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The government's NHS Information Strategy sets out plans to enable the reuse of data and give patients access more access to their health details online Read more
21 May, 2012 16:13 by Jo BestThe chief executives of Apple and Samsung are set to meet in court on Monday to try and hammer out common ground in their interconnected series of patent disputes Read more
21 May, 2012 16:51 by Steven MusilThe European Commission has given Google the chance to avoid formal proceedings by coming up with remedies to antitrust concerns over page-ranking and advertising Read more
21 May, 2012 16:40 by Tom EspinerEMC has released a new family of its flagship VMAX series of storage arrays, which have huge storage capacities and are backed by the latest... Read more
21 May, 2012 15:05 by Jack ClarkThe parent company of UK mobile operator Three, Hutchison Whampoa, has denied claims that the business will pull out of the UK market if it is not... Read more
21 May, 2012 15:05 by Ben WoodsMicrosoft has quietly launched So.cl, a type of social network, which it describes as 'an experimental research project' Read more
21 May, 2012 14:54 by Steven MusilMotorola has provided Ice Cream Sandwich update details for devices such as the Razr, Xoom and Xoom 2, but has said it will not be bringing ICS to... Read more
21 May, 2012 14:05 by Ben WoodsThe storage company has updated its private cloud storage software with extra administration features and has made it easier for developers to create applications on a variety of platforms Read more
21 May, 2012 14:00 by Jack Clark
The Pakistan government has restored access Twitter after temporarily blocking it because of 'blasphemous' postings Read more
21 May, 2012 12:04 by Jamie YapEurope's smaller telecoms firms have warned of a return to the age of telco monopolies, claiming that larger companies are still charging them too... Read more
21 May, 2012 12:05 by David MeyerHSBC customers had problems withdrawing money from cash machines and paying by HSBC debit cards on Sunday after a hardware failure, according to the... Read more
21 May, 2012 11:05 by Tom Espiner
Chinese regulators have reportedly approved Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the merger to proceed Read more
21 May, 2012 11:04 by Kevin KwangICANN will reopen the application system for generic top-level domains on Tuesday, the organisation said late last week. The body, which administers... Read more
21 May, 2012 10:05 by David MeyerWaterstones is to sell Amazon Kindles and offer special deals to customers who use the devices in its physical stores. Waterstones will begin selling... Read more
21 May, 2012 10:05 by David Meyer 4 commentsThe second iteration of the government's cloud-based app store has gone live, bringing better functionality in the form of improved search and payment options Read more
21 May, 2012 10:10 by StaffThe US International Trade Commission has ruled that some of Motorola's devices infringe on a patent owned by Microsoft Read more
21 May, 2012 09:59 by Jay GreeneThe chief executive of the Nasdaq stock exchange has apologised for technological hiccups that delayed the start of Facebook's public flotation on... Read more
21 May, 2012 08:05 by David MeyerIt's not a bad idea to have a few IT tasks in reserve in the unlikely event that the daily grind eventually lets up, says Jack Wallen Read more
20 May, 2012 12:00 by Jack Wallen 2 commentsAn engine problem in the seconds before lift-off has put a stop to the critical test of privately owned SpaceX's trip to the International Space Station with its Dragon cargo craft Read more
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In the twelfth and final part of the diary of his SharePoint 2010 adventure, Robert Schifreen eyes up the final configuration and the unavoidable prospect of going live Read more
19 May, 2012 12:00 by Robert SchifreenThe Information Commissioner's Office is working with privacy regulation colleagues in the US and Europe to harmonise approaches to web tracking using... Read more
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7 hours ago by mrudang009 on Waterstones to sell Kindles with in-store offers It basically unlocks all the Android marketplace apps and unlocks the device. I am one very happy Kindle owner!
7 hours ago by mrudang009 on Waterstones to sell Kindles with in-store offers Skittles with tapes and coffee cups. Old tapes so we didn't have to rewind them afterwards.
8 hours ago by Burn-IT on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls What is mildly amusing to me is when someone thinks a strong password is as strong as one may need, when the truth is usernames and passwords are...
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@JoshArg - Well, I am writing this from my N150 Plus, running Ubuntu 12.04 and using a Bluetooth mouse (well, to be totally correct it is a...
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11 hours ago by J.A. Watson on Netbook Upgrade - SSD IN, Windows OUT Sounds like only those who have bought their Kindle from Waterstones will be able to use them in-store - very disappointing. I have no intention...
13 hours ago by archerthom on Waterstones to sell Kindles with in-store offers From my mainframe operating days... 1) Play hoopla with write permit rings & a can of screen cleaner. 2) Make enormous paper chains (Christmas...
14 hours ago by AndyPagin on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls An OS X perspective Filenames beginning with a dot/period (.) should not be equated with HFS Plus resource forks; misunderstandings around ._ (dot...
14 hours ago by 61253 on SharePoint deployment: Pitfalls of a pioneer There are many legal download sites for music at least that do not charge an arm and a leg like itunes or Napster. The "real" cost of an mp3 file...
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23 hours ago by Jon Howells via Facebook on Privacy watchdog to chase big companies over cookie lawThere are hundreds, if not thousands of filesharing torrent sites, The Pirate Bay (TPB) is only one of them, while the TPB is blocked many more...
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1 day ago by Rebin Simpson on Sony delivers on Xperia Ice Cream Sandwich promise Hmmm, I thought that with SSDs you could get to the mythical ubuntu 10 sec boot time? Is this not the case?
1 day ago by duncanjmurray on Netbook Upgrade - SSD IN, Windows OUT Thanks once again! I have installed Linux Mint 13 (Maya) everything runs well but.. bluetooh is not present, "there is no blueetooth adapter" do...
1 day ago by JoshArg on Samsung N150 Plus Netbook - Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.04
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