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Nokia lowers handset sales predictions
News Nokia also suggested it was being affected by some of its trade customers finding it hard to get credit in the current climate. Nokia has downgraded its outlook for the fourth quarter of the year, blaming a "sharp... [17 Nov 2008]
Prisons hanging on the mobile phone jamming tech
News The IMB has been calling for three years for jamming technology to be introduced and believes the drugs trade in Wandsworth would be halved if phones were jammed. New technologies have not stopped mobile phones being... [12 Nov 2008]
Betfair spins into financial trading
News Once the Financial Services Authority gives the thumbs-up, Tradefair will be able to offer its users the ability to trade and bet on CFDs - equity derivatives that enable investors to speculate on share price movements... [10 Nov 2008]
£1.5bn savings plan turns Lloyds' merger eye on IT
News Whilst Lloyds TSB believes that the combination with HBOS will generally provide enhanced opportunities for employees, there will inevitably be some rationalisation of the combined workforce as a result of these initiatives and... [03 Nov 2008]
IBM chip guru agrees to join Apple
News IBM is suing Papermaster to prevent him from joining Apple and divulging trade secrets related to IBM's Power chips and server products, according to the complaint filed in the US District Court for the southern district... [31 Oct 2008]
Women in IT 'a fifth worse off than men'
News More than half (53 per cent) of respondents to the third annual Perceptions of Equal Pay survey, conducted by IT trade association Intellect, either believe their salary is not comparable to male colleagues who perform a... [30 Oct 2008]
BlackBerry apps get their own online store
News On individual devices, there is a trade-off between battery life and performance. RIM has announced two major distribution channels for BlackBerry apps at the first-ever BlackBerry Developer Conference. [22 Oct 2008]
£273m in IT projects axed by UK
News Department for Transport m spent on canned projects, including £7.9m on the DVLA's Tracking Vehicles Through the Trade system and the £853,899 DfT electronic documents and records management system. Almost £300m-worth... [20 Oct 2008]
Cyber crime ring stung by police raid
News The forum, described by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) as "one of the most pernicious online criminal forums in the world", enabled participants to buy and sell personal data, and trade in equipment used in... [17 Oct 2008]
Apple chasing budget buyers with MacBook newbies
News The default memory allotment stays at 2GB, but you trade 667MHz DDR2 memory for faster 1066MHz DDR3 memory. The big news with Tuesday's MacBook announcement is obviously the new design. Replacing the white or black... [15 Oct 2008]
Infosys posts strong Q2 results
News Indian trade body the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) warned in September that the continuing "turmoil" in the US financial markets would be likely to have a negative effect on Indian... [13 Oct 2008]
Facebook to set up international home in Dublin
News The announcement was made by Mary Coughlan, Ireland's minister for enterprise, trade, and employment, and the Times hinted the company is already recruiting to build up a local workforce. As it expands across the globe,... [03 Oct 2008]
Can £7m dent £105bn cyber crime menace?
News Industry is keen to start working with the police to tackle a mounting menace, according to IT trade organisation Intellect, which believes business must play a key role in the unit. British business has questioned how a... [01 Oct 2008]
Sales rocket for online star-studded fashion
News That said, we face tougher second-half comparables, and we still need to trade through the all-important Christmas period before we can accurately assess our performance for the full year. Online fashion retailer ASOS... [01 Oct 2008]
Microsoft SearchPerks: Latest attempt to gain share
News The program runs through April, at which point users can "cash in" the tickets that they get and trade them in for prizes or donate them to a charity. Microsoft's latest effort to get people to use its search service is... [01 Oct 2008]
