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Ariba buy parks SAP on Oracle's cloud turf

...s plan to acquire Ariba for $4.3bn (£2.73bn) heightens the competition between the European data giant and chief rival Oracle and highlights how... Read more

23 May, 2012 by Jack Clark

Apple ditches '4G' iPad branding in Australia

...Apple has bowed to pressure from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and regulators in other countries around the globe, dropping... Read more

14 May, 2012 by Josh Taylor
Behind the scenes at particle physics labs

Behind the scenes at particle physics labs

...second in a global jury vote and first in a local jury competition. "I am an amateur nature photographer and the subject — technology — was a... Read more

20 October, 2010 by Staff

Apple seeks to redefine 3G as '4G' in Australia

...getting corrective advertising and making Apple offer refunds to customers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is trying to push Apple to change the... Read more

19 April, 2012 by Josh Taylor

Apple's iPad faces legal battle in Australia over '4G' claim

...The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is looking to throw the book at Apple for... Read more

27 March, 2012 by Luke Hopewell
EU floats settlement with e-book publishers

EU floats settlement with e-book publishers

...publishers as long as they "remove all of our objections", European Union competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia said on Monday. Almunia did not tell the journalists... Read more

13 March, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Landline-to-mobile cap to drop 85pc after BT wins row

...emerged victorious from an appeal of Ofcom's plans. The UK's Competition Commission has backed Ofcom's plans for cutting mobile termination charges, saying... Read more

15 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Tech giants face lawsuit over alleged hiring conspiracy

...Saveri, argues the alleged conspiracy kept workers' salaries artificially low by stifling competition. "They are definitely putting the interests of the company ahead of their... Read more

30 January, 2012 by Staff

Australian commission probes Windows 8 Linux fears

...booting feature on Windows 8 machines may have a case, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said. The Linux Australia community began petitioning the... Read more

28 September, 2011 by Luke Hopewell
Linux T-shirt contest marks 20th birthday

Linux T-shirt contest marks 20th birthday

...its members to share in the work. The foundation is running a competition until 22 June for people to vote for one of the six... Read more

15 June, 2011 by Staff

Mobile data boom could spell end to 'all you can eat'

...co-operation among the operators, and on the other, out-and-out competition," said Cave, who has just been appointed deputy chair of the UK... Read more

14 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

Free Maps costs Google £400K in damages in France

...appeal the court's decision, adding that Google Maps is still facing competition in that market. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see... Read more

2 February, 2012 by Don Reisinger

US senators ask FTC to probe Google's results

...We believe these allegations regarding Google's search engine practices raise important competition issues," wrote Kohl and Lee, whose committee is already investigating whether Google... Read more

20 December, 2011 by Steven Musil

Google gets DoJ go-ahead for Admeld buy

...the division concluded that the transaction is not likely to substantially lessen competition in the sale of display advertising."Google announced plans to acquire Admeld... Read more

5 December, 2011 by Don Reisinger

E-book companies raided over EU antitrust concerns

...rules that prohibit cartels and other restrictive business practices". A spokesperson for competition commissioner Joaquín Almunia said on Thursday that the Commission had acted on... Read more

3 March, 2011 by David Meyer

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

17 minutes ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 hour ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

2 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

3 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

3 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

9 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

18 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

19 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

24 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

1 day ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

1 day ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

1 day ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon