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Google Releases Chrome OS To Developers
Google has released the Chrome operating system to open source for developers, but said end users would not be able to use it until late 2010.
eWEEK Europe Launches Live Events Channel
A regular programme on IT issues begins with a session on the economics of Green IT
Qualcomm Readies Next Generation Displays
Qualcomm is gearing up to deliver both colour and video to the next generation of e-readers, with display technology that uses ambient light
Microsoft Rolls Out Bing In The UK
Microsoft has brought its Bing search engine out of beta in the UK, despite rumours that the search results had been found insufficiently relevant to Brits
BT Fibre Roll Out Falls Short, Says Analyst
Many UK residents will miss out on high speed internet access because fibre rollout will fall short in crucial areas, says a broadband analyst company
Microsoft Beefs Up Bing With Wolfram Alpha Results
Microsoft adds features to its Bing search engine, including localized news and weather, an expanded video page, and search results from Wolfram Alpha
Bill Gates Quizzes Wolfram Alpha Knowledge Engine
Microsoft's interest in Wolfram Alpha, the mathematically oriented search engine that provides definitive answers rather than links, extended back even before the search engine's launch in May
Logitech Makes Video Conferencing Move With LifeSize Buy
Logitech is to acquire LifeSize Communications as it seeks to become a serious player in the video conferencing sector
Microsoft Bing Security Loophole Exposed
A security flaw discovered in Microsoft Bing's Cashback service has prompted a panicked reaction from the computer giant
Cisco Extends Deadline For Tandberg Bid
Cisco has extended the deadline for its $3 billion offer for Tandberg, but is woefully lacking shareholder approval
Opposition Mounts To Cisco’s Tandberg Bid
Cisco's bid for video conferencing rival Tandberg hangs in the balance as opposition to the deal grows
Industry Must Tackle IPv4 Depletion
The IT industry has ignored the availability of IPv6 addresses for too long at the risk of adding unnecessary risk and complexity to internet architectures, says Axel Pawlik, managing director of RIPE NCC.
Microsoft Gets Touchy With Updated Bing Mobile Site
Microsoft has refreshed its mobile search site (m.bing.com) and optimised it for touch-screen devices including the iPhone
Google Denies Twitter Buy-out Attempt
Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin said Google did not try to buy Twitter in a surprise visit onstage at the Web 2.0 Summit
Broadband Traffic Driven By Video, Says Cisco
Cisco has found that video and other visual applications now constitute 30 percent of traffic running through service provider networks
Rumours Of Google Music Service Emerge
Google may be about to challenge Apple, Spotify and several players in the digital music space by launching Google Audio
Tandberg Unveils Another SMB Telepresence Product
Tandberg continues to fluant its video conferencing expertise for smaller businesses after it unveiled its Profile 42” system for smaller conference rooms
Cisco Refreshes Popular ISR Routers
Cisco has upgraded its highly successful ISR router family to better deal with growing technologies such as online collaboration and internet video
Microsoft to Drop Silverlight Streaming
Microsoft has admitted that it will discontinue its Silverlight Streaming beta service, which will be replaced by a Windows Azure service
Google Claims Chrome OS Faster Than Other Linux Distros
Google reports third-quarter profit of $1.64 billion ($1bn), a 27 percent boost from its profit of $1.29 billion in the third quarter of 2008
Joost Shuts Down UK Operation
The UK operation of the online video service Joost, founded by the creators of Skype, has gone into administration, despite the company reportedly attracting more than $45 million in funding
Tandberg Targets Smaller Meetings With T1 Telepresence
Tandberg has not been distracted by its looming acquisition, after it expanded its video collaboration or conferencing suite with the launch of T1 Telepresence, aimed at smaller meeting groups.
YouTube Serves Billion Views A Day
CFO Patrick Pichette, during the recent Q3 2009 Google earnings call, reported that "YouTube will be very profitable in the not-too-distant future."
Online Ads Will Boost Google’s Q3
Google is expected to beat consensus estimates when it announces third-quarter financial results on 15 Oct.
Google Beefs Up Search In Response To Bing
Google boosts its Search Options to let users search results by past hour, specific date range, more shopping sites, fewer shopping sites, visited pages, not yet visited, books, blogs and news
Cisco To Acquire Video Conference Specialist Tandberg
The networking giant has made an offer of $3bn (£1.9bn) for its Norwegian rival in the market for video calls
Google Wave Store Could Host SAP, Salesforce Apps
Salesforce.com, SAP and several other companies have lined up to show off applications they created using the APIs from the open-source Google Wave platform.
Google Contacts Overload Caused Gmail Outage
The downtime for Gmail and Google Contacts last week was caused by high load to Google Contacts
Google Answers Microsoft Chrome Frame Security Criticisms
Google has responded to Microsoft criticism that its Chrome Frame plug-in increases IE's attack surface