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Intel shows 48-core 'datacentre on a chip'

Intel shows 48-core 'datacentre on a chip'

News Intel is seeding industry and academia with a new manycore chip that shrinks many existing ideas onto a single piece of silicon [02 Dec 2009]

Web giants attack Digital Economy Bill

Web giants attack Digital Economy Bill

News Google, Yahoo, eBay and Facebook ask Lord Mandelson to remove a clause that would give future ministers 'sweeping powers' to amend copyright law, saying the measure could stifle innovation [02 Dec 2009]


BlackBerry goes with the flow for developers

BlackBerry goes with the flow for developers

Q&A The BlackBerry platform's focus on collaboration between apps helps it stand out in a crowded market, says Alan Brenner, the RIM executive in charge of the platform [02 Dec 2009]

Intel goes Google with cloud chip

Comment The key innovation in Intel's experimental 48-core chip isn't in the silicon at all. It's what the company's doing with it [02 Dec 2009]

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Photos: Intel's Single-chip Cloud Computer

Photos Intel's experimental 48-core SCC processor is a pointer to the future says the company. Check out the chip and the lab where it was conceived in our gallery. [02 Dec 2009]

Microsoft's Mehdi on financial impact of Yahoo deal

News Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi says that once the two companies have a single paid search platform, both should see double-digit increases in revenue per search [02 Dec 2009]

Skype for SIP goes public

News Skype for SIP, a service that lets businesses plug their IP-based PBXs into the popular VoIP firm's services, has gone public after a closed beta period [02 Dec 2009]

Nasa hacker gets legal deadline extended

Blog Gary McKinnon's legal team has been given more time to request a judicial review of the home secretary's decision not to halt McKinnon's extradition to the United States. Home secretary Alan... [02 Dec 2009]

Tories to relax rules around fibre provision

News Relaxing regulations will spur the rollout of rural broadband by encouraging companies to lay fibre, according to shadow minister Adam Afriyie [02 Dec 2009]

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Images: A visit to Microsoft's California retail store

Photos Although Microsoft's foray into retail bears a strong resemblance to Apple's approach, the software maker has added some distinctive features [02 Dec 2009]

SAP price hikes delayed

News The UK SAP users group predicts rises will not arrive until Q2 next year, after SAP announced its value benchmarking timescale had slipped [02 Dec 2009]

IBM's Tivoli heads to Amazon Web Services

News The Tivoli move highlights another addition to Amazon's stable of enterprise-class applications available on its platform [02 Dec 2009]

Home Office faces criticism over FoI failures

News Three government departments have had FoI notices served on them by the ICO, in relation to a complaint or to assess compliance with the Freedom of Information Act [02 Dec 2009]

Spam leader fined $15m by US courts

News The US Federal Trade Commission has ordered Lance Atkinson to pay the fine for his role as head of a vast spam network [02 Dec 2009]

European ISPs attack secret Acta copyright talks

News Secret international negotiations threaten the openness of the internet, the European ISP Association has warned after details of the talks were leaked [02 Dec 2009]

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Microsoft finds no flaw in November security updates

News The company's investigation found there is nothing in the latest Windows updates that should lead users to encounter a so-called 'black of screen of death' [02 Dec 2009]

US gov't agencies sued over Facebook surveillance

News After agencies failed to provide info requested on policies for using Twitter, Facebook and other social networks in investigations, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has sued [02 Dec 2009]

India blocks service to millions of handsets

News Mobile phones without a valid identification number were blocked in India on Monday as part of a government security drive [01 Dec 2009]

FreeBSD rushes out zero-day root patch

News The team behind the open-source operating system has moved quickly to close a flaw that gives local users administrative privileges to run any code they choose [01 Dec 2009]

Sun sees server revenue sink in Q3

News All top-five server vendors globally saw declines in revenue and shipment in the third quarter of 2009, according to Gartner [01 Dec 2009]

IBM buys database security start-up Guardium

News Guardium's technology is designed to monitor databases for suspicious activity by authorised users as well as attackers [01 Dec 2009]

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Nokia sues Samsung, LG over LCD price fixing

News Nokia is seeking unspecified damages from several liquid display manufacturers, accusing them of conspiring to inflate prices for displays [01 Dec 2009]

eBay hit by £1.5m fine over LVMH injunction

News The online retailer has responded to the ruling by a French court, calling the injunction an 'abuse of selective distribution' that hurts consumers [01 Dec 2009]

Qt gets support for Symbian, multitouch

News Version 4.6 of the Nokia-owned graphical toolkit lets developers write apps within a single framework for a variety of desktop and smartphone platforms [01 Dec 2009]

Europe signs sci-tech agreements with Japan, Jordan

News Europe will work with Japan and Jordan on research in areas such as energy, the environment and sustainable development [01 Dec 2009]

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