May 27, 2010 - Silicon UK

Cloud

Microsoft Chief Plays Down Apple’s Growth

Steve Ballmer defends Microsoft's profitability despite Apple surpassing it in terms of market capitalisation

Cloud

HP overtook IBM in worldwide server revenues in the first quarter accoprding to Gartner and IDC

Cloud

The younger social networking generations take proactive approach to privacy, a survey finds

Microsoft's desktop suite comes packed enhancements to core Office capabilities, while breaking significant new ground with rich, web-based versions

The UK is ranked 33rd in the Ookla Net Index, which measures consumer broadband speeds around the globe

The new government says scrapping British identity cards will save £86m - even after paying off the suppliers' cancellation fees

Europe and the US are wrangling over the transfer of data relating to terrorism or criminal activities

Mozilla is finalising a submission to Apple for a free iPhone browser app based on its own Sync technology

Microsoft joins the likes of Google in launching online tools to help consumers manage their energy usage

HP hopes to protect the earth with a vast network of sensors but the real concern should be protecting ourselves, argues Andrew Donoghue

Mac

As PJ Connolly wraps up an evaluation of the iPad and prices some solid-state drives, the end of the road for conventional hard disks is looming

Mac

Dell calls its upcoming Streak a tablet, but critics, most of whom haven't yet seen it, aren't sure

Facebook has slashed the number of settings required to make all information private and create one control for user content.

LinkedIn adds a feature to its Tweets application that lets users track their LinkedIn connections on both LinkedIn and Twitter

Mac

Apple could be under examination by the Department of Justice for its deals with music labels to distribute songs and albums online

Cloud

Apple, Nokia, HP and Dell, are probing whether conditions at Foxconn's facility in China let to a series of suicides