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Recent technology news and commentary from silicon.com and ZDNet UK, sister sites of CNET News.com.

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From ZDNet UK: IBM jumps ship to join Oracle on OpenJDK Java IBM has dropped Apache Harmony to work with Oracle on the OpenJDK open-source Java implementation, calling it a 'pragmatic choice' prompted by Oracle's refusal to certify the alternative project (ZDNet UK - Application Development) Microsoft set to pull support of CEOP, says chief The technology giant has told Jim Gamble, the outgoing chief of CEOP, that it is 'unlikely' to continue backing the child protection taskforce if it is rolled into the new National Crime Agency (ZDNet UK - Security) Microsoft set to pull support of CEOP The technology giant has told Jim Gamble, the outgoing chief of CEOP, that it is 'unlikely' to continue backing the child protection taskforce if it is rolled into the new National Crime Agency (ZDNet UK - Security) SAP eyes the cloud with NetWeaver 7.3 The company has announced the latest version of its enterprise application platform NetWeaver, with new features that in future will centre around the cloud, mobility and in-memory computing (ZDNet UK - Workspace IT) Dell shows off Windows Phone 7 Venue Pro The company has unveiled the Venue Pro, a Qwerty-keyboard handset running Microsoft's Windows Phone 7, which will be on sale directly from Dell by the end of the year (ZDNet UK - Mobile Devices) IBM rolls out Blueworks Live business tool The company has unveiled a business-management package called Blueworks Live, which is designed to make time-consuming corporate tasks more efficient (ZDNet UK - IT At Work) VMware adds portal to vCloud Director VMware has introduced vCloud Request Manager, which works on top of vCloud Director to automate approvals, manage software licenses and set up policy 'blueprints' (ZDNet UK - Cloud) Union: HP plans to 'butcher' 1,300 more UK jobs Unite, Britain's largest union, has strongly condemned an announcement it says was made to HP staff on Monday stating that 1,300 will lose their jobs (ZDNet UK - Jobs) Steve Ballmer hails Windows Phone 7 launch Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer talks about Windows Phone 7 in an interview at a launch event in New York (ZDNet UK - Mobile Devices) Steve Ballmer hails launch of Windows Phone 7 Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer talks about Windows Phone 7 in an interview at a launch event in New York (ZDNet UK - Mobile Devices) SGI's Blacklight supercomputer goes online in Pittsburgh The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center has announced that Blacklight, a shared-memory machine with multiple applications, is now operational (ZDNet UK - Emerging Tech) Carberp Trojan could rival Zeus, experts warn The Carberp Trojan, which targets the most popular web browsers and operating systems, has the potential to rival the Zeus threat, according to web security firm TrustDefender (ZDNet UK - Security Threats) Summary care records given full go-ahead A review for the Department of Health has concluded that summary care records provide vital information to medical staff when providing emergency treatment to patients (ZDNet UK - Systems Management) Google to fund power cable for wind farm The company has announced that it is investing in a 350 mile-long power cable that will link wind turbines placed off the east coast of the US (ZDNet UK - Emerging Tech) Government wasting money in IT spending, says review Sir Philip Green's spending review on behalf of the government finds that inefficiencies are due to a lack of centralised procurement, and states that contracts have too little flexibility (ZDNet UK - IT Strategy) Government spending is inefficient, says Green Sir Philip Green's spending review on behalf of the government finds that inefficiencies are due to a lack of centralised procurement, and states that contracts have too little flexibility (ZDNet UK - IT Strategy) VMworld 2010: VMware sees three stages of virtualisation There are three core stages in virtualising a company's IT, VMware said on Tuesday at its VMworld 2010 conference in... Ofcom allows KC to bundle broadband in Hull The regulator has lifted restrictions on Hull's only telecoms company providing bundled services to its customers, but competitors are displeased by Ofcom's ruling (ZDNet UK - Business of IT) NXP launches energy-metering chip The company has introduced the NXP EM773, which is designed to monitor power consumption in a range of devices, from smart appliances to the datacentre, but leaves encryption measures to the system designer (ZDNet UK - Emerging Tech) Quantum aims to boost dedupe speed The storage specialist has presented its new DXi8500 deduplication appliance, which promises a better transfer rate than its predecessor, but less overall storage (ZDNet UK - Storage) Photos: First Windows Phone 7 handsets Phone manufacturers have revealed their first Windows Phone 7 handsets, with HTC showing off five models and Samsung and LG touting one each (ZDNet UK - Mobile Devices) First Windows Phone 7 handsets unveiled Phone manufacturers have revealed their first Windows Phone 7 handsets, with HTC showing off five models and Samsung and LG touting one each (ZDNet UK - Mobile Devices) Windows Phone 7 makes its debut Microsoft and its partners have taken the wraps off smartphones using Windows Phone 7, the long-awaited successor to Windows Mobile that breaks with the past (ZDNet UK - Mobile IT) Webroot: Iranian distributes free Firefox password logger A freely available Trojan has been circulated that steals passwords stored within Firefox, Internet Explorer and the... Don't blame malware for large-scale attacks, says Verizon Poorly secured infrastructure, rather than malware, is to blame for allowing hackers into enterprise servers to carry out cyberattacks on large-scale systems, according to a top Verizon Business exec (ZDNet UK - Security Management)