Larry Ellison has dismissed a report suggesting he would compromise over MySQL in order to allay European competition concerns
December 4, 2009
Adobe Warns Of Zero-Day Vulnerability
Adobe is investigating reports of a new security vulnerability with Illustrator, after attack code started circulating on the Internet
Bing Downtime Blamed On System Error
There were red faces at Microsoft after its search engine, Bing, suffered an embarrassing 30 minute outage on Thursday
Microsoft ‘Has Acknowledged The Enterprise Role Of Linux’
Three years on from Microsoft's deal with Novell, the real importance is coming through, says Novell's OpenSUSE community manager, Joe Brockmeier
Man Gunned Down During Laptop Robbery
A man has been killed after being shot during a robbery in Manchester for the laptop and cash he was carrying
Motorola Droid Nears UK Release
Motorola's Droid handset, or Milestone for us Europeans, is to be launched on Monday, but so far no major UK operator has signed up for the device
IBM Takes University Data Centre Off The Grid
IBM has taken Syracuse University's data centre off the electric grid, thanks to tri-generation, which burns gas to provide heating, cooling and electricity in one
Microsoft-Backed Green Search Engine Attacks Google
Ecosia is being endorsed by the WWF and billed as an "eco-friendly" search engine but it is also based on Microsoft technology
Skype For SIP Beta Opens Up For Public Use
Businesses now have the opportunity to integrate Skype's VoIP services into their corporate telephone systems, after Skype for SIP opened to the public
Sustainable Use Of Storage Hitting Sales
Gartner reports that worldwide external disk storage revenue totaled more than $3.9 billion (£2.34bn) in the third quarter of 2009, a 7.3 percent decline from the same period in 2008
Google Launches Own Free Domain Name System
Google Public DNS, Google's own free Domain Name System, is an attempt to make Web pages load faster at a time when millions of users are accessing the Web several times a day, triggering multiple DNS requests and bogging down the Web ...
Microsoft’s Battle With EC Could Conclude This Year
Microsoft will have a new European Commission Competition Commissioner in mid-January 2010, as Neelie Kroes steps down to take another position within the EU law enforcement body
EFF Sues US Department Of Justice Over Twitter Searches
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Berkeley's Samuelson Clinic have sued the Department of Justice and five other government organisations for cloaking their policies for using Facebook, Twitter and other social networks to i ...
Cisco Pushes On With Tandberg Purchase
Cisco is moving ahead with the $3.4 billion purchase of Tandberg despite not getting control of the desired 90 percent of shares