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100/40G ethernet adoption held back by price

Though demand for 40G and 100G Ethernet is on the rise, prices need to come down to earth before mainstream adoption can occur, experts at an Ethernet conference said here this week.

Barbie gets a new job as an IT engineer

Well, well. Look who's become a nerd?

Germany drops patient record scheme, UK presses ahead

Germany drops patient record scheme, UK presses ahead

A multibillion pound German scheme to create smartcards of digital patient records, has been abandoned in the face of concerns over delays, rising costs and data security.

Ford shows touchscreen dashboard at CES

Ford has updated its Sync technology and made it the basis for a new driver interface and dashboard design called myFord Touch that it is rolling out at this week's Consumer Electronics Show.

Nanotech battery built from paper

A team of researchers at Stanford University is using nanotechnology to build robust batteries out of paper.

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Intel SSD firmware bug turns drives into bricks

Intel has promised to supply a fix for a recently released glitchy firmware update, which once applied, bricked certain users' solid-state drives (SSD).

Time Warner cable flaw exposes 64,000 routers to hackers

A blogger helping to tune a friend's wi-fi network uncovered a gaping security hole in Wi-Fi cable modem routers installed in 64,000 Time Warner subscribers' homes, leaving them open to attack.

HP, Amazon to print and sell rare books on demand

HP, bullish about web hosted print on demand (POD) services, has launched a new POD service called BookPrep for printing digital copies of books and enhanced an existing service called MagCloud with a new partner.

AMD unveils first triple-core Athlons

AMD has launched its first Athlon triple-core processors.

AMD posts smaller loss as outlook improves

AMD narrowed its net loss during the third quarter of 2009 as the company inches closer to profitability.

Ncomputing virtual PCs connect over USB

Ncomputing is launching a device that can be used to add a virtual client to a host PC via a USB connection.

TDK develops 320GB Blu-ray disc

TDK has developed a prototype optical disc that can hold up to 320GBs of information - that's more than six times the current highest capacity media available.

BCS awards IT student of the year

The British Computer Society has given the IT Student of the Year award to Sheffield University’s Chris Green.

Cisco patches 12 router bugs

Cisco Systems has released its twice-yearly set of security patches for its router firmware, fixing 12 security flaws in the products.

HP forms new division to slash enterprise print costs

HP has formed a new print services division to attempt to unify disparate hardware such as copiers, printers and scanners.

Fortinet spies IPO as market bounces

Fortinet spies IPO as market bounces

After nine years of successful independence, security hardware vendor Fortinet has admitted it is plotting to turn itself into a public company.

Standard Life 'on target' with £75m back office cost cuts

Standard Life 'on target' with £75m back office cost cuts

Standard Life has said progress in an operational cost cutting drive, centred on automated processes and outsourcing, helped support its business as profits fell.

Intel cuts prices of quad-core desktop chips

Intel cuts prices of quad-core desktop chips

Intel dropped prices of some quad-core desktop processors on Sunday as it gets ready to launch processors based on the new Nehalem chip architecture.

EU and US agree tougher, broader, Energy Star ratings

EU and US agree tougher, broader, Energy Star ratings

Computers, copiers and printers sold the European Union and the US will have to become more energy-efficient from next month in order to gain Energy Star approval, following an agreement by the European Commission and the US Environmental Protection Agency.

GP surgery loses thousands of unencrypted patient records

GP surgery loses thousands of unencrypted patient records

A GP surgery in London has lost the details of 7,000 patients after burglars stole an external hard drive and backup tapes.

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