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Sony planning web services offensive

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:48:00 GMT

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Saturday 21 November 2009 at 00:48:00

New services set for release in 2010

Sony is planning to launch a new set of web services over the next year. The company revealed in a special press event in Tokyo that it is preparing a...

Insurers using Facebook to investigate claimants

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:42:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Saturday 21 November 2009 at 00:42:00

Depressed woman's benefits stopped after her insurers saw happy Facebook photos

Canadian insurance firm Manulife has reportedly cut a depressed woman’s benefits because photos showing her happy were posted on Facebook....

Colin Powell addresses Dreamforce attendees

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:40:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Saturday 21 November 2009 at 00:40:00

Governor discusses speed of technology innovation, digital divide and Facebook

General Colin Powell addressed 19,000 Salesforce customers and developers yesterday at the company’s largest annual event of the year. Salesforce chief executive, Marc Benioff, introduced Powell as his “biggest inspiration”....

Barnes and Noble falls short on Nook shipments

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:37:00 GMT

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Saturday 21 November 2009 at 00:37:00

Reader device sells out early, faces delays

Book retailer and publisher Barnes and Noble is having trouble meeting demand for its recently-unveiled Nook reader table. The company said that the initial crop of Nook units had already...

Adobe refreshes Acrobat.com

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:35:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk, Saturday 21 November 2009 at 13:35:00

New enhancements could boost collaboration

Adobe today updated its Acrobat.com hosted applications service with a new user interface and mobile access functionality designed to enhance user productivity and collaboration....

Hadron Collider back online

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:28:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk, Saturday 21 November 2009 at 13:28:00

Cern scientists successfully complete particle circulation

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is back online after successfully completing its first test since the £6bn project was suspended for vital repairs around 14 months ago....

Top 10 technology also-rans

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:26:00 GMT

Iain Thomson and Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Saturday 21 November 2009 at 07:26:00

Technology that had huge impact then failed

Any industry is littered with the corpses of companies that blazed a trail and then stuttered and died. It's happened in most industry sectors but in IT some of the...

Mandelson’s “three strikes” rules in jeopardy

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:37:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Saturday 21 November 2009 at 02:37:00

EU puts forward need for judicial process before internet access is restricted

Business secretary Peter Mandelson’s plans to curb piracy by enforcing three strikes rules look again to be jeopardy because of a new EU statement....

Oracle gets more time to defend Sun buy

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:01:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Saturday 21 November 2009 at 01:01:00

Oracle given six more days to develop arguments

The European Commission (EC) has granted Oracle extra time to respond to its anti-trust concerns over the $7.4bn acquisition of Sun Microsystems....

Botnet begins social networking spam run

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:03:00 GMT

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 00:03:00

'DonBot' targets Twitter and Facebook users

A major malware botnet has sprung to life and is making a huge spam run through social networking sites. Researchers at Symantec's MessageLabs branch said that the DonBot network has...

Review: Sony Vaio X Series

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:37:00 GMT

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 16:37:00

Sony's new ultra-portable is among the thinnest and lightest ever, but carries a hefty price tag

Sony's Vaio X Series is one of the new breed of laptops that pushes the definition of ultra-thin to new limits....

Salesforce promises customers a "private Dreamforce"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 16:25:00

Cloud firm plans new marketing drive

SAN FRANCISCO: Salesforce has announced plans to accelerate its marketing spend and tactics, after posting a record third quarter profit....

V3.co.uk weekly debrief, 20 Nov 09

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:10:00 GMT

V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 15:10:00

This week we round up the major vendor conference events, plus T-Mobile sells customer data

Phil Muncaster rounds up the top stories of the week, including news from PDC, Dreamforce and the Internet Governance Forum, and T-Mobile employees are found to have sold customer information...

BMC teams with Salesforce for service desk app

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:05:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 15:05:00

Offering to be available on Force.com platform next year

SAN FRANCISCO: BMC Software has teamed up with Salesforce.com to offer an IT service desk solution on the Force.com platform....

Enisa launches comprehensive cloud security report

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:03:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 15:03:00

EU security agency provides checklist for firms looking to vet providers

The European Union's security agency today released a comprehensive report designed to teach public and private secret organisations and policy makers how to tap the benefits of cloud computing without...

EBay finally sells majority of Skype

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:19:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 13:19:00

Control of IP telephony service goes to group of investors

Online auction giant eBay has finally completed the sale of its popular Skype internet telephony service, in a deal worth $2.75bn (£1.66bn)....

Microsoft extends Dynamics capabilties

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 13:16:00

New services offered in key areas such as e-commerce and payments

Microsoft has extended its Dynamics range of enterprise resource planning (ERP) offerings with new online services designed to help firms create new sites, improve their e-commerce capabilities and integrate payment...

Twitter founder details commercial account plans

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 12:30:00

Biz Stone says paid-for accounts will give users access to analytics functionality

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has further outlined the firm's plans to capitalise on the huge interest in its services and exploding user numbers....

Asus unveils netbook with more oomph

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:02:00 GMT

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 12:02:00

Eee PC 1201N has dual-core processor and Nvidia graphics

Netbook pioneer Asus has announced a new model with a dual-core processor and Nvidia Ion graphics, a combination that makes it better suited for multimedia than other models....

WinCDEmu 3.0

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT

Chris Wiles, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 11:30:00

Mount an ISO image as a virtual drive

Providing files to other users, across the Internet, isn’t so straightforward. As we’ve found, if you ZIP up some files and provide the ZIP as a download, there will still...

Salesforce.com on the new Chatter service

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:27:00 GMT

V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 06:27:00

Company explains the need for collaboration service

Salesforce.com EMEA executive Tim Barker talks to V3.co.uk about the company's new Chatter collaboration service and the reasoning behind the rollout.

Mandelson seeks sweeping powers to enforce copyright

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:23:00 GMT

Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 03:23:00

Minister tries parliamentary amendment to grant new enforcement powers

Secretary of state Lord Mandelson is planning to introduce changes to the Digital Economy Bill that would grant him, and future ministers, sweeping new powers to enforce copyright laws....

Yahoo unveils Shortcut news tool

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:23:00 GMT

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 03:23:00

Search component will display news and tweets with results

Yahoo has added a new feature to its search service, which it hopes will improve the coverage of breaking news....

CA talks up 'profound' cloud computing revolution

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:21:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 at 02:21:00

John Swainson addresses Dreamforce attendees

The switch from on-premise software to on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications is the biggest transition yet in IT, according to CA....

The most recent articles from V3.co.uk

Sony planning web services offensive

Insurers using Facebook to investigate claimants

Colin Powell addresses Dreamforce attendees

Barnes and Noble falls short on Nook shipments

Adobe refreshes Acrobat.com

Hadron Collider back online

Top 10 technology also-rans

Mandelson’s “three strikes” rules in jeopardy

Oracle gets more time to defend Sun buy

Botnet begins social networking spam run

Review: Sony Vaio X Series

Salesforce promises customers a "private Dreamforce"

Top 10 articles, 20 Nov 2009

V3.co.uk weekly debrief, 20 Nov 09

BMC teams with Salesforce for service desk app

Enisa launches comprehensive cloud security report

EBay finally sells majority of Skype

Microsoft extends Dynamics capabilties

Twitter founder details commercial account plans

Asus unveils netbook with more oomph

WinCDEmu 3.0

Salesforce.com on the new Chatter service

Mandelson seeks sweeping powers to enforce copyright

Yahoo unveils Shortcut news tool

CA talks up 'profound' cloud computing revolution