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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.

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.

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.

Dell sharpens blade installs with FlexAddress

Dell has released an I/O virtualisation tool for its blade servers, making it easier for IT managers to install new blades and swap out servers, the company says.

AMD launches three new quad-core Phenoms

AMD has launched three new quad-core Phenom X4 processors, including a high-end Black Edition chip aimed at power users and gamers.

Eee PC drives laptop growth

Apple’s laptops shipments grew 61 percent from the first quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008, according to DisplaySearch. The research firm said shipments rose from almost 900,000 to just over 1.4 million.

Frozen chips can cool laptops

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a refrigeration system that could be cooling laptops and desktops by 2010.

Hitachi and HP sharpen their blades

Hewlett-Packard and Hitachi have revamped their range of blade servers. Hitachi's new products use the latest Intel chips while HP has created a specially configured appliance that can handle demanding data-warehouse workloads.

HP to users: We will support 'old' systems

The ears of attendees at Hewlett-Packard's annual technical conference seemed to perk up last week when HP CIO Randy Mott said that many companies are spending too much to keep ageing systems running.

Lenovo targets SMEs with ThinkPad SL series

Lenovo is launching a new range of ThinkPad laptops designed for small to medium-size businesses.

PC installed base to reach 2bn by 2014

Research firm Gartner says the number of PCs in use worldwide is now growing at a rate of just under 12 percent a year, and predicts 2 billion will be in use by 2014.

Toshiba unveils laptop with Cell-derived chip

The first laptops to make use of the SpursEngine, a multimedia co-processor derived from the Cell chip that powers the PlayStation 3, will go on sale in Japan in July.

Asus charges same for Linux and Windows on new Eee PC

ASUS has announced the release of the new Eee PC 901 and the reduced prices of the previous 701 and 900 models.

Asus announces Eee Box desktop PC

Asus has announced details of its Eee Box, the desktop PC version of its hugely successful Eee PC mini laptop.

Microsoft releases near-final beta of HPC Server 2008

Microsoft Wednesday said it plans to release at the end of the month another beta of its Windows HPC Server 2008 and that the final version will ship by year-end.

New Intel CIO plans cloud computing trials

Incoming Intel CIO Diane Bryant will network with fellow information chiefs, examine cloud computing and advocate using the chip giant’s internal operations as a test-bed for product development in her new role.

Norwich Union scraps GPS vehicle-tracking policy

Norwich Union has scrapped a high-tech vehicle insurance plan that tracked drivers using Global Positioning System (GPS).

PlayStation chip powers world's fastest supercomputer

A supercomputer based on the same processor used in Sony's PlayStation 3 console has become the most powerful computer in the world.

New Toshiba laptop is ‘lighter than (Macbook) Air’

Toshiba has launched a new ultraportable laptop that it claims is the world's lightest, putting it in contention with vendors including Apple and Lenovo.

AMD's FireStream smashes teraflop barrier

AMD has previewed the latest version of its high-performance chip packages, the FireStream 9250, which is due later this year.

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