The cloud is here - within limits - said CEO Steve Ballmer, in a London visit to promote Windows 7 and the rest of Microsoft's current catalaogue
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
October 5, 2009
Ballmer Admits Windows Licensing “Gotchas”
Some of the Windows licence fine print includes deliberate "gotchas", Microsoft CEO Ballmer admitted - and he has no plans to make things simpler
Consumers Demand Minimum Smart Meter Standards
With a 2020 target set for smart meter roll out to UK households and businesses, organisations including the Energy Saving Trust are pushing for minimum standards for the devices
IT Industry Will Contribute 5.8m Jobs To Help Recovery
A Microsoft sponsored study says that the IT giant and the companies in its "ecosystem" will generate $535bn (£334bn) in revenues this year
Carbon Rules Will Create “Energy Tsars” Says Analyst
The UK government's CRC carbon trading regulations will create new power-brokers - executives whose job is to co-ordinate corporate energy use
HD Video Conferencing Services Launched
As Cisco looks to extend the reach of its high-definition video conferencing capabilities by buying Tandberg, rival LifeSize Communications is unveiling Passport, a device designed to bring HD video conferencing to small and midsize bu ...
Apple Snow Leopard Gains While Windows Declines
Microsoft's share of the operating system market fell by 0.31 percent in September, according to new data released by statistics firm Net Applications
Green Grid Offers Free Cooling Tools
New free online tools and maps designed for use by data centre and facilities managers in Japan and 33 European countries make it easy to calculate how much free cooling, is available for individual data centres, says The Green Grid
“Minority Reports” Of Apple Tablet Persist
Latest reports say device has more in common with the gee-whiz touch-screens used by Tom Cruise in the 2002 film "Minority Report," and less with the iPhone
UK Scientists Use Nasa Data To Investigate Global Warming
Working with millions of NASA satellite measurements, researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and the University of Bristol find dynamic ice thinning occurring in all latitudes in Greenland and intensifying on key Antarctic coast ...