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Lexmark squeezed out of inkjet printer market
Aug 29, 2012 By ClareLexmark’s announcement comes after the release of its most recent earnings report in which its net profit fell to less than 60% of the same quarter’s earnings the previous year. The plan to quit the inkjet printer business is as attempt to improve profitability. Lexmark intends to focus on its...
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Capita IT Services Boss leaves after only 6 months
Aug 23, 2012 By ClareIt recent months IT Services company Capita has experienced a series of large internal shake ups which has resulted in a series of shocking moves. After announcing that it was going to begin outsourcing services to India- a move unappreciated by most, it has witnessed the loss of a number of...
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Federal Trade Commission has agreed the Facebook acquisition of Instagram
Aug 23, 2012 By ClareInstagram is a popular photo- sharing smartphone app, it is a free application but has proven very popular and also very profitable for its founders. It was originally designed for the IT product the iPhone but recently moved into the whole smartphone industry. Facebook, a social...
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Security conscious business workers forget crucial aspects of internal policy
Aug 16, 2012 By ClareA large number of security conscious workers have been fooled into thinking that a good on-line IT security policy is enough to ensure their confidential work is kept private. In a recent study, it has been revealed that more than 70% of the surveyed employees admitted to reading private...
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Broadband speeds in the UK have more than doubled over the past four years
Aug 15, 2012 By ClareOfcom has said that the increase in speed has been the result of overall improvements to networks to enable such connections were benefitting those on less extravagant contracts as well as people taking advantage of the superfast broadband speeds now available or the ISPs. This has meant that...
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Windows RT Computer will be sold by 5 named distributors
Aug 14, 2012 By ClareAfter the Windows 8 release Microsoft plans to release the new Windows RT PCs and there will be 5 manufacturers who have been named that will be offering them. These have been named as the IT companies Microsoft itself, Asus and most recently Dell, Samsung and Lenovo. As an IT product...
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Lincolnshire Council to offer IT Outsourcing contract to start 2015
Aug 9, 2012 By ClareThe Lincolnshire Council is planning to offer a pre-tender opportunity for support services including outsourcing IT . The contract is planned to start April 2015. Government Computing- which covers news and analysis of the public sector technology published an article on the current...
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HP job cuts start early
Aug 3, 2012 By ClareThe HP staff ‘cull’ which has been announced to the government's Department for Business Innovation & Skills a fortnight ago has been revealed to be separate from the global program of staff redundancies which were announced earlier. 300 jobs are going to be cut in what they are calling a...
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