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Google closes Motorola buy

...Google has completed its purchase of Motorola Mobility, ending months of doubt over whether the deal would... Read more

22 May, 2012 by Ben Woods

HP closes 3Par purchase

...HP first bid for 3Par in an effort to trump Dell. The purchase allows HP to move into the enterprise-class public and private cloud... Read more

27 September, 2010 by Ben Woods
Google-Motorola deal clears Chinese hurdle

Google-Motorola deal clears Chinese hurdle

...Chinese authorities have given the greenlight for Google to ratify its purchase of phonemaker Motorola Mobility, according to Reuters. In a report on Saturday... Read more

21 May, 2012 by Kevin Kwang

Is freemium the answer to making apps pay?

Monetising paid apps is getting harder - but in-app purchases are on the rise, says analyst... Ask any mobile developer: getting smartphone... Read more

18 January, 2012 by Natasha Lomas

Google-Motorola approval faces EU delay

...has put a temporary freeze on its review of Google's proposed purchase of Motorola Mobility as it seeks more details about the deal. The... Read more

12 December, 2011 by Lance Whitney

EU's decision on Motorola-Google due in January

...approval, Google must get a nod from US regulators to complete the purchase.For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see EU to make... Read more

29 November, 2011 by Don Reisinger

Intel buys networking specialist Fulcrum

...chipmaking giant said on Tuesday it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the company, which is based in Calabasas, California. Financial terms were not... Read more

20 July, 2011 by Jack Clark

Apple lets businesses buy apps in bulk

...buy iOS applications for employees. Apple has unveiled the App Store volume purchase programme, which lets businesses buy apps in bulk. Photo credit: Apple The... Read more

15 July, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

eBay bolsters PayPal with Zong buy

...carrier-direct billing for digital goods and services. Customers pay for their purchases by entering their mobile phone number and payment is billed to their... Read more

8 July, 2011 by Steven Musil

Google gets approval for Nortel patents buy, says report

...had been approved. The conclusion, attributed to unnamed sources, means that the purchase of intellectual property from the bankrupt telecommunications company would not be anticompetitive... Read more

15 June, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Twitter confirms TweetDeck purchase

...headcount at the social-media company to 505. Different user levels The purchase will help Twitter maintain an active user base by providing two versions... Read more

26 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

Apple backs developers in iOS patent row

...Apple has said it has licensed the rights to the in-app purchase feature, and this licence extends to iOS app makers. Credit: Apple Apple... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Apple faces lawsuit over minors' in-app purchasing

...Shortly after Apple introduced new parental controls for in-app purchases on iPhone or iPad games, the company is being slapped with a... Read more

18 April, 2011 by Erica Ogg

EMC acquires NAS specialist Isilon for $2.25bn

...infrastructure storage systems and software company EMC has announced that it will purchase network-attached storage firm Isilon. The purchase will provide EMC with Isilon... Read more

15 November, 2010 by Ben Woods

Microsoft to buy gesture-control firm Canesta

...president and chief executive Jim Spare said in a statement that the purchase by Microsoft indicates that "there is little question that within the next... Read more

1 November, 2010 by Erica Ogg

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

5 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

6 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

7 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

9 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

10 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

11 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

11 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

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

13 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

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...

14 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

15 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
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

16 hours 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....

17 hours 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...

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

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

19 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

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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

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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...

1 day 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?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry