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UK requested 135 YouTube takedowns

The UK government requested 135 YouTube takedowns in the first half of the year on the grounds of 'national security', according to... Read more

26 October, 2011

Microsoft downplays significance of zero-day flaws

Only one percent of security vulnerability exploits in the first half of the year were attacks against so-called zero-day flaws... Read more

12 October, 2011

Intel promises Medfield inside phones in 2012

Smartphones powered by Intel chips should go on sale by the first half of 2012, the company told attendees at its investor meeting in... Read more

19 May, 2011

Windows 7 SP1 to arrive in early 2011

...The first service pack for Windows 7 will emerge in the first half of 2011, according to Microsoft. SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2... Read more

22 July, 2010 by Tim Ferguson
Fundamentals of Telecommunications

Fundamentals of Telecommunications

Sometimes, when attending a class, it is okay to miss the first half-hour. After all, we do know something about the subject, and... Read more

17 June, 2010
2010 Mid Year Trend and Risk Report

2010 Mid Year Trend and Risk Report

...and Risk Report reveals several key trends that demonstrate how, in the first half of 2010, attackers seeking to steal money or personal data increasingly... Read more

25 October, 2011
Using the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report v9

Using the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report v9

...this podcast discuss the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report v9 observed in the first half of 2010. This podcast speaks about botnets and associated threats as... Read more

1 November, 2010
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard

...here) and SBS 2011 Essentials, which is due for release in the first half of the year. Both are based on Windows Server 2008 R2... Read more

2 February, 2011 by Alan Stevens
Dead IT giants: A top 10 of the fallen

Dead IT giants: A top 10 of the fallen

...in 1972, CDC continued to dominate the world of supercomputing during the first half of that decade. After the first Cray-1 was installed in... Read more

19 November, 2010 by David Meyer
Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta

Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta

...application, is to be upgraded later this year (Adobe's only saying 'first half of 2012') to the CS6 version, taking its place in due... Read more

22 March, 2012 by Charles McLellan
Motorola's revamped Droid Razr, in pictures

Motorola's revamped Droid Razr, in pictures

...upgrade to the newer Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android "in the first half of next year", Motorola told ZDNet UK. The Droid Razr includes... Read more

14 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

Calxeda and HP unleash ARM server tech

The EnergyCore ARM-based server processor — start-up Calxeda's attempt to get ARM's low-powered chips into enterprise servers — will appear in a server from HP Read more

1 November, 2011 by Jack Clark
Seven-day wonder: Inside the Promise TV

Seven-day wonder: Inside the Promise TV

...same vintage as the ARM architecture, both coming into existence in the first half of the 1980s.For more on this story, see Four-strong... Read more

26 March, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins

China extends probe into Google-Motorola merger

...The two companies still expect the deal to be finalised during the first half of 2012. But Motorola added that neither it nor Google can... Read more

21 March, 2012 by Lance Whitney

Intel and Micron team up on new storage technologies

...were not disclosed. The new partnership should come into play within the first half of 2012, subject to closing conditions Read more

28 February, 2012

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