Intuit shuts Quicken Online, turns focus to Mint.com
News The maker of Quicken, QuickBooks and TurboTax will shut down its free Quicken Online personal finance site in six to nine months and concentrate on newly bought Mint.com [06 Nov 2009]
Cisco results show economy is in recovery
News Chief executive John Chambers says the company's quarterly earnings, which show strong sequential growth, indicate that an economic recovery is fully underway [05 Nov 2009]
Intel accused of bribery in antitrust lawsuit
News New York's attorney general has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit that accuses Intel of paying computer makers rebates to illegally maintain its monopoly power [05 Nov 2009]
Microsoft announces 800 more layoffs
News The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified on Wednesday, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year [05 Nov 2009]
Connect comms union to merge with Prospect
News Members of UK communications professionals' union Connect, who work for companies such as BT and O2, will form an autonomous group within Prospect [04 Nov 2009]
US jury finds SMIC stole trade secrets
Blog A California jury ruled on Wednesday that Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) stole and used trade secrets from rival company Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC),... [04 Nov 2009]
Dell finalises offer for takeover of Perot Systems
Blog Dell announced on Tuesday that it has completed its $3.9bn (£2.3bn) offer to buy technology and business solutions provider Perot Systems. Dell has accepted Perot's stock at $30 a share, and will... [04 Nov 2009]
Novell makes cuts to workforce
Blog US based software provider Novell laid off three percent of its workforce last week, according to CNET News. Ian Bruce, Novell's public relations director, confirmed that 100 to 130 jobs were cut... [04 Nov 2009]
Microsoft's Mundie: IT needed to solve global woes
News Microsoft chief research officer Craig Mundie argues that computer science is on the brink of breakthroughs that can crack daunting energy and environmental problems [04 Nov 2009]
Oracle not yielding to EU with Sun buy, says report
News Oracle is reportedly offering no concessions to European regulators concerned about its acquisition of Sun [04 Nov 2009]
London Borough of Southwark sues IBM
News The local authority has issued a writ against IBM over the performance of a master data management system it claims is not fit for purpose [03 Nov 2009]
Public Accounts Committee attacks C-Nomis project
News The committee has criticised the implementation of the National Offender Management Information System, describing the project as a 'shambles' [03 Nov 2009]
Fujitsu IT staff vote in favour of strike
News Staff at the multinational IT services and systems provider have voted in favour of industrial action over proposed cuts to jobs and pensions [02 Nov 2009]
HMRC hopes IT contract will save £110m a year
News HM Revenue & Customs says its newly revised Aspire contract with Capgemini will lead to a reduction in costs without cutting jobs [02 Nov 2009]
Facebook wins lawsuit against 'spam king'
News A judge awarded $711m in damages and, finding Sanford Wallace had 'wilfully violated' court orders, referred the matter to US Attorney's Office for criminal prosecution [30 Oct 2009]
Motorola posts third-quarter profit
News Net income was $12m, or a penny per share, compared with a substantial loss for the year-ago period, while revenue was down year over year [30 Oct 2009]
Unite to hold strike ballot at HP
News Staff at Hewlett-Packard IT services will vote on whether to take industrial action over the planned transfer and benefit cuts of 150 of its workers [29 Oct 2009]
Public mistrust grows over gov't data policy
News Research finds 62 percent of adults think the government cannot be trusted to protect their personal information [29 Oct 2009]
SAP revenue slips in third quarter
News The German business maker's share price has dropped, while it warns that software and software-service revenue for the year will be lower than expected [28 Oct 2009]
SAP, Nokia join forces against counterfeiting
News The tech giants are teaming up with a banknote specialist to provide a system that will track a product from factory to shop to guarantee its authenticity [28 Oct 2009]
Cisco to buy UK web-security vendor ScanSafe
News The $183m deal builds on Cisco's acquisition of IronPort, and is aimed at boosting the networking giant's cloud and web security reach [27 Oct 2009]
UK third in OECD European e-government report
News The OECD Government at a Glance 2009 report found Britain has some of the most sophisticated e-government services in Europe but lags behind other countries in take-up [26 Oct 2009]
CIOs say open source no good for cost cutting
Blog According to silicon.com's latest CIO jury, businesses have not turned to open source as a means of making their IT budgets go further. With its lack of expensive licensing, open source is... [26 Oct 2009]
Carl Icahn steps down from Yahoo board
News In a little over a year on Yahoo's board, Icahn helped hire chief executive Carol Bartz and orchestrate the pending search deal with Microsoft [26 Oct 2009]
Recession is over - it's Champagne time for the IT industry...
Blog After just receiving my second invite to a Champagne-fueled IT launch for next week - is it safe to assume the recession is over? Microsoft is promising champagne at lunchtime to mark the... [16 Oct 2009]
Businesses told to build 'tech watch lists'
Blog Research firm Forrester has recommended that companies create their own "technology watch lists" so they know when cutting-edge technology is available for widespread adoption. According to... [14 Oct 2009]
What Microsoft needs to do about the Sidekick fiasco
Blog It's nearly Wednesday, and the question of what happened to the Sidekick service remains unanswered. At one level, it's obvious. T-Mobile US's Sidekick service, run by Danger and thus Danger's... [13 Oct 2009]
BBC appoints new CIO in tech shake-up
Blog The BBC has appointed Tiffany Hall as a new chief information officer in a shakeup of its broadcast and technology area within the Future Media and Technology division. Hall, who joined the BBC as... [12 Oct 2009]
Fujitsu to terminate up to 1,200 jobs
Blog Technology company Fujitsu is to make up to 1,200 UK employees redundant by the end of the year. The firm said in a statement on Wednesday that it was making the UK job cuts due to "lower than... [26 Aug 2009]
Project Kangaroo hops into Arqiva's arms
Blog Broadcast infrastructure company Arqiva announced on Tuesday that it has completed its purchase of technology developed by Project Kangaroo. Project Kangaroo, an on-demand television platform,... [25 Aug 2009]
