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Article | 30/04/2009 Clearpace turns storage system into virtual appliance

U.K. archiving software vendor Clearpace is launching a virtual appliance version of its data compression product NParchive, it said on Wednesday.

Article | 29/04/2009 Nokia cuts staff, refocuses its services push

Nokia will layoff 450 employees as the Finnish phone giant refocuses its services to take better advantage of third-party developers, it announced on ...

Article | 27/04/2009 UK mobile operator offers free mobile Skype calls 'forever'

Mobile operator 3 UK will allow users to enjoy unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and messages without ever having to pay, as long as they have a compatib...

Article | 24/04/2009 Wikipedia gets backing from mobile phone operator Orange

The Wikimedia Foundation has signed a deal with French operator Orange to bring online encyclopedia Wikipedia to mobile phone users in France, the U.K...

Article | 24/04/2009 Nokia puts mobile wallet on SIM card

The new Nokia 6216 classic handset, announced Thursday, incorporates support for NFC (Near Field Communication) technology on the SIM card, paving the...

Article | 23/04/2009 Linden Lab will rate parts of Second Life adults only

Inhabitants of Second Life, the virtual world run by Linden Lab, will soon have new options to customize how they see the world. The first will be the...

Article | 22/04/2009 Pirate Bay case on its way to the court of appeal

A lawyer for one of the defendants in the Pirate Bay case has already filed an appeal against the guilty verdict handed down by a Stockholm court on F...

Article | 22/04/2009 Tap In Systems monitors and runs in the cloud

Startup Tap In Systems is launching its Cloud Management Service, a platform that will be used to monitor cloud-based applications, at the Under the R...

Article | 20/04/2009 The Pirate Bay four found guilty

The four people involved in running The Pirate Bay, one of the most widely used BitTorrent trackers for music, movies and software, have been found gu...

Article | 16/04/2009 Sales drop, but market share holds steady for Nokia

Nokia Thursday reported first-quarter sales down about 27 percent year-on-year, as sales of mobile phones dropped below 100 million units.

Article | 16/04/2009 Sony, Toshiba, Qualcomm join the Femto Forum

Consumer electronics giants Sony and Toshiba have joined the Femto Forum, an industry organization whose role is to push femtocells. Qualcomm has also...

Article | 15/04/2009 Google preps next version of Android

Developers will now be able to take a look at the SDK (Software Development Kit) for the next version of the Android platform, Google announced on Mon...

Article | 9/04/2009 Start-up aims to challenge Microsoft, Skype, Google

Dutch start-up Perzonae Unified Communications is working on a service that will combine e-mail, instant messaging and, later, calls and teleconferenc...

Article | 8/04/2009 Femtocell standard is finalized

The first femtocell standard has been published by the 3GPP, the Femto Forum, an industry organization involved in the standardization process, announ...

Article | 8/04/2009 Trade organization looks to simplify cloud storage

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has formed the Cloud Storage Technical Work Group, which will develop standards, interfaces and bes...