Industry

SAP readies ‘River’ cloud platform for public debut

River will be for simple 'extension' on-demand applications, while Business ByDesign will support more complex ones

Astronauts sky high on out-of-this-world twittering

The Shuttle Discovery crew are upbeat on the use of Twitter in orbit as a way to connect with the public

You Are Here: Scary New Location Privacy Risks

Google Chrome OS creator takes job at Facebook, announces switch on Twitter

Facebook hires Google Chrome OS engineer Matthew Papakipos

The pros and cons of Windows 7 security

Windows 7 security evaluated by Gartner

SharePoint 2010: Four Big-Name Social Networking Rivals

German regulators welcome street panorama privacy law draft

A proposal to extend Germany's stringent privacy laws to cover street panoramas fulfills an urgent need, regulators say

Obama wants to free up 500MHz of spectrum

A new White House plan follows up on recommendations in the FCC's broadband plan

MIT app uses mobile phone to determine eyeglass prescription

The new method is cheaper and more portable than traditional equipment

Pay only for what you use with SoftLayer’s cloud service

Customers can choose exactly how much RAM, CPU and storage they want to use