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Greenpeace infiltrates Apple's Cupertino campus protesting coal use

Greenpeace infiltrated Apple?s Cupertino campus this week, projecting messages from Twitter and Facebook users who are dismayed at Apple?s use of coal at the data centre that powers its cloud services.
WWDC 2012 forecast: Cloudy with a chance of new MacBooks

Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is less than one month away and we're guessing there will be new MacBook Pros and personal video sync (not iTunes purchases) to iCloud. But how many people will share via iCloud when so many popular alternatives already exist including Facebook, Flickr, Google+, Instagram, Picasa, Dropbox and Windows Live?
Apple admits second iCloud mail outage affecting 15 mil users

The online mail service was out of action for up to 15 million users on Monday
SAP offers mobile device management on Amazon cloud

SAP's Afaria mobile device management tool is now available on Amazon Web Services' cloud, offered as a way to make it easier to start using the platform, SAP said at the Sapphire conference on Monday.
Apple ships first OS X 10.5 Leopard security update in almost 12 months

Apple has issued its first security-related update for OS X 10.5 Leopard in nearly a year, to disable long-outdated versions of Adobe's Flash Player.
Amazon Web Services personalises CloudFront web hosting service

Amazon Web Services has extended its CloudFront web hosting service to include dynamic content that can be personalised for each visitor.
Intel: We want to be inside Apple

Intel CEO Paul Otellini says Intel's job ?is to insure our silicon is so compelling, in terms of running the Mac better or being a better iPad device, that as they make those decisions they can?t ignore us?.
Foxconn boss confirms Apple is working on HD television set

Foxconn boss, Terry Gou, has reportedly confirmed that Apple is working on a HD television set, dubbed the iTV.
Apple forced to drop 4G iPad claims in UK

Apple has announced it will drop advertising claims in the UK that its new iPad has "4G capability" to join high-speed mobile broadband services, following pressure from the Advertising Standards Authority.
Richard Stallman recovers after being taken ill during speech

Free software and GNU Linux icon Richard Stallman was taken ill at a weekend conference in Spain, reportedly being taken to hospital suffering from symptoms of high blood pressure.

Latest Features

How to make your Android more productive, more secure and faster than iPhone

IPhone users love to brag about their phones. They line up around the block and stand in line for hours when a new one is released. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superior platform. Yes, its Achilles' heel is a big one: security. Android's openness and large market share mean that it's a juicy target for attackers.
Mobile device management - Tools and technologies for the BYOD era

Mobile Device Management (MDM) is an increasingly important IT management discipline, particularly with the rise in mobile working and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon.
10 reasons your Wi-Fi speed stinks (and what you can do about it)

The first 801.11ac chipsets are coming soon, but 802.11n is likely to stick around for many years to come -- both in the business world and our homes. Unfortunately, the 300Mbps (megabits per second) that the n-standard promises rarely delivers anything even close and proves to be a massive bottleneck in the days of 50/100Mbps (or more?) broadband connections, 1080p video streaming, massive backups and so forth. On the business side of things, even menial tasks such as remote desktop or real-time collaboration suffer from a poor Wi-Fi-connection.
Top 15 cloud storage tips and tasks

No single cloud service can do everything. Some shine when it comes to streaming a cloud music collection from the Web, but stink at syncing desktop folders. Other cloud services are great for sharing photos, but useless for reviewing a document's revision history.
Everything Everywhere's 4G network bid: a storm in a teacup?

Everything Everywhere's bid to launch 4G services in the UK later this year has created quite a stir, with rival operators O2, Vodafone and Three claiming that the move could damage competition in the market. But is the proposal a real threat to competition or just big fuss about nothing?
Crowdfunding - The latest way to get your project funded

Programmers, manufacturers and developers who want to realise their creative vision without signing onerous contracts or relinquishing rights to their intellectual property now have an alternative to venture capitalists. Crowdfunding - the collection of funds directly from a target audience - has taken off. Small donations are adding up to hundreds of millions of dollars, many of them channeled through a service called Kickstarter.
Does BlackBerry still have the juice?

Research in Motion faces huge challenges in its battle to survive and they'll all be on attendees' minds at this week at RIM's annual BlackBerry World conference in Orlando. What will also be on our minds: the ticking clock counting down the time RIM has left to turn around its fortunes.
Developer support for BlackBerry 10 key to RIM's future

HTML5 and RIM's larger development strategy will come into sharp focus at BlackBerry World in Orlando. This year, it includes the heavily promoted BlackBerry 10 Jam, an intensive, developer-focused agenda for the new operating system, which has not yet been released in final form.
Google Drive means 'personal cloud' will soon overshadow the PC

With the launch of Google Drive, the new cloud storage service unveiled by Google, mainstream tech users will soon find themselves engaging in cloud storage and file synchronisation among mobile, laptop and desktop systems.
Greenpeace asks Amazon and Microsoft: 'How clean is your cloud?'

Activists at Greenpeace intensified their environmental criticism of Amazon and Microsoft today by posting signage near the Seattle offices of both companies questioning the cleanliness of the companies' clouds.

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