The EU is funding research into better ways of storing and accessing data in a federated cloud
November 12, 2010
Palm Pre 2 Handset To Hit UK Shores This Monday
HP has reportedly confirmed that the Palm Pre 2 handset, running WebOS 2, will hit UK shores on Monday
Comtek Lab Offers Lifeline For Old Nortel Equipment
Comtek is offering a vital lifeline for Nortel customers after it opened a state of the art telecoms repair and training lab facility in North Wales
eWEEK Readers Plump For Facebook Pages
You say Facebook pages are better than groups, and LinkedIn beats Twitter. Next up: What do you think of BlackBerry?
Afghan Military Secrets Found On eBay Laptop
Personal details of Afghan police and army volunteers were found on a “scrapped” laptop belonging to a British soldier
Study Claims iPhones Are The Most Reliable Smartphones
The iPhone 3GS is least likely to fail but BlackBerrys are most likely to survive a fall, says a phone-reliability survey
Web Pioneer Calls For IPv6 Incentives
Vint Cerf, the 'godfather' of the net, has said the UK government should offer tax credits for upgrading to IPv6
IBM Claims Record Migrations From Competitors In Q3
IBM claims 400 Oracle/Sun and HP migrations to its servers and storage systems in the last quarter
Avaya Launches Its Virtualisation Architecture
The Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture (VENA) creates a private cloud to increase flexibility and scalability
Gartner Predicts Business Email Switch-off Due To Social Networking
Gartner believes the increasing use of social networking in businesses could see email being replaced by 20 percent of business users
Massive Apple Security Update Locks Out PGP Users
PGP customers are being warned not to apply Apple's mammoth security update for Mac OS X, after it locked users out of their computers
Ask.com Axes Workforce And Retreats From Search
Ask.com is to axe 130 staff and close two offices, as the competition with Google over search and indexing takes its toll
Amazon Consulting Buys Into Channel Alliances
Amazon Consulting will now help clients cash in on alliances by expanding its focus to services and strategy
Dramatic Increase In Malicious Websites, Reports Websense
Widespread abuse of search engine optimisation has fostered a growth in malicious sites this year