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09/07/11--08:37: Data centre expenditure growth defying downturn (chan 1771003)

Twenty five percent growth in UK shows dependence on resilient IT


The growth of data centre expenditure by companies is defying the economic crisis, according to an in-depth report.








09/07/11--23:35: Google had hoped to partner with Sun on Android, papers reveal (chan 1771003)

Google offered to split mobile revenue


Google hoped at one time to codevelop Android with Sun, and was prepared to offer Sun a share of its mobile service revenue in return for making Java open source, according to newly released documents in Oracle's lawsuit against Google.








09/08/11--00:14: Amazon revamp offers clues about tablet (chan 1771003)

Amazon.com's redesigned website has a lot more white space, the messy left-hand sidebar is gone and the search bar is larger


Amazon.com is testing a redesigned version of its website, a development that's noteworthy given that the new look could be a roadmap of what Amazon is building into its runoured upcoming tablet, and how the company is fortifying its own Apple-esque ecosystem.






09/08/11--00:40: Lawson acquires Approva to add governance controls to ERP technology (chan 1771003)

Infor business unit buys up enterprise monitoring firm


Lawson Software and its parent company Infor are adding governance capabilities to their ERP (enterprise resource planning) software with the acquisition of Approva, announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal, which closed September 1, were not disclosed.








09/08/11--00:46: HP announces new range of all-in-one PCs (chan 1771003)

Omni, TouchSmart and Pro models


Hewlett-Packard may be looking to spin off its personal computer unit, but that didn't stop the company from announcing seven new all-in-one PCs. HP refreshed its Omni, TouchSmart and HP Pro lineups.








09/08/11--02:20: Google and Oracle execs involved in mediation in Java-Android battle (chan 1771003)

Safra Catz and Andy Rubin will sit down to try to settle mobile OS case


Google and Oracle will send top executives to mediation in front of a magistrate judge, in a last-ditch attempt to settle their differences over Google's use of Java in the Android OS.








09/08/11--02:54: HP Cloud Services beta launched (chan 1771003)

Infrastructure as a service platform in testing phase


Carving out a space in the growing market for cloud computing, HP has launched a beta IaaS offering, called HP Cloud Services, the company announced.








09/08/11--04:09: HTC launches new patent lawsuit against Apple (chan 1771003)

Google patents back up new front in Android war


Armed with new patents transferred from Google, HTC has filed a new lawsuit against Apple and amended two previous legal complaints.








09/08/11--04:34: IBM and 3M to make microprocessors 1,000 times faster (chan 1771003)

Silicon brick to power smarthphones, tablets, computers and gaming devices


IBM and 3M have announced they will jointly develop a new line of adhesives they hope will let them make it possible to build commercial microprocessors composed of layers of up to 100 separate chips.








09/08/11--23:56: Lawson embroiled in ERP lawsuit with customers (chan 1771003)

Healthcare firm alleges mismanaged project


Lawson Software is embroiled in the latest instance of an allegedly failed ERP software project to become public.








09/09/11--00:27: Microsoft investigates its own mobile location practices (chan 1771003)

Camera application on Windows Phone 7 handsets allegedly collects location data from nearby Wi-Fi and cellular networks


Microsoft said this week it is investigating a lawsuit's allegation that the camera application on Windows Phone 7 handsets collects location data from nearby Wi-Fi and cellular networks -- even if the user refuses permission to do so.








09/09/11--02:00: US Senate approves major patent system overhaul (chan 1771003)

The first major update of U.S. patent law goes to President Obama for his signature


The US Senate has voted to approve a major overhaul of the nation's patent system, with the legislation allowing a new kind of challenge to patents granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office.








09/09/11--02:03: Apple criticised for not blocking stolen SSL certificates (chan 1771003)

Security researcher says Apple 'dragging its feet'


Apple have been criticised for "foot dragging" over the DigiNotar certificate fiasco and have been urged to quickly update Mac OS X to protect users.








09/09/11--02:10: Twitter announces 100 million active users (chan 1771003)

Social media business model gets fleshed out


After years of silence about how many active users Twitter has, the company has finally announced a milestone worth talking about: Twitter now has 100 million active users.








09/09/11--04:27: Nokia to put free Microsoft apps on Symbian Belle smartphones (chan 1771003)

Word, Excel and PowerPoint coming in 2012


Nokia will offer several Microsoft applications for free on their latest Symbian Belle smartphone later this year, the Finnish company announced on Thursday.








09/09/11--05:00: Apple wins permanent ban on German sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab (chan 1771003)

Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 is too similar to Apple's iPad 2 and may not be sold in Germany, a court there has ruled


Samsung must not sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany because it looks too much like Apple's iPad 2, the district court in Düsseldorf has ruled.








09/11/11--23:13: SAP to plead guilty to TomorrowNow criminal charges (chan 1771003)

The US Department of Justice filed a criminal suit against former SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow


Former SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow will plead guilty to criminal charges of copyright infringement for downloading software from Oracle's servers.








09/12/11--00:26: Lenovo expects to beat Dell in PC sales by year's end (chan 1771003)

Lenovo currently holds the number three spot in global PC sales


Lenovo's chairman believes the company will overtake Dell to become the world's second-largest PC vendor by the end of this year.








09/12/11--03:26: Carol Bartz quits Yahoo board after continued investor pressure (chan 1771003)

Leading investor also calls for chairman Roy Bostock to go


Carol Bartz, the chief executive fired by Yahoo last week, has quit the company’s board of directors.








09/12/11--04:10: New HP app enables printing & scanning to iPhones, Facebook (chan 1771003)

HP announces new mobile and and 3D printing capabilities


For those running HP printers and scanners alongside their Macs, a series of new products were launched at HP's Imaging and Printing Conference 2011, to help both its home and business consumers adopt mobile and 3D printing.








09/12/11--05:00: Nvidia CEO: Intel chased us out of chipset market (chan 1771003)

Intel don't mind working with Nvidia on graphics cards, but don't want it in the chipset market


Nvidia concluded that it would exit the chipset business as Intel made it impossible for the company to operate in the market, the company's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said this week.








09/12/11--23:45: iPhone users finally to have Flash (chan 1771003)

Despite Apple's attempts to restrict Flash, Adobe have launched a server using Apple's live streaming protocol


Apple may not have approved it, but it appears as though iPhone users will soon gain access to Flash content.








09/13/11--00:45: Supercomputer Nautilus 'knew where Bin Laden was' (chan 1771003)

Machine digested hundreds of millions of news articles to predict Arab Spring


A supercomputer in America predicted the revolutions in Egypt and Libya and located where Osama Bin Laden was, according to an academic - but only after the events had happened.








09/13/11--01:20: Broadcom pays £2.3bn for NetLogic (chan 1771003)

Communications processor maker joins list of high priced IT takeovers


Broadcom has agreed to acquire communications processor company NetLogic Microsystems for US$3.7 billion (£2.35 billion), the companies announced today.








09/13/11--02:10: Accenture pays $64m to settle kick back case (chan 1771003)

Denies liability in US government contracts case which names Cisco, HP, Sun, EMC and CSC


Technology services and consulting company Accenture has agreed to pay $63.7 million to resolve whistleblower allegations that it participated in a large-scale kickbacks scheme involving U.S. government contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.