IT providers are resisting the cloud, says BT
News The major barriers to cloud adoption are reluctant technology providers and a lack of ideas about how to use the cloud, says the telco [14:17 GMT]
Delayed Visual Studio 2010 hits RC
News Following December's decision to delay the suite by several weeks, Microsoft says it has eliminated most major performance and memory problems [16:42 GMT]
Google Buzz sparks Gmail social networking
Blog Google has announced on Tuesday that it is immediately rolling out Google Buzz, a location-aware social networking tool highly integrated with its Gmail client, Google Maps and a new Android app.... [19:42 GMT]
Oracle buys SOA vendor AmberPoint
News The acquisition of the SOA management software maker will let Oracle improve performance features in its Fusion middleware [17:09 GMT]
Intel unveils Itanium 9300 server processor
News Previously code-named 'Tukwila', the processor promises increased performance, scalability and reliability for enterprise-level computing [16:24 GMT]
Group aims to set standard for cloud security
News Amazon and Microsoft are part of an effort to build a metric that will let businesses compare security features in cloud-computing products [15:13 GMT]
Nvidia primes Optimus switchable graphics
News The technology, which automatically switches between integrated and discrete graphics to save battery life, will be in 50 notebooks by midsummer [14:00 GMT]
Silicon good to 2024, graphene to succeed
Blog The ISSCC (International Solid State Circuit Conference) has started in San Francisco with keynote speaker James Meindl, professor of microelectronics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, making... [11:44 GMT]
Google expanding Gmail's social features
News Sources familiar with the company's plans say Google is ready to integrate status updates into Gmail in Twitter-like style [11:37 GMT]
PayPal suspends service in India
News The online payment service provider has put some of its services in India on hold, and is reversing funds requested through PayPal India [10:37 GMT]
Microsoft: No battery problem in Windows 7
News The software maker says an error message warning users that their batteries may need replacing appears to be working as intended [09:01 GMT]
ID commissioner sees risks in IPS's two-stage IT
News Sir Joseph Pilling has expressed concerns about the Identity and Passport Service's two-stage approach to its core technology [08:37 GMT]
BT may share ducts with rival broadband providers
News The telco is reportedly in talks with Ofcom about opening access to its ducts and poles so other providers can install their own broadband fibre lines [08:19 GMT]
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Mozilla drops Mac OS X 'Tiger' support
News Firefox 3.6 will be the last to work with Mac OS X 10.4, as supporting the older OS is a drag on the browser's competitiveness, Mozilla says [08 Feb 2010]
Torvalds gives thumbs-up to Google's Nexus One
News Despite being a self-confessed mobile-phone hater, Linus Torvalds has said the Nexus One's apps make the Google handset a winner [08 Feb 2010]
IBM introduces 'green' Power7 systems
News The new offerings include features to reduce power consumption and for enabling large-scale, real-time systems such as smart grids [08 Feb 2010]
China breaks up Black Hawk hacking ring
News Chinese authorities have arrested three people suspected of running a ring that made hacking tools and Trojans available to its members [08 Feb 2010]
YouTube adds support for IPv6 network
News By making its video site available over IPv6, Google has taken another step in the transition to the next-gen internet addressing system [08 Feb 2010]
Oracle releases out-of-band patch for server hole
News The business software maker has taken the unusual step of releasing an out-of-band patch for a critical WebLogic Server vulnerability [08 Feb 2010]
Ericsson to show off fastest 3G network yet
News The company plans to demonstrate an HSPA+ network providing download speeds of 84Mbps, a new record, at Mobile World Congress next week [08 Feb 2010]
Key VoIP patent to be re-examined
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation has successfully applied for the so-called '373 patent to be reviewed by the US Patent and Trademark Office [08 Feb 2010]
Google considering speech-to-speech translation
Blog Automated speech-to-speech language translation should be possible in a few years' time, according to Google translation chief Franz Och. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Och said the... [08 Feb 2010]
Microsoft, Facebook revise search deal
News The global deal will see the social-networking giant sell its own ads and get more of Bing's features on its web results [08 Feb 2010]
FBI wants website visits recorded
News The head of the FBI's digital evidence section has said that internet providers in the US should keep logs for two years [08 Feb 2010]
Mozilla dumps infected add-ons, issues warning
News Two Firefox add-ons, Sothink Web Video Downloader 4.0 and Master Filer, were found to contain Trojan horse code aimed at Windows users [08 Feb 2010]
