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Cloud computing: How to avoid a network bottleneck

Cloud computing can put a huge load on a business's network. Organisations need to ensure network access from the user's browser on the local area network (LAN), to a cloud-based datacentre across on the public internet are fit for purpose. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Global cloud market to reach $240bn by 2020

The global cloud market is set to explode in the next 10 years, growing from $40.7bn in 2011 to more than $241bn in 2020, according to Forrester Research. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Computer Weekly marks the end of an era as a new one begins

The first issue of Computer Weekly magazine in 1966 marked the start of an era in the UK IT industry - the first ever weekly technology publication. This is the story of how it all began. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Declining PC market threatened by tablet popularity

The PC market has continued to decline after delays in refresh cycles and increased purchases of tablet devices, according to research. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Building an Olympics network

Preparation is clearly the key to Olympic success, as players on 27 July 2012 will see years of finely honed practice condensed into one gruelling fortnight Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Intel unveils Oak Trail Atom processor chipset for tablet market

Intel is introducing a next generation Atom processors, previously codenamed "Oak Trail", aimed at the tablet market. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Manageability issues impede adoption of virtualisation

Virtual infrastructure management challenges are hindering the adoption of virtualisation within businesses, according to research. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Facebook has launched a project to ‘open source’ its datacentre

In the spirit of open source software, Facebook says it wants to share the innovations in one of its datacentres with the rest of the industry in its Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

In 1966 England won the World Cup and Computer Weekly launched the world's first weekly IT newspaper

After 45 years in print, Computer Weekly, the award-winning title for senior IT decision-makers, is to become a 100% online publication. Here is a celebration of 45 years in print. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How pay-as-you-behave technology could transform car insurance

New IT systems can help calculate unique insurance premiums based on driver behaviour Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

All for one fibre, one fibre for all, says ECTA

Countries should separate the provision of new fibre networks from their operation, executives from telcos struggling to enter new national markets told the European Commission and major banks on Tuesday. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Government puts open source at the heart of its new IT strategy

The government has launched its much-anticipated new IT strategy, highlighting open source and a promise that the coalition will do things better. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Spotify hit by malicious ads

Spotify, the popular streaming music service, has been displaying malicious advertisements to users of its Free version. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Police switch to Sprint ii for IT procurement

Police forces in England and Wales are having to switch IT procurement from the Buying Solutions' CITHS framework to the SPRINT ii agreement. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kunert

Budget 2011: UK public worried spending cuts will impact data security

A large proportion of the UK public is worried that government spending cuts will have a negative effect on data security, a survey has revealed. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Photos: The Best iPad 2 alternatives - Tablets you should know about

Tired of hearing about why you should buy the iPad 2? Want more choice? Then have a look at our top ten alternatives. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

RIM urges Blackberry users to disable Javascript after web browsing vulnerability revealed

Research in Motion (RIM) is advising Blackberry smartphone users to disable Javascript to protect against a security vulnerability in its web browser. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Video gallery: iPhone app helps travellers avoid being Eurotrash

They say there is an app for everything but who would have thought there was one to stop tourists in Europe from offending their hosts. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Windows Phone 7 update delayed

Microsoft is delaying its first major software update to its mobile operating system Windows Phone 7 until the second half of March. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Rural broadband fund triggers technology tussle

News that the government may be giving serious thought to a "last mile first" approach when it comes to spending public money on broadband projects emerged this week to a cautious response from industry. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Mobile ticketing users to treble by 2015

The number of people redeeming travel and entertainment tickets via their mobile phones is set to treble by 2015, according to a report by Juniper Research. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

IT fails to curb anti-social behaviour

Information technology failures are a key reason why efforts to stamp out anti-social behaviour have failed for at least a decade.... Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Google adds real-time traffic data to Android map app

Google has updated its algorithms to support real-time data for its map application for smartphones running on the Android operating system (OS). Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Facebook enlists Samaritans to counsel suicidal users

The Samaritans has teamed up with Facebook to enable users to report friends contemplating suicide. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Pictures of the Southampton Azure balloon

Southampton University has successfully recovered a instrumentation launched into the stratosphere using a high altitude balloon. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Intel launches second generation Core vPro processor

Intel says new chip will increase the speed of business applications by 60% Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

3UK offers unlimited data service to pay-as-you-go customers

Mobile phone service 3UK is to launch a £15 per month 'all-you-can-eat' data service for pay as you go customers. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Western Digital bids $4.3 billion for Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

Western Digital has tabled a bid of $4.25m (£2.6bn) to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies ending the Japanese HDD vendor's previous preparations for an IPO. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kunert

Photos: iPad 2 apps for business

In this photo story we look at the apps that make the iPad 2 a business tablet. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Azure propels Southampton's Windows Phone 7 balloon above the clouds

Microsoft Azure is helping Southampton University to reach above the clouds in a first-of-its-kind experiment to probe the stratosphere using an unmanned vehicle. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: iPad 2 - Ten things that make it so special

The release of the iPad 2 has taken the world by storm, here we look at ten new features that make it stand out. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Download 180-day free trial for Windows Embedded Compact 7 OS

The latest version of Microsoft's operating system (OS) for embedded devices, Windows Embedded Compact 7 is now available on a 180-day free trial. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Intel finalises £5bn acquisition of McAfee

Intel has confirmed the completion of its $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant McAfee. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Photos: Fire at University of Southampton data recovery

Following a severe fire at one of Southampton University’s buildings, Kroll Ontrack was brought in to help recover as much critical data as possible from the damaged hardware. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

UPDATE: Stolen network equipment causes Vodafone UK network outage

The theft of specialist equipment has prevented thousands of users from accessing the Vodafone network. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Intel rolls out high speed cable 'Thunderbolt'

Intel has rolled out a high-speed PC connection technology named Thunderbolt, in collaboration with Apple. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Photo story: Inside Wikileaks' Bond villain server room

As if the story of Wikileaks' and its enigmatic founder Julian Assange didn't already sound like a spy thriller, these images of the infamous whistleblower's server room reveal a base modelled on a Bond villain's underground lair. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Legacy kit and lack of skills hold back digital video surveillance

A huge legacy investment in analogue equipment and a lack of data integration skills are holding back more widespread adoption of fully digital video surveillance systems, according to research just published. Continue Reading

Photos: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc

Sony Ericsson continue to produce handsets that they hope will rock the smartphone world and the Arc is their top of the range. Is this the best Sony Ericsson yet? Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo will run on the new Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating with new features such as the iPhone folders system. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Apple adds digital subscription service to app store

Apple has extended its digital subscription billing service used for Rupert Murdoch's iPad-only newspaper to all magazines, newspapers, videos and music on its application store. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Mobile World Congress in pictures

More than 1,300 companies attracted in excess of 50,000 delegates from 200 countries to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Photos: Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro - Business phone

Xperia pro is also the ideal business phone for Android fans coming complete with a set of professional functions such as syncing your email, calendar and contacts in a secure way and the pre-loaded Office Suite Pro lets consumers view and edit office documents directly on the phone. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Sony Xperia PLAY - The game changer

Sony Ericsson have announced the game changing Xperia PLAY, the latest phone in its Xperia range of Android based smartphones. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Mobile hacker attacks will damage business in 2011

Businesses cannot afford to ignore mobile hacking attacks as they are proving extremely lucrative over shorter periods, a study of mobile threats has found. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Mobile workers practise lax security

More than half of Europeans practise unsafe networking when they work away from the office, according to research by German remote access experts NCP Engineering. Continue Reading

Photos: INQ Cloud Touch unveiled as the Facebook phone

The phones' homescreens provide a visual Facebook feed for clicking through friends' updates, pictures, videos and web pages, with one-touch links to Facebook Chat, Friends, Messages, Wall and Notifications. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: HP unveil TouchPad, Pre 3 and Veer

HP has launched its TouchPad tablet, which will run on the company's own WebOS operating system. At the event in San Francisco the company also unveiled two new smartphones, the HP Veer and HP HP Pre3, both powered by WebOS. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Vodafone rolls out Nexus S smartphone

Vodafone remains tight-lipped over the availability of Samsung's Nexus S smartphone, which is already available at Carphone warehouse. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Photos: To hell and back - Data recovery from a burnt Nikon camera

This Nikon camera was burned in a fire, the information on the SD card was recovered using specialist techniques. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Every IPv4 address is now allocated and could run out within weeks

It's official: the IPv4-based internet is full, or at least it will be within a few weeks Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

OFT to investigate e-book pricing

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into e-book pricing. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Yahoo blames Microsoft implementation for Windows Phone 7 data charges

Yahoo has spoken out after being blamed for excessive data charges experienced by some Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7) users. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Mobile app stores to grow over 1,000% by 2014

Mobile application store downloads are expected to surge 117% in 2011, growing more than 1,000% by 2014.

According to the latest figures by research...

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

ARM grows profits 47% in Q4 2010

UK-based chip developer, ARM, has reported growth in profits and sales following increased demand for smartphone and tablet licences in the fourth quarter of 2010. Continue Reading

Photos: Sony PSP2 aka NGP

Sony have unveiled the PSP2 which they are calling the NGP (Next Generaton Portable). Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

SMEs still lack data backup

Many small business lack data recovery plans, despite a recent uptake in cloud adoption, according to a survey. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Sky buys The Cloud

BSkyB has confirmed plans to acquire UK Wi-Fi network provider The Cloud. The deal allows the broadcaster access to 5,000 public wireless hotspots Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Can Lenovo become the top UK corporate PC manufacturer?

Can Lenovo continue to grow to take on HP and Dell in the corporate arena? Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Virgin supplies London schools with 10Mbps fibre optic broadband

Virgin Media's business division is to supply a managed fibre optic network to London's Grid for Learning that will replace a broadband network supplied by Symmetrix, a Capita company. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

House of Fraser opens mobile shopping site

House of Fraser has launched a mobile transactional website to widen customers' choice of shopping channels. Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Lenovo rumoured to buy NEC

China-based Lenovo group is rumoured to be in talks with NEC to merge. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

HTC sales rocket as shipments jump 163% in Q4 of 2010

HTC has posted sales of £2.2bn for the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase of 153% year-on-year. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Rackspace launches system administrator app

Rackspace has launched an app that allows a CIO or system administrator to dial up or take down servers and storage moment by moment. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Record sales of Mac, iPhone and iPad drive Apple's highest revenues

Apple has reported record revenue of $26.74bn and net quarterly profit of $6bn in financial results for its 2011 first quarter ended December 25, 2010. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Photos: Tablets set to kill the iPad - CES 2011

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been hailed as the year of the tablet, with almost 100 tablets expected to be launched during the week. Computer Weekly rounds up the top tablets set to topple Apple’s iPad success. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Photos: The kids are not alright on Google Street View

These pictures from Google Street View show how kids all over the world are fun-loving, funny and above all fearless. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Babcock outsources next-gen network to C&W Worldwide

UK-based global engineering firm Babcock has hired Cable&Wireless Worldwide as its sole telecoms supplier for the next three years to consolidate Babcock's legacy network estate and connect its 250 UK and international sites Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Government wants hard evidence before changing fibre tax

The government wants concrete evidence that the business rates tax on lit fibres - the so-called fibre tax - unduly hampers network investment before it considers reviewing the system Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Photos: The weirdest photos on Google Street View

We at Computer Weekly towers love Google Street View, here's a round-up of some of the weirdest pictures from around the world. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Government departments criticised over data sharing mistake

Three government agencies have been criticised over a data sharing mistake that led to the wrongful disclosure of a woman's personal and financial information. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Cambridge village competes with South Korea on broadband speeds

Residents of Broughton have become among the first UK consumers to get access to 1Gbps broadband speeds Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Glasgow 1,000-core FPGA accelerates MPEG video coding

Researchers at Glasgow university have developed a 1,000-core chip, which could lead to significantly faster processing compared to today's multi-core designs....

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Blackberry Playbook hit by development challenges

Research in Motion (RIM) could be late to market with its Blackberry Playbook tablet device after experiencing several development challenges Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

FULL DETAILS: EMC’s new VNX and VNXe ranges

EMC will next week launch unified storage devices under the VNX name, but also a range of low-end storage systems dubbed VNXe. Continue Reading

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• Simon Sharwood

Update: Who takes the blame for the Lloyds TSB duplicate payment error?

Over 200,000 people were affected by a glitch at Lloyds TSB, when an error with its merchant system duplicated payments on New Year's Eve. Jenny Williams investigates. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Most people who sell their old mobiles don't clear personal data

Just over three quarters of the UK population have sold on old mobile phones, but only 31% wiped all personal information before selling, a survey has revealed. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CES 2011: Top five tablets

With almost 100 tablets expected to be launched at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, 2011 is set to be the year of the tablet device. Computer Weekly rounds up the latest tablet announcements from CES 2011. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

What is Near Field Communication (NFC)?

Near-field communication (NFC) allows data to be exchanged between devices via short-range, high frequency wireless communication technology by combining the interface of a smartcard and reader into a single device. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

CES 2011: Tablets expected to dominate Vegas show

Tablet-style computers are expected to dominate the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show that kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday. About... Continue Reading

Photos: The most anticipated gadgets of 2011

Last year we saw some amazing gadget developments but next year promises to be even bigger as Google go further into the mobile phone market with the Playstation Phone and also venture into web TV. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: The funniest pictures on Google Street View

If a car goes around the world and takes pictures of everything it sees, it's bound to find some funny stuff going on. Here are some highlights. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Server refresh cycles may get longer

Having seen the evidence, some enterprise IT shops may experiment with holding onto servers for longer than in the past, Gartner analysts said. Continue Reading

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• Alex Barrett, Modern Infrastructure Editor-in-Chief

Unified Comms for the smaller business

Bob Tarzey from Quocirca looks at how smaller businesses can benefit from deploying unified communications Continue Reading

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• Bob Tarzey

The first solar-powered internet cafe in Kenya

UK charity Computer Aid has officially launched its first solar-powered internet café in Kenya - enabling rural communities with no electricity to get online Continue Reading

Windows Phone 7 - The Phones

Microsoft unveiled nine new Windows Phone 7 smartphones: HTC 7 Surround, HTC 7 Mozart, HTC 7 Trophy, HTC 7 Pro, HTC HD7, Samsung Focus, LG Optimus, LG Quantum and the Dell Venue Pro. We have a look at the line-up. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Mac vs PC: Which should I buy?

Which is better – Macs or PCs? Computer Weekly content editor Faisal Alani gives his opinion on their respective advantages and disadvantages Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Computer Weekly donates 44-year archive to National Museum of Computing

Computer Weekly was the world's first weekly computer publication, established in 1966, and the 104-volume archive represents a unique record of the history and achievements of the UK IT industry. Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

See the datacentre of the future

Capgemini has created the first of a new breed of datacentres which mean it will never have to build a datacentre again after completing its Merlin datacentre. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Making the case for a greener data centre

Although “Green” has slid down the list of priorities throughout the recession, it has not disappeared completely. Clive Longbottom looks at how to put a value on green IT investments. Continue Reading

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• Clive Longbottom

Photos: The new Apple iPod Touch, Nano and Shuffle

Apple unveiled their latest line of music players as well as Apple TV. We take a closer look at the line-up and see what's changed. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

What would be the first thing to load onto your new Amazon Kindle?

The Kindle is arriving in the UK. Computer Weekly. checks out the must-have books and MP3s that should be on your Kindle. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Intel Silicon Photonics

Intel steps up its interest in using optical fibres for high speed interconnects in processor-based systems, developing a prototype silicon-based semiconductor laser to support 50Gbit/s optical links in computers. Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

Instantly boost PC performance

Even a new PC will eventually slow down. A solid state disk can be a relatively easy upgrade to boost boot time and performance of the operating system. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Business case for the Connected Enterprise

Clive Longbottom, founder of analyst house, Quocirca, asssses the business benefits of extending the corporate network to support collaborative applications. Continue Reading

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• Clive Longbottom

Flying car wins its wings

TerraFugia has developed a flying car with the help of Dassault Systems computer-adied design software. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Photos: iPhone 4 - What's new and improved

Apple unveiled the iPhone 4 yesterday, this gallery looks at what changes/improvements have been made. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

European Space Agency gets IP Wan to handle satellite images

The European Space Agency is using an IP wide area network from Interoute to link up its 13 sites with bandwidth of between 1.5Mbps and 500Mbps. This picture gallery shows examples of the satellite images stored and secured on the network. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

NHS North Somerset PCT revamps telecoms

NHS North Somerset PCT improves communication at its new health centre with a flexible communications system supplier by Virgin Media Business. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor