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Oracle Moves Prime Focus From Big Data To Big Memory

Oracle hopes Big Memory Machine will give it a shot in the arm, says Chris Preimesberger

11 years ago

Google Health Is Dead: Long Live The Calico Anti-Aging Venture!

After the failure of Google Health, the choice of Art Levinson to run Google's Calico is a good one, says…

11 years ago

Users Must Take Charge Of Security In A Post-PRISM World

Sean Michael Kerner welcomes the User Data Manifesto, which says we should have control of of our own information

11 years ago

Tech City Is Not Enough: UK Firms Need Government Help to IPO

John Newton of Alfresco asks why are there so few British tech IPOs?

11 years ago

IT Life: Taking Customers To The Clouds

Ian Finlay may have made the first international WAN. At Abiquo he just wants to meet customer needs without undue…

11 years ago

When Britain’s Green SMEs Go To China, Knowledge Goes Both Ways

When British cleantech companies visit the socialist state, Max Smolaks asks if they go to learn or to teach?

11 years ago

Linus Torvalds Jokes The NSA Wanted A Backdoor In Linux

Torvalds' LinuxCon keynote covered a lot more than the NSA backdoor joke, says Sean Michael Kerner

11 years ago

Why PC Power Management Is Looking Dimmer

Peter Judge used to think PC power management was the coolest thing in Green IT. Now he isn't so sure

11 years ago

Linux Is the Future… For Learning And Gaming?

Thanks to the Raspberry Pi and gamers, Linux is all set to come out on top, says Sean Michael Kerner

11 years ago

IT Life: Tech To Help SMEs Enter The Big Leagues

Hibu's Matt Anderson wants to even things so small businesses can take on the giants

11 years ago

Apple’s New iPhones Are Stuck In The Past

Apple won't win new users with iPhones that don't innovate, says Wayne Rash

11 years ago

Hey Apple! Fingerprints Are For Ease Of Use, Not Security

The iPhone 5S's fingerprint recognition is for ease-of use, says Sean Michael Kerner. For security, have a look at iCloud…

11 years ago

Photonics: A Quantum Leap For Data Centres

Silicon photonics has enabled a public-access quantum computer, says Peter Judge,. It will also reshape the data centre

11 years ago

iPhone Rivals Bring Out The Best In Apple

Apple's twin-handset strategy shows it can innovate and adapt in equal measure, says Steve McCaskill

11 years ago

C4’s Blackout: Disastrous Cyber Attacks CAN Be Funny

Tom Brewster considers the cybergeddon dystopia of Blackout, which shed little light on what a serious cyber attack would do…

11 years ago

A Low Cost iPhone Could Cut Apple Profits

A low cost iPhone could do Apple more harm than good over the next year, warns Michelle Maisto

11 years ago

Open Cloud Is Good. Interoperable Cloud Is Better

Open source cloud is not enough. Sean Michael Kerner says solutions have to interoperate as well

11 years ago

There Is No Way To Keep Your Data From The NSA

Even encryption won't stop the NSA. Wayne Rash warns of back doors in network adapters, which could siphon off data…

11 years ago

IT Life: Security Down The Years

Craig Kensek has been doing security since the "I Love You" virus was doing the rounds

11 years ago

The DropBox Hack That Wasn’t

Reports of hacking Dropbox were exaggerated - but Sean Michael Kerner says it's time to look properly at securing your…

11 years ago

It’s Time To End The Cloud Hype Cycle

There is a boom in data stored in the cloud, says Brian Gentile. Let's move on to real use of…

11 years ago

Let’s Give Some Love To Data Centre Retrofits

Shiny new data centres get the plaudits, but Peter Judge likes retrofits that clean up older sites

11 years ago

Flash Storage Is Ready To Drive Out HDDs

Flash storage is reliable enough to take the place of hard drives in enterprise storage, says Chris Preimesberger

11 years ago

Nokia Suits Microsoft’s Hardware Ambitions

Nokia fits Microsoft's desire to make hardware, says Wayne Rash

11 years ago

The Panic And Wishful Thinking Behind Microsoft’s Nokia Buy

Nokia and Microsoft have done the right thing, says Peter Judge. But making Microsoft more like Apple is a big…

11 years ago

Joel Monnier: ‘Kalray has decided to reinvent the processor’

Kalray's low-energy mujlticore chips have potential inside and outside the embedded market.

11 years ago

New York Times Sowed Its Own Disaster

The Syrians hit the New York Times via Australia, but the newspaper had only itself to blame, says Sean Michael…

11 years ago

BlackBerry Is Too Late To Spin Off BBM

BBM is a great product, but BlackBerry missed its chance to give it a separate existence, says Michelle Maisto

11 years ago

IT Life: Ads On Automatic

Ruud Wanck wants to make media planning fully automated

11 years ago

4G Will Fuel Britain’s Digital Makeover

Today new operators offer 4G in the UK - and O2's Derek McManus is pretty excited about it

11 years ago