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Oxford English Dictionary breaks own rule, lists 'tweet'
Other techie words like 'live blog,' 'flash mob,' 'search engine optimization' and '3d Printer' are also added read more »
Siemens looking to unload share in networking venture with Nokia, report said
Nokia Siemens Networks' successful restructuring has made it more attractive, an analyst said read more »
Google goes 'Reader' on Chrome Frame, kills plug-in for IE
Enterprise Web app developers cry foul over retirement of plug-in that puts Chrome engine inside older versions of IE read more »
Software AG buys complex-event processing technology from Progress
The announcement comes two days after Tibco announced it would buy CEP vendor Streambase read more »
Facebook opens first data centre outside the US
It uses 100 percent renewable energy on the edge of the Arctic Circle in Sweden read more »
Banks will stick with COBOL because Java has performance issues, claims quality guru Bill Curtis
CMM pioneer Bill Curtis believes COBOL is more secure and outperforms newer languages read more »
Cloud-based productivity apps - 'don't believe the hype' says Gartner
Gartner, however, predicts that a major shift toward cloud office systems will begin by the first half of 2015 read more »
High performance computing market is buoyant says IDC
Worldwide factory revenue for the HPC technical server market increased 5.3 percent in the first quarter of 2013 read more »
Google slammed by MPs for 'contrived' tax payments
Google maintains it broke no tax rules and did not break any UK laws in the way it presented its accounts read more »
Lancashire Care NHS trust deploys mobile business intelligence
It will use Yellowfin’s mobile BI capabilities to deliver reporting and analytics to clinicians read more »
IT jobs likely to go as RBS cuts 2,000 more staff
Both front and back office functions will see losses, ComputerworldUK sources reveal read more »
SAP wins key ruling in long-running patent battle with Versata
Versata can appeal and SAP has yet to get a $345 million judgment overturned read more »
France Télécom CEO charged with conspiracy to defraud
The allegations relate to his former role as cabinet director for the French Finance Minister read more »
Google's Waze deal challenged by consumer choice advocates
The $1 billion deal would take away Google's major competitor for mobile mapping, Consumer Watchdog says read more »
NHS still set to spend £600m with 'rotten' CSC on 'hopeless' NPfIT systems
The Public Accounts Committee grilled executives on the failed project read more »
Colt reduces energy usage by 18% across European data centres
An industry-wide reduction of this scale would reduce the industry’s CO2 footprint by over 1.2 million tonnes read more »
IT department could disappear by the end of the decade, says Forrester
Analysts predict life for the CIO of 2020 read more »
Gartner: Global security market will grow to £55 billion by 2016
Bring Your Own Numbers read more »
HANA puts SAP at risk of being a modern tech vendor with aging business apps
Constellation Research claims SAP needs create a vision for the in-memory platform read more »
Ministry of Justice puts halt on £300m PC support contract
The Cabinet Office is hoping the department can engage with SMEs on the deal read more »













