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Analysts Expect Evolutionary Products At Macworld
While Steve Jobs won't be giving the keynote address during next week's Macworld Conference & Expo, analysts still expect the company to introduce some pro... More »
Mobile Phones Damage Heart And Kidneys
If the threat of possible brain tumours and premature aging weren't scary enough, a new study on the effects of mobile phone use on human health claims that overexposure to m... More »
Laptop Shipments Exceed Desktops For The First Time
Global laptop shipments surpassed desktops in the third quarter, marking the first time mobile PCs have led the market, a research firm said Tuesday. Laptop shipments rose by nea... More »
Will Google Own The Web?
It's something of an open secret that Mozilla, the organization behind the open source Firefox Web browser, gets most of its funding from Google - 91 percent, to be... More »
Repairs Begin On Undersea Cable
A French ship has begun repairing two undersea cables in the Mediterranean that were severed on Friday, disrupting internet and phone communications. A robot submarine ... More »
Retailers Put IT To The Test Over Xmas
Specialist retailers have delivered a better online customer experience than traditional businesses with an online presence, according to research. 'Pure-play' companie... More »
IT Professionals Fear Growing Skills Gap
Nearly three-quarters of IT support professionals believe that the skills gap in the UK is growing. The lack of people entering the profession was cited as a major c... More »
HCL Completes 440m Axon Buy
HCL Technologies has finalised its purchase of SAP consultancy Axon, marking the largest ever acquisition by an Indian technology company. HCL paid £440m... More »
Make Money Off Parked Sites And Go Mobile With Visa
Anyone with an unused, parked site can now make some cash by using Google's new AdSense for Domains, the company said Friday. "AdSense for domains allows pu... More »
Obama Urged To Set Up National Office For Cyberspace
A report from thinktank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is urging president-elect Barack Obama to set up a National Office for Cyberspace (NOC) to prot... More »
13,000 Tech Jobs Disappear In One Day
Around 13,000 jobs in the technology industry were cut on Thursday 4 December alone, and industry forecasts suggest that the near future is not looking bright. Online video softwa... More »
IT Buyer Expectations Leveling Off
Following a sharp drop last month, IT buyer expectations for December are leveling off, an indication that they are waiting to see if bailout measures put in place by the U.S. and ... More »
Canon Says Digital Camera Market May Shrink In '09
The global digital camera market may contract next year, the president of industry leader Canon Inc warned, as sluggish economic conditions dampen consumer demand. Tsuneji Uchida ... More »
Panasonic, Sanyo Far Apart On Acquisition Price
Panasonic's effort to acquire Sanyo Electric broke off abruptly this week with the two sides far apart in the prices they were offering for a deal. If combined, a Panasonic-Sanyo ... More »
Nokia Starts Shipping First Touch-Screen Phone
Nokia has started deliveries of its first touch-screen phone, the 5800, the mobile phone maker's answer to Apple Inc's iPhone. The company said last month the model will cost $360... More »
Yahoo! Loses Another Boss
Yahoo!'s European managing director Toby Coppel is joining the exodus from the firm. Coppel was previously chief strategy officer for the ailing internet firm. Rich Riley is repl... More »
First ID Cards Are Dealt Out
All foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who successfully apply for an extension to stay in the UK on the basis of marriage, civil partnership or as a st... More »
Google's U.S. Search Share Edges Upward
United States Internet users conducted 2 percent fewer searches in October 2008 than the year earlier, but used Google more often for those searches, according to data Nielsen Onli... More »
Internet Attacks Expected To Hit A High Today
Research by security company PC Tools has revealed that today could be the worst day for web-based attacks on internet shoppers, as the festive shopping period begins to gear up. ... More »
Sun Microsystems To Lay Off 6,000
Sun Microsystems has added its name to the growing list of tech firms making major job cuts, announcing that 6,000 employees will go as part of a major restructuring of its softwar... More »
World of Warcraft Expansion Breaks All-Time Record
The wintry new expansion to the world's most popular MMO is now the fastest selling PC game in history. Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to Blizzard's World of Warcraft... More »
PayPoint Launches Online Cash Payment Service
A new cash-based online payments service launched today could provide e-retailers with a new market, while helping to reduce transactional risks for goods bought online from their... More »
Gartner Calls for IT Innovation or Dormancy
Gartner, a technology research and advisory firm, suggests that financial service companies should innovate or hibernate to live through the recession. Alistair Newton, researc... More »
