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Google Launches New Search App For iPhone
News Mobile & Telco
Google has launched a new search app for your iPhone, boasting a redesigned interface, a graphically enhanced image search and slicker navigation. Showing the company's commitment to iOS devices as well as Android, the Google...
Launch of Yahoo's Axis Web Browser Tainted by Security Snafu
News Web
Yahoo's first venture into the world of web browser production was always likely to be memorable, but in the end it stood out for its glaring security glitches rather than its slick operation. On Wednesday evening, Yahoo launched...
Hewlett-Packard To Slash 27,000 Jobs
News Business & Government
Hewlett-Packard is to cut 27,000 jobs by the end of 2014 in a move that will save the company up to $3.5 billion (£2.2 billion) a year. In a drastic bid to revive its fortunes, HP will reinvest the money into the company as...
Toshiba Launches £329 AT300 Tablet, Cheapest Quad Core Model Yet
News Hardware
Toshiba has announced today that it will start selling its new tablet the AT300 by the end of June with the 16GB model carrying a suggested retail price of £329 and the 32GB model costing £379. A spokeswoman for...
ITProPortal Noon Roundup 24-05-12
News Web
Google's ex-CEO Eric Schmidt gave a speech last night at the Science Museum in which he outlined a vision for the web, and how much he believes it will change society in the future. Schmidt said: "The world wide web has yet to...
Vodafone, O2 Rage Over Rival’s 4G Head Start
News Business & Government
O2's parent company Telefonica and Vodafone and have castigated Ofcom, after the telecoms watchdog granted Everything Everywhere permission to begin offering 4G services up to 15 months before its rivals. Vodafone claims the...
Intel Rolls Out Cloud SSO Identity Solution
News Cloud
Intel has announced Cloud SSO, a cloud-based identity and "Access Management-as-a-Service" system which is now live on Force.com, Salesforce's social enterprise platform. SSO stands for Single Sign-On, and the move means that...
Facebook Could Switch From NASDAQ To NYSE
News Business & Government
So as the path to going public hasn't gone as well as the company had hoped, the social network Facebook has embarked on a different direction - destination, NYSE. In the wake of the disastrous NASDAQ mishap, the New York...
The Nation's Ultimate Checklist For The London 2012 Olympics
News IT Olympics
Behind every great event there's one enormous checklist reflecting the planning, testing and re-testing involved. As soon as London was awarded the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, BT pulled together a crack team of predictors...
Court Clears Google Of Oracle Patent Infringement
News Business & Government
Following a three-week trial and a week of deliberations, a California jury found that Google did not infringe on Oracle patents for its Android operating system. However, the search giant was found to have committed two minor...
70 Per Cent Of Carriers Believe It's Time To Launch 4G
News Mobile & Telco
Reports from the LTE World Summit reveal that 70 per cent of worldwide carriers believe it's time for LTE 4G services, to reach a wider range of consumers. The majority of operators are planning to release LTE services by...
Windows 8 A "Rebirth" Of Microsoft OS
News Business & Government
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer declared on Tuesday that the launch of the upcoming Windows 8 series will represent the ‘rebirth' of Windows operating systems. Ballmer is very enthusiastic about the future Windows 8,...
Data Centres Warned Over Olympics Impact
News IT Olympics
Data centre operators are being advised to prepare thoroughly for the six-week Olympic period, with power consumption set to rocket across the capital. The warning comes from Mike Elms of Uninterruptible Power Supplies Ltd, who...
What's Next? New Coffee Machine Brews Your Beans via Text
News Cloud
Proving that the possibilities for cloud technology are essentially endless, American cloud text messaging company Zipwhip has customised a coffee machine to receive orders sent via Android powered smartphones. In the...
60TB Disk Drives On The Horizon
News Hardware
Despite the increased prevalence of solid state drives, the hard disk drive industry is expected to continue to grow, according to market research firm IHS iSuppli. And the maximum areal density of HDDs, and consequently their...
