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Intuit shuts Quicken Online, turns focus to Mint.com

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:28:02 GMT

The maker of Quicken, QuickBooks and TurboTax will shut down its free Quicken Online personal finance site in six to nine months and concentrate on newly bought Mint.com

Baguette 'dropped by bird' causes LHC disruption

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:22:02 GMT

The Large Hadron Collider was hit by crouton torpedo when a rogue piece of bread caused an electrical system failure

Fujitsu IT staff to hold three-day strike

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:03:01 GMT

Unite members at the IT services company plan to strike next week over proposed cuts to jobs and pensions

Skype deal averts shutdown, allows sale

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:49:02 GMT

The VoIP company's founders will regain some control over the firm and eBay will be able to sell off a majority stake in Skype, after settling an intellectual property dispute

Google delivers search tool for online stores

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:48:01 GMT

Commerce Search, hosted in Google's cloud, is designed for online retail sites and provides features such as customisable results and display

Mobile industry decides on LTE voice standard

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:47:02 GMT

LTE, the successor to 3G, will use a technology based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) framework to carry voice and text messages

'Gordon' supercomputer uses flash to go faster

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:24:02 GMT

The system, which will use flash memory, will model climate simulations and the effects of earthquakes

More Virgin trains get on-board Wi-Fi

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:05:02 GMT

Virgin Trains launches of Wi-Fi broadband services on its fleet of 21 Super Voyager Trains travelling from Euston to North Wales and Chester

Thunderbird 3: Near-final version due next week

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:50:02 GMT

Mozilla Messaging plans to issue release candidate 1 of Thunderbird 3 as soon as Monday, with the final version expected later in November

Google releasing JavaScript programming tools

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:32:02 GMT

In a step to make the web a more powerful foundation for programs, Google is releasing Closure Tools that it says produce faster, better code

HP 'sensing technology' to connect objects, people

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:16:01 GMT

The company has announced a new Mems accelerometer that is 1,000 times more sensitive than existing products on the market

One promise needed for internet freedom

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:46:02 GMT

Europe has given us the tools to prevent three strikes. It's the perfect time to finish the job

Parallels supports Windows 7, Snow Leopard

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:20:01 GMT

Parallels Desktop Mac virtualisation software is faster than the previous version and gives users more customisation flexibility when working with Windows

'Polished' Moblin adds 3G support, plug-ins

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:06:02 GMT

The latest version of Moblin, the Intel-sponsored Linux distribution for Atom-based netbooks and nettops, includes a new web browser and allows Bluetooth pairing

Zero-day flaw found in web encryption

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:54:01 GMT

A security issue with underlying web encryption protocols TLS and SSL has left many authentication mechanisms open to attack, according to security researchers

Novell previews Pulse collaboration platform

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:48:02 GMT

Pulse, which will be interoperable with Google Wave, will combine email, document authoring and social-messaging tools with enterprise-oriented security and management

Microsoft commits another £60K to Apache

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:56:02 GMT

The software giant will renew its sponsorship of the Apache Software Foundation as it increases its involvement with open-source Apache projects

Inside Microsoft's biggest datacentre

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:40:02 GMT

Take a look around Microsoft's 700,000 sq ft Chicago facility a datacentre the company says just might be the biggest on the planet

European 'internet freedom' law agreed

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:11:01 GMT

Lawmakers agree to protect internet users from disconnection without due process, a move that means a raft of EU telecoms reforms can pass into law

Red Hat CEO: Open source needs champions

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:50:02 GMT

Jim Whitehurst has hailed Google and Red Hat revenue models as bringing success to the open-source community

Google releases Dashboard stored data service

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:26:01 GMT

Service that lets users maintain their personal data stored across all Google products is launched

Gov't mobile working project saved from axe

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:50:02 GMT

Project Nomad, the local government scheme to support mobile and flexible working, has been protected from closure

Cisco results show economy is in recovery

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:35:02 GMT

Chief executive John Chambers says the company's quarterly earnings, which show strong sequential growth, indicate that an economic recovery is fully underway

Intel accused of bribery in antitrust lawsuit

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:16:02 GMT

New York's attorney general has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit that accuses Intel of paying computer makers rebates to illegally maintain its monopoly power

Microsoft announces 800 more layoffs

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:01 GMT

The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified on Wednesday, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year