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BT racks up another 114 exchanges for fibre broadband

...although that amount is conditional on there being "an acceptable environment for investment". Further funding will have to come from the public sector, it said... Read more

14 September, 2011 by David Meyer

Game rescued by investment firm

...An investment capital firm is to buy a large part of the Game Group... Read more

2 April, 2012 by Joe Svetlik

Twitter gets $300m Saudi investment

...A Middle Eastern private investment organisation owned by a billionaire Saudi prince has invested in microblogging platform... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Jack Clark

Cisco ploughs money into Russia's Silicon Valley

...clone the success of Silicon Valley. Cisco has revealed details of its investment in the Skolkovo Project, a Russian initiative set up to mimic the... Read more

30 March, 2012 by Jack Clark
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1 March, 2012

EU to double supercomputing funding to ?1.2bn

...Commission announced plans to double its funding of high-performance computing. Annual investment in supercomputing equipment, training and research will go from €630m (£522m) to... Read more

16 February, 2012 by Jack Clark

Kroes: Data-roaming caps must not hamper competition

...drive down data-roaming costs, while introducing measures to encourage private-sector investment in broadband. Photo credit: Neelie Kroes/Flickr Capped pricing will only help... Read more

23 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

South Yorkshire broadband scheme faces sell-off

...than £90m of funding from EU grants, taxpayer-funded loans and private investment. However, according to Phil Coppard, chief executive of Barnsley Council, the 50... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Ben Woods

Salesforce sales rise, but acquisitions weigh on profit

...an accelerated hiring plan that added 200 employees and a $254.5m investment on brand-awareness marketing, including a Super Bowl ad, contributed to increased... Read more

20 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

Foxconn in talks over $12bn Brazil investment

...iPad, is said to be in talks with Brazil over a new investment in manufacturing facilities. Reuters reported on Tuesday that Foxconn plans to invest... Read more

13 April, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Cisco pledges $500m to East London Tech City

...in the British capital. Prime minister David Cameron has welcomed a $500m investment by Cisco in UK projects. Photo credit: BIS A newly formed initiative... Read more

31 January, 2011 by Jack Clark

Facebook raises $1.5bn investment

...of $50bn. Photo credit: James Martin/CNET News The $1.5bn (£940m) investment puts the company's value at about $50bn. In a statement, Facebook... Read more

24 January, 2011 by Sam Diaz

UK fixed-line telcos cut R&D investment as profits soar

...downturn being at its worst in 2009, research and development (R&D) investment by the top 1,000 UK R&D-performing companies (the UK1000... Read more

26 November, 2010 by David Meyer

Intel announces billion-dollar investment in US facilities

...plant in Oregon that will support the deployment of 22nm technology. The investment will be between $6bn and $8bn, the company said. In a statement... Read more

20 October, 2010 by Sam Diaz

'Freemium' antivirus firm Avast gets funding boost

...The security vendor Avast has received a $100m investment from private equity firm Summit Partners, in exchange for a minority stake... Read more

24 August, 2010 by Ben Woods

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

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@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...

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