FCO drops Ocean telecoms network
News The FCO has withdrawn a tender, worth up to £2.5bn, for a next-generation telecoms network to replace the Government Secure Intranet and other services [03 Jul 2009]
US launches probe into Google Books settlement
News Investigators with the US Justice Department will investigate whether Google's agreement with publishers over the digital rights to index books violates antitrust laws [03 Jul 2009]
BA saves £2m as tech staff work for free
News British Airways CEO Willie Walsh has credited techies for being among the 7,000 of BA's 40,000 staff who helped the company save cash by cutting back on hours or pay [03 Jul 2009]
Microsoft opens mega datacentre in Dublin
News The first Microsoft mega datacentre outside the US will take advantage of the 'cool climate' and will power Azure and Bing, the company says [01 Jul 2009]
EC auditors criticise Galileo overruns
News The project to develop a European civilian rival to the US's military GPS system was hampered by poor management, the European Court of Auditors has found [01 Jul 2009]
Global IT spending to fall by 10pc
News Researcher Forrester's prediction is a significant increase on its earlier forecast that worldwide IT spending would drop three percent in 2009 [01 Jul 2009]
Fund for tech start-ups aims to reach £1bn
News The government has announced a venture-capital fund for tech-based businesses that will match private-sector contributions of up to £150m [01 Jul 2009]
Swedish company to buy Pirate Bay
News Global Gaming Factory, which develops distribution software for use in internet cafes, has announced it will buy the file-sharing site for £4.7m [30 Jun 2009]
Apple's Steve Jobs returns to work
News The company's chief executive has officially returned from a six-month medical leave of absence [30 Jun 2009]
Parliamentary tech boss backs calls for gov't IT loans
News MP Andrew Miller, leader of parliament's IT committee, has lent his support to a consortium calling for a £1bn fund to stimulate investment in green tech and shared services [30 Jun 2009]
US extends probe into Oracle-Sun deal
News The Department of Justice wants more time to consider Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun, but Oracle is confident the deal will still go through without problem [29 Jun 2009]
Tata signs call-termination deal with BT
News Under the five-year deal, the Indian provider will be BT's main supplier of voice termination services outside the British company's main countries [26 Jun 2009]
Head in the Data Cloud Pt.III
Blog In past blogs, I looked at working in the Cloud, and then syncing data in the Cloud. Today, it is how to sync your email across different computers. By far the easiest method that I've come... [25 Jun 2009]
Gartner rejigs cloud definitions
News The analyst firm has revamped its list of attributes to help identify authentic cloud services [24 Jun 2009]
Data watchdog steps in over IT project reviews
News The Information Commissioner's Office has demanded the publication of public-sector IT project reviews [24 Jun 2009]
Steve Jobs had liver transplant, says WSJ
News Apple's CEO received a liver transplant in Tennessee two months ago, according to an unsourced report in The Wall Street Journal [22 Jun 2009]
Adobe profit margin narrows, stock falls
News The maker of Photoshop and Acrobat software has posted the narrowest profit margin in more than three years [17 Jun 2009]
Government outlines Berners-Lee's role
News The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is set to help the Cabinet Office establish better online access to government data [16 Jun 2009]
New chief exec takes the helm at Palm
News Ed Colligan is stepping down as chief of the smartphone maker, and Jon Rubinstein takes over, just days after the US launch of the high-profile Pre [11 Jun 2009]
Most IT pros finding work 'within three months'
News A survey has revealed that half of job-seeking techies are managing to secure work within three months despite the economic downturn [11 Jun 2009]
Mike O'Brien becomes NHS IT minister
News Th e MP for Warwickshire North has been appointed as minister of state for health services, where his brief includes Connecting for Health and NHS IT [10 Jun 2009]
Reports: Alan Sugar to get gov't enterprise post
Blog Sir Alan Sugar is to be given a role in government as 'enterprise czar', according to reports. Details are sketchy at present, but the role appears to be a new one. The Amstrad tycoon will also... [05 Jun 2009]
Google: EU data rules could hinder flu tracking
Blog EU plans to make Google cut the length of time it holds onto user data will hinder the company's pandemic-forecasting capabilities, Larry Page has claimed. The BBC reports Page as criticising... [19 May 2009]
Ballmer's email to staff on latest layoffs
Blog After Microsoft announced it would lay off another 3,000 people as part of expected job cuts, CEO Steve Ballmer sent an email to the rank and file. Here is that email, courtesy of Ina Fried at... [05 May 2009]
HP will appeal Cornell University decision
Blog HP on Friday said it had filed an appeal in a patent dispute with Cornell University and the Cornell Research Foundation. Last month, the US District Court cut the amount that a jury had earlier... [15 Apr 2009]
The 3 I's
Blog Last Saturday I went along to KLUG, my local Linux Users Group, to say hello and to talk about setting a FOSS-based digital arts project, which would double up as a focal point for local FOSS... [31 Mar 2009]
The British Library needs you
Blog From Monday to Wednesday this week, the British Library in St Pancras is host to a conference on the Digital Lives Research Project. The project has been, and continues, under the auspices of... [10 Feb 2009]
Dell gives UK companies chance to win £25,000
Blog Dell has announced the prize that will be open for UK companies to battle for in the Small Business Excellence Award 2009. The winning UK entrant is in line for a £25,000 and a chance to meet... [05 Feb 2009]
Dell sponsors small business again
Blog Dell has called for entries to this year's Dell Small Business Excellence Awards, an international competition to find technology innovations which is now in its sixth year. The competition is... [03 Feb 2009]
NEC announced 20,000 job cuts
Blog NEC announced on Friday that it will cut 20,000 jobs amongst the largest lost by companies blaming the economic slowdown and poor exchange rates for job losses. Half of the jobs losses will be... [02 Feb 2009]
