over the next two years in U.S. tech companies and creating jobs
Microsoft Issues Wireless Charging Pad Patent
Microsoft filed a patent application for a wireless charging pad for portable devices, which could become a useful accessory for both smartphones and tablet PCs
US Authorities Warn Of Stolen Corporate Data On P2P Networks
The Federal Trade Commission has warned approximately 100 organizations that their private customer and employee data is being shared on peer-to-peer networks
Intel Cyber-Attack Coincided With China Google Hack
Intel has disclosed in an annual filing to the SEC that it was targeted by a sophisticated cyber-attack in January
Local E-Waste Set To Soar In Developing World
The United Nations Environment Programme fears that an anticipated rise in electronics sales in developing nations will mean exponentially increasing amounts of hazardous e-waste