Social networking site Myspace has released its own version of single sign-on functionality, after a week of mid-profile announcements last week from various social networks.
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Archive for December, 2008
» Have Sun Microsystems got the will to survive? New Directors and new vision give them hope
The forever struggling Sun Microsystems is to have an injection of youthful exuberance to help calm the company’s death throes. Two new independent directors have stepped up to the plate, after the companies biggest investor stepped up its involvement in the company.
» DERPA Commissions $21m Laser Gun, Nerds Shudder with Joy
We all know how cool the death star was. Yes, I know it may have annihilated millions of people but for shear ingenuity, its up at the top of the great ideas list.
» IBM teams up with Virtual Bridges and Canonical: Announces VLD
IBM, it would appear, have taken a swing at Microsoft’s huge jaw and teamed up with Virtual Bridges and Canonical to offer a Linux-based virtual desktop system. The three organisations announced the general availability (GA) of Virtual Linux Desktop (VLD) as an alternative to Microsoft’s desktop software.
» Something Green Stirs up North (and Japan too)
Scottish data hosting company Alchemy Plus have developed an excellent idea to use the excess heat generated by their new Inverness based data centre to keep shops, offices and a even a hotel warm.
» Data Theft: Just another day at the Office for one Exec
An IT executive from a Canadian marketing business stands accused of stealing a computer backup tape that holds the personal details of 3.2 million customers, which if sold on the lucrative black market could make as much as $10 million.
» HP completes Three Year cost cutting plan
HP has completed its three-year IT shake up, and has saved around $1 billion in costs, thanks to the skills of Randy Mott, Hewlett Packard’s chief information officer. Mott jumped ship from computer manufacturer Dell back in July 2005, just prior to announcing 14,500 job cuts to balance the books. In a bizarre coincidence, IBM also laid-off 14,500 staff to do exactly the same.
» Government Officials continue push for IMP: Big Brother Watches on
A band of home office officials are still pushing for the big brother style central database of emails, web browsing, phone data and location tracking, even though the government said that they won’t consider reviewing the scheme until at least 2010 – and possibly not at all.
A spokeswoman for the Home Office has confirmed that [...]