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Hardware

Bank predicts upturn in PC market in 2010

Jul 13, 2009 | Comment Now

Netbooks and Windows 7 to the rescue.

Hardware

Analyst: Solid state drives save money

Jul 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

Lower failure rates help accountants warm to SSD.

Oddware

Quantum computing gets closer

Jun 30, 2009 | 1 Comment

Qubits last longer.

Software

Microsoft hooks up with HP on unified comms

May 20, 2009 | Comment Now

Microsoft and HP inked a four year partnership at Interop 2009 in Las Vegas today around end-to-end unified enterprise communications.

Hardware

Apple: No plans for "junky" netbooks

Apr 27, 2009 | Comment Now

Apple chief operating officer Tim Cook has thrown cold water on rumours the company was looking to manufacture netbooks, calling the tiny PC's "junky".

Hardware

Rumours hint at three new BlackBerry handsets

Apr 7, 2009 | Comment Now

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) is gearing up to release three new handsets, according to an online report.

Software

Microsoft expresses outrage at secret 'Cloud Manifesto'

Mar 27, 2009 | Comment Now

Microsoft has criticised a secret 'Cloud Manifesto' penned by Amazon, Google, IBM and others, on the ground that it was not written through an "open process".

Strategy

CeBIT deemed a hit, despite recession

Mar 10, 2009 | Comment Now

There is an air of confidence in Hannover, despite the number of exhibitors and visitors at this year's CeBIT conference dropping 20 per cent on last year.

Networking

CeBIT: Amazon CTO talks cloud computing

Mar 9, 2009 | Comment Now

Amazon.com may be a bookseller but its heart is in the cloud, according to Dr. Werner Vogels, vice-president and CTO at Amazon.com

Hardware

CeBIT: Thieves steal the show at CeBIT

Mar 9, 2009 | Comment Now

Never mind CeBIT, the German technology trade fair should be re-named "StealBits", with vendors reporting thefts left right and centre.

Telco/ISP

Skype COO blasts EU telcos

Mar 4, 2009 | Comment Now

Skype COO Scott Durchslag has blasted European telcos for trying to block his company's path and delivered a "call to action" to form what he described as "win-win" partnerships...

Hardware

Server revenue tumbles as recession deepens

Feb 26, 2009 | Comment Now

Blade servers have emerged as the one shining light in an otherwise bleak report from market research firm IDC, which said that IBM, HP, Dell and Sun Microsystems have all seen ...

Security

U.S. nuclear weapons lab loses 67 computers

Feb 13, 2009 | Comment Now

The mention of nuclear weapons laboratories rarely has a calming effect on anyone, even less so when the mention involves 67 lost or stolen computers.

Telco/ISP

Global mobile connections hit four billion

Feb 12, 2009 | Comment Now

The GSM Association (GSMA) has released figures from its Wireless Intelligence unit, claiming that the global number of connections on mobile phone networks has exceeded four ...

Software

Mozilla unveils Firefox update

Feb 5, 2009 | Comment Now

Mozilla has released an updated version of its open-source Firefox browser, which tackles six main security and stability problems from previous versions.

Finance

Nokia denies threatening to leave Finland

Feb 3, 2009 | Comment Now

Mobile phone giant Nokia has publicly denied claims that it could transfer its headquarters out of Finland if the country's laws on electronic surveillance are not changed.

Storage

Mythical Gdrive surfaces in Google code

Feb 2, 2009 | Comment Now

It would appear Google has its own Loch Ness monster, with mysterious sightings suggesting the existence of Google GDrive, Google's mythical online storage service.

Software

Intel's OS for netbooks makes alpha debut

Feb 2, 2009 | Comment Now

Intel has proved itself to be pretty good at building netbook platforms, so it's decided to have a go at building netbook software too.

Software

Microsoft enables Live Search in Firefox

Feb 2, 2009 | Comment Now

Microsoft has reasserted itself in the so-called 'browser wars' with the release of a new add-on for rival Mozilla's open-source Firefox browser.

Software

Google promises offline Calendar support

Jan 31, 2009 | Comment Now

After announcing much requested offline support for Gmail, Google has now revealed that it will roll out an 'offline enable' tool for Google Calendar within a few weeks.

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