Staff were evacuated from Google's offices in Buckingham Palace Road after a barbecue set fire to the company's roof terrace
August 27, 2009
Nokia Announces New N900 Linux Tablet
Despite Nokia's Linux netbook, Maemo Linux not dead - it still lives on in a niche tablet product
Amazon Profits From Early Cloud Start
Other vendors have arrived on the scene, but Amazon is reaping the benefits of pioneering the concept of cloud computing resources, says vice president Adam Selipsky
Google Needn’t Fear – The Microhoo Pact Is Crumbling
The alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo was supposed to give Google cause for concern. Instead, says Don Reisinger, the two companies are still behaving like rivals, making them no danger at all to the search giant
Protesters Scale Climate Exchange In London
Demonstrators from the Climate Camp in London staged a protest at the Climate Exchange, where carbon credits will be traded under the UK government's much-criticised cap-and-trade scheme
AMD Claims 20 Percent Emissions Cut
But while the company claims to have cut emissions by 20 percent, it is only using a 2006 baseline while targets such as Kyoto use a 1990 level
Union Condemns “Profitable” Fujitsu’s UK Job Cuts
Unite says that the company is financially strong and doesn't need to cut around 10 percent of its UK staff
NASA Boosts Climate Change Supercomputer
NASA adds thousands of Intel Xeon 5500 series processors to the Goddard Space Flight Center's Discover high-end computing system
Microsoft Appeals Against Texas Word Case
Microsoft files its appeal brief in a patent-infringement case that could see copies of Microsoft Word pulled from stores
Twitter Still Open To Security Exploit Warns Developer
A cross-site scripting vulnerability affecting Twitter security is still open despite the microblogging service's attempt at a fix, a software developer says
Another BitTorrent Site Faces Legal Action
Mininova, an alternative to BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay, loses a key legal battle as a Dutch court rules that the Mininova site will face fines if it does not take action to remove links pointing to copyrighted material fro ...
FSF Launches “Windows 7 Sins” Campaign
Microsoft has been targeted by the Free Software Foundation, which is insisting in a new "Windows 7 Sins" campaign that Redmond's new operating system represents a threat to the privacy and security of individuals and companies