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• March 15, 2010 15 Mar'10

  Mobile broadband spectrum auction may hit legal wall

  The government's proposed auction of radio frequencies to enable the roll-out of mobile broadband may be delayed further by legal action.

• March 11, 2010 11 Mar'10

  Rootkit shows potential for hackers to wreak havoc on smartphones

  Researchers at Rutgers University in the US have developed a proof-of-concept rootkit

• March 11, 2010 11 Mar'10

  Tech billionaires’ wealth rises by $55.8bn despite recession

  The world's richest technology billionaires upped their collective wealth by $55.8bn last year despite the impact of the recession.

  However Bill Gates,...

• March 10, 2010 10 Mar'10

  Security, power and cost drive datacentre strategy

  IT professionals rate security, power issues and prices as their main criteria when choosing a datacentre.

• March 10, 2010 10 Mar'10

  Digital Economy Bill amendment threatens free speech on web

  Communications executives say proposed amendments to the Digital Economy Bill ...

• March 10, 2010 10 Mar'10

  CIOs must make a 10-year desktop strategy plan

  Desktop computing is a drain on IT resources. Even a well-managed desktop can cost $3,413 per year. How can IT directors slash costs? Desktop computing...

• March 10, 2010 10 Mar'10

  Malware found on out-of-the-box Vodafone HTC Magic smartphone

  Security researchers report that malware has been discovered on a Vodafone HTC...

• March 09, 2010 09 Mar'10

  Datacentre staff costs increase by 10%

  Datacentre staff costs are expected to rise by 10% in large businesses, according to a study from analyst IDC.

  The IDC survey of 300 large European...

• March 08, 2010 08 Mar'10

  Apache flaw threatens data security, say security researchers

  A flaw in popular open source web server software, Apache HTTP Server, could enable hackers to access and take control of databases, say Australian security researchers.

• March 04, 2010 04 Mar'10

  Many employees prefer to work on Macs

  Pilot schemes that allowed the staff of two major IT suppliers to choose their own computing devices have revealed that many employees prefer Macs to PCs....

• March 04, 2010 04 Mar'10

  IP concerns halt Microsoft's China expansion

  Microsoft is unlikely to expand its business in China until the Chinese government takes further steps to protect intellectual property.

• March 03, 2010 03 Mar'10

  HP tells BladeSystem c-Class buyers to seek alternatives to Cisco blade switches

  Hewlett-Packard has advised resellers and customers with immediate project requirements to seek alternatives to its c-Class blade system based on Cisco switches...

• March 03, 2010 03 Mar'10

  Apple sues Android phone maker HTC alleging copyright infringement

  Apple has filed a lawsuit against High Tech Computer (HTC) of China, alleging copyright infringements in an increasingly litigious war between mobile phone makers.

• March 02, 2010 02 Mar'10

  IBM eX5 server slashes SQL Server licence costs

  IBM has introduced the eX5, a family of PC servers with a new memory architecture designed for virtualisation.

• March 02, 2010 02 Mar'10

  Intel puts up $1m for Atom netbook apps

  Intel has unveiled a $1m fund to attract developers to create applications for Atom-based netbooks.

• February 26, 2010 26 Feb'10

  Global server sales up, but Risc and Itanium suffer

  The global market for servers has picked up, as growth in x86 shipments more than offset weakness in demand for Risc and Itanium.

  According to IDC,...

• February 23, 2010 23 Feb'10

  Mobile phone sales grow 8% in Q4 2009

  Worldwide mobile phone sales grew 8% in the fourth quarter of last year, according to Gartner.

  The overall market remained flat across 2009, with sales...

• February 18, 2010 18 Feb'10

  MNOs face big squeeze on cost, bandwidth and regulation

  CIOs should be wary of mobile network operators' (MNOs) claims to offer access to customers and staff anywhere, any time using mobile apps.

  MNOs face...

• February 18, 2010 18 Feb'10

  More young people vote on Big Brother than in a general election

  Three-quarters of young people would engage in politics if they could vote by text message or social media, according to a survey of 1,082 UK citizens.

• February 18, 2010 18 Feb'10

  HP reports strong first fiscal quarter

  Hewlett-Packard (HP) has reported net earnings of $2.3bn for the first fiscal quarter of 2010, up 25% from a year earlier. Net revenues were up 8% at $31.2bn.

• February 17, 2010 17 Feb'10

  Video: Developers must think 'mobile first', says Google CEO

• February 17, 2010 17 Feb'10

  Women are a $13bn missed opportunity for mobile industry, says Cherie Blair

  Women could make up two-thirds of new mobile phone owners in the next decade, but mobile network operators are passing up this $13bn market, according to...

• February 17, 2010 17 Feb'10

  Mobile World Congress: Content plans reveal likely mobile winners and losers

  Mobile content led the agenda at Mobile World Congress, and firms' reactions to it revealed strategies that will determine winners and losers, says a market analyst.

• February 17, 2010 17 Feb'10

  Mobile World Congress: Google tries to placate mobile operators

  UK mobile network operator Vodafone has called for an end to Google's dominance of the internet search advertising market and accused the firm of wanting...

• February 16, 2010 16 Feb'10

  Mobile World Congress: Convergys picks Microsoft for Oracle fight

  Convergys Corporation, which supplies customer relationship management systems to many mobile network operators, has teamed up with Microsoft to take on Oracle in the market for mobile billing systems.

• February 16, 2010 16 Feb'10

  Fujitsu wins £300m DWP deal with pledge to slash desktop costs

  Fujitsu will provide support and services to 140,000 desktops across the UK as part of a £300m-plus deal with the Department for Work and Pensions....

• February 16, 2010 16 Feb'10

  Mobile World Congress: GSMA to link LTE networks with One Voice Initiative

  More than 40 mobile industry organisations have backed industry association GSMA's VoLTE initiative to create a standard way of delivering voice and messaging services for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) 4G mobile technology.

• February 15, 2010 15 Feb'10

  Mobile World Congress: Can 4G extend enterprise IT?

  Mobile World Congress has kicked off with a raft of announcements covering new operating systems and apps for smartphones from the likes of Intel, Nokia,...

• February 11, 2010 11 Feb'10

  Nokia restructures Salo plant to focus on smartphones

  Nokia has announced plans to restructure its Salo manufacturing plant in Finland to ensure production is focused fully on the high-value smartphone market.

• February 09, 2010 09 Feb'10

  Touch-screen handsets lead switch to smartphones

  Smartphones with touch-screens accounted for 55% of all smartphone shipments in Q4 2009, according to market analyst Canalys.

  Touch-screen smartphone...

• February 08, 2010 08 Feb'10

  Winterflood gains space and power with Cisco UCS

  City trading firm Winterflood, the first UK company to use Cisco's Unified Computing Solution (UCS), has released details of its configuration and use.

• February 05, 2010 05 Feb'10

  Microsoft Patch Tuesday equals record with 13 updates

  Microsoft plans to release 13 security updates on 9 February, equalling the record set in October 2009

• February 04, 2010 04 Feb'10

  Australian judge upholds ISP's defence against piracy claims

  An Australian judge has upheld a "pure conduit" defence by an internet service provider against claims by copyright holders that it should have stopped illegal...

• February 04, 2010 04 Feb'10

  Will open source secure Symbian's future?

  The Symbian Foundation has released the source code for the Symbian operating system to the open source community, which means 330 million mobile devices...

• February 03, 2010 03 Feb'10

  Nationwide saves £8m through server virtualisation

  Nationwide Building Society has reduced its costs by £8m after virtualising 500 servers.

• February 03, 2010 03 Feb'10

  Apple fixes five holes with iPhone 3.1.3 firmware update

  Apple has released iPhone OS 3.1.3 and iPhone OS 3.1.3 for iPod touch, the latest firmware for its popular smartphone and handheld computer, which fixes...

• February 03, 2010 03 Feb'10

  Cambridge Computer Lab wins Google research funding

  The University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory has become the only university outside the US to receive a Google-focused research award.

• February 02, 2010 02 Feb'10

  Vodafone targets SMEs with new Cheapside store

  Vodafone UK has opened the first of a network of retail stores dedicated to small business customers in Cheapside, London.

• February 01, 2010 01 Feb'10

  Deutsche Telekom picks Android for in-car apps

  Deutsche Telekom plans to put internet apps into all vehicles via an Android-based on-board computer.

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Most companies fail to manage data, study reveals

  Less than 77% of organisations have established policies that cover electronics records, according to a report by information services firm Iron Mountain.

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Fujitsu claims ownership of iPad brand

  Fujitsu has laid claim to the iPad brand within hours of Apple unveiling its latest gadget under that name.

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Nokia sales rebound fails to rescue margins

  Nokia's 22% sales rise for Q4 2009 suggests the world's appetite for mobile phones is improving.

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Oracle aims to secure future of Sparc, Solaris and Sun hardware

  Oracle has unveiled its roadmap for Sun following its $7.4 acquisition of the ailing hardware company. In an open letter, Oracle president Charles...

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Cost of UK data breaches up 7% in 2009

  The cost of UK data breaches has increased 7% in the past year and 36% in the past two years, the latest annual study by the Ponemon Institute has revealed.

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Apple iPad bridges the gap between iPhone and Macbook

  Apple has unveiled its much anticipated touch-screen tablet device, the iPad, which fills a niche in Apple's portable platforms between the handheld iPod Touch and the MacBook laptop PC.

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Video: Apple iPad unveiled as an XL iPhone

  Apple have finally unveiled the iPad. It has a 9.7 inch capacitive touchscreen, runs a 1GHz chip, has a 10 hour battery life, is half an inch thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds. You'll be able to buy 16GB, 32GB or 64GB sizes.

• January 27, 2010 27 Jan'10

  Exclusive network and distribution agreements: impact of the competition rules

  Exclusive network and distribution agreements: impact of the competition rules, by Angelique Bret, senior associate, Denton Wilde Sapte On 11 January...

• January 27, 2010 27 Jan'10

  The problem with Slate PCs for business

  As Apple unveils its tablet PC, Computer Weekly considers whether the technology will take off in businesses.

  Apple is following in the...

• January 26, 2010 26 Jan'10

  Election 2010: CIOs must prepare for government IT shake-up

  CIOs need to start preparing for a possible change or shake-up of government as this year's election approaches, according to former US state CIO John Kost.

• January 25, 2010 25 Jan'10

  Ericsson to lay off 600 staff as losses mount

  Ericsson will sack 600 workers at its chip-making unit on top of 2,500 cuts to its mobile phone division following combined losses of almost €1.4bn for 2009.

• January 21, 2010 21 Jan'10

  Tim Berners-Lee to launch UK public data website

  Web founder Tim Berners-Lee is to launch a government website today that is aimed at giving the public better access to official data.

• January 20, 2010 20 Jan'10

  IBM shows recession-proof fourth quarter

  IBM has announced a 9% increase in net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2009, from $4.4bn to $4.8bn, thanks to its cloud computing and Smarter Planet initiatives.

  Samuel...

• January 19, 2010 19 Jan'10

  Leicestershire police use technology to reduce anti-social behaviour

  Leicestershire police claim to have cut anti-social behaviour by half after rolling-out techology that allows the force to map crime hot-spots.

  Leicestershire...

• January 18, 2010 18 Jan'10

  Employees will choose their own computers in 2010

  More businesses will allow their employees to use the devices they want at work this year as technology development is increasingly consumer driven. Business...

• January 18, 2010 18 Jan'10

  Blackberry adds flavour to Lotusphere collaboration

  Research in Motion (RIM) has improved its support for IBM's Lotus collaboration software suite with products designed to simplify access and support social...

• January 18, 2010 18 Jan'10

  $6bn bonanza for mobile apps in 2010, says Gartner

  Mobile phone users will download more than eight billion applications this year, pushing spending in app stores to $6.2bn, despite 80% of them being free,...

• January 15, 2010 15 Jan'10

  Intel growth suggests computing slump is over

  The two-year slump in demand for computing may be ending as Intel, the world's top maker of microprocessors, reported strong growth but narrower margins for the fourth quarter 2009.

• January 14, 2010 14 Jan'10

  Companies to spend 20% more on telephony, says Gartner

  Higher telephony costs, greater integration of applications and more mobility are among the predictions for the telecommunications market from market analyst...

• January 14, 2010 14 Jan'10

  PC sales surge in fourth quarter of 2009

  Global sales of personal computers surged in the fourth quarter of 2009 to achieve the biggest annual gain in seven years.

  PC sales grew by between...

• January 13, 2010 13 Jan'10

  Licensing 2.6GHz band vital for mobile broadband

  The mobile industry is pushing for a rapid opening-up of the 2.6GHz frequency band across the world for mobile broadband services.

  The licensing of...

• January 12, 2010 12 Jan'10

  Datacentres need to do more with less, but lack skills

  Businesses are running more datacentre applications with fewer staff and less budget.

• January 11, 2010 11 Jan'10

  Teens will be the decade of 3D television

  Sales of 3D display technologies are predicted to soar in the next eight years.

  According to research firm DisplaySearch, 3D display shipments will...

• January 11, 2010 11 Jan'10

  Mobile market to grow in 2010, says Gartner

  Sales of mobile phones will be flat at 1.2 billion units globally in 2010, but smartphone sales will push revenues up 9%, market analyst Gartner predicts.

• January 08, 2010 08 Jan'10

  Plastic Logic challenges Amazon's Kindle with QUE proReader for business

  Plastic Logic launched the QUE proReader, a competitor to Amazon's Kindle, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.

• January 08, 2010 08 Jan'10

  Nokia teams up with Sesame Street to save the world

  Mobile phone maker Nokia has teamed up with Sesame Street producers to encourage software developers to build mobile apps that can help save the environment, lift spirits, improve productivity, educate and promote healthy lifestyles.

• January 08, 2010 08 Jan'10

  CES: Intel returns to the smartphone market

  Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, has quashed speculation that it will lose out to rival technology manufacturers as mobile browsing becomes more popular, by launching a smartphone.

• January 07, 2010 07 Jan'10

  Hackers will target iPhone and Android in 2010, says Kaspersky

  Cybercriminals are likely to target both Apple's iPhone and Google's Android operating systems for mobile phones in 2010, according to researchers at security...

• January 07, 2010 07 Jan'10

  O2 and 3 call for UK ruling on Orange and T-Mobile merger

  Mobile operators are calling for the planned merger between Orange and T-Mobile to be reviewed by UK regulators instead of their European-based counterparts.

• January 07, 2010 07 Jan'10

  CES: Steve Ballmer on why the PC is still a smart bet

  The PC is still the best smart device, at least according to Microsoft chairman, Steve Ballmer, which means there is still money to be made in the PC business,...

• January 06, 2010 06 Jan'10

  Google launches first mobile phone Nexus One

  Google has moved into the hardware market and launched its widely anticipated first mobile phone, which will be available in the UK through Vodafone.

• January 06, 2010 06 Jan'10

  Shift to mobile browsing could threaten Intel, says Bloomberg

  The world's largest chipmaker Intel could be vulnerable to rival technology manufacturers as mobile browsing becomes more popular,

  Intel is banking...

• January 06, 2010 06 Jan'10

  Business technologies to watch in 2010

  IT departments will have a rich choice of desktop, server and mobile platforms to use in 2010.

  People looking for traditional desktop operating systems...

• January 05, 2010 05 Jan'10

  Security to focus on cloud and virtualisation in 2010

  Cloud computing and virtualisation will be the biggest areas of development in security during 2010, according to industry experts.

• January 05, 2010 05 Jan'10

  Freescale unveils smartbook design for lightweight computing on the go

  Businesses and home users may soon have a new type of mobile computing device that fits between a smartphone and a netbook.

  Freescale has unveiled...

• January 05, 2010 05 Jan'10

  Vodafone and Orange ready for iPhone data deluge

  Orange and Vodafone claim their networks will cope with the extra data traffic that plagued O2 when it launched the iPhone.

• January 05, 2010 05 Jan'10

  Google could launch Android phone today

  Google is expected to launch its own-brand Android mobile phone later today, ahead of the opening...

• January 04, 2010 04 Jan'10

  Nokia sues Apple over more alleged patent infringements

  Nokia has accused Apple of infringing Nokia patents in many of its products, including the iPhone, iPod and some computers.

  A case filed with the US...

• December 22, 2009 22 Dec'09

  Cisco completes $2.9bn acquisition of Starent Networks

  Cisco has completed the acquisition of mobile infrastucture supplier Starent Networks, in a move that will help Cisco expand into the fast-growing mobile market.

• December 22, 2009 22 Dec'09

  Millions to text their season's greetings

  Mobile phones will unite millions of people this Christmas and New Year, with hundreds of millions of messages expected to be sent on Orange's network alone.

• December 22, 2009 22 Dec'09

  Vodafone iPhone available 14 January 2010

  Vodafone has become the latest mobile operator to offer the iPhone, with the announcement of availability from 14 January.

• December 18, 2009 18 Dec'09

  Tesco builds 'world's first' visual search app for iPhone

  Tesco claims it has built the world's first visual search application for the iPhone with its new wine app.

• December 18, 2009 18 Dec'09

  Oracle boosts software and services revenue with SAP business

  Oracle has increased its software licence and product support revenue by 14% to $3.9bn for the second quarter of 2009, at the expense of SAP.

• December 18, 2009 18 Dec'09

  Blackberry e-mail fails again

  Blackberry users were unable to access mobile e-mail from their smartphones yesterday.

• December 17, 2009 17 Dec'09

  HSBC pulls plug on green datacentre plans

  HSBC has cancelled plans to build a £300m environmentally-friendly datacentre near York because it already has ample capacity.

• December 17, 2009 17 Dec'09

  HP to run January event to attract Sun users

  HP is organising a UK event in January to attract Sun users who may be concerned about Oracle's plans for the Sun hardware business.

• December 17, 2009 17 Dec'09

  Dell considers setting up e-waste plant to tackle tech dumping

  Dell is considering the idea of building a pilot recycling plant in India in an attempt to tackle the problems caused by dumped...

• December 16, 2009 16 Dec'09

  iPhone tops Christmas search lists

  Mobile phones, especially Apple's iPhone, have been this year's hottest products, according to Experian Hitwise

• December 16, 2009 16 Dec'09

  HP tempts Sun users with Linux and Microsoft discounts

  Hewlett-Packard has partnered with Microsoft, Novell and Red Hat to entice Sun users to migrate onto HP hardware.

  HP said that in the past 12 months...

• December 14, 2009 14 Dec'09

  First glimpse of the Google Phone

  Google gave some staff a new unlocked mobile phone handset at the weekend that some believe is the much-anticipated "Google Phone".

• December 10, 2009 10 Dec'09

  Who offers the best value iPhone contract?

  With Tesco releasing its price list for the iPhone, which it starts selling from 14 December, there...

• December 10, 2009 10 Dec'09

  IBM offers cloud-based systems management through Tivoli

  IBM has unveiled an online service available through a monthly subscription, which allows IT managers to manage their data centres using Tivoli systems management...

• December 09, 2009 09 Dec'09

  Packard Bell recalls selected EasyNote notebooks because of battery defect

  Packard Bell is voluntarily recalling certain notebooks in its EasyNote range as they contain a potentially defective battery cell that could overheat or catch fire.

• December 08, 2009 08 Dec'09

  Netbook sales grow across Europe

  Netbook sales continue to climb across Europe, fuelled by attractive prices and subsidised offerings from mobile operators. Figures from...

• December 04, 2009 04 Dec'09

  Nokia halves its smartphone portfolio

  Nokia plans to halve the number of smartphones in its portfolio, but it confirmed its commitment to the Symbian operating system.

  The new head of Nokia's...

• December 04, 2009 04 Dec'09

  Twitter improves website for mobiles

  Twitter has upgraded its mobile website to make it look and work more like the desktop version, the social networking site said in a blog post.

• December 03, 2009 03 Dec'09

  Intel creates 48-core single-chip cloud computer

  Intel has reached a milestone in its Tera-Scale research programme to develop massively parallel computer systems, delivering a 48-core processor designed for energy efficiency.

• December 02, 2009 02 Dec'09

  Server sales are stabilising despite slowdown, says Gartner

  The worldwide server market is beginning to show signs of stabilisation despite continuing to book year-on-year declines in both shipments and revenues.

  According...

• December 01, 2009 01 Dec'09

  Nokia E72 in business

  The Nokia E72 updates the successful E71 smart phone, which won several awards. Based on the Symbian OS 9.3 platform, the E72 packs a number of enterprise features such as a full Qwerty keypad, Microsoft Exchange integration and WiFi support.

• December 01, 2009 01 Dec'09

  Apple iPhone 3G in business

  In 2008, Gartner told businesses that the Apple iPhone was now ready for business usage with the arrival of the iPhone 2.0 firmware.

• December 01, 2009 01 Dec'09

  Aberdeen gets £7m green datacentre

  A £7m state-of-the-art facility in Aberdeen is raising the bar for green datacentres.