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Google has taken the plunge with its Street View technology and begun capturing 360-degree panoramas of coral reefs around the world, in partnership with a scientific survey.
Having said that Google Docs would no longer export to pre-2003 Office formats such as .doc after September, the web giant has extended support to January.
HP is backing software-defined networking (SDN) as the next big thing in the field, with the announcement of new OpenFlow-enabled switches and an SDN controller.
IT departments should learn from Google's example and empower their users with equipment that "inspires them to work", the company's CIO Ben Fried told the Interop conference.
The WITCH computer, which began life in 1951, has been restored by a team of volunteers at the UK's National Museum of Computing based at Bletchley Park.
The European Space Agency is meeting in Italy to decide on its goals for the future, with the UK looking to use increased funding for the ESA to boost its own space industry.
The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding promising to co-operate further on server, datacentre, storage and cloud computing products.
Super-fast Wi-Fi in the 5GHz and 60GHz ranges is set to revolutionise connectivity in the workplace, according to Edgar Figueroa, head of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
SmartCloud Application Services will move from a pilot programme to general availability in the fourth quarter, as IBM looks forward to greater take-up for its platform services.
Microsoft has launched a scheme to knock 30 percent off Windows 8 devices for UK schools, while Steve Ballmer has paid a visit to Downing Street to promote a new programme to tackle youth unemployment.