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HP puts together product package for SMEs

News An IPv6-ready network switch is among a series of new and updated hardware and software that HP is pitching to small businesses [10 Nov 2009]

UK collaboration firm gets worldwide HP deal

News HP's new small-business desktop PCs will come with Huddle's cloud-based collaboration, project management and document-sharing tools [10 Nov 2009]

RIM pushes boat out for BlackBerry developers

News Saying BlackBerry software is 'no longer an island', the handset company at its developer conference unveiled new tools and APIs for building mobile apps [10 Nov 2009]

Gov't stands firm on web-monitoring plans

News The government has said it wants ISPs and telecoms companies to retain records of all internet communications, despite fierce criticism in a consultation paper [10 Nov 2009]

700 jobs to go as Ericsson abandons UK R&D

News The networking infrastructure firm will move its R&D, along with some of its global services, to countries that are more 'high-growth' [10 Nov 2009]

UK unaffected by Nokia recall of 14m chargers

News The handset giant has set up a charger exchange programme after several models were found to have poor build quality that creates a risk of electrical shock [10 Nov 2009]

Autodesk open-sources tool for tracking emissions

News The software maker is encouraging other companies to track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions based on long-term global targets and contribution to GDP [10 Nov 2009]

Twitter, LinkedIn announce tie-up

News The new partnership means status messages can be interchangeable between Twitter and LinkedIn [10 Nov 2009]

EC voices formal objections to Oracle-Sun deal

News European regulators have formally objected to Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun, while Oracle intends to fight its corner [10 Nov 2009]

Google Books: More time needed to revise deal

News After a meeting last week with the US Justice Department, the parties have realised they need more time to revise their settlement over the rights to scan digital books [10 Nov 2009]

Apple update tackles domain spoofing, other attacks

News The security update for Mac OS X addresses 43 specific issues, including holes that could allow an attacker to take over the computer [10 Nov 2009]

Microsoft launches Exchange Server 2010

News The latest version of Microsoft's email server product, Exchange Server 2010, arrives alongside Forefront Protection 2010 [09 Nov 2009]

Google fixes risky Chrome bugs

News A flaw in Gears could allow a malicious website to take control of a user's system, according to Google [09 Nov 2009]

VMware aims to virtualise Windows 7 rollouts

News The company's View 4 aims to capitalise on growing interest in desktop virtualisation driven by tight budgets [09 Nov 2009]

UK companies put ERP on hold

News ERP systems are difficult and time-consuming to implement, and more than 60 percent of UK companies are postponing them temporarily or indefinitely, according to a new study [09 Nov 2009]

Rickroll virus attacks iPhones

News The 'ikee' worm replaces the infected device's background picture with an image of Rick Astley [09 Nov 2009]

Android users get Adobe Photoshop app

News Adobe has brought the popular mobile app to Android phones, allowing users to edit photos from thier phones and access their collection on Photoshop.com [09 Nov 2009]

Cisco expands collaboration tools for the enterprise

News UK businesses will be offered the hosted version of the new social-networking software and cloud-based email without certain functions, due to EU data rules [09 Nov 2009]

Mozilla takes email closer to the cloud

Analysis Mozilla Messaging, while about to release the Thunderbird 3 desktop email software, is also turning its attention to cloud computing with its Raindrop project [09 Nov 2009]

Intuit shuts Quicken Online, turns focus to Mint.com

News The maker of Quicken, QuickBooks and TurboTax will shut down its free Quicken Online personal finance site in six to nine months and concentrate on newly bought Mint.com [06 Nov 2009]

Baguette 'dropped by bird' causes LHC disruption

News The Large Hadron Collider was hit by crouton torpedo when a rogue piece of bread caused an electrical system failure [06 Nov 2009]

Fujitsu IT staff to hold three-day strike

News Unite members at the IT services company plan to strike next week over proposed cuts to jobs and pensions [06 Nov 2009]

Skype deal averts shutdown, allows sale

News The VoIP company's founders will regain some control over the firm and eBay will be able to sell off a majority stake in Skype, after settling an intellectual property dispute [06 Nov 2009]

Google delivers search tool for online stores

News Commerce Search, hosted in Google's cloud, is designed for online retail sites and provides features such as customisable results and display [06 Nov 2009]

Mobile industry decides on LTE voice standard

News LTE, the successor to 3G, will use a technology based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) framework to carry voice and text messages [06 Nov 2009]

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