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The Commercial Court with jurisdiction over County Galway in western Ireland recently dismissed two cases, clearing the way for Apple to take the next steps in developing a group of data centres planned for the county. Apple will spend upwards of €850 million (£762 million) to build the 8-facility campus....
No matter what you think of Microsoft software and licencing, it is hard to argue against the fact that the American company is among a small handful of technology leaders paving the way to a greener future. The latest iteration of Microsoft's efforts in the green arena come by way...
Hurricane Sandy and the damage she unleashed on the US north-east coast in 2012 was a wake-up call for Microsoft. In the aftermath of the storm, international network communications were disrupted for hours as a result of undersea cables that terminated in New Jersey being damaged. Officials at Microsoft suddenly...
Sound: The Next Frontier for High Speed Computer Processing When most people think about sound in relation to high-speed networking, they think about the quality of sound embedded in their high-definition videos or streaming from their favourite music services. What if we told you that sound could be the next...
It is against the law to call consumers whose phone numbers are registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) without explicit consent from such consumers. Being found in violation could cost tens of thousands of pounds, as one Dartford-based telephone company recently found out. According to an 11th September release...
A consumer innocently browsing the internet accidentally stumbled across sensitive personal information left unsecured on a council website. This immediately raised concerns about how such data could be left out in the open, at the same time reminding organisations that no one is immune to breaches of data security. The...
As everyone is no doubt aware by now, America's fourth-largest city, Houston, in Texas, was hit with a major Category 4 hurricane late last week. Though the storm was quickly downgraded after making landfall, it has still caused unprecedented damage through relentless rainfall that is likely to top 4 feet...
From Superfast to Ultrafast – Speedier Broadband on the Way On the heels of BT offering to invest in the infrastructure needed to bring high-speed internet to those Britons who do not yet have it, researchers have announced the possibility of current technology becoming obsolete within a short amount of...
A recently issued statement of intent from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport aims to change the way those who collect data online use it for the foreseeable future. The statement outlines plans to initiate legislation that will further protect consumers against the misuse of their personal information,...
If you had to choose between the government's proposed universal service obligation mandate and BT proactively building the necessary infrastructure to offer universal broadband, which would you choose? It is an interesting question that MPs and Ofcom now have to wrestle with. Thanks to a new offer by BT, the...
When crimes are committed in Europe, police investigators are sometimes limited in the kinds of digital evidence they can collect and use for prosecutorial purposes. Despite the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime being opened and maintained for the last 16 years, a lack of clear rules relating to how digital evidence...
Microsoft Looking at DNA Data Storage How would you feel about donating some of your DNA to eventually be utilised as a personal storage space for all your digital data? The idea may seem a bit far-fetched, but Microsoft recently revealed that they are working on a system that, in...