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The Climate Email Hack Won’t Change the Regulations
Critics are trying to use hacked emails to discredit climate change scientists - but however that campaign plays out, UK companies will still have to deal with carbon credits next year, says Peter Judge
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
FOG Is The Key To Successful Cloud Computing
Cloud computing has a lot of potential as long as companies remember to keep their Feet On the Ground, says HP
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
IBM Looks to Emerging Markets To Expand Green Strategy
IBM's latest green data centre deals in emerging markets point towards the rapid adoption energy-efficient IT solutions outside the United States
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
IBM Tops Green Supercomputer Ranking
Which is the greenest supercomputer of them all? Well, unsurprisingly, it turns out to be a supercomputer from IBM
Three Men Indicted Over Comcast Re-Direct Hack
Three men were charged by federal indictment on 19 Nov. in connection with attacking Comcast.net and redirecting traffic to sites under their control
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
Energy Efficient IBM Supercomputer Will Investigate Climate Change
The IBM supercomputer at Brown University is 50 times more powerful, six times more energy efficient and can hold 70 times more memory than the system it's replacing
IBM And CA Ease Mainframe Management Burden
IBM has announced more software to help businesses manage their mainframe environments. And CA has also decided to join the party with its own offerings
Smartphone Uptake Drives Alternative Communication
The increasing uptake of smartphones is resulting in more and more users opting to use “non-voice communications”, a new study has revealed
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
Spiceworks Plug-in To Rein In Power Hungry PCs
Spiceworks has teamed up with Intel to offer a green plug-in that will allow companies to regulate the power consumption of their computers
Digital Economy Bill Gives Mandelson New Powers
The Digital Economy Bill, published today, gets tough on file-sharing, and allows Lord Mandelson to amend the copyright act in future
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
IBM Guru Sees Clouds On The Horizon
IBM veteran Erich Clementi helped lead the resurgence of the revamped IBM mainframe as general manager of the System z division between 2003 and 2005, now he's leading the all-encompassing cloud computing initiative.
Microsoft Pushes Parallel Programming For The Masses
Parallelising data will be easy enough for ordinary programmers, according to speakers at Microsoft's PDC
Google Releases Chrome OS To Developers
Google has released the Chrome operating system to open source for developers, but said end users would not be able to use it until late 2010.
Windows 7 Trounces Vista, Says Ballmer
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says Windows 7 is steadily outselling Vista over the same period - and external sources agree
AOL To Cut 2,500 Jobs
AOL management is asking for voluntary redundancies in order to reduce its operating costs by $200 million, but involuntary layoffs will follow if AOL does not hit its target
Netgear Looks To SMBs With Dual-Band Access Point
Netgear is offering a new dual band access point for companies dealing with remote offices and a mobile workforce
O2 Promises To Spend Millions On 3G Overhaul
Mobile operator O2 is to overhaul its much criticised mobile network, promising to spend millions in order to give it 'significant headroom for mobile data'