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VMware banks on clouds

VMware banks on clouds

‘Cloud computing’ promises to deliver lucrative new revenue streams for technology partners who get to grips with exactly what it can provide, Ian Grayson talks to VMware about the clouds.
Staff Writers Sep 30 2008 9:06AM Software
$3 billion pledged to wipe out malaria

$3 billion pledged to wipe out malaria

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated over US$168 million to wipe out malaria and other deadly diseases by 2015.
Stewart Meagher Sep 29 2008 2:59PM Financial Services
Google launches Yahoo 'facts' site

Google launches Yahoo 'facts' site

Google is launching a new website aimed at countering critics of its impending advertising deal with Yahoo..
Shaun Nichols Sep 29 2008 2:40PM Strategy
Yahoo overhauls banner ad system

Yahoo overhauls banner ad system

Yahoo has rolled out a new marketplace for selling banner advertisements. The 'Apt' system will link prospective advertisers with some 784 sites from local newspapers.
Shaun Nichols Sep 29 2008 2:40PM Financial Services
Data loss exposes teachers' records

Data loss exposes teachers' records

The British General Teaching Council (GTC) is the latest organisation to become embroiled in a data loss scandal, after admitting today that it lost the records of over 10,000 teachers.
Phil Muncaster Sep 29 2008 2:40PM Security
Google Android: news summary

Google Android: news summary

Reactions to the first handset to use Google's Android mobile platform have been mixed, to say the least.
vnunet.com staff Sep 29 2008 2:40PM Telco/ISP
Adobe vulnerability exploits are mounting

Adobe vulnerability exploits are mounting

A new and previously unknown exploit toolkit exclusively targets Adobe's PDF format.
Chuck Miller Sep 29 2008 12:36PM Security
Cisco patches 12 vulnerabilities

Cisco patches 12 vulnerabilities

In an advisory, Cisco Systems notified users of 12 security patches to fix vulnerabilities in its Internet Operating System (IOS) Software and Unified Communications Manager.

Staff Writers Sep 29 2008 12:32PM Security
Red Hat to release supercomputing distribution

Red Hat to release supercomputing distribution

Red Hat will announce its first high performance computing (HPC) optimised distro, the Red Hat HPC, on 7 October.
Nebojsa Novakovic Sep 29 2008 9:27AM Software
Europe leading open source charge

Europe leading open source charge

More than half of organisations now believe that the benefits of open source software outweigh the negatives, according to new research by rich internet application vendor Actuate.
Phil Muncaster Sep 29 2008 9:22AM Software
Nokia readies touch-screen iPhone rival

Nokia readies touch-screen iPhone rival

Nokia is reportedly preparing to launch a new touch-screen smartphone device.
Shaun Nichols Sep 29 2008 9:22AM Hardware
Apple issues Java updates

Apple issues Java updates

Apple has issued updates for the Java components of its two most recent OS X releases.
Shaun Nichols Sep 29 2008 9:22AM Security
Opinion: Shiver me timbers

Opinion: Shiver me timbers

Back in the days when real pirates roamed the seas it never occurred to anyone to make the treasure cheaper so they’d stop bothering to steal it.
Ian Yates Sep 29 2008 9:11AM Software
APC: new solutions for data centres

APC: new solutions for data centres

APC, a provider of technology and industrial applications, has introduced three new solutions to manage power, cooling, physical space and security in datacentre environments.
Jenny Eagle Sep 29 2008 9:10AM Storage
Heavyweights team up on photo data standard

Heavyweights team up on photo data standard

Some of the largest names in photography hardware and software are teaming up on a new project to create a standard image metadata system.
Shaun Nichols Sep 27 2008 1:43PM Software
Experts warn of new PDF attacks

Experts warn of new PDF attacks

Security organisations are warning users to be vigilant following the discovery of a new crop of tools for exploited PDF flaws.
Shaun Nichols Sep 27 2008 1:43PM Security
Vint Cerf talks up the next-generation internet

Vint Cerf talks up the next-generation internet

Google's chief internet evangelist Vint Cerf has set out his view of the internet's future to coincide with the search giant's 10th birthday.
Dave Bailey Sep 27 2008 1:43PM Strategy
Workers more likely to lie in email

Workers more likely to lie in email

Workers are significantly more likely to lie in email messages than in traditional pen-and-paper communications, according to two new studies from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania.
Staff Writers Sep 26 2008 6:14PM Training & Development
GAP calls for reform of telecoms access regime

GAP calls for reform of telecoms access regime

Urgent reform of the current telecommunications access regime is needed to generate the investments required to give Australia state-of-the-art, world-leading telecommunications, the Global Access Partners (GAP) Congress on Regulatory Affairs heard today.
Staff Writers Sep 26 2008 6:11PM Telco/ISP
Third Google founder emerges

Third Google founder emerges

Hubert Chang has claimed that, alongside co founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, he created Google in 1997.
Emma Hughes Sep 26 2008 2:34PM Software

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