Public cloud services adoption will grow at over five times the rate of the IT industry. 2011 will be a big year for private cloud services adoption and deployment. The platform-as-a-service (PaaS) battle will determine 'the next Microsoft'. Battle for hybrid cloud management. But all of this will lead to...

When the millennium started in 2000 we were worried about Y2K, Clinton was US President, the World Trade Center stood tall and no one knew about Facebook! We're taking you back over 3,000 days into the past - back to 2000, reminding you of the biggest events that have shaped...

Flickr, the Web's foremost photo-sharing sites, founder Stewart Butterfield is back to video games with Glitch created by Tiny Speck, with more than 5,000 users. Glitch - a browser-based multiplayer game set to release in Spring 2011 - has upgraded its website with a new design, showcasing more of the...

The owners of the major broadcast networks Fox, CBS, ABC and NBC won a temporary restraining order against FilmOn.com Plc, a company that streams the signals of TV stations over the Web without permission of the networks. Naomi Reice Buchwald of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...

Jimmie Johnson is now firmly the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. Jimmie Johnson claimed his record fifth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship after a second- place finish at Nascar’s season-ending race. "Yeah, unbelievable, you guys are the best," Johnson said to his pit crew over the team radio after he...

Casino operator Harrah's Entertainment Inc, the world's largest casino operator by revenue, has not priced its initial public offering despite indicating earlier that it would begin selling shares on the Nasdaq market this week. Harrah's, which is majority-owned by private equity investors, previously said it would sell shares to raise...

Apple Inc., the Beatles' Apple Corps and EMI/Capitol Records agreed to make the Beatles' catalog, spanning 1962-1970, available for legal digital download, through its iTunes store. More than 200 songs plus the band's original albums and other compilations listed on iTunes. Songs are priced at $1.29, single albums at $12.99...

Google have announced on its blog their new location based recommendation engine called Google HotPot. Google Hotpot is a local recommendations engine powered by you and your friends. You start by looking for a certain place category in your area - or any other area you’re interested in. Results are...

Sina Corp (SINA), a leading Chinese online media services provider, launched $301 million fund for developers to create applications for its highly popular Twitter-like microblog, Weibo (pronounced ‘way-bore’). Sina is one of the few micro-blogging services still around in China after the government banned Twitter and other competitors for refusing...