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Article | 9/10/2010 Credit Suisse saves power with virtualization
Banking giant Credit Suisse has found a way to stem its seemingly ever-growing need for electricity, through the use of virtualization.
Article | 8/10/2010 Pioneer preps laser head-up display for 2012
Pioneer is developing a head-up display for cars that links in with the navigation function available on many modern smartphones. A prototype of the d...
Article | 5/10/2010 IBM explores water management market
Divining a possible new market in municipal water management systems, IBM has set up a pilot project in Dubuque, Iowa, to investigate whether cities c...
Article | 30/09/2010 Zeus botnet bank thieves were careless with own security
Suspects charged with stealing more than US$9.4 million from U.K. banks using the Zeus botnet apparently spent more time figuring out the logistics of...
Article | 27/09/2010 Wall Street not bullish on cloud
Wall street firms have been slow to take full advantage of the potential financial and resource savings available through cloud computing because they...
Article | 25/09/2010 FCC takes 'free love' approach to white spaces spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission's new approach to dealing with white spaces spectrum has gone from "proceed with utmost caution" to "if a channe...
Article | 25/09/2010 Panasonic robot gives 16-finger, automated hair washing
Panasonic has developed a hair-washing robot that uses 16 electronically controlled fingers to give a perfect wash and rinse, the company said Friday.
Article | 24/09/2010 U.S. military takes cloud computing to Afghanistan
TAMPA -- The U.S. military is taking cloud computing into rugged terrain in Afghanistan, where according to Lt. Gen. Richard Zahner, the basic hardwar...
Article | 21/09/2010 Was Stuxnet built to attack Iran's nuclear program?
A highly sophisticated computer worm that has spread through Iran, Indonesia and India was built to destroy operations at one target: possibly Iran's ...
Article | 22/09/2010 Google Transparency Report shows U.S., Brazil make most data removal requests
Google has introduced a Transparency Report that lets you see which countries are asking the search company for data on its users and making requests ...
Article | 21/09/2010 Internet privacy conflicts
The Wall Street Journal just published the sixth article in its excellent series about Internet privacy, or the lack of it.
Article | 16/09/2010 Are colleges and universities at greater risk of data breaches?
A database security vendor says colleges and universities need to do more to secure their databases against break-ins.
Article | 15/09/2010 Siemens: Stuxnet worm hit industrial systems
A sophisticated worm designed to steal industrial secrets and disrupt operations has infected at least 14 plants, according to Siemens.
Article | 15/09/2010 Cisco to pay its first dividend
Cisco plans to pay a dividend to shareholders for the first time in its history.
Article | 14/09/2010 Microsoft 'abhors' stifling of political dissent, will create new software license
Microsoft will hire a law firm to conduct an independent investigation into whether its anti-piracy practices helped fuel the stifling of political di...