Oracle proposes new MySQL plan to EU
News The company takes measures designed to prop up the competitiveness of MySQL, in an attempt to grease the wheels of the European Commission's inquiry into its takeover of Sun [15:45 GMT]
First '4G' services go live in Norway, Sweden
News TeliaSonera has brought out the first commercial LTE broadband services in the world, inviting early adopters to try out the successor to 3G [11:48 GMT]
EU gets internationalised domain names
News Names written in characters including Greek and Cyrillic can now be used with the pan-European .eu top-level domain [16:37 GMT]
Dell expands unified datacentre lineup
News The new products integrate 10Gb Ethernet across the datacentre as a way of cutting costs, building on Dell's recently strengthened partnership with Brocade [15:26 GMT]
Fujitsu workers to strike in December
News Unite has set dates for strikes by up to 1,500 Fujitsu Services staff in December and January, after talks to avoid industrial action failed [13:10 GMT]
Sun updates Java, GlassFish and NetBeans
News The new tools support features such as the Web Profile, designed to slim down the process of creating web applications [12:42 GMT]
Cloud will bring new threats, warns Trend Micro
News Cloud infrastructure and connectivity, as well as devices reliant on it, will lead to new vulnerabilities for enterprises, according to Trend Micro [08:59 GMT]
Microsoft buys datacentre software firm Opalis
News The acquisition of the Toronto-based software maker will bolster Microsoft's line-up of management tools, the software maker says [08:45 GMT]
Pupils get iPhones to test education apps
News Secondary pupils at a London school have been given iPhones as part of a trial to test applications for education [08:40 GMT]
Office 2003 glitch keeps users from their files
News Microsoft posted a warning on Friday that some copy-protected files may now be inaccessible from Office 2003 [08:31 GMT]
Apple hits Nokia with copyright countersuit
News In response to the Finnish phone maker's October suit against Apple, the iPhone maker says Nokia is violating 13 patents belonging to Apple [08:20 GMT]
WiGig spec promises 7Gbps wireless streaming
News The Wireless Gigabit Alliance has completed a wireless specification that will connect PCs, mobile phones and consumer electronics at very high speeds [11 Dec 2009]
Yahoo unveils plan for real-time search
News The company will integrate real-time results from Twitter directly onto its search pages [11 Dec 2009]
Google updates web app toolkit for speed
News Version 2.0 of Google's web application development tool adds performance-improving features designed for the latest browsers [11 Dec 2009]
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Botnet gangs collaborate on malware
News The criminal groups behind the Zeus and Avalanche botnets appear to have struck a deal to use each other's infrastructure [11 Dec 2009]
ContactPoint database to cost £227m
News The government has released budget details for its directory of all children in England [11 Dec 2009]
Outdated IT damaging tax-collection efforts: PAC
News The Public Accounts Committee has warned that delays in introducing new IT are undermining the efforts of HM Revenue & Customs to collect taxes [11 Dec 2009]
Microsoft licenses exFAT flash file format
News The software maker has begun licensing technology related to the Extended File Allocation Table memory format included in Windows 7 [11 Dec 2009]
3D web closer to reality with draft standard
News WebGL has moved from an idea at Mozilla and the Khronos Group to a draft standard for the 3D web [11 Dec 2009]
McKinnon lawyers seek judicial review
Blog Lawyers seeking a judicial review for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon lodged fresh evidence of his psychiatric state at the High Court on Thursday. Karen Todner, McKinnon's solicitor, said in a press... [10 Dec 2009]
UK internet hit by LINX router failure
Blog A switch failure in the London Internet Exchange (Linx) yesterday led to a cascading failure and temporary loss of throughput for a number of UK ISPs. Although Linx has a fully-redundant network... [10 Dec 2009]
Microsoft creates cloud division
News Windows Azure is to combine with the Windows Server division as Microsoft looks to boost its presence in the cloud [10 Dec 2009]
Civil rights groups urge Acta transparency
Blog A top-secret international copyright treaty should be made transparent, and its disconnection and content filtering provisions should be rejected, according to an open letter sent to the European... [10 Dec 2009]
50p broadband tax will be law in 2010
News The Next Generation Levy will be introduced in the Finance Bill, which is expected to pass into law next year [10 Dec 2009]
ICO consults on privacy code of practice
News The Information Commissioner's Office has launched an online consultation on a new draft code of practice for protecting individuals' privacy online [10 Dec 2009]
