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HP and EMC vie for disk storage lead
IBM looking peaky IDC's latest quarterly disk storage tracker shows EMC and HP competing for the market lead, with EMC growing faster than HP. NetApp is growing faster still but has a lot of ground to make up.…

Wanted: Front End / Client Side Web Developer
El Reg is hiring Situation Publishing, owner of The Register and Reg Hardware, is looking for a full time developer to primarily work on HTML(5), CSS, JavaScript/jQuery and template engines such as XSLT and Perl’s Template Toolkit.…Free On-Demand Webcast – Virtualizing the Hard Stuff

Google Wave washes ashore in soggy cardboard Box
Drops unwanted code in open source developer laps Google has boxed up its unsuccessful Wave project and handed the unwanted code to open source developers.…

Glasses-less 3D TV by Xmas? Not likely, says 3D TV exec
More like 2013 Toshiba may be gearing up to release a no-specs 3D TV in Japan by the end of the year, but Philips' 3D TV development partner reckons we will have to wait longer. It doesn't reckon any vendor will have one out before 2013.…

Apple Ping unfriends meanie Facebook
Snazzy new social thing walled off Ping, Apple's latest foray into social networking, won't play nice with Facebook – despite the connection appearing in Steve Jobs's on-stage demonstration and in the documentation.…

Energizer bunny hits iPhone, BlackBerry – wirelessly
Qi gets branded products The wireless power consortium, Qi, is celebrating the launch of a solution with a known brand – Energizer – attached, but the technology is still a long way from the mainstream.…

Superhuman Chinese monk does a bunk
Celeb Taoist conman on the run A celebrity Taoist monk has gone awol after it was revealed he probably couldn't in reality sit crossed-legged under water for two hours.…

ViewSonic outs Windows/Android 10in tablet
For OS fence-sitters Here is ViewSonic's other Android-based tablet, though here the Google OS is secondary to Windows 7.…

Capgemini buys big Brazilian dealer
£194m shelled out Capgemini has bought a 55 per cent stake in Brazilian reseller CPM Braxis for £194m.…

Digital Carter returns, uncensored
Europe's stuck in the mud, says former Ofcom head, comms czar Lord Stephen Carter, the founding head of Ofcom whose blockbuster report provided the basis for the Digital Economy Act, made a return to the public stage this week.…Free On-Demand Webcast – Virtualizing the Hard Stuff

Computer Weekly

Samsung, Toshiba challenge Apple’s iPad
Samsung Electronics and Toshiba have both unveiled tablets computers at the IFA electronics show in Berlin to rival Apple's iPad.

Directgov seeks ID authentication bids for public sector
The government has invited tenders for "identity verification and authentication services", in an attempt to assess the public sector's need for something that will confirm a user's identity.

Google launches streamlined, faster Chrome 6
Google has launched the latest version of Chrome to mark the browser's second anniversary.

SAS A2010 conference: Centralised model factory can reduce IT costs
Organisations can save IT costs and time by using a centralised analytics model to predict business outcomes, according to SAS .

Royal Bank of Scotland cuts 1,000 IT jobs
RBS is axing 1,000 technology jobs as part of a cull of 3,500 positions across the company.

HP outbids Dell to buy storage company 3Par
The bidding war between HP and Dell to buy a specialist storage supplier 3Par appears to be at an end, with HP upping its bid to $2.4bn.

Cloud Industry Forum endorses new ASA internet powers
The UK's Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) has welcomed the extension of the Advertising Standards Authority's (ASA) remit to cover online media.

Polymorphic ransomware tops malware charts
Ransomware variant TotalSecurity is topping the malware charts, according to the latest threat report from security firm Fortinet.

Welsh Assembly Government staff lose 24 laptops in two years
IT equipment valued at £21,000 was lost or stolen from Welsh Assembly Government staff in the past two years, a freedom of information (FOI) request has revealed.

Cloud Security Alliance’s User Certification Now Available
The Cloud Security Alliance has announced that its Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) unveiled in July is now open for testing.

BBC Technology News

Portable video 'is the future'
Toshiba’s UK business manager says its Foilo 100 tablet PC complements trends in media usage.

Tablet PCs take on the iPad
Samsung's Galaxy Tab and Toshiba's Folio 100 are among rivals unveiled at the Berlin gadget exhibition.

Royal Mail puts first 'intelligent' stamp on sale
The Royal Mail launches the world's first "intelligent" stamp, the first to work with image recognition technology.

Closer look at Samsung's Tab?
Tablet computers to rival Apple's iPad are creating a stir as one of Europe's largest technology shows, the IFA, gets under way in Berlin.

Dell pulls out of battle for 3Par
Dell withdraws its bid for 3Par after rival Hewlett-Packard raises its offer for the data storage company to $2.1bn.

Memristor revolution backed by HP
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.

Global broadband divide revealed
The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.

Samsung releases iPad competitor
Samsung has become the latest manufacturer to enter into the tablet computer market with its Galaxy Tab.

US seeks input on net data rules
US net users are being asked for their opinions about what ISPs should be allowed to do with web traffic flowing through their networks.

Apple creates a social network
Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software.

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