Intel has shown off its first six-core PC processor aimed at consumers, codenamed ‘Gulftown,’ at the Game Developers Conference

Harriet Harman says MPs are “taking action” to make Facebook adopt the UK’s CEOP online protection scheme for children - although the site has argued it is not needed

The FTC is looking for official declarations from Google rivals about Google’s proposed purchase of mobile ad provider AdMob, which could signal the regulator may challenge the deal

Cisco’s powerful CRS-3 router will meet rapidly growing demand for bandwidth, according to analysts, but its closest rival, Juniper Networks, is less impressed

The next generation of IBM System x servers are banking heavily on Intel’s Nehalem and IBM chipsets. The plan is to shake up mid-range servers

Facebook is threatening to sue the Daily Mail, after the newspaper published an article suggesting children who used the site would be approached by paedophiles

The looming election has focused local government minds on the negative influence of central government IT procurement and project management strategies

Sentilla’s Energy Manager 3.0 claim to be the first to measure the energy of both metered and unmetered assets in the data centre with its inference engine

Google has expanded its Street View service to cover 96 percent of all UK roads and thoroughfares

The RSA conference seeks to use lessons from single-tenant data centres to build security into cloud computing infrastructures. But what will happen as the cloud ages, asks Cameron Sturdevant

LG’s intention to be a top-two smartphone contender by 2012 appears to largely involve Google

There will be an uptick in IT spending in 2010, but those budgets that do grow will increase by only 1 to 5 percent, according to Ovum

Twitter has announced it will begin scanning links posted by users to thwart phishing attacks and the spread of malware on the site.

Little-known SmartPhone Technologies files lawsuits against Apple, AT&T, Research In Motion, Samsung, Sanyo, LG Electronics and Motorola

CA is continuing to buy companies to build up its cloud computing capabilities, the latest acquisition being Nimsoft

Reports suggest Facebook is about to join social networking rivals, Twitter and Foursquare in banking on services launched to be at the forefront location-based networking

MSI is introducing two new Wind netbooks, replacing a previous 12-inch version with two models pairing dual-core AMD processors with Bluetooth - a first for the Wind lineup

Ian Livingstone has spoken out against the government’s Digital Economy Bill, saying that file-sharers should be fined rather than cut off

Fasthosts targets UK firms’ growing appetites for virtual server solutions, featuring Hyper-V technology and customisable RAM, CPU and disk space

SOS expands functionality of its Universal Backup solution, including unlimited versioning, archiving and global roaming access

SNIA Europe is backing the EU Code of Conduct for data centres in the hope of strengthening the green credentials of storage vendors

Lenovo’s W701ds and W510 mobile workstations gain Intel Core i7 processors and top-of-the-line Nvidia graphic chipsets to propel compute-intensive workloads

Cisco Secure Borderless Network protects beyond the corporate data centre and appears to address many shortcomings in Microsoft’s DirectAccess

FaceTime USG 3.0, due to be shown at the UC Expo in London this week, enables businesses to safely harness the power of collaborative Internet through IM and social networks

The company warns that attackers are targeting a vulnerability in Internet Explorer that can be used to hijack machines

General expectations of the Apple iPad’s level of success are overly pessimistic, says a Broadpoint AmTech report, which predicts 2010 sales of up to 4 million units

The CodePlex Foundation adds open-source luminaries and Microsoft techies to its permanent Board of Directors

Hewlett-Packard suggests that its upcoming slate PC boasts one clear advantage over Apple’s iPad by supporting Adobe Flash

Google has launched the Google Apps Marketplace, an online store selling enterprises business applications that integrate with and extend Google Apps

The non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) finds provisions of Apple’s iPhone Developer Program Licence Agreement “disturbing” and “frustrating”

Microsoft could attract consumers to its Windows Phone 7 Series, once the new smartphone OS is released later in 2010, according to Microsoft briefed analyst

As UC Expo opens in London, John Combs, CEO of Shoretel tells us unified communications is exciting - and we nearly believe him

New lineup of Dell Vostro laptops feature Intel Core i7 processors and high-end M4500 workstation is first to combine Nvidia Quadro graphics

With 322 Terabit/s throughput, Cisco’s CSR-3 can download every movie ever made in four minutes. Just what the big operators need as we all turn to video

Mobile phone operator Vodafone has announced plans to cut 375 UK jobs in a bid to ’simplify’ its service

Carbon consultancy warns companies of the risks of leaving CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme preparation to the last minute

Despite increased automation capabilities, IDC points to a range of data centre approaches that are driving higher management spending

Mayor Boris Johnson has faced Green Party criticism of his open source commitment - but activists say the real problem is with central government

Autonomic tiering prevents problems from happening using intelligence gained by a constant data collection

Google Labs’ experimental Public Data Explorer allows users to view and create charts based on public data

A Trojan hidden within software for the Energizer Duo USB battery charger may have been around since May 2007, according to Symantec

Intel is looking into reports of about 300 fake Core i7-920 processors being received by Newegg in a batch of 2,000 chips the online retailer had received

Market researcher IDC is predicting that the market share of all-in-one desktops will stage a comeback in 2010

Apple aired the first 30-second television commercial for its iPad tablet PC highlighting the device’s functions as an e-reader and portable media player

Nokia has filed a US patent for a phone charger that harvests kinetic energy

Unified Communications: unified communications specialist Avaya upgrades its IP Office solution with video and instant messaging capabilities

Microsoft will release the full version of Office 2010 this May, around a month before its release to consumers

A new survey for the BBC World Service finds that four in five people consider Internet access to be a fundamental human right

Almost a quarter of industry professionals are unable to define cloud computing, but will a new industry forum’s code of practice help provide clarity?

The e-skills UK manifesto, highlighting the gender imbalance in recruiment, focuses the spotlight on the IT gender gap on International Women’s Day

Google has made an aggressive move into the cloud-based productivity arena with its acquisition of online collaboration tool DocVerse

As the government prepares to launch its Cyber Security Operations Centre, Reed Henry of ArcSight discusses the importance of protecting national assets

Google Apps Premier and Education editions allow companies to enforce security and policy controls over some ActiveSync-enabled mobile devices in the field

Uruguay’s decision to provide a laptop to every child of primary school age will boost learning in the region, the US secretary of state has said

The iPad is now less than a month away from hitting US shelves, but there are still significant issues with it that Apple hasn’t addressed

The search giant is continuing to push its energy measurement software which integrates with smart meter devices

Google is open-sourcing the code for its recently acquired ReMail application, citing strong interest in the mobile search product

Microsoft executives have indicated repeatedly that the company intends to stay in China and compete aggressively for the search and cloud-computing markets

GOES-P’s state-of-the-art instrumentation will supply the government with data used in weather monitoring, forecasting and warnings

Microsoft has the potential to be affected by Apple’s patent-infringement lawsuit against HTC, an analyst suggested to eWEEK

A new Government report has warned that the rollout of super-fast broadband in the UK would only reach 70 percent of the country, if it was left purely to market forces

A consortium of smaller Web browser makers are petitioning the European Commission for a better deal in Microsoft’s Web browser choice screen

Make no mistake - The hedge fund offer for Novell could effectively mean the end of the company. And Microsoft could suffer the worst, says Peter Judge

The controversial Digital Economy Bill could be pushed through parliament as part of the “wash up” ahead of the election in April, according to industry insiders

Apple has confirmed that the iPad is to go on sale in the US on 3 April, although British users will have to wait until later in the month to get the device

Microsoft is planning two security updates for Patch Tuesday to address eight vulnerabilities, and reminded users it is terminating support for some versions of Windows in the coming months

Files stored in Google Docs or in Gmail are broken up into digital pieces and stored on random servers for reassembly when needed

The ringleader of a UK-based gang, that made millions by selling counterfeit golf clubs, has been jailed for more than ‘fore’ years

The details of a Russian botnet that targets Russian banks instead of Western victims has been revealed at the RSA conference

A security researcher believes that the Chinese hackers responsible for the Google attack managed to steal valuable source code

Microsoft is betting its business on the cloud after CEO Steve Ballmer announced ‘We’re All In’, and suggested the company’s strategy moving forward will be cloud-based