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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
Aberdeen gets £7m green datacentre

A £7m state-of-the-art facility in Aberdeen is raising the bar for green datacentres.
December 01, 2009 01 Dec'09
Research in Motion Blackberry Bold 9000 in Business

Research In Motion's BlackBerry family has set the bar, in many ways, for other enterprise smartphones.
December 01, 2009 01 Dec'09
Samsung Omnia Pro B7610 in business

On the 6 October, new smartphones that supported Microsoft's latest Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system began to be advertised.
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
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
TfL offers IT contracts worth £150m

Transport for London has issued tenders for two contracts with a potential combined value of £150m.

The first seeks suppliers to "ensure successful...
December 01, 2009 01 Dec'09
IBM to acquire security firm Guardium

IBM has announced an agreement to acquire database security and monitoring firm, Guardium.
December 01, 2009 01 Dec'09
Nokia plans only one Linux smartphone for 2010

Nokia plans to launch only one Linux smartphone in 2010, according to reports.
November 30, 2009 30 Nov'09
BAA to roll out electronic border gates at Heathrow

Airport operator BAA is rolling out electronic border gates at Heathrow Airport from January.
November 27, 2009 27 Nov'09
ICO publishes guide to quash business ignorance on data protection

UK privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published a new guide to help businesses understand their obligations under the Data...
November 27, 2009 27 Nov'09
Nokia cuts hundreds more jobs

Nokia is expected to cut another 220 jobs as part of further plans to reduce research and development activities in Japan, bringing the total worldwide R&D job cuts to 550.
November 26, 2009 26 Nov'09
Tesco unlikely to spark iPhone price war

Tesco has yet to announce tariffs for the iPhone, but it is unlikely to provoke the much-anticipated price war now that O2's UK exclusivity has ended.
November 26, 2009 26 Nov'09
The IT Blog Awards 2009 winners

Did Stephen Fry win Twitter user of the year? Who’s the 2009 blogger of the year? All these questions have been answered.
November 25, 2009 25 Nov'09
Tesco sells iPhones: every little helps Apple sales

Shoppers will soon be able to buy the Apple iPhone from Tesco Mobile through its joint venture partnership with O2....
November 24, 2009 24 Nov'09
HP revenue boosted by EDS service boom

HP's acquisition of EDS is beginning to pay dividends with the company growing its services revenue for the fourth quarter of 2009 by 8% to $8.9bn.
November 23, 2009 23 Nov'09
Blu-ray moves into medical image archiving

Archiving software provider QStar Technologies has certified Panasonic's Blu-ray archiving box for its HSM archival storage software platform.
November 23, 2009 23 Nov'09
Ikee.B virus gives control of iPhones to cybercriminals

A new virus is attacking iPhones and giving control of the devices to a botnet in Lithuania.
November 23, 2009 23 Nov'09
QLogic powers HP and IBM high-performance computing

Storage area network provider QLogic has introduced a range of quad data rate (QDR) InfiniBand products for high-performance computing, supporting up to 40Gb/sec throughput.
November 19, 2009 19 Nov'09
Inside Chrome OS - Google reveals design objectives of cloud operating system

Google has unveiled the design plans for Chrome OS, its operating system for cloud computing. Chrome OS is an evolution of the Chrome web browser,...
November 19, 2009 19 Nov'09
HP helps users back-up laptop data

Hewlett-Packard has released a tool designed to simplify the back-up and recovery of data from laptop PCs.

With a growing volume of...
November 18, 2009 18 Nov'09
Video: Opera Mobile 10 browser beta for Windows Mobile smartphones
November 17, 2009 17 Nov'09
Dell to launch Android-based Mini 3 smartphone

PC maker Dell has announced that it is to enter the smartphone market in late November with the launch of its first device in China.
November 17, 2009 17 Nov'09
World's cheapest laptop sells for under £50

The world's cheapest laptop, which sells for less than £50, has been launched by a company in China.

China OEM Menq has built the EasyPC...
November 16, 2009 16 Nov'09
SME IT departments support personal equipment

IT departments in small and medium-sized companies are increasingly offering their staff support when they use their own IT equipment at work.

According...
November 16, 2009 16 Nov'09
Taser gang steals computer equipment in van heist

Armed robbers stole a consignment of high-value computer equipment after threatening a van driver with a Taser gun.

The gang stopped a Ford...
November 16, 2009 16 Nov'09
ISPs criticise government plans to store all comms data

Internet service providers (ISPs) are unhappy with the government's plans to require them to store records of all e‑mail, social networking and web traffic.

The...
November 16, 2009 16 Nov'09
Power failure at HBOS disrupts banking services

A power failure disrupted branch computer systems at Halifax and Bank of Scotland and left customers unable to access cash point machines and online banking...
November 13, 2009 13 Nov'09
Environment Agency aims to halve carbon emissions with green IT contract

The Environment Agency has signed an IT contract which aims to halve the department's carbon emissions.

The seven-year £336m contract...
November 13, 2009 13 Nov'09
Apple to open up to 50 new stores in 2010

Apple says it plans to open up to 50 retail stores in 2010 after Apple...
November 10, 2009 10 Nov'09
RIM launches BlackBerry APIs to developers

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has made it easier for companies to make money from mobile applications by allowing them to drop prepackaged advertising and micropayment applications into their software.
November 09, 2009 09 Nov'09
Blackberry Developer Conference: RIM to address consumer market

The Blackberry Developer Conference that opens later today is already a success, having doubled the number of delegates from last year.
November 09, 2009 09 Nov'09
Nokia warns of electric shocks from phone chargers

Nokia is recalling some phone chargers because they risk giving users an electric shock.

The company is offering to exchange certain chargers...
November 09, 2009 09 Nov'09
First ever iPhone worm Ikee unleashed by Aussie hacker

The first worm targeting Apple's iPhone has been unleashed by an Australian hacker.
November 06, 2009 06 Nov'09
Steve Jobs is CEO of the decade, says Fortune magazine

Fortune magazine has named Apple chief Steve Jobs as its 'CEO of the decade' for driving innovations such as the Mac OS X operating system, iPod, iTunes and iPhone.
November 06, 2009 06 Nov'09
IT vital to Red Cross aid efforts in Indonesia

Isolated villages cut off by the earthquake in Indonesia have received food and aid thanks to innovative use of satellite technology.
November 06, 2009 06 Nov'09
NEC to raise $1.6bn in share sales to offset losses

NEC is the latest company in the recession-hit electronics industry to issue new shares to raise capital.
November 04, 2009 04 Nov'09
George Hotz releases iPhone jailbreak

A crack of the latest iPhone operating system has been released by hacker George Hotz with his latest jailbreaking code.
November 04, 2009 04 Nov'09
HP tackles $35bn converged IT market

Hewlett-Packard is to launch a set of products and services, which it claims will help firms achieve better insight into their business, faster application development and greater flexibility in responding to market changes.
November 02, 2009 02 Nov'09
Mobiles save France Telecom blushes in 3Q09

An increase in mobile users of almost 10% to 128.8 million helped France Telecom increase its subscriber base to 189.1 million, up 6.6% year on year September 2009.
October 30, 2009 30 Oct'09
China Telecom enter call centre market with UK software

China Telecom's European arm is to resell a UK-developed call centre solution aimed at small and medium enterprises, and a Chinese language version is in...
October 30, 2009 30 Oct'09
Mobile market faces rocky road to growth

Consumers are likely to take advantage of aggressively-promoted new touch-screen mobile smartphones in the run-up to Christmas, analysts say.

If their...
October 29, 2009 29 Oct'09
Google, Motorola and Verizon build Droid to battle iPhone

Google, Motorola and Verizon have joined forces in the US to challenge the Apple iPhone's domination of the smartphone market.

Motorola's...
October 29, 2009 29 Oct'09
Farmers bank account details lost by Rural Payments Agency

Thousands of farmers' bank account details have been lost by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) after the Government body lost two back-up tapes of confidential data belonging to all English farmers.
October 27, 2009 27 Oct'09
Newspapers jump gun on mobile phone cancer link

Reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will report links between mobile phone use and brain tumours may be true, but journalists have "jumped the gun", say scientists.
October 27, 2009 27 Oct'09
Economic upturn will boost virtualisation demand, says IDC

Server virtualisation plans have stalled in recent months because of the economic downturn, but there are signs of recovery, according to research firm IDC.
October 26, 2009 26 Oct'09
Google Android challenges Apple iPhone

Smartphones based on Google Android could challenge the dominant position of Apple's iPhone if it continues its current rate of growth.
October 26, 2009 26 Oct'09
Mobile phones cause brain cancer, says World Health Organisation

A 10-year study by the World Health Organisation has found links between the use of mobile phones and the development of brain cancer.
October 23, 2009 23 Oct'09
BMC tackles virtual server sprawl with Tideway

BMC has acquired UK IT management tools firm Tideway as it builds its strategy to support IT management for cloud computing.
October 22, 2009 22 Oct'09
VMware cautious about economic recovery despite profits plummeting

Virtualisation lynchpin VMware has become the latest IT vendor to voice cautious optimism about the economic recovery as more small scale projects get clearance.
October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09
Barnes & Noble to launch Nook e-book reader

US bookstore Barnes & Noble is launching an e-book reader.
October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09
Lexmark to axe 825 jobs worldwide

Lexmark will axe 825 jobs worldwide as part of a cost-cutting exercise. It will incur a $120m restructuring charge that will cause third quarter profits...
October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09
VMware tackles capacity planning

VMware has launched vCenter CapacityIQ, a product which provides capacity management for VMware virtualised environments.
October 20, 2009 20 Oct'09
Video: Smart lego gives touchscreens the 3D view

Smart building blocks combined with Microsoft's Surface interactive table-top computer have taken touch-screen interaction into the third dimension, which engineers or architects could use them to develop designs.
October 19, 2009 19 Oct'09
Teradata claims world's fastest datawarehouse

Teradata has introduced what it claims is the world's fastest datawarehouse. The Blurr appliance uses solid state discs, instead of hard discs to support...
October 16, 2009 16 Oct'09
Police use of mobile technology increases

The government has pumped £80m into mobile devices for police forces, and officers can expect an increasing proportion of their workload to be dependent on them.
October 16, 2009 16 Oct'09
Acpo seeks ID card readers

The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) is looking for a supplier of portable readers capable of reading identity cards, passports, bank and credit...
October 16, 2009 16 Oct'09
In-App purchases for free iPhone Apps

Apple has announced that it will now allow products and services to be bought and sold from within free iPhone applications.
October 16, 2009 16 Oct'09
Sidekick users sue T-Mobile over data loss

Users of Microsoft's Sidekick smartphone have sued T-Mobile over the loss of personal data caused by a server failure in Microsoft's Danger subsidiary.
October 16, 2009 16 Oct'09
Microsoft recovers lost Sidekick personal data

Microsoft claims to have recovered the personal data lost when its Sidekick smartphone servers failed.
October 15, 2009 15 Oct'09
UK lags behind trading partners in data security, report says

UK businesses are lagging behind many of their overseas trading partners in protecting data, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Nearly half (49%)...
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Storage Expo: Lloyds-TSB tackles rising storage costs after HBOS merger

Lloyds Banking Group Wholesale Markets Treasury and Trading, a division of Lloyds Banking Group, is reviewing the software applications in use...
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Storage Expo: Businesses say cloud computing is a risk too far

Businesses are turning away from storing their critical data in the cloud, due to concerns over security, government regulations, and the risks of doing...
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
O2 to launch Palm Pre “iPhone killer” in UK

Mobile network operator O2 will launch the so-called "iPhone killer" Palm Pre on Friday and plans extend iPhone sales through the Phones 4U retail chain.
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Anti-upgrade demonstration at Storage Expo

Visitor’s to Storage Expo were greeted by a “demonstration” outside London’s Olympia station, organised by Symantec, in a bid to convince users that they do not need to upgrade storage hardware.
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Call centres are not protecting credit card details

Contact centres are failing to securely store voice recordings that contain personal information including credit card numbers.

A survey carried out...
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Windows 7 on Nokia Booklet 3G from AT&T

US telco AT&T yesterday launched the Windows 7-based Nokia Booklet 3G through Best Buy outlets for $299.99 on a two year connection plan.
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Acer recalls overheating Aspire laptops

Acer is voluntarily recalling Aspire notebooks that contain a defective microphone cable which may overheat and cause the system to shut down.

The...
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Intel posts better than expected Q3 results

Computer chip maker Intel has posted stronger than expected third-quarter financial results, indicating a recovery from the effects of the economic downturn.

The...
October 12, 2009 12 Oct'09
Sun Customers have nothing to fear from Oracle says McNealy

Sun chairman Scott McNealy opened the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco with a rallying cry to his customers that there was nothing to fear from...
October 12, 2009 12 Oct'09
Jail terms needed to curb ID fraud, says Stonewood

Businesses will not invest in personal data protection until there are more tangible consequences such as heavy fines or jail sentences, says security firm...
October 08, 2009 08 Oct'09
Dell closes US plant

Dell is to close its desktop computer manufacturing plant early next year in Winston-Salem North Carolina with the loss of 905 jobs.

Some 600 jobs...
October 08, 2009 08 Oct'09
Unilever calls on NetWisdom to fix SAN headaches

Unilever has cut the cost of managing its storage area network after deploying storage area network storage optimisation tools.

The consumer goods...
October 08, 2009 08 Oct'09
Obama pins technology gongs on Adobe and IBM

Adobe Systems and IBM were among the companies whose staff were given America's top science and technology awards in Washington last night.
October 07, 2009 07 Oct'09
Union ballots for industrial action over Fujitsu pension cuts

Trade union, Unite is balloting staff at Fujitsu on jobs, pay and pensions with a view to taking industrial action over planned cuts to some 1,500 employees...
October 07, 2009 07 Oct'09
Amazon launches GSM wireless Kindle e-book

Amazon will start shipping a GSM-based wireless version of its Kindle e-book to US and international markets on 19 October, and it is taking orders from today.
October 07, 2009 07 Oct'09
Mobile phone users top 4.6 billion this year

More than 4.6 billion people will have a mobile phone account by the end of the year if present growth rates continue, says the International Telecomunications...
October 07, 2009 07 Oct'09
AT&T allows VoIP calls on iPhone

In a concession to consumers, US network operator AT&T said last night it would allow Apple iPhone users to make voice over internet (VoIP) calls such...
October 06, 2009 06 Oct'09
Windows Mobile 6.5 lacks the touch

Microsoft has released Windows Mobile 6.5, the company's latest attempt to establish a mobile phone business and offer an alternative to the iPhone and Google Android-based devices.
October 06, 2009 06 Oct'09
Italy joins ITU's cybersecurity network

The International Telecommunications Union's Impact global cybersecurity alerting system ...
October 06, 2009 06 Oct'09
CSC seeks new $2.bn deal with Zurich Financial Services

Zurich Financial Services Group has entered exclusive negotiations with IT outsourcer CSC 10-year contract valued at $2.4bn.
October 06, 2009 06 Oct'09
Microsoft launches a store for Windows Mobile apps

Microsoft has unveiled its version of the Apple AppStore dubbed Windows Marketplace for Mobile.
October 06, 2009 06 Oct'09
Adobe brings Flash to iPhone

Adobe Systems has given a sneak peak of Adobe Flash Professional CS5, which now supports the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.