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News Retail outlets that will stock the device include all 402 UK Orange shops, along with the operator's website and HMV concessions, plus mobile retailers Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U. The iPhone 3G and 3G S will go on... [02 Nov 2009]
Sainsbury's tech shopping spree revealed
News As a result, trading director Mike Coupe told silicon.com that stock availability has come on significantly. Coupe said the new system, which is currently being rolled out, will give the chain a "much more accurate... [09 Oct 2009]
Xerox snaps up ACS in $6.4bn deal
News Xerox said Monday it will buy Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) in a cash and stock deal valued at $6.4bn. The move is a big bet to transform Xerox into a services company that does everything from collecting tolls and... [28 Sep 2009]
BlackBerrys feeling the squeeze as smartphone rivals smarten up
News Even though RIM still saw strong sales of BlackBerrys, the news sent the company's stock price tumbling in after-market trading. But because RIM has been known to have even higher growth rate, some analysts are... [25 Sep 2009]
London Stock Exchange picks MillenniumIT as TradElect replacement
News The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is buying a Sri Lankan-based technology services company MillenniumIT for $30m as part of its plan to migrate to a new trading system and bring tech knowledge back inside the company. [16 Sep 2009]
Microsoft's Bing signs deal with Wolfram Alpha
News Wolfram Alpha doesn't return the usual list of links to pages with search keywords, instead providing answers to questions such as stock prices and complex mathematical formulas - with mixed results. Microsoft's Bing... [24 Aug 2009]
Oracle's Ellison to take $1 salary this year
News Ninety-seven per cent was in the form of stock. According to the SEC filing, he owns 1.18 billion shares of Oracle, or 23.4 per cent of the company's total stock. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison will receive a... [24 Aug 2009]
Google's $106.5m software buy to be challenged in court
News Under the terms of the stock swap, which was announced earlier this month, each share of On2 will be exchanged for 60 cents' worth of Google common stock - a 57 per cent premium over On2's closing... [13 Aug 2009]
Kerching! London Poundland stores pilot contactless payments
News The retailer, which sells all stock for £1, is piloting Verifone QX110 contactless terminals at all tills in its London stores in Dalston and Hammersmith. Shoppers in two Poundland stores in London can now pay for their... [12 Aug 2009]
Microsoft sells off ad agency Razorfish for $530m
News French advertising group Publicis Groupe has agreed to acquire Internet ad agency Razorfish from Microsoft for $530m in cash and stock. Razorfish will continue to operate under its own brand name and continue to serve as... [10 Aug 2009]
IT budgets plunge 20 per cent as retail CIOs feel the squeeze
News Around one quarter of companies are intending to replace in-store systems and retail is seeing an increasing use of mobile technology both in-store - where it can be used for stock management or delivery scanning, for... [05 Aug 2009]
Adobe patches critical Flash hole
News Flash is widely used in browsers to power features such as interactive stock charts and YouTube video streaming. Adobe has released a patch for a critical Flash Player problem that could let attackers take over people's... [31 Jul 2009]
Intel fights to chip away at €1bn antitrust fine
News The Commission said the payments were designed to ensure that Media Markt would only stock computers with Intel x86 chips. Intel has lodged an appeal against an antitrust fine levied against it by the European Commission... [23 Jul 2009]
Amazon goes online shopping with Zappos buy
News Amazon has agreed to a stock takeover of Zappos.com, a Las Vegas-based online retailer that has become famous for its unusual corporate culture. This morning, our board approved and we signed what's known as a... [23 Jul 2009]
Labyrinthine IT systems lose MoD almost £300m
News The NAO report criticised weaknesses in the MoD's stock management computer systems, which it said were made up of a mix of "new and legacy" kit. The department's stock systems are highly complex,... [21 Jul 2009]
