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UK datacentres swarm into cloud services

The technologies that underpin cloud computing have become so accessible that several UK datacentre operators are launching cloud services, but they are finding it difficult to distinguish their products among customers Read more

27 January, 2012 15:58 by Jack Clark

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Samsung denied German 3G patent claim against Apple

Samsung has been denied its second 3G patent claim against Apple by a German court. The Mannheim regional court in Germany rejected Samsung's... Read more

27 January, 2012 17:01 by Ben Woods

Google takeover weighs Motorola down to $80m loss

Motorola Mobility went from $80m in profit to a fourth-quarter loss of the same amount, thanks largely to expenses related to the pending takeover by Google Read more

27 January, 2012 17:19 by Roger Cheng

ICO urges firms to grant personal data access

Companies need to give people more access to personal information held about them, according to UK data protection authority the Information... Read more

27 January, 2012 17:01 by Tom Espiner

RIM cuts PlayBook tablet price to £169

Research in Motion has cut the price of its QNX-powered BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for the second time since launch. The 16GB Wi-Fi only variant of... Read more

27 January, 2012 17:01 by Ben Woods

New graphene property may please vodka fans

Graphene, the 21st century's most promising new material, has acquired yet another entry in its burgeoning CV. A team led by graphene co-discoverer... Read more

27 January, 2012 16:01 by Rupert Goodwins

Newzbin lawyer disbarred for lying about ownership

A lawyer who defended Newzbin at its 2010 trial has been indefinitely struck off, because it turned out he owned the file-sharing site. The Bar... Read more

27 January, 2012 16:01 by David Meyer

EC drops UK Phorm infringement case

The European Commission has dropped a privacy infringement case against the UK government over BT trials of Phorm behavioural advertising. The... Read more

27 January, 2012 15:01 by Tom Espiner

Samsung profits driven by mobile growth

Samsung's mobile phone sales were up 54 percent in the last three months of 2011, balancing weaker demand for PC memory and disaster-blighted supply chain problems Read more

27 January, 2012 15:31 by Ben Woods

Judge lights fire under McKinnon proceedings

Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon's case has 'dragged on', according to a high court judge, who has fixed a court date for July and told both defence and prosecution they must submit evidence before then Read more

27 January, 2012 14:23 by Tom Espiner 3 comments

Samsung tops world smartphone table, says iSuppli

In 2011, Samsung became the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones, when it overtook both Apple and Nokia, according to US-based research company... Read more

27 January, 2012 14:01 by Jack Schofield

Twitter to censor posts by country

A new system allows the social media service to block certain tweets in some countries while showing them in others, which a legal expert says could enhance freedom of speech rather than stifling it Read more

27 January, 2012 12:29 by David Meyer

Android loosens iPad's grip on tablet market

Apple's share of the global tablet market has dropped from nearly 70 percent in Q4 2010 to 57.6 percent in the same quarter last year, as competition from Android-based tablets kicks in Read more

27 January, 2012 10:04 by Don Reisinger

Intel buys RealNetworks patents and software

Intel's $120m purchase of video patents and software from RealNetworks gives the chipmaker new muscle in an important market that's filled with intellectual-property obstacles Read more

27 January, 2012 09:18 by Stephen Shankland

Government warns Liverpool and Newcastle over fibre

Three areas in England may lose their chance to get public funding for super-fast broadband, the government has warned. In a statement on Thursday,... Read more

27 January, 2012 09:01 by David Meyer

iPads save parliament cash, says IT chief

A pilot project using Apple's iPad not only saved money, but proved popular among MPs and peers, the head of parliamentary IT has revealed Read more

27 January, 2012 08:34 by Jack Clark

MEP quits ACTA 'charade' in protest at EU signing

A French MEP has quit the process of scrutinising ACTA for the European Parliament, calling the treaty's passage through the EU legislative system a... Read more

26 January, 2012 17:01 by David Meyer 3 comments

Nokia earnings fail to shine despite Lumia

Nokia has reported a loss of more than €1bn in the fourth quarter, but said it is now on track to establishing itself as a top-performing Windows Phone manufacturer, thanks to the Lumia range Read more

26 January, 2012 17:50 by Ben Woods 1 comment

BT plan puts 300Mbps in apartment blocks

BT Openreach is calling for apartment owners to join a pilot project that will eventually bring broadband download speeds of up to 300Mbps to... Read more

26 January, 2012 17:01 by Ben Woods

Commission pledges €10m to cloud partnership

The European Commission will put €10m into the European Cloud Partnership, which will facilitate the joint procurement of cloud products and services by European governments Read more

26 January, 2012 17:09 by Tom Espiner

Symantec warns customers to disable PCAnywhere

The security vendor has told customers to stop using remote access tool PCAnywhere, after the source code was stolen by hackers thought to be connected to Anonymous Read more

26 January, 2012 16:43 by Elinor Mills

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apexwm

"They have neglected to publicize a post-mortem..." I am sure that more granular details of the attack will eventually come out, if they are not...

7 hours ago by apexwm on Windows security breaches on the rise
Moley

At the end of the day, so to speak, one of the biggest problems is the unintended consequences, something we are all familiar with these days. We...

9 hours ago by Moley on UK signs ACTA as activists urge resistance
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Malware stats are subject to the law of large numbers; the huge market share of Windows makes it the platform to attack. If we ever see the year of...

10 hours ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Windows security breaches on the rise
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Jack - not just the advertising but the Web tools, like Google Analytics, which is how Google can associate you searching for say 'how do I declare...

10 hours ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on 'Do you trust Google?' is the wrong question
Moley

Time that the case just went away, just like the Phorm case reported on ZDNet today. Reading the article, I don't see a strictly legal case to...

10 hours ago by Moley on Judge lights fire under McKinnon proceedings
Jack Schofield

@apexwm I was simply pointing out the naivety of your statement that "if they don't want their information stored at Google, then they shouldn't...

11 hours ago by Jack Schofield on 'Do you trust Google?' is the wrong question
honeymonster

kernel.org and linuxfoundation.org are run by the people *most* knowledgeable about Linux and security. You do not find anyone anywhere who knows...

11 hours ago by honeymonster on Windows security breaches on the rise
Tim Syass

Is this the beginning of the end to freedom of speech???

14 hours ago by Tim Syass via Facebook on UK signs ACTA as activists urge resistance
chris haddad

Jack, what is your definition of " a partial PaaS"? I haven't heard the term partial PaaS or full PaaS before. Sounds a bit like hedging on...

15 hours ago by chris haddad on Amazon cuts off stack at the PaaS
JonathanJ

Yes, stricly speaking, McKinnon is wanted for 'stealing' blank passwords (an impossibility if ever there was one, not to mention that passwords...

15 hours ago by JonathanJ on Judge lights fire under McKinnon proceedings
Claire Simmons

Crucially, without the damage, McKinnon's actions are not an extraditable offence. Even his admissions to the non-extraditable Summary Offence are...

15 hours ago by Claire Simmons via Facebook on Judge lights fire under McKinnon proceedings
manek

Interestingly, at a recent conference held by analyst STL Partners, security was no longer top of the list of concerns. Instead, it was IT jobs...

15 hours ago by manek on Will 2012 be the year of the cloud?
apexwm

Jack : I am not saying I agree with Google excessively tracking users. But, I think social networks (i.e. Facebook, Google+) are doing much worse...

18 hours ago by apexwm on 'Do you trust Google?' is the wrong question
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Google puts a long-life cookie on your hard drive, and a Wall Street Journal article found it tracked you more than anybody else because...

18 hours ago by Jack Schofield on 'Do you trust Google?' is the wrong question
apexwm

servermanagement : Agreed. I highly recommend using a non-Internet Explorer browser, if you are using Windows, like Firefox or Chrome. And in...

18 hours ago by apexwm on Windows security breaches on the rise
natalief

Ironically I have just re-read / re-listened-to Cory Doctorow's "Scroogled" which just shows that, thus far, Google is not that Evil at all.

19 hours ago by natalief on 'Do you trust Google?' is the wrong question
Jack Schofield

@toast171 You're asking for *facts* about Windows on a blog called "The open source revolution"? ;-)

19 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Windows security breaches on the rise
apexwm

Google and any of these services aren't going to know your name and personal data, other than your IP address, client, etc. that is obtainable...

19 hours ago by apexwm on 'Do you trust Google?' is the wrong question
toast171

Do you have statistics on thenumber of incidents on Windows rising at the end of 2011, or is it just an assertion?

19 hours ago by toast171 on Windows security breaches on the rise
Jack Clark

@James Watters Thanks for pointing that out. Amazon has developed significant PaaS capabilities since Vogels first said that a little under a year...

22 hours ago by Jack Clark on Amazon cuts off stack at the PaaS

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