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August 10, 2009
Swiss Government Has Microsoft “Dependency”
Open source advocates claim that a Swiss government department must open its doors to non-proprietary software
IT Vendors Increasingly Liable For Product Failures By 2015
Increasing reliance on IT systems combined with concern about their effectiveness could force governments to more tightly regulate the sector say analysts
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac: Service Pack 2 – Review
Disappointingly minor changes in this update, mainly focussed on Keynote software may disappoint some users
UK Forces Encouraged To Use Facebook, Youtube
Military authorities have outlined how service personnel should use social networks while the US appears to have taken a stricter approach
VMware vSphere 4 Host Profiles Review
The host profile feature of vSphere 4 is useful in streamlining host profile set up and eases diagnostics
Tories Plan To Rebuild NHS IT Using Google, Microsoft Tech
But privacy advocates have voiced concern about the plan
Why Apple Must Embrace Google Voice This Time
In order to make amends for legions of iPhone users upset at the first rejection, Apple needs to take advantage of this second opportunity with the Google Voice app and accept that new app with open arms
Google Voice May Come To iPhone Via Browser
Google is building a Web browser-based application for Google Voice to run on Apple's iPhone.
Fujitsu Claims Fastest Supercomputer In Japan
Fujitsu says the new supercomputer system achieved a LINPACK benchmark performance of 97.94 teraflops
Hadron Collider Back Up But On Half Power
Followers of the Large Hadron Collider project run by the European Center for Nuclear Research will be pleased to know the collider will soon be back up and running. However, the LHC will run only at half power, CERN says.
Windows 7 RTM Available For Download
A recent report by Deutsche Bank suggests that the take-up for Windows 7 could exceed that of both Windows XP and Vista
Apple Tablet Would Upset Netbook Market
The Apple tablet PC would be cheaper than a MacBook but still more expensive than the mininotebooks or netbooks that are currently dominating sales on the lower end of the PC market
Hackers Exploit Fallout From Twitter DDOS Attack
The fallout from the DDOS attack that hit Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other Web 2.0 sites continued even after the attack had officially ended