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IT giants face investigation over Whitehall contracts
Thursday 04 July 2013
Government IT suppliers are in danger of a competition investigation after the trading watchdog turned its spotlight on the £10.4bn public sector computing market.
Watchdog turns spotlight on public sector IT costs
Wednesday 03 July 2013
Government IT suppliers are in danger of a competition probe after the UK’s trading watchdog turned its spotlight on the £10.4 billion public sector computing market today.
Dell profits drop 79% as takeover battle rages on
Friday 17 May 2013
Figures reflect consumers' preference to tablets and smartphones over traditional PCs
PC sales hit by biggest decline in 20 years as tablet takes over
Thursday 11 April 2013
Sales of PCs have been hit by the biggest decline in 20 years thanks to consumers increasingly choosing tablet computers over their less portable counterparts.
UK software firm Autonomy probed over Hewlett-Packard fraud claims
Tuesday 12 March 2013
HP bought the Cambridge-based software maker for $10bn in 2011 and then wrote off $8.8bn late last year in a move that stunned Wall Street.
Labour set to cut red tape strangling small business
Monday 11 March 2013
The Labour Party will up its attempts to win over British business with a report this week that recommends vastly improved broadband access, establishing export hubs and cutting red tape.
Singer Chubby Checker files $500m lawsuit over penis measuring app
Thursday 14 February 2013
The singer, Chubby Checker, has launched a $500m law suit against an app that claims to be able to estimate the size of a man's penis from his shoe size.
The Autonomy saga: Clouds over Britain's tech stars
Saturday 24 November 2012
Fraud claims at success story Autonomy raise questions over the sector
James Ashton: Knives out for the Lynch mob as Whitman calls foul over Autonomy founder's books
Tuesday 20 November 2012
The two sides repelled almost as soon as Mr Lynch banked his £500m cheque
Apple secures fingerprint buy
Saturday 28 July 2012
Expect the next generation of Apple tablets and iPhones to include fingerprint recognition technology. The company last night landed a chunky $356m (£229m) takeover of US fingerprint security firm AuthenTec in a deal that will see it explore ways in which it can improve security for its customers.
The Business Week in Review: Bombardier, The Hinduja brothers, and Mark Hurd...
Sunday 01 January 2012
In profit...
Transport Secretary Justine Greening claimed credit for providing some cheer to the city of Derby.
Stephen Foley: Now Hewlett-Packard has decided it will not divest, it must decide that it will invest
Saturday 29 October 2011
US Outlook: The "data-driven evaluation" to which Hewlett-Packard has belatedly subjected the proposed spin-off of its personal computer business, probably did not need to go further than measuring the share-price decline on the day it was announced. It was 20 per cent.
Snooker: O'Sullivan apologises for 'rape' remark
Saturday 29 October 2011
Ronnie O'Sullivan has apologised for claiming he felt "raped" playing in the lower-profile Players Tour Championship (PTC) series.
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