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• Cloud still too dark for legal information

  Moving proprietary legal information to public cloud services is too risky for one services firm, which believes many unanswered questions about how the data is managed remain.

• Dell refutes withholding evidence in faulty-PC case

  Dell on Friday refuted accusations that it was withholding evidence in connection with a long-running case charging the PC maker of willingly selling faulty PCs.

• The End of IT Outsourcing As We Know It

  Most outsourcing analysts and consultants will tell you that the future of the traditional IT services industry is uncertain.

• Dell's Streak tablet to go on sale Aug. 12 in US

  After delays, Dell will start to ship the highly anticipated Streak mobile Internet device to customers in the U.S. this week.

• Private cloud drives up efficiency at Xtralis

  Hazard detection system vendor Xtralis is reaping the rewards of greater efficiencies with server utilisation rates of up to 70 per cent thanks to a private cloud initiative that goes back three years, says the company's CIO.
  

• Dell's new Inspiron offers Bluetooth 3.0

  Dell on Thursday announced the lightweight Inspiron M101z laptop with new technologies including Bluetooth 3.0 wireless capabilities and low-voltage processors from Advanced Micro Devices.

• Trade unions ask shareholders to vote against Michael Dell

  Two labor unions have asked Dell shareholders to withhold their votes for Chairman and CEO Michael Dell to remain as a director on the company's board following a US$100 million accounting practices settlement the company made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

• 6 cool innovations for the data center

  Sure, consumer gadgets are getting most of the attention these days, but data centers are getting some love too. These new products and technologies promise to solve real data center problems or are already working to make enterprise operations run more smoothly. How many are on your wish list?

• Intel wins key ruling in class-action suit

  A court-appointed special master has rejected class-action status in an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, determining that the plaintiffs failed to show that PC buyers were harmed by discounts Intel offered to manufacturers.

• Dell, HP to resell Oracle's operating systems

  Oracle said Thursday that rival hardware vendors Dell and Hewlett-Packard intend to certify and resell its Solaris and Enterprise Linux operating systems as well as Oracle VM on their x86 servers.

• Dell seeks services boost with new security offerings

  Dell on Wednesday beefed up its security offerings with new hardware and services, which could help the company to strike more long-term service engagements with customers.

• Online sales of Dell Streak could begin Wednesday

  Online sales of the Dell Streak wireless tablet, with a five-inch screen that many say makes it look like an Android smartphone, could begin as soon as tomorrow, according to online speculation.

• No Dell Streak sale in July, spokesman says

  The 5-inch Dell Streak tablet won't go on sale by the end of July, a spokesman said late Tuesday. That announcement came after Dell earlier in the day mistakenly posted an online message on its Web site that customers could return to the site Wednesday to purchase the device.

• 5 makers for Windows Phone 7 now official

  Microsoft has officially divulged names of at least five manufacturers for its coming Windows Phone 7 devices, with Asus recently added to a list of four revealed at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference on July 13.

• Dell to pay $100 million to settle SEC case

  Dell will pay US$100 million to resolve an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into the company's past accounting and financial reporting practices, it said Thursday.