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Large Hadron Collider up and running again
Saturday November 21, 2009 12:03 am GMT
The world's biggest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, is in full operation after a year of repairs. The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Cern, said in a statement on...
Climate research centre compromised
Friday November 20, 2009 5:12 pm GMT
One of the UK's leading climate change research centres has had a security breach. The Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia (UEA) suffered a compromise of information, a UEA...
Digital Economy Bill: Industry disputes gov't claims
Friday November 20, 2009 5:06 pm GMT
ISPs are fiercely contesting government claims that they support the Digital Economy Bill's anti-copyright-infringement measures, while Telnic has warned of official threats to Icann's authority
Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency
Friday November 20, 2009 4:46 pm GMT
Organisations should be wary of vendor lock-in, according to the European Network and Information Security Agency
eBay finalises $2.75bn sale of Skype
Friday November 20, 2009 3:48 pm GMT
The auction site has sold off its telephony unit, after plans to take it public and a legal dispute with the company's founders
Dell sees earnings drop 54 percent
Friday November 20, 2009 3:29 pm GMT
Declining shipments had a negative effect on the company's third-quarter earnings, while the company also reported that revenue was down 15 percent compared with last year
Digital Economy Bill gets tough on file-sharers
Friday November 20, 2009 10:38 am GMT
The government has ruled out jail terms for copyright infringement, but the Digital Economy Bill opens the way for disconnecting repeat infringers
Cisco targets security professionals with iPhone app
Friday November 20, 2009 9:49 am GMT
The company's new App Store entry features customised alerts and threat information delivered to the handheld device
Adobe's Acrobat.com adds organiser, mobile app
Friday November 20, 2009 9:04 am GMT
The company is improving its Acrobat service with a new organiser and a mobile app for the iPhone and BlackBerry that lets users access their files on the go
Ballmer touts speed of Windows 7 sales
Friday November 20, 2009 8:51 am GMT
At Microsoft's shareholder meeting, the CEO said the OS has sold twice as fast in its early days as any prior version of Windows
Mozilla reveals 2008 revenue of $79m
Friday November 20, 2009 8:23 am GMT
The revenue growth rate tapered off to five percent from 12 percent the previous year, while a search deal with Google still supplies the bulk of the Firefox backer's money
Google shows Chrome OS, promises 2010 launch
Thursday November 19, 2009 8:18 pm GMT
Google's long-awaited Chrome OS aims at security, speed and simplicity in netbook cloud computing
Intel Labs Europe takes on large-scale computing
Thursday November 19, 2009 5:12 pm GMT
Intel Labs Europe has formed an alliance with three French institutions to investigate the challenges of large-scale computing
Reports: Mandelson to create file-sharing offence
Thursday November 19, 2009 5:01 pm GMT
The government intends to create a new offence of downloading copyrighted material without consent, according to reports that refer to a letter sent by business secretary Lord Mandelson to the...
HP engineers vote to strike
Thursday November 19, 2009 4:43 pm GMT
Members of the Unite union at HP will take industrial action over the potential loss of pension benefits and pay reductions
Union asks Mandelson to stop Ericsson closure
Thursday November 19, 2009 4:04 pm GMT
Unite calls on the government to intervene in Ericsson's closure of a Coventry R&D plant and probe foreign tax credits
UK police make Zeus Trojan arrests
Thursday November 19, 2009 3:06 pm GMT
Two people were arrested in Manchester earlier this month on suspicion of distributing the Zeus banking Trojan
IE9, Silverlight 4, Office 2010 in the PDC spotlight
Thursday November 19, 2009 1:46 pm GMT
Day two of Microsoft's PDC saw clients take centre stage, with browsers, rich internet applications and productivity tools in the spotlight
Sony Ericsson releases cross-platform app tool
Thursday November 19, 2009 1:00 pm GMT
WebSDK is a toolkit that allows developers to create software for Sony Ericsson's Android and Symbian-based handsets
Ion-toting Eee 1201N to hit UK in January
Thursday November 19, 2009 12:55 pm GMT
Asus has confirmed its long-rumoured Eee PC 1201N, the first in the company's line of netbooks to use Nvidia's Ion graphics platform. The 1201N will also be one of the first netbooks to include...
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