Microsoft releases Windows 7 beta
News Microsoft spoke to ZDNet UK about the new operating system's potential appeal for enterprise users [02:30 GMT]
OLPC cuts workforce in half, reduces salaries
News Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the project tasked with giving laptops to children in developing nations, blames tough economic times for restructuring [08:09 GMT]
Bangalore, Mumbai lose their outsourcing lustre
News Companies are increasingly looking outside India's traditional outsourcing centres when choosing new offshoring services bases, according to recent research [09:35 GMT]
Salesforce.com outage hits thousands of SaaS users
News The software-as-a-service vendor's datacentres were out of action for almost an hour when a core network device failed [08:56 GMT]
EMC announces 2,400 job losses
News The storage giant plans a seven percent workforce reduction, despite preliminary record fourth-quarter revenues [08:31 GMT]
Satyam chief quits over financial irregularities
News B Ramalinga Raju described trying to close the gap between fictionalised revenue and actual turnover as 'like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten' [07 Jan 2009]
400 IT jobs to go at Barclays
News The bank has cut hundreds of permanent and contractor posts, and unions warn more retrenchments may follow [07 Jan 2009]
EC raids smartcard firms in cartel investigation
News A number of semiconductor companies with premises in Europe have been raided by European Commission anti-competition inspectors [07 Jan 2009]
Intel warns of $2bn revenue shortfall
News The chipmaking giant has lopped $2bn off its fourth-quarter revenue forecast, suggesting that the quarter will show a 23 percent year-on-year revenue drop [07 Jan 2009]
Media and MacBook updates in spotlight at Macworld 
Photos Led by vice president Phil Schiller, the Jobs-less presentation included a 17-inch MacBook Pro and DRM-free songs in iTunes [07 Jan 2009]
Cisco releases WebEx app for iPhone 3G
Blog Cisco has released a web conferencing and collaboration application for the iPhone. The WebEx Meeting Center app lets users join and collaborate in WebEx meetings from their Apple handsets, via... [07 Jan 2009]
Worm surge exploits Microsoft vulnerability
News A surge in worm activity for a patched Microsoft flaw means IT professionals need to apply the update, says F-Secure [07 Jan 2009]
Apple's lack of taste mars Macworld keynote
Leader Apple ended its Macworld years on Monday with a dangerous carelessness belying its careful image [07 Jan 2009]
Macworld 2009: A roundup of keynote highlights
News This year's Macworld keynote presentation may not have revealed any groundbreaking news, but there were still some noteworthy announcements [07 Jan 2009]
Twitter hack details revealed
News A brute-force attack on an admin's account was behind the hacking of Twitter feeds belonging to celebrities such as Barack Obama and Britney Spears [07 Jan 2009]
Bogus celebrity LinkedIn profiles hide malware
News Security researchers have warned that links on the network purporting to offer nude shots of celebrities such as Beyoncé Knowles and Victoria Beckham lead to malware [07 Jan 2009]
Sun acquires cloud company Q-layer
News Software from Q-layer is designed to help companies simplify the management and deployment of datacentre applications [07 Jan 2009]
HP says latest netbook is business-ready
News HP's latest low-cost subnotebook has a few extra features that mark it out as suitable for business use, the manufacturer has claimed [07 Jan 2009]
VMware snaps up former Borland CEO
News Tod Nielsen is to become chief operating officer at the company, where he hooks up with his former boss from Microsoft, VMware chief Paul Maritz [07 Jan 2009]
Barclays set to make all debit cards contactless
News The bank aims to replace its entire fleet of debit cards with new cards featuring contactless-payment functionality by 2011 [07 Jan 2009]
Cisco launches social-networking for businesses
News The world's largest maker of internet infrastructure equipment is now helping big media companies build social-networking websites [07 Jan 2009]
Online maps detail local crime levels
News The service is now available to the public across England and Wales, allowing people to keep an eye on the performance of their local police forces [07 Jan 2009]
HP offers cash in exchange for old tech
News The company has expanded its recycling program in the US from a trade-in credit system to no-strings cheques, though consumers must pay for shipments [07 Jan 2009]
Hospitals told to allow more mobile-phone use
News Updated government guidelines say patients should be allowed to use their handsets wherever it is safe, but the proposals face opposition from an NHS workers' body [07 Jan 2009]
Truphone adds Skype, Twitter to iPhone client
News The internet telephony company has turned its client for the iPhone and iPod Touch into an aggregator for Skype, Twitter, Google Talk, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger [06 Jan 2009]
