'Check out this restaurant...bitch' Microsoft operation Force-feed Live Search is now making official use of the company's $240m stake in Facebook.… Full published article at: Read More »

Take one giant JVM cluster and call me in the morning Startup Java infrastructure software maker Terracotta has taken the wraps off version 2.7 of its eponymous Java application scaling and acceleration program.… Full published article at: Read More »

Bulk Mailing 4 Dummies An Arizona couple accused of bombarding a small internet service provider with millions of spam messages has been ordered to pay more than $236m in a federal case that documents the heroic measures one man took against the torrent of unsolicited junk mail.… Full published article at: Read More »

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But only if you're living in Baltimore Acer is the first company to announce a pair of WiMAX-touting notebooks so that residents of Baltimore, where Sprint has rolled out its WiMAX service, can enjoy speeds approaching 3G with 4G technology.… Full published article at: Read More »

'No interwebs for you!' The son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker pleaded not guilty on Wednesday after being indicted for breaking into the email account of US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.… Full published article at: Read More »

Tom Young, The expansion of MI6’s latest recruitment drive into social media such as Facebook is part of a wider move by the public sector to find new ways of engaging with young people. Last week, it was revealed that both Labour and the Tories are frantically developing blog strategies aimed at getting a positive party message out online. David Cameron’s Webcameron project [http://www.conservatives.com/Video/SearchResults.aspx?SearchType=All&SearchSection=Webcameron] Webcameron project gives people a glimpse into the daily life of the Conservative leader, providing the most intimate public view of a politician ever seen in the UK. And the potential may be even more...Read More »

Tom Young, Board-level executives found responsible for information security lapses in retail banks are to be personally fined as part of a new drive to “pierce the corporate veil”. The Financial Services Authority [http://www.fsa.gov.uk/] Financial Services Authority (FSA) is concerned that corporate fines are not incentive enough for banks to take adequate measures to protect customers’ information and wants to drive best practice by ensuring executives personally oversee security programmes. The move is a key part of ensuring security compliance, according to Bill Sillett, manager of the retail department at the FSA. “Protecting personal data is essential to reduce...Read More »

Yes, Virginia, companies still use mainframes Server maker Unisys is today announcing its second generation of dual-core ClearPath mainframes. These use the company's own CMOS-based mainframe engines and new midrange mainframes based on Intel's Tigerton quad-core Xeon 7300 processors, sporting the same OS 2200 and MCP operating systems that run on the CMOS iron.… Full published article at: Read More »

Angelica Mari, Financial services group Citi has sold its India-based business processing outsourcing arm to outsourcing group Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for around $505m (£287m). Citi said that its motivation for the sale of Citigroup Global Services Ltd (CGSL) was a prospective reduction in operating expenses related to business processing, as well as the opportunity to free up resources to focus on other core areas. As part of the deal, TCS will also provide outsourcing services to the bank and its affiliates for $2.5bn (£1.4bn) over a period of nine and a half years, the firm said in a...Read More »