Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 4 May 2010 at 01:54:00 MyWi app turns iPhone into a 3G modem for iPad A new application for users of ‘jail-broken’ iPhones allows them to be used as 3G modems with Apple’s new iPad tablet….
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New jail-break app gets iPad users free 3G
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 4 May 2010 at 01:21:00 Private equity firm makes security company’s founders rather rich UK security vendor Sophos has sold a majority stake in the company to private equity firm Apax Partners in a deal that values Sophos at $830m (£546m)….
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Apax Partners buys control of Sophos in £830m deal
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Monday 3 May 2010 at 23:57:00 Big Blue looks to strengthen cloud offerings with latest acquisition IBM has agreed to acquire Cast Iron Systems in a move designed to bolster its line of cloud computing services….
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IBM buys integration tools specialist Cast Iron Systems
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Monday 3 May 2010 at 23:55:00 Firm pays out over ‘complete and utter failure’ SAP has paid out an undisclosed sum to former customer Waste Management over the implementation of a failed enterprise resource planning system….
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SAP settles Waste Management ERP lawsuit
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Monday 3 May 2010 at 22:26:00 Chrome sees biggest gain while Firefox continues to chip away at IE’s lead Microsoft’s share of the browser market continued to erode last month, according to a recent traffic report. The April report from traffic analysis firm Net Applications found that over the…
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Internet Explorer market share falls below 60 per cent
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Monday 3 May 2010 at 21:03:00 David Kernell looking at 20-year sentence A college student is facing over 20 years in jail and huge fines after guessing the password to the Yahoo email account of then vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin….
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Student faces jail after Palin email hack conviction
Call it a virtual get-together. Power technology guru Eaton has worked with VMware to integrate its Intelligent Power Manager software modules into the VMware vCenter server virtualization…
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Eaton’s power manager now integrates with VMware virtualization platform
Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk , Monday 3 May 2010 at 16:05:00 Impressive sales figure comes after less than a month Apple has announced the sale of its one millionth iPad, reaching the milestone not even a month after the device was introduced in the US on 3 April….
Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk , Monday 3 May 2010 at 14:59:00 One in five UK smartphones sold are Android-based Google’s Android is becoming an increasingly popular choice for smartphone users in the UK, according to new figures from research firm GFK Retail and Technology….
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Android smartphone sales soar in the UK
I know some of my colleagues have an issue with Greenpeace’s scare tactics on the environment, but you’ve got to admit that they are also really effective at getting big companies to…
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For Greenpeace, ‘Cool IT’ means sensitivity to climate change, and Cisco is now tops
Due to some changes that have been going on behind the scenes to close some security holes, a number of you may have difficulty accessing the “New Posts” page from the main home page. I apologize for the trouble; I’ll be working on the issue over the weekend. Or, in construction parlance… Please Pardon Our Dust!
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"New Posts" Troubles – Work In Progress
To celebrate Earth Day, Lexmark today released the findings of a Life Cycle Assessment that looked into the environmental impact of discarded toner cartridges . The study found that sending a used toner cartridge back to Lexmark for recycling, as opposed to throwing it away, reduces the overall carbon footprint of that cartridge by up to 60 percent. The company runs free collection programs for its inkjet and toner cartridges.
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Lexmark study reveals benefits of recycling cartridges
Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Thursday 18 March 2010 at 00:15:00 New report finds worrying lack of joined up thinking between the two institutions The House of Lords has called on the EU and Nato to urgently review their lack of cooperation on cyber security and put future attempts at working together on a…
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Lords call for greater EU/Nato cyber security cooperation
A central concept behind “open innovation” is not only to have ideas yourself, but also to know where and when to learn from someone else. Xerox Corporation’s (NYSE:XRX) new research facility – the 2010 03 17 07:00
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Xerox Launches Innovation Hub in India
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Thursday 18 March 2010 at 01:56:00 Chrome to support 52 languages Google has decided to take its browser translation features out of beta status. The company said that it would be extending the feature to all Windows versions of its Chrome…
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Google moves browser translation out of beta
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Thursday 18 March 2010 at 01:12:00 Sprint and HTC reportedly prepping handset US carrier Sprint is reportedly preparing to launch a handset intended for use on its Wimax wireless broadband network. The Wall Street Journal cited anonymous sources in reporting that the..
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Wimax phone said to be on the way
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Thursday 18 March 2010 at 01:10:00 Company will leave out aging OS with new browser Microsoft has revealed that the upcoming Internet Explorer 9 web browser will not be supported for Windows XP systems. The company confirmed earlier media reports, saying that the performance and…
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Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Thursday 18 March 2010 at 01:07:00 New OS much preferred to Vista Enterprises are warming to Windows 7 much faster than its predecessor Vista according to new research. A survey of over 900IT administrators worldwide found that 87 per cent of respondents..
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 17 March 2010 at 21:15:00 Device scans a 200 page book in one minute Japanese scientists has been demonstrating a scanner that uses revolutionary chip technology to scan a 200 page book in just a minute….
Dan Worth, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 17 March 2010 at 17:48:00 Networking firm overhauls fixed-switching portfolio Cisco today announced the release of Cisco Borderless Access (CBA), part of the company’s Borderless Networks architecture designed to offer a complete overhaul of its fixed-switching portfolio of products and…
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Cisco launches new Borderless Access products