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News The closing date for applications is 17 July 2008. Psst! MI5 is on the hunt for techies with killer design skills. The UK's security intelligence agency is looking to recruit enthusiastic IT architects to work in Central London with experience in... [23 Jun 2008]
More BT pay phones face the axe
News The telco said it is writing to local authorities to test the water about closing 14 per cent of its remaining estate of call boxes - or around 8,700 out of some 62,000 street payphones - as consent is required to remove them. [03 Jun 2008]
Broadband Blighty gets a rural flavour
News Ed Richards, Ofcom CEO, said in a statement: "Our report highlights a closing of the geographic digital divide in the UK. Broadband Britain is flying a tweed flag: fat pipe penetration in rural areas has outstripped urban areas for the first time... [22 May 2008]
HP seals $13.9bn deal for EDS
News EDS stockholders will receive $25 for each share and the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of domestic and foreign regulatory approvals and the approval of EDS's stockholders. [13 May 2008]
Microsoft dashes Yahoo!'s hopes of higher bid
News In order to regain the bid's full $31-a-share value, Microsoft's stock would have to rise to $32.6, the closing share price on 29 January, a day before Microsoft presented its unsolicited offer to Yahoo! [25 Apr 2008]
Ballmer on Yahoo!: Microsoft prepared to walk away
News In order to regain the bid's full value, Microsoft's stock would have to rise to $32.6, the closing share price on 29 January, a day before Microsoft presented its unsolicited offer to Yahoo! Microsoft is prepared to walk away from its $43.6bn bid... [24 Apr 2008]
Microsoft boosts stability of Office 2008 for Mac
News Microsoft has released its first update to Office 2008 for Mac, fixes that should boost stability and performance in some areas, while closing some security holes. Microsoft said that version 12.0.1 adds "suite-wide stability and performance... [12 Mar 2008]
Top five takeovers that shook the tech world
News The company was acquired for around a 10 per cent premium on its closing share price. Microsoft last week launched a hostile $44.6bn takeover bid to buy web giant Yahoo! If the deal goes ahead it will be the latest in a line of multibillion-dollar... [04 Feb 2008]
Steve Ballmer's $44.6bn letter to Yahoo!
News common stock for per share consideration of $31 based on Microsoft's closing share price on January 31, 2008, payable in the form of $31 in cash or 0.9509 of a share of Microsoft common stock. Our proposal represents a 62% premium above the closing... [01 Feb 2008]
Nokia: Record sales thanks to Middle East and Africa
News This has meant changing packaging for products sold to emerging markets and closing a factory in Germany in an effort to reduce overall costs. Nokia has announced it has sold a record 133.5 million mobile phones during the fourth quarter of 2007. [25 Jan 2008]
3 to shut Superdrug concessions
News The spokesman said the process of closing the concessions might run to 90 days but the likelihood is staff "will make a decision and move on before then". The company will exit 107 of the 127 concessions it has in the health and beauty chain, which... [14 Jan 2008]
Outsourcing growth expected in 2008
News Spending on offshore services is three times higher in North America than in Western Europe but the gap is closing, with Indian providers becoming more popular in 2007, growing 40 per cent in the US and 60 per cent in Europe. [10 Jan 2008]
Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft
News Also with SP1, Microsoft is closing two key loopholes that pirates have used to evade Microsoft's security measures. Microsoft said it's seeing piracy rates for Windows Vista that are half those of Windows XP. [04 Dec 2007]
Are UK data laws fit for purpose?
News Current data protection laws are too focused on closing the stable door after the horse has bolted, according to David Supple, head of IT, marketing and creative services for Ecotec. The UK's data protection laws have been branded 'unfit for... [23 Nov 2007]
LSE back on track after outage
News An LSE spokeswoman said, towards the close of business yesterday there was a technical issue within Infolect - the primary source of the LSE's real-time market data - which affected the ability of member companies to fully participate in... [08 Nov 2007]
