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Dell abandons battle to buy 3Par

HP has won the short, sharp race to add the data storage management company to its enterprise portfolio, nearly doubling the value of the acquisition in the process Read more

2 September, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

China tells phone buyers to reveal their real name

Everyone, including foreigners and visitors, will be required to provide identification when they set up a mobile phone service account in China Read more

2 September, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Ad watchdog given teeth for online marketing

Funded in part by Google, the ASA will gain new powers that will allow it to more closely regulate companies' online marketing strategies on sites such as Facebook and Twitter Read more

1 September, 2010 by Ben Woods 1 comment

Laid-off NXP workers to see €1.8m EU payout

The EU is stepping up to help employees made redundant by the Dutch chipmaker to find new jobs, under a fund to assist those hit by globalisation Read more

1 September, 2010 by Ben Woods

Yahoo advertisers head for Microsoft's platform

Microsoft and Yahoo are beginning the move towards single AdCenter accounts for advertisers Read more

1 September, 2010 by Ina Fried

HP agrees to pay 'kickback' settlement of $55m

The Department of Justice has announced that HP has agreed to pay $55m (£35m) to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that the company paid... Read more

31 August, 2010 by Ben Woods

German ID cards hacked

German ID cards have be hacked by members of the Chaos Computer Club, according to news website the Local. The ID cards, which will be used from... Read more

31 August, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Orange to join T-Mobile-3 network share

Orange will on Friday announce it is joining Mobile Broadband Network Limited, the network-sharing joint venture between 3 and T-Mobile, ZDNet UK... Read more

2 September, 2010 by David Meyer

Finalists announced for eBay modular datacentre

Six finalists have been announced for the eBay's recent request for proposals (RFP) for a new, high-density, modular, containerised datacentre. On... Read more

3 September, 2010 by Jack Clark 1 comment

SAS Rapid Predictive Modeler launched

Data analytics and BI software specialist SAS has announced the launch of a new set of tools that promises to bridge the gap between statisticians and... Read more

4 September, 2010 by Ben Woods

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Jack Clark

Finalists announced for eBay modular datacentre

Blog Post Six finalists have been announced for the eBay's recent request for proposals...

3 September, 2010 by Jack Clark
Tom Espiner

Snoop Dogg teams up with Symantec

Blog Post Rapper Snoop Dogg has teamed up with Symantec to launch an anti-cybercrime...

3 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

ZDNet UK Live

expert_lectures

HR in the UK Bill Kutik on HR Collaboration Options: By Oliver Marks | September 5, 2010, 6:02pm... http://bit.ly/9q2dmG expertlectures.com

SoFrank

Jack, I hereby nickname you "Ebenezer." Leorising, I *totally* trust some obscure search engine with no transparent revenue stream to be honest and...

3 hours ago by SoFrank on Google’s Buckyballs doodle costs people money, drives users away
InfoGuruShop

BBC I Player - could launch Monday http://bit.ly/b8DgJp

mapyourbrand

New iPlayer to launch, with social features... Social TV will be interesting! http://bit.ly/diCEYW

mikecane

Google’s Buckyballs doodle costs people money, drives users away http://t.co/K7VmmHu <- HA! That didn't affect OPERA for me at all! Irony!

jtroll

Google Doodles are terrific examples of creativity for creativity's sake... except when they overheat your machine: http://bit.ly/aC1rqL

leorising

Switch to Startpage: http://www.startpage.com/eng/download-startpage-plugin.html You can add them to your pulldown search list in firefox, dunno...

7 hours ago by leorising on Google’s Buckyballs doodle costs people money, drives users away
BrianExCIS

The Nano is a real backwards step, too small and fiddly if you're over 40 and with reduced functionality. I'm going to put a 32GB SDHC card in my...

7 hours ago by BrianExCIS on New iPods, revamped Apple TV arrive
Stjepan

"I'd rather have the time back that I spent reading this article." Second to that. What computer you are using there? Very interesting, my three...

7 hours ago by Stjepan on Google’s Buckyballs doodle costs people money, drives users away
Stjepan

"I'd rather have the time back that I spent reading this article." Second to that. What computer you are using there? Very interesting, my three...

7 hours ago by Stjepan
chokha

String theory gets entangled in quantum computing http://bit.ly/cFWmmv

rpreibold

String theory gets entangled in quantum computing: ... Imperial College London think they have found a way to test... http://bit.ly/cIEKw7

Socmediadigest

#RT #SM #SocialMedia BBC iPlayer: social media and the public interest: Ah, yes, but social media so... http://bit.ly/aZEYQN #social #media

adam_ps

.@jackschofield on the surprising (to me) cost of Google’s Buckyballs doodle: http://bit.ly/dvpIDq On ZD Net

macmanblack

John Ross on retail market behavior...and social media http://bit.ly/95qJAd

Ezbizs

New iPods, revamped Apple TV arrive: ZDNet UKBy Staff, CNET News, 3 September, 2010 17:58 On Wednesday in Sa... http://tinyurl.com/236h64g

macmanblack

BBC iplayer going social http://bit.ly/95qJAd

DarrenZahradnik

Interesting: BBC iPlayer: social media and the public interest http://bit.ly/cv6amU

SocialMediaXprt

RT @DarrenZahradnik: Interesting: BBC iPlayer: social media and the public interest http://bit.ly/cv6amU http://bit.ly/9gHQfH

GloriaEdwards12

BBC iPlayer: social media and the public interest: By Rupert Goodwins, 5 September, 2010 17:42 The BBC is preparin... http://bit.ly/aISQLf

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