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Ofcom set to lay out anti-piracy rules for ISPs

After repeated delays, Ofcom's revised code of practice should arrive in June to tell ISPs what their role is in dealing with suspected unlawful file-sharers and what costs they will bear Read more

16 May, 2012 by Ben Woods

HTC phones held up in US over Apple patent claim

HTC has been prevented from importing the HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE phones into the US because of patent dispute with Apple Read more

16 May, 2012 by Steven Musil

Yahoo ousts CEO Thompson after CV furore

Media head Ross Levinsohn becomes interim CEO, as Scott Thompson departs along with four of Yahoo's directors, after activist shareholders claim Thompson lied about having a computer science degree Read more

14 May, 2012 by Stephen Shankland
Adobe move promotes piracy

Adobe move promotes piracy

Adobe now sees critical security vulnerabilities in its software as revenue sources, an approach that will critically damage its standing as a responsible vendor and its ability to combat piracy Read more

11 May, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins

EMC buys XtremIO for flash tech

The company has bought Israel-based XtremIO, a flash storage architecture firm, for an undisclosed sum Read more

11 May, 2012 by Andrew Nusca

Oracle may only get $150,000 in damages from Google

The judge in the Oracle-Google trial has warned that Oracle may only be entitled to statutory damages over the nine lines of code that Google has been found guilty of copying Read more

11 May, 2012 by Rachel King

Citrix to deliver Windows desktops from the cloud

Citrix's Project Avalon initiative will allow companies to deliver Windows apps and desktops from the cloud, as it made a slew of announcements around virtual desktops and cloud management at its customer conference in San Francisco Read more

10 May, 2012 by Steve Ranger

European crisis casts shadow on Cisco earnings

Cisco battled the global economic storm in its third quarter, with depressed spending in Europe hitting product sales in the region, and customer worries over the future of the global economy causing Cisco to anticipate more tough times ahead Read more

10 May, 2012 by Jack Clark

HP commits to mobility and long-term R&D

HP has said it will invest more heavily in research and development over the next two years, in addition to placing an emphasis on the mobility market, including tablets and ultrabooks Read more

10 May, 2012 by Ben Woods

Oracle loses bid to throw out Google's 'fair use' defence

The judge in the Oracle-Google trial has rejected a motion by Oracle to throw out Google's 'fair use' defence, but a number of key questions remain Read more

10 May, 2012 by Rachel King

Google infringed on Oracle copyright, jury finds

The jury in the copyright phase of the epic court battle has decided that Google did infringe on Oracle's copyright in Android, but has left it to the judge to decide if Google was covered by fair use Read more

8 May, 2012 by David Meyer

Programming languages can't be copyrighted: EU court

The European Court of Justice has ruled in favour of World Programming Limited over the SAS Institute in a case hinging on whether programming languages can be copyrighted Read more

4 May, 2012 by Rachel King

LinkedIn buys SlideShare presentation site

SlideShare helps professionals network and share presentations online, and had nearly 29 million unique visitors in March Read more

4 May, 2012 by Steven Musil

Yahoo to probe claims CEO lied about CompSci degree

Yahoo's board is to investigate claims by a hedge fund that its CEO Scott Thompson did not receive the Computer Science degree he put on his CV Read more

4 May, 2012 by Steven Musil

Facebook IPO looks to raise $13.6bn

Facebook's initial public offering could raise as much as $13.6bn, which would place a value on the company of roughly $88bn Read more

4 May, 2012 by Paul Sloan

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apexwm

NanWag : A Windows Server 2008 is being used because the environment that the Macs are in is a heavy Windows environment. I am proposing that...

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BellamysIT

Really good article. You bring to light a few really good things. However, isn't it true that over 70% of fortune 500 companies use sharepoint?...

5 minutes ago by BellamysIT on Designing a SharePoint farm: Tiers before bedtime
annonymous2

If Piratebay is a crime then so is borrowing a dvd you purchased to a family member or a friend. Why should we not be aloud to share. Most of the...

2 hours ago by annonymous2 on UK ISPs ordered to block Pirate Bay website
NanWag

File Services For Macintosh was causing Excel to prompt for Overwriting changes or Save Another Copy because it was changing the timestamp on the...

2 hours ago by NanWag on Windows Server 2008 drops the ball for Mac compatibility
Regis Machado

creative cloud $48/month in the USA, £48/month in the UK ($79). good for the competitors

4 hours ago by Regis Machado via Facebook on Adobe move promotes piracy
Tom Espiner

Hello KosGirl, Good question. I've asked Belfius for a response. The latest post I can find on Pastebin about it is here:...

5 hours ago by Tom Espiner on Hackers hold bank to ransom over stolen data
KosGirl

Have there been any further updates to this story? I can't find any information on whether the hackers released the data or not.

6 hours ago by KosGirl on Hackers hold bank to ransom over stolen data
SandJ

I have done 7 speed tests this morning on different speed test tools. They tell me my download speed is: 12.3, 12.3, 12.3, 11.1, 12.7, 12.7, 11.7...

6 hours ago by SandJ on Watchdog: TalkTalk's broadband speed test misled users
Jack Schofield

@Mary Microsoft could always send Mozilla a spec sheet and oblige them to meet the same standards as IE. Then Mozilla can spend millions of...

10 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Windows RT browsers and the point of Windows RT
goth1csnake3

Not before time, that people making films,dvd's get whats coming to them. Well done, Virgin Media.

12 hours ago by goth1csnake3 on Virgin Media: Spotify deal will bring down piracy
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Apex - the question then is what about letting the user choose to have a tablet where they don't have to have that responsibility? why can't the...

21 hours ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Windows RT browsers and the point of Windows RT
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Moley, Apex, thanks; I think there's an interesting other dimension of choice - the choice to have a platform that is 'locked down' in the sense...

22 hours ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Mozilla accuses Microsoft of shutting Firefox out of WOA
Yellowcave

Not surprised. I once used the methods to let my firewall just notify me of breaches. Not one single logged event was genuine. Once, we all...

1 day ago by Yellowcave on Mobile porn filters catch innocent content, says report
duplex

live realy sucks in facebook becuase people hack your profile

1 day ago by duplex on Irish watchdog: Facebook privacy still falls short
Ed Macnair

If only it was that simple. When you start accessing Cloud applications you are stuck with the security model the vendor provides...........unless...

1 day ago by Ed Macnair via Facebook on IT security? You're doing it wrong!
Phil at Cloud4

Another good updaet, I have enjoyed going on the journey reading this series on SharePoint 2010 and have learned alot. Great writing.

1 day ago by Phil at Cloud4 on Designing a SharePoint farm: Tiers before bedtime
muteen

roumers of an ipad Mini, isnt that just an iTouch!?

1 day ago by muteen on Apple rebrands iPad 4G as 'Wi-Fi + Cellular' for UK
apexwm

Thanks for this article and bringing this issue to light. Unfortunately this type of activity is common not only with Adobe, but many other...

1 day ago by apexwm on Adobe move promotes piracy
Andy Bolstridge

there's a very thin line between tax avoidance and tax efficiency - earning £850 a month and claiming dividends to bring my income up to normal...

1 day ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on The Idle Self-employed
Andy Bolstridge

I see that they are happy to announce these numbers.. but no-one will take any notice until they start announcing sales numbers too.

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