Dell is giving itself a big green pat on the back with the announcement that it is significantly ahead of its recycling schedule. Simultaneously it has renewed its challenge to other manufacturers to offer free recycling to consumers.

Hewlett Packard today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase data center automation vendor Opsware Inc for an estimated US$1.6bn.

Jason R. Baron, Director of Litigation at the National Archives and Records Administration in the United States has called for universal collaboration and an open minded approach to Information Retrieval (IR).

Sounds crazy doesn’t it? The very title dredges up fear of your precious email folders being lost to the depths of oblivion and treasured network drives going the way of permanent inaccessibility

In the wake of Ask.com’s move to offer a search service that actually protects privacy, other major engines are now scrambling to offer their own brand of online privacy protection.

With an evolving, sophisticated threat landscape alongside emerging business enabling technologies and increasing compliance pressures, the Australian New Zealand security market looks healthy, and set to hit the US$1.6 billion mark by 2011.

WiQuest today announced that its latest silicon offering would be used in certified wireless USB products. Dell and Lenovo have both signed on to use the new technology as part of their notebook product lines.

Google released its second quarter profit results overnight to mixed reactions. The internet monolith reported a 58% increase in revenues year-on-year to $3.87bn, with advertising growth on Google sites growing a strong 74% year-on-year to $2.49bn.

Taking a significant step away from traditional search engine practices, Ask.com has announced that it will soon offer completely anonymous web search.

Despite talk of scaling back acquisitions in favour of focusing on its core business, EMC has announced that it has purchased X-Hive, a Dutch CML specialist to its ranks.