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Report: Antitrust regulators eye Apple

...30 percent cut of each subscription, sources told The Wall Street Journal. Regulators' interest in the subscription terms is reportedly preliminary and might not lead... Read more

18 February, 2011 by Steven Musil

China extends probe into Google-Motorola merger

...s bid to buy Motorola Mobility is still on hold as Chinese regulators expand their scrutiny of the deal. A regulatory filing from Motorola confirmed... Read more

21 March, 2012 by Lance Whitney

Ofcom: Level playing field needed for rural broadband

...Green village in August 2010. Photo credit: David Meyer Ed Richards, the regulator's chief executive, said on Tuesday that single operators should not be... Read more

9 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Three complains to EU over m-commerce shut-out

...Cellular operator Three has complained to EU regulators about a mobile commerce effort set up by its rivals, saying it... Read more

9 September, 2011 by David Meyer

South Korean antitrust officers raid Google offices

...Seoul on Tuesday, ZDNet UK's sister site CNET News has learnt. Regulators are apparently interested in information about Google allegedly limiting access to rival... Read more

7 September, 2011 by Jay Greene

Ofcom fines TalkTalk £3m over incorrect billing

...customers for services they did not receive. Photo credit: Jon Yeomans The regulator first censured the companies for the incorrect charges in November, after which... Read more

18 August, 2011 by David Meyer

4G licence bidders may have to pay for digital TV filters

...with digital TV signals. Photo credit: Jon Yeomans On Thursday, the telecoms regulator laid out proposals for dealing with the interference between 800MHz mobile broadband... Read more

3 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Ofcom: LTE will boost capacity 230 percent over 3G

...2013, Ofcom said on Thursday. According to research conducted by the telecoms regulator, LTE (long-term evolution) is 230 percent more spectrally efficient than HSPA... Read more

13 May, 2011 by David Meyer

Intel-McAfee purchase gets EU approval

...European Commission antitrust regulators have given the go-ahead for chipmaker Intel's multibillion-pound acquisition... Read more

26 January, 2011 by Jack Clark

Salesforce hails security warning as sign of cloud maturity

...Salesforce.com has hailed a warning by the Australian insurance industry regulator about the risks of cloud computing as evidence that the technology is... Read more

1 December, 2010 by Renai LeMay

Companies face £2m fine for silent calls

...Communications regulator Ofcom is set to gain the power to fine companies up to... Read more

16 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Ofcom: BT can't raise wholesale prices to cover pensions

...able to raise its wholesale prices to recoup pension costs, although the regulator has not yet made its final ruling on the matter. On Friday... Read more

23 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Ofcom: Operators 'gaming the system' over 4G auction

...The head of the UK's telecoms regulator has accused operators of 'gaming the system' in the run-up to... Read more

29 November, 2011 by David Meyer

EU's decision on Motorola-Google due in January

...the European Union's approval, Google must get a nod from US regulators to complete the purchase.For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story... Read more

29 November, 2011 by Don Reisinger

Report: FTC probe of Google will look at Android

...to probing Google's strategies for building its search business, US antitrust regulators are also looking into whether Google is barring Android smartphone makers from... Read more

11 August, 2011 by Jay Greene

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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

...... and PDP11s too

7 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...

8 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...

10 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...

11 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...

12 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.

14 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...

15 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

16 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

17 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....

18 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...

19 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

20 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

24 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
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...

1 day 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...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
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