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IT industry's broken promises on toxic chemicals in products

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:01:00 GMT

HP, Dell and Lenovo have been criticised for breaking promises to remove hazardous chemicals from their products.

Steve Jobs returns to work, Apple confirms

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:02:00 GMT

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is back at work, according to a company statement, ending weeks of speculation about his return.

PC makers to miss Chinese deadline for internet censoring software

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:54:27 GMT

Most PC makers will miss the government deadline to put internet filtering software on all new machines by tomorrow, according to the Financial...

Balancing IT costs during a recession

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:48:00 GMT

Face facts; business is bad. For most businesses, the sustained growth seen in the past 15 years is history.

Hardware cuts messaging latency

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:10:00 GMT

SolaceSystems is one relatively new company specialising in messaging middleware and content networking hardware. Solace equipment is being used as the foundation...

Photos: HP Mini 5101

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:06:00 GMT

HP has introduced the Mini 5101, the company’s latest netbook, which now sports a 10.1 inch screen.

DSGi reports 78% drop in profits

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:52:06 GMT

DSGi, which owns Curry's and PCWorld, widely used by small businesses for their PC supplies, saw a 78% drop in profits for fiscal 2009. It has identified...

Advancements in Power Efficiency with the IBM System x3650 & x3550 M2 Servers

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:02:00 GMT

Whitepaper in association with IBM and Intel. Skyrocketing energy costs, as well as the rapidly rising amount of computational capacity per physical space within data centers, have brought power and cooling requirements into the forefront of challenges facing data center architects. It is no exaggeration to characterize the present situation confronting many organizations as a data center energy crisis.

Virtualisation with Intel Xeon 5500 Processor series in association with IBM and Intel

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Improving Data Center Flexibility, Performance and TCO with the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series

Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers in associaion with IBM & Intel

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:58:00 GMT

The current economic crisis has most companies scrambling for ways to get the most out of every dollar they spend. This process leads to increasing uses of automation, which adds costs to IT at the same time business are looking to rein-in costs.

Growing demand for Linux on mainframes

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:32:18 GMT

Big companies are increasing how much they spend on putting

Dell claims $3m in sales from Twitter

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:01:00 GMT

Computer maker Dell says Twitter has helped the company make more sales worth more than $3m in the past two years.

Video: Computer and thousands of lightbulbs become YouTube favourite

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:15:00 GMT

Polish students have used a computer and thousands of lightbulbs to turn an hall of residence into an amazing light show. Students at Wroklaw Polytechnic...

The Total Cost of Email - Putting a Price Tag on your Email Environment

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:40:00 GMT

Your IT budget is probably going to be reviewed over the next year; now is the time to look at where you can make savings without making compromises.

The Total Cost of Email - Putting a Price Tag on your Email Environment

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:39:00 GMT

You can’t afford to ignore email archiving, security, internal policy or regulatory requirements, but can you afford to keep paying for it as multiple systems on top of your email system? When you add up the full price tag for your email environment, from server to soft ware to risk management and staff costs, it becomes clear why running everything in-house can mean you spend far more of your budget on maintenance than innovation.

Forrester: CIOs must embrace consumer IT

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:23:00 GMT

CIOs should accept that consumer devices and services are being used in the workplace today, and develop strategies to embrace them.

Will Steve Jobs return to Apple for new iPhone launch?

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:23:00 GMT

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is expected to return to work soon after six months' medical leave, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Dell on acquisition trail

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:47:15 GMT

Dell has indicated it may look to exploit the relatively low valuations of technology companies in the current climate by acquiring more businesses. The...

Dell: worst of recession is not over

Fri, 29 May 2009 11:20:06 GMT

Dell is not yet ready to proclaim that the worst of the recession is over, but its CEO has given a glimmer of hope by predicting that a "powerful" corporate...

Lenovo announces big losses in last quarter

Thu, 21 May 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Lenovo has followed up a loss in the third quarter with more red ink in Q4 under the dual impact of the recession and restructuring costs, writes Simon Quicke of Microscope.