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eBay's Skype sale gets green light
News eBay has announced today that the sale of its controlling stake in VoIP service Skype will go ahead, following the settlement of litigation over the proposed transaction. The settlement restructures the deal with an... [06 Nov 2009]
Photos: Android marches onto even more smartphones
Photo Media content is also harvested from various sources - such as video sharing website YouTube and Sony Ericsson's PlayNow music service - and presented to the user on the device. It's two years since Google announced it... [06 Nov 2009]
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment Such low-risk buys have helped fill service gaps and cover new geographic territories. In an industry where heft matters, acquisitions could help bigger firms such as Tata Consultancy and Infosys emerge as single-stop... [06 Nov 2009]
BT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News The service offers downloads speeds of up to 40Mbps and upstream speeds of 2Mbps. The fibre service will be free until the end of March 2010. A BT Business spokeswoman said non-business customers in the... [05 Nov 2009]
Telegraph CIO on the rocky road to going Google
News The company's CIO Paul Cheesbrough knows all about the challenges of moving to the cloud, after recently migrating 2,000 staff from Microsoft Outlook and Exchange to Google Apps Premier Edition and Google's email archiving... [04 Nov 2009]
£39m boost for London Olympics' emergency comms
News The National Police Improvement Agency has signed the £39m contract with Airwave, the company that provides the mobile radio network used by every UK police force and currently being rolled out to every ambulance trust and Fire and... [03 Nov 2009]
'Incompetent': The verdict on gov't prisoner database
News Chair of the PAC, Edward Leigh, said of the programme that was designed to implement a single database between the Prison Service and the National Probation Service: "Even we were surprised by the extent... [03 Nov 2009]
Photos: Salesforce.com rides the Google wave with CRM app
Photo Tech companies are already creating custom apps for Google Wave, with software-as-a-service provider Salesforce.com showing off its Wave app this week at SAP's TechEd conference in Vienna. Using the app, customers can... [30 Oct 2009]
How to pay for your Amazon purchases with a feisty mango
News The PayPhrase service, launched yesterday in the US, will see Amazon users able to combine a set of payment details - such as their credit card information and shipping details - and then name the data with a memorable... [30 Oct 2009]
'UK must up privacy safeguards following Phorm'
News The announcement follows complaints by UK citizens and privacy groups over the government's lack of action after telco BT conducted trials of the Phorm behavioural advertising service without getting consent from its... [30 Oct 2009]
Photos: Ubuntu unleashes the Karmic Koala
Photo Ubuntu One is found in the Places menu and the status of the service is shown by the cloud in the applet section in the top right. Ubuntu One is a service that synchronises and shares files across... [29 Oct 2009]
How will you use Google Wave? Recruiting, decision-making, dealing with complaints
News It may have only been launched a few months ago but Google's Wave collaboration platform is already attracting attention from businesses, according to one of the key architects of the service. The... [28 Oct 2009]
Who do you trust when you're spending your IT budget?
News Only six per cent of UK execs said they didn't consult any social media while buying a new tech product or service. When it comes to deciding how to spend a hard-won portion of the IT budget, who do CIOs trust for advice? [28 Oct 2009]
Photos: Top iPhone apps for business
Photo The Yell.com application uses the iPhone's in-built GPS to provide directory information on local businesses and service providers. Apple's iPhone might be seen by many as largely a consumer device, with games and media... [27 Oct 2009]
How Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale
News The move has saved Jaguar Land Rover several million pounds compared to the cost of setting up its own Microsoft Exchange server and will offer ongoing service savings as well. Jaguar Land Rover already works with... [26 Oct 2009]