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ITIL Best Practice Updated
The latest version of ITIL, a collection of best practices for the management of IT service processes has just been released, the first update of ITIL since 2000.

MySpace lets users share data External Link
MySpace says its "data availability" project will put users in the driving seat with web information sharing.

Facebook agrees child safety plan External Link
Facebook agrees a deal to protect children on the site from sexual predators and cyber bullies.

Fake media file snares PC users External Link
A booby-trapped media file is catching out tens of thousands of file-sharers, says a security firm.

Nasa set to join petaflop elite External Link
Nasa has unveiled a plan to boost its supercomputer power to help plan and model future missions.

Google denies staff 'brain drain' External Link
Google executive Elliot Schrage leaves for Facebook, prompting concern of a talent exodus.

Child web-safety guide launched External Link
New teaching resources aimed at helping primary school children surf the web safely are launched.

PlayStation 'will reclaim lead' External Link
PlayStation 3 will help Sony reclaim its spot as the leading console maker, says the head of the firm's games division.

Mother's porn law campaign ends External Link
A mother whose daughter was murdered by a man addicted to violent web porn wins her bid to have it outlawed.

TorrentSpy ordered to pay $110m External Link
File-sharing site TorrentSpy is ordered to pay damages to the US film industry for copyright theft.

Bournemouth homes get fast fibre External Link
A company which offers super-fast broadband via the sewers announces its first 'fibre city'.

OpenOffice 3 enters beta stage External Link

Sun has released the first beta of OpenOffice.org 3.0, adding features such as improved Mac OS X support and support for the OpenDocument 1.2 standard


Salesforce: Software is hand-to-hand combat External Link

Company wants the world to take up its software-as-a-service model, and company president Marc Benioff says he will 'change the consciousness of the industry' to do it


Mac OS X gets first open-source virtualisation tool External Link

Sun has released a major update to its open-source desktop virtualisation tool xVM VirtualBox, adding support for Mac OS X and Solaris host operating systems


MySQL backtracks on closed-source plan External Link

Sun's MySQL database unit has reversed on plans to release important backup features under a proprietary licence, following criticism from the open-source community


Sun previews JavaFX-powered game External Link

Sun previews JavaFX-powered game Sun CTO Robert Brewin talks to members of the JavaFX team about how they created the animation inside the game Moontank using the JavaFX environment


Sun execs show off JavaFX widgets External Link

Sun execs show off JavaFX widgets At JavaOne, Danny Coward and Ken Russell of Sun's Java SE team show how JavaFX-powered applets can be deployed within a web browser or dragged over to the desktop


Sun and Liferay launch web-presentation platform External Link

The collaboration aims to provide developers with web-presentation capabilities for GlassFish, Sun's open-source Java Platform Enterprise Edition application server


Sun demos JavaFX apps External Link

Sun demos JavaFX appsAt JavaOne, the company unveils two new JavaFX-powered apps: Photo Flocker and Movie Cloud


Sun shows off JavaFX platform External Link

Sun shows off JavaFX platformAt the JavaOne Conference, Sun demos the JavaFX application, a competitor to Adobe's AIR and Microsoft's Silverlight


Sun previews JavaFX for rich web applications External Link

The company began its JavaOne conference by showcasing its new rich internet-application technology and its potential for developers