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Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News Jane Milne, British Retail Consortium (BRC) director of business environment, added in a statement: "Customers should be assured that UK retailers always take the protection of cardholder data seriously and are continuing to invest millions of... [14 Aug 2008]
Google downbeat on AOL stake
News Time Warner, perhaps signalling its intention to dispose of AOL to focus on its media business, announced Wednesday that it would split AOL's dial-up unit from its advertising business by early 2009. Google has said in a filing with the Securities... [08 Aug 2008]
EC gives HP-EDS merger the nod
News Under the deal, EDS will operate as a new business unit (called EDS) and will continue to be led by Ronald A Rittenmeyer, its current chief executive officer. A proposed acquisition by HP of computer services company EDS has won approval from the... [29 Jul 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! talks: In the "off-again" phase
News Ballmer's comments followed an earlier discussion of the continued investment that Microsoft expects as it spends money in its online business. Search unit head Satya Nadella said Microsoft is also expanding its Facebook relationship into search. [25 Jul 2008]
Microsoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News In an interview Windows unit business chief Bill Veghte told silicon.com sister site CNET News.com that he wants to see his unit try new things to get the message across. After months of searching for ways to defend its often-maligned Windows... [24 Jul 2008]
Nokia grabs bigger slice of market
News Last week, the Finnish mobile phone maker beat sales expectations on its mobile handset business when it announced its earnings for the second quarter of 2008. This is up from earlier forecasts of between six per cent and seven per cent unit growth. [21 Jul 2008]
And the designer of the next great gadget is? - You
News The report also found that executives thought that the outside factors that will have the greatest impact on business between now and 2013 will be technological innovation and political and economic uncertainty. [11 Jul 2008]
LiMo adds Openwave browser to arsenal
News Around 80 employees are expected to migrate to Purple Labs, including the general manager of the business unit, Gordon Tsang. Purple Labs, an increasingly prominent mobile Linux firm and a member of the LiMo Foundation, has bought the browser and... [07 Jul 2008]
Skype calls on ex-Motorola exec
News Durchslag spent more than five years at Motorola where he was most recently corporate vice president of global product and experience invention for the mobile devices business unit. And in a previous role at the company, he was in charge of... [02 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch boosts outsourcing
News The survey found that 90 per cent of the companies have already outsourced part of their business and one-third had offshored work. Almost all (90 per cent), of those questioned felt outsourcing is now an acceptable way to do business. [18 Jun 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News But the PCEU business case is that we need that enhanced picture of cyber crime, it is about joining up a lot of good work that is already going on in agencies. Overseeing the Welsh national response will be a new e-crime sergeant and four... [13 Jun 2008]
"Mega" outsourcing deals decline
News Analyst Gartner say the figures reflect a shift towards multi-sourcing, where companies look to several providers to deliver business and IT services. He added the drop could also be explained by the fact that outsourcing was now seen as business... [11 Jun 2008]
Cyber crime: The global battle
News Police forces worldwide are mobilising to tackle the estimated $104bn global cyber crime menace but money, manpower and expertise varies wildly from country to country, with the UK's response being attacked by politicians, police chiefs and... [05 Jun 2008]
Asus laptops get instant-on appeal
News Henry Yeh, general manager of the company's laptop business unit, said: "Asus is always committed to bringing customers the most innovative solutions. Asus is to embed a lightweight, instant-on operating system into several of its new laptop models. [02 Jun 2008]
Dell's smiling after quarter profits
News He pointed to growth in all business segments in all regions as the impetus. John Spooner, analyst with Technology Business Research, said: "Are they getting a pop because they've just entered retail? [30 May 2008]
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