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Virgin runs fibre broadband via telegraph poles

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:30:00 GMT

Virgin Media will use telegraph poles to extend the reach of FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) in a test in the U.K. village of Woolhampton, it said on Thursday.

Broadband speed frustration on the rise

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:25:00 GMT

An increasing number of broadband users in Britain are unhappy with their connection speed, a new survey says.

Freescale touts cheap Linux tablet

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:20:00 GMT

$200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn't last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.

Peter Molyneux reveals Fable 3 details

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:10:00 GMT

He's linked it to Ico and he's linked it to President Barack Obama, but what many GDC attendees didn't expect was for Peter Molyneux to link Fable III to former Pythonite John Cleese.

Mozilla rips off MetaLab design, apologises

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:28:00 GMT

A Canadian interface design firm accused Mozilla of stealing user interface (UI) elements for a development tool in the browser maker's Jetpack project, which aims to simplify add-on making.

Microsoft targets NetSuite users with new deal

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:40:00 GMT

Microsoft is offering financial enticements to customers of on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor NetSuite to switch over to Microsoft's Dynamics family of business applications.

Mobile Wars 2: What's the payback in mobile?

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:37:00 GMT

The business brainstorming session has come up with its latest, greatest idea: an iPhone app that lets customers interact with the business.

Cisco launches Internet super-router

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:33:00 GMT

Hyped as the router that would "change forever the face of the Internet", Cisco has launched its new CRS-3 system as the box that it predicts will stream video into the Net's darkest recesses.

Intel launches six core Gulftown Core i7 chip

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:10:00 GMT

Intel showed off its first six-core processor for desktops, the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition, which will go into workstations and enthusiast PCs targeted at gamers.

BlackBerry phones suffer data problems

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:55:00 GMT

Some BlackBerry users in North America and the United Kingdom said they experienced data outages earlier this week on Wi-Fi-equipped BlackBerries when not connected to Wi-Fi.

CA buys Nimsoft for $350m

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:46:00 GMT

CA inks a deal to acquire for $350 million Nimsoft, an IT service management player with customers in the managed service provider market.

Microsoft Bing embedded in Google Android phones

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:10:00 GMT

Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China.

IDC: Datacentre management remains sloppy

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:46:00 GMT

CIOs and IT directors expect spending on staff in their datacentres to dramatically outstrip the overall growth in IT expenditure this year, according to ComputerworldUK's sister analyst group IDC.

Citrix boosts Windows access from mobile with XenApp 6

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:25:00 GMT

Citrix Systems has launched version 6 of XenApp, its platform for centralised application delivery that features centralised management and access to Windows applications from Android-based smartphones and Apple computers, the company said.

Linux struggles to make a dent in desktop

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:30:00 GMT

Everyone's favourite open source OS is still out in the cold

Acer almost beats Dell in 2009 PC sales

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:33:00 GMT

Dell better take a look over its shoulder since rival Acer is coming up fast from behind and is on the verge of overtaking Dell as the number two PC maker in the world.

Google releases updated Android native dev kit

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT

OpenGL ES 2.0 added to package enabling developers to build performance critical parts of an app in native code

Procter and Gamble to let employees use own laptops

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:19:00 GMT

Procter & Gamble (P&G), which is ranked 20th on the Fortune 500 list, can afford to buy its employees laptops. But it is instead letting several hundred of its workers use their own laptops as part of a workplace experiment.

ARM devices to rival Apple iPad

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:15:00 GMT

The launch of Apple's iPad will pave the way for a slew of rival products this year, an Arm executive said, predicting over 50 tablet PC devices will be launched globally.

Microsoft could battle back with Internet Explorer

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Industry watchers say Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser could help the software giant regain market share and get products in front of more customers.

Microsoft patches hit Excel

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:41:00 GMT

Coming off a recordmaking Patch Tuesday in February, Microsoft announces a lighter load of bulletins and advisories targeting client operating systems, Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer.

Google unveils Apps software store

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:25:00 GMT

Google has launched Google Apps Marketplace, a site designed to provide a venue for third-party applications for Google users.

What's new in SharePoint Server 2010

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Project management and process optimisation consultants Campana & Schott describe their experience

Opera rushing to fix Windows vulnerability

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:48:00 GMT

Opera Software will soon patch a vulnerability in its Web browser that could allow an attacker to run malicious software on a Windows computer.

US lifts web export ban on Iran, Sudan, Cuba

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:39:00 GMT

The US Department of the Treasury has loosened controls on the export of Internet-based communication services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba, in an effort to spread free-speech freedoms to those countries, the agency said Monday.