Stories by Peter Sayer

European privacy regulators want more detail on Google's policy changes

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By Peter Sayer | 24 May, 2012 17:42

Tags: privacy, security, search engines, internet, Google

Amazon Web Services personalizes CloudFront web hosting service

Amazon Web Services has extended its CloudFront web hosting service to include dynamic content that can be personalized for each visitor.

By Peter Sayer | 14 May, 2012 21:59

Tags: services, internet, Hosted, Amazon Web Services

LightSquared wins two-year reprieve for spectrum payments to Inmarsat

LightSquared has a further two years in which to seek regulatory approval for its LTE mobile network in the U.S. before it must begin making payments to its radio spectrum supplier Inmarsat, the companies announced Friday.

By Peter Sayer | 21 April, 2012 01:32

Tags: 4g, Carriers, inmarsat, LightSquared, satellite, Telecommunication

Linux Torvalds shortlisted for 2012 Millennium Technology Prize

The Technology Academy Finland has shortlisted Linus Torvalds for its 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, worth over €1 million (US$1.3 million).

By Peter Sayer | 20 April, 2012 00:47

Tags: linus torvalds, Linux, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software, Technology Academy Finland

SAP revenue rises 11 percent in first quarter, but margin shrinks

SAP published preliminary figures for its first-quarter results on Friday, showing revenue up 11 percent year on year, but margins shrinking with operating profit up only 6 percent.

By Peter Sayer | 13 April, 2012 21:57

Tags: applications, business issues, enterprise resource planning, financial results, sap, software

Yahoo says it will implement do-not-track worldwide later this year

Yahoo websites worldwide will comply with visitors' "do not track" preferences starting later this year, Yahoo announced Wednesday.

By Peter Sayer | 29 March, 2012 23:22

Tags: advertising, internet, Internet-based applications and services, privacy, security, Yahoo

Bull seeks to move legacy Cobol and C apps to a Java environment

Bull has unveiled a new transaction processing application platform, Libert TP, which it says will allow businesses to move legacy applications from Cobol or C to a Java environment at their own pace.

By Peter Sayer | 27 March, 2012 17:07

Tags: application development, Architecture, Bull, enterprise architecture, software

Browser survey puts Chrome in first place - for just one day

Google's Chrome browser overtook Microsoft's Internet Explorer, all versions combined, to become the number one browser for a single day last weekend, according to figures from website analytics company StatCounter.

By Peter Sayer | 21 March, 2012 23:40

Tags: applications, browsers, Google, Microsoft, software

European privacy regulators search for answers on Google's new policy

The French National Commission on Computing and Liberty (CNIL) has fired a salvo of questions at Google about the new privacy policy it introduced at the start of this month.

By Peter Sayer | 21 March, 2012 01:08

Tags: French National Commission on Computing and Liberty (CNIL), Google, internet, privacy, security

Password store for iPhone protects you by letting attackers in every time

A password store that lets attackers in every time may not sound very useful, but researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology beg to disagree.

By Peter Sayer | 08 March, 2012 06:00

Tags: Access control and authentication, Apple, applications, cebit, Desktop security, Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology, iOS, mobile, mobile applications, Mobile OSes, mobile security, online safety, security, Telecommunication

Iceotope dips its servers in liquid to cut cooling costs

Even the most efficient air-cooled data centers waste 20 percent of their power running fans inside the servers, according to British liquid-cooling specialist Iceotope, which launched its water-cooled servers at the Cebit tradeshow in Hanover on Tuesday.

By Peter Sayer | 07 March, 2012 05:54

Tags: cebit, hardware systems, Iceotope, servers

Linux Professional Institute seeks trainers and students

The Linux Professional Institute hopes to recruit more Linux trainers and students through two initiatives launched at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, on Tuesday.

By Peter Sayer | 07 March, 2012 04:25

Tags: cebit, International Telecommunication Union, Linux, Linux Professional Institute, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software

Software AG plans to combine BigMemory and Business Events by year-end

By year-end, Software AG plans to offer real-time data analytics with a combination of BigMemory, the in-memory system for Java apps it obtained through its acquisition of Terracotta, and WebMethods Business Events, its complex event processing tool.

By Peter Sayer | 06 March, 2012 10:30

Tags: application development, applications, business intelligence, cebit, cloud computing, databases, Enterprise application integration, internet, middleware, software, software AG, Web services development

Privacy not in Eric Schmidt's vision of the future

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt painted a messianic picture of our technological future on Monday, involving holographic telepresence, self-driving cars, automatic translation and the widespread deployment of 1Gbps Internet access over optical fiber, bringing transnational peace and communication to all.

By Peter Sayer | 06 March, 2012 07:10

Tags: cebit, Google, government, internet

Fujitsu opens Saasification Factory to fill cloud app store

Fujitsu Technology Solutions has already convinced 50 independent software vendors (ISVs) to sell their business software through its online Business Solutions Store, and aims to add 100 more by the year end, it announced at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, on Monday.

By Peter Sayer | 06 March, 2012 03:56

Tags: cebit, cloud computing, distribution, Fujitsu, hardware systems, High-end servers, internet, servers, Software as a service

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