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Entries for May 20th, 2012

US senators plan to force Facebook’s Saverin to pay taxes

Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk
Plans would see millionaire expats pay taxes even after relinquishing citizenship
US senators Charles Schumer and Bob Casey have introduced a new proposal in response to Facebook creator Eduardo Saverin’s planned attempt to dodge his tax bill. The new proposal would…

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HP goes live with EcoPod datacentre housing 2,000 servers

Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk
Container-based system deployed for first time
HP has deployed its first EcoPod container-based datacentre. The company installed the ultra-compact datacentre platform at its facility in Alpharetta, Georgia. The 40-foot container houses some 2,000 HP ProLiant and…

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Apple pledges clean power for datacentre following Greenpeace protest

Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk
Company will use green energy in largest datacentre

Apple is promising to use renewable energy sources following a high-profile protest from environmental group Greenpeace. The company has outlined a plan which will see its Maiden, North Carolina facility…

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Twitter enables Do Not Track support

Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk
Microblogging site gets behind privacy campaign
Twitter is gaining praise from privacy rights groups after enabling support for the Do Not Track browser option. The company on Thursday confirmed that it had enabled the feature, which…

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Facebook shares to trade from $34 as IPO valuation of over $100bn expected

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk
Firm prepares to float on Friday as it looks set to rake in $16bn in new funds
Facebook is set to announce that shares in the firm will be released at between $34 and $38, which could help it raise as much as $16bn in funding, as…

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Sony Vaio T13 ultrabook hands-on review

Alastair Stevenson , V3.co.uk
V3 got some hands-on time with Sony’s answer to the MacBook Air
V3 got some hands-on time with Sony’s T13 Vaio and we’re pleased to say our initial impressions of the Japanese giant’s first ever ultrabook are positive. Sony announced the T13…

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Acer targets SMBs with Ivy Bridge TravelMate laptops

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk
TravelMate P243 features latest Core i5 chips, Nvidia graphics and management tools
Acer has unveiled the TravelMate P243 series of laptops aimed at small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), featuring Intel’s latest Core processors plus Nvidia discrete graphics. Although announced today, the TravelMate…

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Google set for showdown talks with European data regulators

Gareth Morgan, V3.co.uk
Two sides look to resolve impasse over search giant’s unified privacy policy
French data regulators have reportedly set up showdown meetings with search giant Google over changes to its privacy policy, which continue to irk the data watchdog. France’s Commission National de…

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East-Tec Eraser 2012 v10.0.8.100

Max Fernandez, V3.co.uk
Securely erase sensitive personal data

Completely deleting data from your computer can be difficult with a normal windows set-up. Although the contents will be deleted as soon as you empty the trash, there will always…

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Pure Storage offers up to 100TB storage via all-Flash arrays

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk
FlashArray 300 Series designed to compete with existing storage hardware on price/performance
Pure Storage has made available its second generation all-Flash enterprise storage arrays along with the 2.0 release of its Purity platform, adding high availability features, full data encryption and integration…

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