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RSS project a in newsGoogle digs deep for geothermal energy
News It plans to launch a pilot project and is targeting utilities in Western US states that have renewable energy mandates. Google is investing $10m in "enhanced" geothermal systems - essentially technology for tapping underground heat - which it says... [20 Aug 2008]
Canonical joins Linux Foundation
News As well as promoting Linux around the world, the Linux Foundation also sponsors the work of Linux kernel project lead Linus Torvalds. Canonical, the company that sponsors the Linux-based operating system Ubuntu, has joined the Linux Foundation. [20 Aug 2008]
Google releases Android 1.0 SDK beta
News Google said: "Due to significant API changes in the upstream open-source project and due to the timeline of getting certain Bluetooth profile implementations certified, a comprehensive Bluetooth API will not be possible or present in Android 1.0. [19 Aug 2008]
Finalists for CNET tech gongs announced
News Awards up for grabs include Business Application of the Year, Security Product or Service of the Year, Public Sector Technology Project of the Year and IT Team of the Year. The entries are in, the judges have voted, and now the finalists for the... [18 Aug 2008]
Linux Foundation releases developer guide
News After that time, project head Linus Torvalds issues a release candidate kernel, which is then stabilised. The bigger and more important the project, the more likely it is to have a number of levels," Taylor told silicon.com sister site ZDnet.co.uk... [18 Aug 2008]
Tech jobs and budgets defy economic gloom
News The majority also said they would be maintaining or increasing the number of contractors they use and expected their project workloads to increase over the coming year. IT budgets and staffing levels are forecast to defy the gathering economic... [15 Aug 2008]
Gates: Software innovation poses privacy challenge
News Gates said: "As we get screens that can roll or fold out to be bigger, or mobile devices that have small screens but can project larger images on walls, that line between what's a PC and a mobile will keep getting grayer. [14 Aug 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw
News Sun had been investigating OpenID as a research project, he said. Robin Wilton, a corporate architect for federated identity at Sun, described OpenID's reliance on the integrity of the Domain Name System (DNS) as a "multi-factor problem" in light... [14 Aug 2008]
EDS legal move leaves Oyster contract hanging
News TTL then negotiated with Cubic to perform the entire project, "both maintaining assets and providing operation services", said the SEC filing. This follows complex contract negotiations by Transport for London (TfL), first with the consortium, then... [14 Aug 2008]
Carphone Warehouse does workforce management
News Carphone Warehouse has started the roll out of a workforce management system in a £1.5m project across it's European store estate. Carphone Warehouse senior project manager Mercedes Mendes told silicon.com the system is the result of a two-year... [13 Aug 2008]
Europe's art needs cash to land at digital fingertips
News The Commission is hoping the project will allow the continent's citizens to browse, search and compare the catalogues of major museums, libraries and archives over a single web portal under the name of Europeana. [12 Aug 2008]
Apple iPhone gets Google Translate service
News The Google Translate mobile service came about as the result of the company's '20 percent' time policy, which sets aside a day of each employee's week for work on any new project or idea they may wish to pursue. [11 Aug 2008]
Birmingham to "enrich lives" through tech
News Birmingham City Council's technology transformation project is being driven by the need to improve the services that citizens receive across the city. Speaking in Birmingham, deputy council leader, Councillor Paul Tilsley said the transformation... [08 Aug 2008]
Council mega-project set to double savings
News Birmingham City Council's ambitious business and technology transformation project is on course to save more than double the amount the organisation was aiming for. The council has revealed it's on course to save around £2.1bn through efficiencies... [07 Aug 2008]
Firefox 3.1 coming soon?
News The project team has set a date of 19 August to freeze features and make the test version of Firefox 3.1 available, according to a calendar posting to the Mozilla wiki. Developers working on the next version of Firefox aim to release a beta to the... [07 Aug 2008]
