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Dresdner Kleinwort moves datacentre out of London

Dresdner Kleinwort is moving a key datacentre out of London's Docklands area, in a bid to cut energy bills and improve power reliability.

Xandros buys Linspire to boost enterprise credibility

Linux company Xandros has bought Linspire, another open source distributor in a bid to increase its presence in the enterprise, an executive announced.

Google holds contest for developers

If calculating the maximum height at which an egg won't break when dropped while sacrificing the least number of eggs sounds like a worthy challenge to a programmer, then this year's Google Code Jam may be of interest.

Microsoft to patch Windows, SQL Server & Exchange Server next week

Microsoft is planning four security updates for next week that would fix vulnerabilities in Windows, SQL Server and Exchange Server.

MoD's DII over budget, needs action to speed rollout

The Ministry of Defence needs to take ‘further concerted action’ to speed up the delivery of the Defence Information Infrastructure programme, which will be millions over budget, according to the National Audit Office.

Leicester College converges networks with Siemens

Leicester College will converge its data and voice networks across three campuses, using Siemens software.

Google Yahoo partnership still being investigated

The partnership between Google and Yahoo is still being investigated by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

Intel and AMD grow after price war truce

Both Intel and AMD enjoyed gains in the first quarter of 2008 as the price war between rival chipmakers slowed.

Fibre-optic broadband grows faster than cable

Fibre-based broadband is growing faster than cable for the first time.

Microsoft partners with Micro Focus to boost Cobol on Windows

Micro Focus and Microsoft have sigend an agreement to bolster efforts to enable Cobol-based mainframe applications to run on Windows and also plan a version of CICS for .Net.

Adobe PDF approved as standard by ISO

The ISO has approved PDF as an international standard.

Gartner: The seven risks in cloud-computing

Cloud computing is fraught with security risks, according to analyst firm Gartner.

Firefox 2.0 patches come with 'upgrade now' message

Mozilla has patched 13 flaws in Firefox 2.0 and warned that it will end support for the browser in December.

NHS CTO: ‘Standards bodies need to stop arguing’

The chief technology officer on the £12.7 billion NHS National Programme for IT has told Computerworld UK that standards bodies must ‘stop arguing’ and work together, so that the NHS can deliver highly interoperable software in hospitals across the country.