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Fujitsu-Siemens Makes Fastest Server - 06 Jan 09

After releasing the results of Benchmark tests performed at its laboratories in Paderborn, Germany, Fujitsu Siemens Computers (www.fujitsu-siemens.com) has proven that its Primergy RX600 rack server is the fastest web server on Earth. According to the results of Fujitsu-Siemens' tests performed last month, the Primergy RX600 S4 data center-class rack server, equipped with multi-core processing from Intel's new Dunnington line, set the new SPECweb2005 benchmark. In addition to speed, it also offers robust redundancy features in a compact 4U rack module.

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Ministry of Justice IT chief leaves for African banking role - 06 Jan 09 Tunde Coker has left his role as director of corporate IT at the Ministry of Justice to become Group CIO of growing African banking group Access Bank. Coker leaves the UK this week to take on the new global role and completed his fixed term contract with the Ministry of Justice just before Christmas.	Police given power to 'hack' PCs without a warrant - 06 Jan 09 Police will be allowed to hack into personal computers without a court order after being granted permission by the Home Office.
Hackers steal personal details of Twitter users - 06 Jan 09 Hackers are targeting Twitter and Facebook users in a bid to steal their personal information, says Sophos.	Giant UK Snoopers Database Could be Managed Privately - 05 Jan 09 The government is to propose next month that management of its huge Communications Bill database, which would contain logs of everybody's telephone calls, emails and website accesses (not the content though), be tendered out to a private company.