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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

HP converges on the datacentre

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:06:02 GMT

The company has pulled together new and existing products to provide an architecture that aims to streamline sprawling IT infrastructures

EMC, Cisco and VMware take aim at 'private cloud'

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:01:02 GMT

The partnership plans to offer a range of datacentre infrastructure packages called Vblock, to eventually be built by a new joint venture

Intel investigating Windows 7 iPhone sync flaw

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:43:02 GMT

BIOS or system-configuration issues could be to blame for the flaw, which makes it impossible to synchronise iPhones with 64-bit Windows 7 PCs using P55 motherboards

Orange unveils iPhone tariffs, release date

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:21:01 GMT

The operator has announced its tariffs for Apple's iPhone, which it will offer in competition with long-time provider O2

iPhone officially lands in China

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:40:02 GMT

Crowds in China honoured the tradition of lining up for the phone hours in advance, as Apple launched its iconic device in the world's largest mobile market

Universal charger will spark innovation, says GSMA

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:18:01 GMT

The GSM Association believes the new standard in mobile phone charger will give rise to product and retail innovation in the mobile market

Intel seeks new 'microserver' standard

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:31:02 GMT

Intel is aiming to standardise its design for the tiny servers, and will offer its design specification to the Server System Infrastructure Forum by the end of the year

Intel moves closer to next-gen memory

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:25:01 GMT

Intel and Numonyx have announced practical advancements they believe will make phase-change memory meet its performance and capacity promise

Intel pulls SSD firmware over Windows 7 clash

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:30:01 GMT

Users of Intel's first 34nm solid-state drives have reported serious problems when installing new firmware for the drives on Windows 7 systems

Desktop supercomputer aims for 1.1 teraflops

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:13:02 GMT

Asus has unveiled a mini-supercomputer based on Nvidia graphics chips and a 3.33GHz Xeon

Xerox prints computer smarts on fabric, plastic

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:47:01 GMT

The company says its new silver-based ink can be used to print electronic circuitry on everything from flexible e-book screens to pill bottles

Nokia vs Apple: The hidden scandal

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:29:01 GMT

Nokia is dragging Apple to court over wireless patents. This exposes IP law on the verge of failure

Universal phone charger given green light

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:42:02 GMT

A branch of the UN has approved a standard for a one-size-fits-all phone charger that will work on any future handset

ARM ups speed, drops power with new chip

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:09:01 GMT

The world's most popular processor architecture continues to push its performance while aiming for mobile internet dominance over Intel

BlackBerry Bold slims down with the 9700

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:44:02 GMT

The new version of Research In Motion's flagship BlackBerry Bold smartphone has more flash memory than its predecessor

IBM adds flash to storage virtualisation

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:34:02 GMT

The new version of IBM's SAN Volume Controller allows enterprises to integrate solid-state drives into a virtualised storage environment

Images: RIM shows off the BlackBerry Storm 2

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:02:02 GMT

The second touchscreen handset from Research in Motion uses a different click technology from the first, making it easier to type quickly

Oracle announces Exadata 2

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:45:01 GMT

At Oracle's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, chief executive Larry Ellison previews the company's Exadata Version 2 computer

Acer sails past Dell in PC shipments

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:42:01 GMT

IDC's PC tracker report for the third quarter of 2009 shows the Taiwanese manufacturer has overtaken Dell in terms of PCs shipped

Sidekick outages spark flurry of lawsuits

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:24:02 GMT

Various legal actions claim that negligence on the part of Microsoft and T-Mobile led to Sidekick users' recent woes

Sun and Fujitsu update Sparc64 VII chips

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:55:01 GMT

Sun is touting improved database performance and low upgrade costs in an effort to fight back against competition from IBM and HP

Acer shows off Android netbook, smartphone

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:09:01 GMT

The manufacturer demonstrated its first Android handset, the Liquid, alongside the UK's first Android-toting netbook at a London event on Wednesday

Sun introduces 2TB flash storage array

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:40:01 GMT

The F5100 Flash Array will deliver a low-power performance boost to transaction-heavy database operations, while cutting power usage

Gartner: PCs, handsets to lead electronics recovery

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:42:01 GMT

The analyst firm says it has seen the first signs of economic recovery in the electronics industry, with the mobile phone and consumer PC markets leading the way